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New Report: Perspectives on Advancing NIH Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women
In response to Congress, ORWH developed a strategy to collect input on the three high-priority areas: (1) rising rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, (2) rising rates of chronic debilitating conditions in women, and (3) stagnant cervical cancer survival rates. This report provides opportunities for future NIH research on women's health.
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Submit Input for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women
ORWH published a request for information (RFI), NOT-OD-22-186, to solicit input from stakeholders across the scientific research, advocacy, and patient communities, as well as the public, to inform the topics that will be included in the forthcoming NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women.
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ORWH Pearls of Wisdom Series Featuring Dr. Noni Byrnes, CSR Director
ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). In this video clip, Dr. Byrnes advises to be proactive in your job search and “don’t undersell yourself or underestimate yourself.”
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ORWH's In Focus Publication Explores Menopause Research
The latest issue of Women’s Health In Focus at NIH explores the menopausal transition, the stage of a women’s life that generally begins between ages 45 and 55 and ends at menopause, marked by a women’s final menstrual period. NIH recognizes the importance of the menopause transition to women’s health and supports comprehensive research to improve our understanding of this life stage and its implication for later-life health.
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6th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium - Event Recording Now Available
On May 12, ORWH hosted the 6th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium titled, "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Careers of Women Scientists." The event recording is now available.
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ORWH Maternal Morbidity & Mortality Fact Sheet
ORWH recently released the fact sheet, "Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: What Do We Know? How Are We Addressing It?" This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of recent scientific research and evidence-based practices relating to maternal morbidity and mortality.
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ORWH e-Learning Course Addressing Sex and Gender Offers CME Credits
The ORWH e-learning course, Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Health, offers up to six American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category 1 CreditTM.
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Initiatives
View the new Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research (2019–2023)
NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
Describes the NIH policy to account for sex in biomedical research
Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research
Career Development & Interprofessional Education
Career Development & Interprofessional Education
Information supporting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in biomedical careers
Institutional Research Opportunities
Institutional Research Opportunities
Describes the NIH mentored career-development program
Individual Research Opportunities
Individual Research Opportunities
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Introducing the New ORWH Newsletter:
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.
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.
- 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, Science, 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 the ORWH Reading Room.
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.
Featured NIH-Wide Resources & Initiatives
ACTIV
A public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy to speed the most promising COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
ARPA-H
A new science agency proposed by President Joseph Biden as part of NIH to drive biomedical breakthroughs and provide transformative solutions for all patients.
All of Us Research Program
A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Accelerating Medicines Partnership
A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.
Anti-Sexual Harassment
NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.
NIH HEAL Initiative
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Impact of NIH Research
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
RECOVER
A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Ending Structural Racism
Learn more about NIH’s efforts to end structural racism in biomedical research through the UNITE initiative.
Clinical Trials
Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.
Medical Research Initiatives
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.