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Developmental endocrinology is a fascinating and mature field that investigates the role of hormones in the growth and development of living organisms. Hormones influence various life processes, from the earliest stages of life to old age. As a study of bodily communication at the cellular and humoral level, it integrates all aspects of health. As such, women’s healthcare and research find a comfortable home here. As a multidisciplinary field, developmental endocrinology draws on knowledge and uses tools from several other areas, including developmental biology, genetics, physiology, and neuroscience. All these approaches unlock new insights into interactions involving growth and development, reproduction, metabolism, and behavior, all as influenced by hormonal action. Developmental endocrinology will continue to shed light on how hormones impact health and disease across the lifespan, and its enormous translational value makes it a crucial area of research that supports the health of women. Despite advances in the field, it is important to acknowledge that there has been a shortfall in investment in women’s health overall, including underinvestment in research in the specific context of women’s reproduction.