Tufts Women’s Health and Menopause Initiative

For too long, women’s health has been shaped by systemic blind spots in research, education, and care. Nowhere are those gaps more visible than in menopause. Although menopause affects half the population, decades of underinvestment and outdated approaches have left many women navigating this life stage alone.

Hormonal changes in midlife are tied to increased risks for heart disease, bone loss, and cognitive decline—issues that deserve focused, evidence-based care. Yet few health professionals are trained to treat menopause as the complex, interconnected health transition that it is.

Tufts is changing that narrative. By bringing together its world-class expertise in medicine and nutrition with the reach of the Tufts Medicine health system, the university is creating a new model of compassionate, integrated care—one that will help women thrive at every stage of life.

Tufts is uniquely positioned to lead this movement as the only university uniting a medical school, a graduate school of nutrition, and a major health system in one collaborative ecosystem.

• School of Medicine: A hub for women’s health research and translational science, training more than 2,600 clinicians each year.
• Friedman School: The nation’s only graduate school of nutrition, advancing research and education in diet, chronic disease prevention, and longevity.
• Tufts Medicine: The university’s chief clinical partner, with nationally recognized programs in OB/GYN, cardiology, endocrinology, mental health, and women’s sexual health.

Together, these partners form a continuum of discovery and care—advancing science in the lab, translating it through clinical research and education, and bringing it to life through patient-centered practice. The initiative’s three pillars are:

• Clinical Care: Expanding access to compassionate, nutrition-centered women’s health services.
• Education: Training future clinicians, scientists, dietitians, and other health professionals to provide evidence-based, whole-person care.
• Research: Advancing the science of longevity and healthy living to shape practice.

These efforts will ensure that women’s health is not an afterthought, but that every woman benefits from care grounded in evidence, compassion, and collaboration.