Dr. Vonda Wright

79 Miles. $79 Million. Are You With Me?

This September, I am running 79 miles across three mountain marathons to raise $79 million for women's health research. I need 1 million women to donate $79 — $1 a mile — to move this mountain with me.

Let's Climb Together.

Climbing stairs, hiking a hill, walking an incline — even minutes a day — can improve your cardiovascular capacity by up to 12%, lower your blood pressure, and build the bone density that keeps you powerful for decades.

The staircase you walk past every day is a prescription.

But the real climb is bigger than any staircase. It is the uphill battle for women's health research — and I need you with me.

This is how we age with power.

— Dr. Vonda Wright

Less Than 1% of Research Funds Women Over 40. I'm Doing Something About It.

Dr. Vonda Wright

From Dr. Vonda

I am doing this because 90 million women over 40 deserve better than less than 1% of health research funding.

This September I am running 79 miles across three mountain marathons to test my own skeletal longevity — and to raise the funding that changes what is possible for every woman behind us.

I believe women can save ourselves.

If 1 million of us donate $79 — $1 a mile — we are not just going to move the needle.

We are going to move this mountain.


Donate $79 and We Will Move This Mountain Together →

— Dr. Vonda Wright

Double Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon | NYT Bestselling Author | America's Authority on Skeletal Longevity

The Vonda Wright Women’s Health Foundation at the Buck Institute

The mission of the Foundation is to accelerate the science of healthy aging in women by mobilizing philanthropic resources in support of rigorous, innovative research — primarily at the Buck Institute through the Buck’s Center for Healthy Aging in Women — and to elevate the visibility and urgency of women's health science on the national stage.