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ORWH Recognizes 40th Anniversary of First Reported Cases of HIV/AIDS in U.S.
ORWH Director Dr. Janine A. Clayton reflects on the first report on what is now known as HIV/AIDS and underscores the need to consider women in research on the disease.
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ORWH Webinar on COVID-19, Intersectionality, and the Health of Women
On June 24, 2021, event speakers will discuss their works on COVID-19, Intersectionality, Structural Inequality, and Public Health, published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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ORWH's E-Learning Courses
Gain an up-to-date understanding of sex and gender influences on health and disease and NIH requirements on factoring sex as a biological variable into research designs through three online courses.
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View On-Demand Videos from the 5th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium
Additional content, such as information on ORWH's e-learning program, also available in the virtual environment.
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Help End Structural Racism Within the Biomedical Research Enterprise
Address structural racism and promote racial equity and inclusion at NIH and within the larger biomedical research enterprise by submitting feedback on NIH's UNITE Initiative.
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ORWH Releases Women, Science, and the Impact of COVID-19 Webpage
This webpage describes: (1) NIH efforts to ensure that research on COVID-19 appropriately incorporates consideration of sex and gender influences; (2) the pandemic’s effects on the careers of women in STEMM fields and biomedical researchers and how NIH is supporting them; and (3) the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research and how it intersects with ORWH’s mission areas.
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
See ORWH research programs and funding announcements
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.
- 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
- Integrating the Influence of Sex and Gender in Research: Keeping Women Veterans in Focus, Women's Health Issues, 2019
- Taking Cardiology Clinical Trials to the Next Level: A Call to Action, Clinical Cardiology, 2018
- Considering sex as a biological variable in preclinical research, FASEB, 2016
- Sex and Gender equity in research: Rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use, Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2016
- Studying Both Sexes: A Guiding Principle for Biomedicine, FASEB, 2015
See additional journal publications in the ORWH Reading Room.
Director's Corner
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
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.
Featured Resources & Initiatives
ACTIV
A public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy to speed the most promising COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
The BRAIN Initiative
Learn about an audacious initiative aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
Health Information
Diabetes, obesity, cancer, asthma, and many other consumer health topics.
Ending Structural Racism
Learn more about NIH's efforts to end structural racism in biomedical research through the UNITE initiative.
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.
Clinical Trials
Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.
NIH HEAL Initiative
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Accelerating Medicines Partnership
A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Anti-Sexual Harassment
NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.
All of Us Research Program
A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Impact of NIH Research
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
Medical Research Initiatives
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.