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NIH ORWH Science Policy Scholar Travel Award
- Application Period: October 15, 2018 to December 1, 2018
- Announcement of Award Recipient: February 15, 2019
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Introducing the New ORWH Newsletter: Women’s Health in Focus at NIH (Summer Issue)
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NBC Today Show Focuses on the Health of Women
ORWH Director Dr. Janine Austin Clayton speaks with Maria Shriver on the NBC Today Show about women, health care, and health research.
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Women’s Health Awareness With Dr. Janine Austin Clayton
ORWH Director Dr. Janine Clayton speaks with Ms. Laila Ali about women and heart disease and highlights the importance of factoring sex as a biological variable into every stage of research.
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NIH Women's Health Research Report
- Reflects the research investments and scientific advances made in women’s health research and related programs from the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices
- Describes major ORWH programs, initiatives, and activities
- Summarizes the inclusion of women in NIH-supported clinical research
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Women of Color Health Information Collection
What factors affect the health of women of color? Find the latest data in our Health Data Book.
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Raising the Bar: Improving the Health of Women in the United States
ORWH is working to improve women's life expectancy in the United States.
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Progress on the Inclusion of Women in Clinical Research Video
Women’s participation in clinical trials makes for better research. Watch our video to learn how.
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Considering Sex as a Biological Variable in Preclinical Research
This article serves as a primer to help orient scientists performing preclinical research to approaches for considering sex as a biological variable.
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- Hear inspiring messages from women scientists
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Research Focus
Research Focus
ORWH is the focal point of women’s health research at NIH
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
NIH Inclusion Policy
NIH Inclusion Policy
Describes in NIH policy on the inclusion of women in clinical research
NIH Outreach Toolkit
NIH Outreach Toolkit
How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research
Career Development/ BIRCWH
Career Development/ BIRCWH
Describes the 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.
Director's Corner
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D.
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D. 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. She is leading NIH’s Policy change initiative that requires scientists to include female animals and cells in preclinical research design.
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D. 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. She is leading NIH’s Policy change initiative that requires scientists to include female animals and cells in preclinical research design.
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