Sound the Alarm! Help Protect America’s Scientific Future
The current administration’s deep budget cuts to U.S. health and science agencies threaten more than medical research—they endanger America’s health, innovation, and global leadership.
These devastating reductions are already causing:
- Sharp declines in biomedical research
- Delays in new drug discoveries and lifesaving treatments
- A dangerous brain drain as top scientists leave for other countries
Why Give to the Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine?
Because we fund the future. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting young, untenured investigators—talented researchers whose labs and salaries are often the first casualties of funding cuts. Without them, groundbreaking discoveries in gender-specific medicine—and better health outcomes for everyone—are at risk.
Your gift helps keep promising science alive and ensures that vital research continues despite these challenging times.
Where Your Support Goes: Awardee Scholars Drive Breakthroughs (partial list)
- HIV Research: Advanced HIV prevention and treatment, publishing five papers, improving global health programs, testing tools like a monthly vaginal ring and long-acting shots for women, and developing AI to detect HIV in Lesotho.
- Obesity & COVID-19: Research linked obesity—especially in women and Black or Hispanic populations—to worse COVID-19 outcomes, and showed ongoing health issues in people with Cushing’s disease even after treatment.
- Heart & COVID-19 Studies: Authored five significant research papers, including two in leading journals, revealing new insights into how COVID-19 impacts heart health.
- Lymphoma & Epigenetics: Studies a rare lymphoma affecting young women, discovering that cancer cells exploit epigenetic DNA changes, and is developing targeted treatments, with findings published in top journals including Nature.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis & Cardiovascular Health: Investigates rheumatoid arthritis, its link to periodontal disease, and cardiovascular risks, finding connections between RA and artery disease, assessing medication safety, and exploring genetic factors in autoimmune conditions like psoriatic arthritis.
Donate today and help secure a healthier future for all.
We appreciate any amount you can give whether large or small. Every bit helps and we are grateful for your generous support.
The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine is a 501c3 charitable organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our US tax identification number is 84-1705022.
$250-$1,000
🔬 Materials for an Experiment
- Chemicals, reagents, lab supplies
- Enables critical single experiments
$5,000
🖥 Research Software or Analysis Tools
- Advanced data analysis programs
- Unlocks insights from complex experiments
$10,000
👩🔬 Partial Salary for a Research Assistant
- Supports hands-on lab maintenance
- Keeps research moving forward
$20,000
⚙️ Equipment Purchase
- Funds specialized lab instruments
- Expands research capabilities
$50,000
🧪 Funds a Research Associate
- Doubles lab output
- Accelerates progress on promising projects
$100,000
🏛 Covers Lab Operations & Young Investigator’s Salary
- Keeps an entire lab running
- Protects the career of a rising scientist