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Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (PACHE) Program Receives Funding
NIH has awarded additional funding to research teams supporting the National Cancer Institute’s PACHE program to develop more precise cancer prevention, detection, and treatment tools.
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ORWH Co-sponsors New Funding Opportunity on the Health of Women of U3 Populations
The notice of special interest will support research that investigates inequities in women’s health.
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ORWH Participates in ODP Funding Opportunity to Support Expansion of Cancer Screenings in Populations that Experience Health Disparities
This funding opportunity seeks to support research to address barriers that impede the use of cancer screening and preventive services in populations that experience health disparities.
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Sex and Gender Considerations in Health Care with a Focus on the Female Brain
ORWH Director, Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, is featured in a new continuing medical education program on sex and gender considerations for neurological and psychiatric conditions.
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ORWH Leadership Presentation on NIH’s Inclusive Sex and Gender Policy
Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D., recently presented at the GENDERACTIONplus Online Stakeholder Consultation on “Inclusive Gender Analysis in Research and Innovation Beyond the European Research Area.”
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Promoting Health Equity in Kidney Disease Clinical Studies
A new article by ORWH Health Science Policy Analyst Raven Hardy Richard, Ph.D., leverages a socioecological model framework to enhance clinical study participation diversity for apolipoprotein L1 (APOL-1)-mediated kidney disease.
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Winners of Prize Competition to Improve Postpartum Maternal Health Through Innovative Diagnostics Announced
The RADx® Tech for Maternal Health Challenge supports the development of postpartum maternal health diagnostics for regions with limited access to maternity care.
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New Publication Authored by ORWH Director
NIH Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and ORWH Director, Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, has authored a new publication that provides an overview of ORWH as an office.
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Advancing Health Equity Through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability Funding Opportunity
The new funding opportunity is seeking to support research that advances health equity through the development, testing, and evaluation of interventions that prevent and address housing instability.
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Upcoming Webinar on Small Business Opportunities for Innovative Women’s Health Research
Join ORWH to learn about women’s health research priorities and small business opportunities within the women’s health research community.
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Federal Strategies to Address Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the U.S.
ORWH Medical Officer Balkissa Ouattara, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., presented at the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership conference on NIH’s IMPROVE initiative and strategies to address maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States.
About ORWH
Established in 1990, the Office of Research on Women's Health serves as the focal point for women's health research at the National Institutes of Health. For over thirty years, ORWH has worked across the NIH and beyond to advance our understanding of sex and gender as influences in health and disease, support women in biomedical careers, and stimulate research to improve the health of women.
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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.