Our Mission
Our mission is to transform menopause healthcare with cutting-edge engineering across disciplines to drive evidence-based solutions and educate the next generation of leaders in women’s health.
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Addressing Critical Knowledge Gaps
We are addressing knowledge gaps in understanding life-stage transitions by correcting male-biased research and the neglect of menopause biology, leveraging Cornell’s strengths in imaging, sensing devices, organ-on-chip systems, computational modeling, and clinical translation to uncover deeper, sex-informed insights.
Research →Catalyzing Healthcare Innovation
We harness advances in data science and measurement technologies to transform women’s health by integrating individual health histories, enabling Cornell Engineering to drive novel diagnostics and therapies grounded in mechanistic insights, and advancing personalized medicine through deeper understanding of female physiology.
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Educating Future Leaders
We prepare the next generation of innovators in women’s health by embedding menopause-focused projects into student design courses, clinical immersions at Weill Cornell Medicine, and interdisciplinary fellowships.
Who We Are
The Menopause Health Engineering initiative at Cornell is the first of its kind: applying data-driven, engineering-based approaches to reimagine how menopause is studied, understood and treated.
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Recent News
Fischbach-Teschl to lead Engineering Innovations in Medicine initiative
Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, was appointed leader of Engineering Innovations in Medicine, an initiative to transform human health through data-driven innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Cornell launches initiative to unravel the science of menopause
Menopause affects half the population, yet for centuries, science barely gave it a second thought. Cornell is changing that.