MenoLab Laboratory & Research Center

Empowering Women to Live Healthy Lives

Promoting the health of women in midlife and beyond through science, community mobilization, education, and policy.

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MenoLab Laboratory & Research Center

Promoting the health of women in midlife and beyond through science, community mobilization, education, and policy.

Meet our Team

Our Projects

About Us

About Cortes MenoLab

Committed to the Advocacy of Women’s Health

Respect – We treat all people with dignity and value everyone’s right to exist, to be heard, and to have the same opportunities.
Integrity – We will do what we say we will do.
Compassion – We believe that careful listening to, understanding, empathizing with, and supporting other people will inspire connectedness and collective action.
Excellence – We strive for continuous improvement so that we can achieve our mission.
Diversity – We embrace and celebrate our different backgrounds and viewpoints and recognize that these differences strengthen our community.
Client and Community Focused – Our actions are guided by how we can best serve our program participants, collaborators, and community.

Our Mission & Vision

To promote the health of women in midlife and beyond through science, community mobilization, education, and policy.

A society where all women are empowered to live healthy, productive lives at midlife and beyond regardless of who they are or where they live.

Our Strategic Plan

Conduct and support research on women’s health and health disparities.

Increase knowledge of cardiovascular disease, sleep, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias.
Lead interdisciplinary teams on the cross-cultural experiences of menopause.
Provide expert analyses on the social determinants of menopause.
Develop community-engaged interventions to enhance midlife women’s health.

Empower women to take control of their health in midlife and beyond.

Serve as a trusted source of culturally-appropriate information for midlife women.
Use community mobilization strategies to raise awareness and build self-efficacy.
Create engaging, evidence-based content in English and Spanish on midlife women’s health.

Promote and support the training of health care providers and researchers.

Educate clinicians and researchers to improve the health of midlife women.
Develop programs to diversify the cadre of clinicians and researchers focused on menopause and midlife women’s health.

Advocate for policies that promote midlife women’s health equity

Translate research findings into policies that promote midlife women’s health equity.
Advocate for increased representation of marginalized populations in women’s health research.
Provide expertise to policymakers seeking to address issues of women’s health equity.

Directed by Dr. Yamnia I. Cortés
Associate Professor at
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
50 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242