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Learn more on the new WHI-WHR Webpage
White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research (WHI-WHR) Workshop
“The Next Frontier in Women’s Health at the NIH: Harnessing Innovation to Power Interdisciplinary Research” workshop was held on October 29, 2024, at the White House. It featured talks from NIH and White House Gender Policy Council leadership.
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Cervical Cancer Patient Engagement Toolkit Now Available
The new resource aims to advance equitable cervical cancer prevention, screening, and management in safety-net settings.
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Next Session of Diverse Voices: Intersectionality and the Health of Women
The next session of Diverse Voices: Intersectionality and the Health of Women, “Reaching Rural Women: Implications for Research on Pregnancy,” will be held on January 30, 2025.
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Pelvic Floor Disorders
A new article from NIH News in Health discusses the pelvic floor, reviews several pelvic floor disorders, and shares their common symptoms.
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ORWH is Advancing the Representation of Women in Science Careers
In the American Physiological Society’s recent article, “Climbing Another Ladder,” ORWH’s Associate Director for Careers discusses ORWH’s commitment to supporting women in science related careers.
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Learn More about In Focus 7.4
New Issue of In Focus
The most recent edition of Women’s Health In Focus at NIH explores technology and innovation in women's health research.
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NIH ORWH Announces Science Policy Travel Awards
The awards will provide $3,000 each to two junior investigators to defray the cost of attending the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Meeting taking place June 1–5, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Notice of Interest in Research to Address Biological Sex Differences
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ Notice of Interest is encouraging research focused on sex differences in biological processes and in disease etiologies and outcomes.
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ORWH Shares Insights on Sex and Gender Research with a Japanese Research Agency
ORWH leadership represented NIH in a meeting with the Japan Science and Technology Agency to discuss and share insights on fostering gendered innovations and sex as a biological variable in research.
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Upcoming “Updates on OADR-ORWH” Session with Dr. Vicki Shanmugam
Join OADR-ORWH Director Dr. Vicki Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, FACR, CCD, on January 31, 2025, from 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. EST, for an online “Updates on OADR-ORWH” session.
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Health Influences of Gender as a Social and Structural Variable Webinar
The webinar on January 14 will gather the research community and program staff from across NIH to discuss Institute-, Center-, and Office-specific interests related to health influences of gender as a social and structural variable.
Featured Publications
ORWH Quarterly Publication: Women's Health in Focus at NIH
Within these pages, you will find thought-provoking information about women's health, learn about new research NIH is funding, and find important information for and about women scientists in the biomedical field.
- Opioids and Chronic Pain: Impact of the NIH Pathways to Prevention Evidence-Based Workshop Program, Prevention Science, 2023
- Public Priorities in Women's Health: Analysis of Request for Information Published to Inform "Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference," Journal of Women's Health, 2023
- Current gaps and opportunities in screening, preventing, and treatment of cervical cancer, Cancer, 2022
- Perspectives from Advancing National Institutes of Health Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022
- The gender health innovation gap: A perspective from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, Med, 2022
- Sex as a Biological Variable in Cardiovascular Diseases: JACC Focus Seminar, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2022
- Community voices: NIH working toward inclusive excellence by promoting and supporting women in science, Nature Communications, 2022
- Cross-Sectional Analyses of High-Impact Pain Across Pregnancy Status by Race and Ethnicity, Journal of Women's Health, 2022
- Research on Women's Health: Ready for the Future, Journal of Women's Health, 2022
- Fifth anniversary of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead, BMJ Global Health, 2021
- The roles of sex and gender in women’s eye health disparities in the United States, Biology of Sex Differences, 2021
- USPSTF Approach to Addressing Sex and Gender When Making Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services, JAMA, 2021
- Developing the Process and Tracking the Implementation and Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research, Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2021
- The Integration of Sex and Gender Considerations into Biomedical Research: Lessons from International Funding Agencies, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2021
- Special Issue of Journal of Women's Health on Maternal Morbidity & Mortality
- Pregnant in the United States in the COVID19 pandemic: a collision of crises we cannot ignore, Journal of the National Medical Association, 2021
- HIV-Related Stigma Research as a Priority at the National Institutes of Health, AIDS and Behavior, 2021
- The Intersection of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States, Current Women's Health Reviews, 2020
- The role of gynecologists in screening older women for ocular surface disease symptoms, Menopause, 2020
- Sex as a Biological Variable: A 5-year progress report and call to action, Journal of Women’s Health, 2020
- Using the Ecological Systems Theory to Understand Black/White Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2020
See additional journal publications in Director's Corner Publications page.
Director's Corner
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Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, was appointed Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2012. Dr. Clayton has strengthened NIH support for research on diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect women. She is the architect of the NIH policy requiring scientists to consider sex as a biological variable across the research spectrum, including research designs, analyses, and reporting in vertebrate animal and human studies. The policy serves as the keystone of NIH's initiative to enhance research reproducibility, rigor, and transparency.