leap women's health
Our total investment in women’s health breakthroughs now over $350M.
It's time. Women have waited long enough.
Wellcome Leap and the Gates Foundation commit $100M to global stillbirth reduction.
A historic partnership with Pivotal, a Melinda French Gates organization.
6 advanced research programs in progress.
$50M PROGRAM
Jointly funded by Pivotal
AMPt
80% of those suffering from autoimmune disease are women. It's time we find out why.
$100M PROGRAM
Jointly funded with Gates Foundation
Uzima
Advancing innovations with the
potential to cut stillbirth rates by half.
$55M PROGRAM
Jointly funded by Pivotal with support from
British Heart Foundation
visible
Revealing the coronary microvasculature
could save health and lives for millions of women.
$50M PROGRAM
the missed vital sign
A 10X reduction in time to delivery of effective treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding.
$50M PROGRAM
CARE
Cut the lifetime risk of Alzheimer's among women by half. Reduced risk for 330M women.
Meet our women's health Program Directors
Our Program Directors share a clear passion: improving women’s health, faster. At Leap, they are impact-driven leaders and technical experts empowered to drive bold change. They design and orchestrate milestone-driven, three-year programs tackling urgent challenges in women’s health. With the authority and agility to cut through barriers – breaking down silos, taking bold shots, and making decisive choices – they unite globally networked teams to work together to solve problems they cannot solve alone. The result: breakthroughs in women’s health delivered in years, not decades. Read more about our program directors here.
"Four out of five people with autoimmune disease are women. That's treated as a footnote. It’s the clue."
Sonia Sharma, PhD
AMPt Program Director
"Millions of babies are lost to stillbirth each year. It's not an inevitable tragedy – innovation can save lives."
Veronica Adamson, DrPH
UZIMA Global Mission Director
"Women deserve better answers for their heart disease. It's time."
Birgit Vogel, MD
VISIBLE Program Director
" If any other part of the body was bleeding this heavily, we'd call an ambulance."
Jackie Maybin, MD, PhD
The Missed Vital Sign Program Director
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Bold change requires bold partners.
It’s time to move from awareness to action: $1B for women’s health breakthroughs. Join a growing group of visionary philanthropists, organizations, and corporate sponsors dedicated to driving breakthroughs for billions of women worldwide.
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