Partner

Ways to work with Data.Faces.Voices.

Funding, research collaboration, country partnership, or simply following the work. Several may apply.

Pathway 01 · For Funders

Fund the research.

The Research Coverage Index scores how completely a country's published evidence base represents midlife women's health. Twenty-one Asia Pacific countries have been mapped with it.

The method note is available to read before any conversation. If you fund women's health, global health, or APAC equity, the instrument is the fastest way to judge whether the work is worth backing. A founder briefing precedes any commitment.

In sixteen of those countries, a clinician has registered interest in country collaboration. Named collaboration is confirmed country by country, and public listing is consent-led.

Where we fit
Women's & maternal health Global health equity Research capacity Open science Asia Pacific focus
Funder pack
Method note published
Available now.
01RCI methodology · Five dimensions · peer-reviewable scoringLive
02Country coverage · 21 APAC countries mapped in Phase 0Live
03Research independence · What funding does and does not buyLive
04Funder briefing · Country pathway · consent terms · funding useOn request
Research independence DFV accepts support for public translation, education, and storytelling. Sponsors do not influence protocol, participant access, data, analysis, findings, or publication decisions.
Declared interests Content and public translation are operated by Miso Health, a UK company founded by Nancy Li. It has no role in research protocol, participant access, data, analysis, or findings.
Request a briefing call 30-minute Calendly with NXL or CY · we respond within 48 hours
Pathway 02 · For Researchers

Co-authorship is the starting offer, not the negotiation.

Academics, clinical researchers, and institutional groups working on midlife women's health, APAC public health, or instrument adaptation.

DFV offers protocol access, co-authorship on the RCI methodology paper and country briefs, and the APAC clinical network. In return: protocol commitment, peer review contribution, and the same open-science terms every country collaborator signs.

Collaboration · Pick one or more
4-Box Intake
Tell us how you want to work with us.
01
Methodology contributionReview & co-author the RCI methodology paper. Sampling, instrument adaptation, statistical design.
02
Country brief co-authorshipBe named author on a Phase 0 or Phase 1 country brief in your area.
03
Data re-analysisApply the cohort data to a secondary research question under data-sharing agreement.
04
Cross-country comparisonJoin the Phase 2 comparative APAC paper as a country-level co-investigator.
Pathway 03 · For Country Clinicians

Country context first. Named collaboration where appropriate.

OB-GYNs, menopause specialists, and clinical researchers with institutional backing in APAC countries.

The country pathway starts with context review and desk work, then scales only where fieldwork, permissions, and authorship terms are clear.

Country Collaboration Path
Open
What you commit to. What you receive.
Phase 0 · Current
Desk research
~40 hrs over 6 weeks
DeliverablesRCI score · lit review · country brief draft
Phase 2 · 2027+
Publication
6–9 mo writing
DeliverablesNamed co-PI · APAC paper · public conversation where appropriate
Current country tracks
VN
Vietnam
Preparation pathway under review
Under review
MN
Mongolia
Country brief and fieldwork feasibility under review
MN · Review
Pathway 04 · For Individuals

Subscribe. Read. Stay close.

For everyone who isn't a funder, researcher, or clinician — and wants to follow the work without filling out a form.

No mailing list spam. The first podcast episode is in production; public listening links will be added when the feed is live. Participation in future cohorts is offered through approved country pathways, not through this website.

First up · in production
Episode 01 · Data has faces and voices Origin conversation with Nancy Li and Dr. Chua Yang · in production
Founding Circle · By conversation

Supporting the groundwork.

Early support for the country research, translation and ethical preparation that has to happen before larger research grants can begin.

Institutional research funding moves on a multi-year cycle. The groundwork cannot wait that long.

Scope
By conversation
What support covers.
01
What it supportsCountry briefs, local coordination, translation, ethics groundwork, and public translation of the research.
02
What members receiveA private written update each quarter, and early access to country briefs before publication.
03
What it does not carryNo research data, no participant access, no protocol influence, no editorial approval, no partner status.
04
AcknowledgementPublic naming only with explicit consent. Quiet support is the default.
Ask about the Founding Circle Levels are discussed in conversation, not published. A founder replies within 48 hours.
No matching pathway?

Write us anyway. One inbox, both founders.

01 · You write
Any inbox. Any pathway.
hello@ goes to both founders. participate@ goes to the cohort team.
02 · We reply
Within 48 hours, written.
Usually faster. Funder briefings booked same week if calendar permits.
03 · We meet
30-minute call · video.
A founder joins every funder call. Country collaboration calls are scoped 1:1.