The Center was founded in 1998 by Dr. S. Jean Emans, Chief of Adolescent Medicine, Dr. Marc R. Laufer, Chief of Gynecology, and Phaedra Thomas, RN, BSN. This core trio saw an urgent need for education, clinical care, research, and health care advocacy for teen girls and young women. When the CYWH was founded, it was the first of its kind in the world, bringing together the highest quality health services and health information for our teen patients.Drs. Emans and Laufer, the CYWH’s CoDirectors, have both earned national and international recognition for their expertise, commitment, and accomplishments in the area of young womens health. Phaedra Thomas, the CYWH’s Coordinator, is a nurse with extensive experience in young womens health and program development. She has developed many of our online health guides and curricula. Freedom Baird is the Centers Senior Internet Resource Coordinator, and is committed to serving the health information needs of young women, their parents, and healthcare professionals, by providing needed resources, and creating community online. Our resident designer, Amanda Kohn, is devoted to imparting essential health information to our readers, through clear, accurate, and beautiful design. Our youth advisors, Dennisse, Tynaya, and Erica, are dedicated to bringing accessible health information to teens in our community.

Address: 333 Longwood Avenue, 5th floor Boston, MA 02115 USA
Telephone: 617-355-2994
Fax: 617-730-0186
Website: http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/smokeinfo.html