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About GiM
Gender in Medicine (GiM) was founded in 2003 by cardiologist Vera Regitz-Zagrosek as an interdisciplinary center.
Since 2007, GiM has been an independent institution at Charité and is associated with the Charité Center for Prevention, Health and Human Sciences (CC1).
With the appointment of Prof. Dr. Gertraud (Turu) Stadler in 2019, the department gained a new scientific focus, particularly on the study of gender- and diversity-sensitive preventive research.
A central focus of our work is gender- and diversity-sensitive preventive research. The interventions we develop contribute to improving the health, quality of life, and well-being of the entire population. We systematically investigate gender differences in health and disease, using both observational and interventional studies, complemented by qualitative approaches. The insights gained are directly applied to the development of gender-sensitive strategies within the healthcare system and are implemented in both teaching and clinical practice.
Our interdisciplinary team brings together expertise from psychology, health sciences, human medicine, and numerous other disciplines.
Research at GiM is supported, among others, by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Innovationsfonds, the Berlin University Alliance, the US National Institutes of Health, and the German Heart Foundation.