Female-led innovation for midlife women's health.
Midlife women represent a significant opportunity for focused research, innovation and commercialization.
MEL connects the lived knowledge of midlife women with female entrepreneurs, researchers, practitioners, technology developers, manufacturers and commercialization partners.
Through RiSE, AiDE, iDE and the regional Centres of Excellence, identified needs can inform the development of evidence-informed products, services, technologies and systems for perimenopause, menopause and the wider midlife experience.
MEL's first market includes
- Midlife civilian women
- Female veterans
- Serving and retired military women
- Women carrying leadership, caregiving and high-responsibility roles
Innovation and research areas
Work through MEL may support innovation addressing areas such as these.
- Midlife health and well-being
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Sleep and recovery
- Cognitive and emotional well-being
- Nutrition and nourishment
- Workplace participation
- Caregiving and leadership
- Daily-life tools and services
- Longevity and healthy ageing
- Continuity between environments, professionals and stages of life
These are presented as innovation and research areas. MEL describes development, observation and validation activity, and makes no claims of diagnosis, treatment, prevention, cure or guaranteed health outcomes.
Women shaping the solutions created for women.
Midlife women contribute lived knowledge and authorized observations that help researchers and innovators understand priorities and shape relevant solutions.
Female entrepreneurs and researchers bring this knowledge into the development process, creating opportunities for women to lead innovation, build intellectual and commercial value, reach buyers and participate in the economic growth created through women's health.
RiSE, AiDE and iDE connect this work from identified need through development, validation, commercialization and deployment.
From women's health innovation to wider impact.
MEL begins with a focused market and a clear population. Knowledge, technology, products, services and operating systems developed through this work create a foundation for additional populations, sectors and international markets.
Impact we intend to measure
The measures that will show the ecosystem is working.
- Female entrepreneurs and researchers supported
- Products, services, technologies and systems developed
- Research and validation projects completed
- Innovations progressing through the commercialization pathway
- Procurement and buyer connections created
- Skilled employment supported
- Regional SMEs participating
- Women contributing to research and development
- Solutions reaching market or institutional deployment
- Knowledge transferred between regional Centres of Excellence
- Economic activity connected to women's health innovation
MEL will develop appropriate research, privacy, consent, data-governance and evaluation frameworks with qualified partners.