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NIH recently announced the launch of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology (RADx® Tech) for Maternal Health Challenge, a competition offering up to $8 million in cash prizes to accelerate development of technologies to improve maternal health outcomes for those who live in areas lacking access to maternity care.

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.

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.

18 Oct

57th Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health

Virtual only.

26 Oct

Gender and Health: Impacts of Structural Sexism, Gender Norms, Relational Power Dynamics, and Gender Inequities

Virtual only.

1 Nov

Specialized Centers of Research Excellence on Sex Differences (SCORE) 2022 Annual Meeting Keynote Address

Virtual only.

2 Nov

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) 2022 Annual Meeting

Virtual only.

29 Nov

NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Identifying Risks and Interventions to Optimize Postpartum Health

Virtual only.

Event sponsored by the NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP); NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); Eunice Kennedy Striver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).

26 Jan

Diverse Voices: Cancer Disparities: Methods and Measurement of Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Virtual only.

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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.

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Featured Publications

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ORWH Quarterly Publication: Women's Health in Focus at NIH

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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.

ORWH e-learning courses give users a thorough and 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. Users will be able to apply this knowledge when designing and conducting research or interpreting evidence for clinical practice. Offerings include: Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Human Health (CME credits available), Sex as a Biological Variable: A Primer, Introduction: Sex- and Gender-Related Differences in Health, and the SABV Primer: Train the Trainer. Click here to download the e-learning courses flyer.

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Understudied, Underrepresented, and Underreported (3) Populations Fact Sheet
Infographic: How Sex/Gender Influence Health and Disease (PDF)
Studying Sex to Strengthen Science (PDF)
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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.

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REGISTRATION OPEN: Gender & Health Scientific Workshop

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ORWH Pearls of Wisdom Series featuring Dr. Gary Gibbons, NHLBI Director

New Report: Perspectives on Advancing NIH Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women

Submit Input for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women

ORWH Maternal Morbidity & Mortality Fact Sheet

ORWH e-Learning Course Addressing Sex and Gender Offers CME Credits

Strategic Initiatives

Strategic Initiatives

NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)

NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)

Inclusion Outreach Toolkit

Inclusion Outreach Toolkit

Career Development & Interprofessional Education

Career Development & Interprofessional Education

Institutional Research Opportunities

Institutional Research Opportunities

Individual Research Opportunities

Individual Research Opportunities

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