What is women’s health? If you ask Debbi Smith, Coordinator, University of Michigan Women’s Health Resource Center, and Coordinator of the Community Women and Adolescent Health Resource Centers, she’ll tell you the definition is much broader than the topics most people may think of—such as pregnancy and breast cancer. In fact, in its mission to provide free health information to women, the University of Michigan Women’s Health Resource Center strives to answer any question a woman may ask about herself or her friends or family members.

That commitment to providing the services and resources women ask for and need has been key to the center throughout its 10-year history. Juliet Rogers, Associate Hospital Administrator and Director, Women’s Health Program, became the Center’s first paid employee when she was still a U-M student. Rogers invested time in benchmarking against other centers and conducting focus groups to create a resource center that meets the needs of women in the communities it serves. Rogers credits the work of Patricia Warner, Associate Hospital Director and Chief Administrative Officer, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, and Timothy Johnson, M.D., Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Health System, for the success of the Women’s Health Program and resource center. “This was their dream. They are the champions of women’s health,” Rogers says.