IRIS CANTOR – UCLA WOMEN’S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER (WHERC)

Conducts workshops, staff training, and group and individual coaching addressing the needs of women in under resourced communities. Areas of special interest include sexual and gender diverse women’s health, narrowing women’s health-wealth gap, and women’s health and the environment. WHERC collaborates with cross-sector partners that connect women to patient navigation assistance, health plan enrollment, financial counseling, and other community resources. In conducting community-based participatory research with non-profit agencies, WHERC identifies women’s health disparities and facilitates collaborations to address health equity.

Women and girls in under resourced communities within Los Angeles County who are often low to-middle-income women of color.

WHERC's mission is to move vulnerable women and girls toward optimal health and economic security across the lifespan. WHERC advances health equity by addressing health disparities beyond a gender and genetics lens through the lens of the social determinants of women’s health.