Melinda French Gates Philanthropist & Founder Pivotal, spoke at the Forbes Power Women's Summit on Wednesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. She announced a $100 million partnership for women's health research. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Melinda French Gates announced a partnership that will commit $100 million to speed women's health research.
The partnership between Pivotal, a group of organizations founded by French Gates, and the non-profit Wellcome Leap will focus on areas of women's health with the highest rates of mortality, including autoimmune disease, mental health and cardiovascular health.
French Gates announced the new initiative Wednesday in an interview with "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts.
"We are really going to go after women's diseases we haven't looked at, things like cardiovascular disease, menopause, chronic illnesses," French Gates told ABC. "We really can do a lot more research in these areas -- and I'm talking in years, not decades -- to change women's lives."
