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ORWH Established New Office of Autoimmune Disease Research
On April 12, 2023, ORWH Director Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO, announced the establishment of the NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH). OADR-ORWH is working with NIH leadership, other ICOs, researchers, clinicians, patient advocacy groups, and the public to ensure that plans for the new office synergize with other NIH efforts, observe congressional directives, address research gaps, and serve patients with autoimmune disorders.
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Learn More About Symptoms and Treatment of Menopause with My Menoplan
My Menoplan is an online evidence-based tool created by researchers, with funding from the National Institute on Aging, to assist people in learning about menopause symptoms and treatments and developing a personalized plan.
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ORWH E-Learning Courses on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
Sex as a Biological Variable: A Primer, the SABV Primer Supplement and the SABV Primer: Train the Trainer courses are designed to help the research community account for and appropriately integrate SABV across all phases of biomedical and biobehavioral research.
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NOSI: EXposome in Autoimmune Disease Collaborating Teams PLANning Awards (EXACT-PLAN)
This NOSI invites applications for exploratory, early, and conceptual stage research projects aimed at the design, development, and implementation of a future national, interdisciplinary, collaborative, team science research network that will advance the study of the exposome in autoimmune diseases. Applications are being accepted through June 16, 2023.
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New ORWH Notice of Funding Opportunity (R01 Research Project Grant)
ORWH recently released Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) to support research on chronic conditions that affect women and individuals assigned female at birth. Applications are being accepted through June 20, 2023.
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New ORWH Notice of Funding Opportunity (R21 Exploratory/Development Research Grant)
ORWH recently released Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) to support research on chronic conditions that affect women and individuals assigned female at birth. Applications are being accepted through June 20, 2023.
Director's Corner

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.
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