First Lady Dr. Jill Biden has been working to improve women’s health care long before moving into the White House. So, when former California First Lady Maria Shriver approached Biden earlier this year to help close the research gaps in women’s health, Biden immediately jumped on board, she said.
On Dec. 8, Biden traveled to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to announce the new White House initiative on Women’s Health Research, which is aimed at overhauling the country’s approach to funding and conducting women’s health research to find solutions to the most pressing and understudied women’s health issues, Biden said.