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New Publication Features Women in Science Careers at the National Institutes of Health
NIH Awards Grants to Examine Factors Influencing Women's Careers in Science
NIH Podcast Advises Women On How to Achieve a Healthy Pregnancy
NLM and ORWH Announce New NIH Web Site for Women’s Health Information
NIH/ORWH Announces Fellowships in Women's Health
The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Program for Research on Women’s Health (IPRWH) are pleased to announce the selection of the first recipients of the NIH Women’s Health Fellowships in Intramural Women’s Health Research. The fellowships are in the second year of their three year term.
News Release
Osteoarthritis Initiative releases first data
The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), a public-private partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private industry that seeks to improve diagnosis and monitoring of osteoarthritis (OA) and foster development of new treatments, has released its first set of data.
News Release
Sex and Gender Course
New Online Course Offers Insight into the Importance of Sex and Gender Differences in Human Health
Press Release
The need for clinical research involving pregnant women is addressed in a New York TImes Op-Ed piece by three ethicists
FDA Takes Action Against Compounded Menopause Hormone Therapy Drugs
NIDDK Publishes Resources About Women's Bladder Control Problems
Women with bladder control problems can learn about treatments and techniques to help them manage their condition in a new resource from the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC), an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2008/niddk-29.htm.
Healthy Vision
Dr. Janine Austin Clayton provides health vision information for women and men. Check out the links below.
Radio: http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/may2009/20090501vision.htm
Podcast: http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/podcast/2009/e0083.htm
Vodcast: http://www.nih.gov/news/vodcast/nihvodcast.htm
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBhj8Fn7D0k
HRSA Announces New Women’s Health and Wellness Guides for Rural Young and Adult Women
The HRSA Office of Women’s Health announces the addition of new consumer tools to the Bright Futures for Women’s Health and Wellness (BFWHW) Physical Activity and Healthy Eating domain for Rural Young and Adult Women. The tools include an Adult Women’s Guide designed to encourage adult women living in rural areas to increase levels of physical activity, healthy eating, and communication with their health care providers. It also includes a Young Women’s guide and bookmark. The HRSA Information Center has limited FREE copies available. To order, contact: http://ask.hrsa.gov/ or 1-888-ASK-HRSA.
NIH/ORWH Announces New BIRCWH Awards to Promote Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health at 11 Institutions in 9 States
Press Release
The National Institutes of Health is currently seeking outstanding candidates for the new three-year Women's Health Clinical Fellowship.
NIH Director Names Five New Members to Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (June, 2005)
New Program Announcement: Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): PA-05-030
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) RFA-OD-05-002
ORWH/NIH Reentry Program Announcement is now in the NIH Guide!
Women's Health Special Interest Group (WHSIG)
Intramural Program on Research on Women's Health (IPRWH)
Sponsored by the NIH Office of Intramural Research (OIR) and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
Speakers are being finalized.
November is National Diabetes month!
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wilson Hall
Building 1, 3rd Floor
Come join your fellow NIH colleagues in a scientific exchange on issues related to the biology and pathology of sex and gender differences and effects on women's health. If you require sign language interpretation, please contact Ms. Vicki Malick at malickv@mail.nih.gov five days prior to this lecture. This event will be available on archive at videocast.nih.gov one week after the lecture. This event will not be shown live.
Sign language interpreters will be provided if requested 5 days in advance for individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this lecture. Those needing a sign language interpreter should contact Ms. Vicki Malick at malickv@mail.nih.gov and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH): Sixth Annual
Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Symposium
November 17, 2009
8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lipsett Amphitheater, NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), NIH Campus
Click Here for Online Registration
Bethesda, Maryland
ORWH will hold its Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Symposium on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 on the NIH campus in Lipsett Amphitheater. Highlights will include oral presentations by Scholars from the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program and Principal Investigators from the Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health program. In addition, poster abstracts from both programs will be on display outside Lipsett. This symposium is held in conjunction with the annual SCOR and BIRCWH Principal Investigator meetings and the annual BIRCWH Scholar meeting at the NIH. Registration opened on June 25, 2009.
Office of Research on Women’s Health/NIH/DHHS, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital
The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) is convening the fourth in a series of public hearings and scientific workshops to update the Women’s Health Research Agenda at the NIH for the coming decade. The meeting is cohosted by the ORWH, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
LOCATION:
Wednesday, October 14
The Public Hearing will take place at the - Feinberg School of Medicine Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center Room 1-129 303 E. Superior Chicago, IL 60611
Thursday & Friday, October 15-16
The Meetings will take place at – Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium, inside of the Arthur Rubloff Building 375 E. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611
CONTACT:
Jody K. Hirsh, PhD
Research Coordinator
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism &
Molecular Medicine
Tarry 15-757
Ph. 312/503-3659
FAX 312/908-9032
jkhirsh@northwestern.edu
More information on the agenda, how to submit testimony, invited speakers, and registration and travel information is available at: http://www.orwhmeetings.com/movingintothefuture/northwestern
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NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH): Sixth Annual
Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Symposium
November 17, 2009
8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lipsett Amphitheater, NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), NIH Campus
Bethesda, MarylandORWH will hold its Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Symposium on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 on the NIH campus in Lipsett Amphitheater. Highlights will include oral presentations by Scholars from the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program and Principal Investigators from the Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health program. In addition, poster abstracts from both programs will be on display outside Lipsett. This symposium is held in conjunction with the annual SCOR and BIRCWH Principal Investigator meetings and the annual BIRCWH Scholar meeting at the NIH. Registration opened on June 25, 2009.
The ORWH Women’s Health Seminar Series features nationally recognized leaders in women’s health research who present the latest information on topics important to women’s health.
Sex and Gender Research: Metabolic Dysfunction
June 30, 2009
Lipsett Auditorium
1:00 - 3:00PM
Seminars are free and open to the public.
Women’s Health Special Interest Group
Nutrition and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Dr. Emily Y. Chew
April 24, 2009
11:30AM – 12:30PM
Wilson Hall
Building 1, 3rd Floor
"Women are Scientists" series: video available for ordering!
"Women in Dental Research" the fifth in a video series: "Women are Scientists" designed to encourage middle school girls to consider careers in science can be ordered by going to: NIH Office Of Science Education
For additional information on women and science education, please go to: University Of North Carolina Dentistry News
