The UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology established the Center for Research in Women's Health (CRWH) in 1993 with the mission to conduct research aimed at improving the reproductive health and survival of all women, especially minority and underserved women and their offspring and their families, facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration between UAB researchers and others, and develop scholars interested in women's reproductive health.

The CRWH collaborates with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and many other UAB entities—including the Schools of Health Related Professions, Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, and Public Health—to accomplish its mission. This mission includes recruiting researchers interested in women's reproductive health into formal research collaborations.