Jade

Hi, I’m one of the co-founders of FEM, and here’s a bit about me.

I’m currently in the final year of my PhD at the University of Warwick. My research focuses on how genetic architecture defines specific cell types during placental development. I’m described as many things: a molecular cell biologist, developmental biologist, bioinformatician, and geneticist/genomicist. But what that really means is that I deeply care about women’s health and developmental biology.

Over the course of my PhD, it’s become apparent that it’s especially hard to secure funding for research into women’s health. Just 5% of global research funding is allocated to women, with 4% of that going toward women’s cancers (Moley, K., 2024).

The remaining 1% is split across gynaecological infections, gynaecological conditions, contraception and fertility, menopause, and maternal health.

Does this seem like enough to you?


Women make up 51% of the UK population. There are 100 female health–related searches on Google for every one male-related search. Here are some statistics from a 2024 House of Commons committee report titled ‘Women’s Reproductive Health Conditions’:

  • 1 in 3 women live with heavy bleeding.
  • 1 in 10 suffer from endometriosis.
  • 1 in 10 are affected by adenomyosis.
  • 2 in 3 will develop at least one uterine fibroid.
  • 1 in 8 women take sick leave due to period-related symptoms over a 12-month period.

Does 1% funding still sound like enough to you? It doesn’t to me.

In my personal life, I also experienced cycle-related symptoms and thought I just had to get on with it.

That was until I learned about the different phases of my cycle, how my symptoms relate to each one, and which micronutrients my body needs to feel supported.

This inspired me to start FEM with my partner, Sam, not only to help women better understand their bodies, but also to further research by reinvesting part of our profits into women’s health.

FEM stands for both education and empowerment.

And it starts with you...

Sam

After meeting Jade in early 2025, I left my job to co-found FEM and bring my industry experience to the mission.

If women’s health is going to be taken seriously by the mainstream, men need to understand the barriers it faces too.

I’m proud to stand alongside a partner who’s determined to change the world, and together, that’s exactly what we intend to do.

Try FEM. join the community and change the world!