CoE Bulletin Board Information about women's health: Events & Announcements conferences & training opportunities Funding Opportunities for researchers and community-based organizations Resources toolkits, fact sheets & data sources

Or select a category: Events Funding Resources And enter a search term:

CoE Bulletin Board is updated regularly

Welcome...

to the OHSU Center for Women's Health, a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health.

What is a Center of Excellence in Women's Health?

This designation supports OHSU and the OHSU Center for Women's Health's expertise and continued commitment to perform exemplary clinical care, research, community outreach, professional education and leadership. OHSU is one of 20 National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CoEs) serve as demonstration models for the nation to provide innovative, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and integrated health care systems for women. Evaluations of existing National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health have found that this approach strengthens the focus on women's health at academic medical centers. To learn more, visit the website for the National Centers of Excellence.

National Community Centers
of Excellence in Women's Health

Designated centers partner with the National Community Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CCOEs), a network of 11 community health centers and clinics that provide funding to existing community-based organizations to develop models of comprehensive, preventive care for underserved women of all races across their life span, and to replicate these models in other communities and organizations. To learn more, visit the website for Community Centers of Excellence.

National Rural/Frontier Women’s
Health Coordinating Centers

The DHHS Office on Women’s Health also supports 11 National Rural/Frontier Women’s Health Coordinating Centers (RFCCs). These Centers identify, coordinate and leverage a network of existing resources to provide a full range of culturally and linguistically appropriate health services to women and their families in rural and frontier communities. To learn more, visit the website for Rural/Frontier Women’s Health Coordinating Centers.

Ambassadors for Change

In 2005, a new program was estabnlished: Ambassadors for Change, which are made up of former CoEs and CCOEs who serve as mentors to the existing CoEs and CCOEs. These CoEs include: Drexel University, Magee Womens Hospital and University of California, San Fanscisco. And CCOES include: Northeast Missouri Health Council, Inc., Mariposa Community Health Canter and St. Barnabas Hospital.

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of Women’s Health

Map of Centers of Excellence in the U.S.

The OHSU Center of Excellence in Womens Health

The activities of the OHSU Center of Excellence in Womens Health are divided into five areas. Find out more about the activities involved in each area on their web page. Find out more about the activities involved in each component on their web page.

Clinical State-of-the-art comprehensive and integrated health care services

Research Multi-disciplinary research focused on women's health issues

Community Outreach and Education Empowering women of all ages to take greater ownership of their health and the health of their families.

Professional Education Integrating a women's health focus into medical school curriculum

Leadership Recruiting retaining, and promoting women in academic medical careers

Evaluation Assessing project outcomes and effectiveness

OHSU Center of Excellence Staff