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Howie and Harlan are joined by Jessica Federer, managing director of the Women’s Health Fund and a member of the Yale Institutional Review Board, to discuss how investors can help address the dearth of research on medical problems facing women and why she’s optimistic about the future of women’s health. Harlan explains how caps on indirect costs affect institutional staffing and research agendas; Howie reports on a lawsuit filed by 26 states against the Trump administration over bureaucratic hurdles to accessing Medicaid coverage.
Show notes:
Indirect research costs
Yale Research Support: Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs
Yale University: Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement
“NIH Indirect Costs Policy for Research Grants: Recent Developments”
Jessica Federer
Megan L. Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Yale School of Medicine: Basmah Safdar
Health & Veritas: Basmah Safdar
Women’s Health Research at Yale
“CARE for women: Investing in care delivery to improve women’s lives and livelihoods”
Health & Veritas: Live at the Yale Innovation Summit 2026
“What Is a General Partner in Venture Capital (VC)?”
“April Koh (Co-Founder & CEO, Spring Health) Featured on Cover of TIME”
“Closing the Gap: How Yale Is Advancing Women’s Health Research”
Medicaid work requirement
Massachusetts v. Oz [pp. 208-231]
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