[Partner Event] 19th Annual UMN Women's Health Research Conference

  • February 13, 2025
  • 12:30 PM - 4:45 PM
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Humphrey School of Public Affairs Conference Center



19th Annual University of Minnesota (UMN) Women's Health Research Conference

February 13, 2025
12:30 - 4:45pm

The Women's Health Research Conference is a one-day event that features two plenary presentations, panel discussion, and a poster session on women’s health research. It draws interdisciplinary women’s health researchers, health care providers, students, and community public health professionals for a day of learning, networking and research dissemination.

Location: In-Person at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Humphrey School of Public Affairs Conference Center  

General Attendance: $25.00

UMN Student: $5.00

The first 25 students to register with promo code "Student" get free registration.

Registration fees help cover the cost of the venue and conference refreshments for attendees. We hope registration cost will not create a barrier for participation. If that is the case, please contact wmhealth@umn.edu or Kait Macheledt (kmac@umn.edu) directly regarding conference registration scholarships, or volunteer opportunities. 

Register Here

Join us after the conference!


In the US, 1 in 3 adults struggle and 1 in 4 teens struggles to afford menstrual products. In India, 1 in 4 in teens and 1 in 2 adults do not have access to any or clean menstrual products. 

Join the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy and the Center for Women's Health Research for a screening of the 2018-Oscar-winning documentary Period. End of Sentence, which highlights the stigma around menstruation and the consequences of a lack of access to sanitary products. The screening will be followed by a moderated Q&A about the fight for menstrual equity with Master’s in Public Health student, Kara Cowell, and Aashraya Seth, a Fulbright Humphrey International Fellow and founder of Impact91 and Happy Periods, national non-profits working on menstrual equity in India.

RSVP (separate from conference registration): https://z.umn.edu/menstrualequity

Find out more about the conference and stay up to date as details are finalized. 

The Conference is Hosted/Organized by:

Center for Women's Health Research / BIRCWH Program

Co-Hosted by: