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New Report Examines Gender-Related Policies and Practices of Global Health Organizations
Gaining Ground? highlights the progress made and the disparities that remain in gender equality and diversity in global health organizations’ leadership.
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New Publication on Exposome Research in Autoimmune Diseases
Coauthored by leaders in OADR-ORWH, the new publication examines the critical role of the exposome in shaping NIH’s autoimmune disease research.
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Meet the Travel Award Recipients for the Menopause Society 2024 Annual Meeting
The award provides funding to defray the cost of attending the Menopause Society Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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Explore the IDeA States Symposium Program Booklet
The new booklet features abstracts from a variety of women’s health research experts. Topics range from the impact of mental stress on the female cardiac system to nanoparticle therapies.
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Biden Administration Announces $27.5 Million in Funding Opportunities to Enhance Women’s Behavioral Health
The funding opportunities will support research programs aimed at improving women’s behavioral health.
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ORWH Leaders at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
ORWH leaders presented a panel on women’s health research at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
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July is Fibroid Awareness Month
In recognition of Fibroid Awareness Month, the Society for Women’s Health Research developed a toolkit to empower individuals with uterine fibroids in navigating their care.
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.
Director's Corner
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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.