Research Partners

The Myers Soft Tissue Lab

Engineering has been vital to so many medical advancements from the ball and socket joint to a stent in your heart. This type of engineering applied to women’s health is critical- and we’re so proud to support it. The Myers Soft Tissue Lab is a part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University. They study the material behavior of biological soft tissues with a specific focus on the female reproductive system. Their driving clinical motivation is to uncover the structural antecedents of preterm birth. Learn More

Blavatnik family women’s health research institute at mount sinai

The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute draws its team of faculty from many departments at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. They have experts in obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive science; population health science and policy; cardiology; psychiatry; and radiation oncology. They perform state-of-the-art research across the woman’s life span. Its goal is to fill in the knowledge gaps while also providing compassionate care for patients. They strive to address health inequities and to discover ways to improve the lives of the racially and ethnically diverse women. Learn More

The Preterm birth prevention center at Columbia University's Irving Medical CEnter

For more than five years, The Iris Fund has been proud to support the research conducted at Columbia’s Preterm Birth Prevention Center. The Center was created to improve perinatal outcomes by providing individualized, evidence-based care to patients at risk for preterm birth and promoting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research. Learn More

Sister Organizations

The Iris Fund has partnered with organizations across the state and the country to; learn best practices, refer mothers in need, and advance our research and advocacy efforts. Creating change requires partnership and we’re so proud to work with some of the best. A few of the organizations we’ve worked with, including in 2022 to pass our state’s Stillbirth Tax Credit, are: March of Dimes, Hope After Loss (CT based), The Tiny Miracles Foundation (CT based), Every Mother Counts, and Saul’s Light.