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Advancing the health of women through research…

The Center for Women’s Health Research (CWHR) at UNC is dedicated to learning more about diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect women only, women predominantly, and women differently than men. We are a lean organization within the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology adept at leveraging existing resources to bring research dollars to the University.

We work within the UNC women’s health research community to identify new areas for research, facilitate proposal development, and support faculty development.

Research Spotlight

Photo of Andrea Knittel, a smiling woman with curly hair wearing a light blue button-down shirt and tortoiseshell glasses.Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD, received the prestigious Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, which is awarded to promising faculty members who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research. Dr. Knittel focuses on understanding and addressing the obstetric and gynecologic health of pregnant and postpartum individuals residing in carceral settings. Combining clinical insight with methodological innovation, she studies issues such as opioid use disorder during pregnancy, access to reproductive care, and the broader health consequences of incarceration.
“Receiving this recognition is such a tremendous honor and would have been impossible without the ingenuity and insights that my patients and research participants share with me regularly as well as the wonderful collaboration, mentorship, and learning relationships I have at UNC. We cannot change what we don’t see, or don’t measure, and I look forward to continuing the work of my team shining light into an often quite dark space.” — Andrea Knittel
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