Initiatives

Ignite empowers students to connect STEM concepts to social innovation through the human-centered design process. This GWHT project is a holistic approach to health, because it places the well-being of students and their communities at the forefront of education.

Ignite

Calla Health, a GWHT venture, is centered on sustainably improving women's access to cancer prevention and creating innovations that increase wide scale surveillance of cervical pre-cancers and cancers.

Calla Health Foundation

GWHT's DukeEngage summer program partners with two NGOs in California, Girls INC and Global Glow, to empower young women through STEM and artistic expression. DukeEngage accomplishes this by giving these girls tools to help navigate social, economic and gender barriers to grow into healthy, confident adults with a focus on personal development, health, and STEM education.

Duke Engage

The (In)visible Organ is GWHT's storytelling initiative to destigmatize the cervix and the female reproductive anatomy in research, design, and medicine.

Watch (In)visible Organ Documentary