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

Yale School of Public Health

Megan L. Ranney, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Women's Health Fund

Yale School of Medicine: Basmah Safdar

Health & Veritas: Basmah Safdar

Women's Health Research at Yale

"Women's Health Research at Yale and SWHR's Symposium Highlights the Power of Collaboration to Advance Women's Health Research"

"CARE for women: Investing in care delivery to improve women's lives and livelihoods"

LinkedIn: Jessica J. Federer

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

"States Sue CMS Over Medicaid Work Requirements Rule, Citing Departure from Earlier Guidance on Medical Frailty"

Massachusetts v. Oz [pp. 208-231]

Health & Veritas: Ryan Schwarz

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