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ORWH Recognizes American Heart Month
ORWH encourages everyone to adopt heart-healthy behaviors. Help raise awareness of the number-one killer of women—heart disease.
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ORWH Begins Release of E-Learning Courses on Sex and Gender
Participants can receive a certificate upon completion of each course module. Please stay tuned in the future for the possibility to receive CEU credits for the course, and for additional modules.
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NIH Inclusion Outreach Toolkit Updated
The updated toolkit will help you think through how the inclusion of women in clinical research supports strong study design.
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- Hear inspiring messages from women scientists
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- Gain insight about the role of mentors in biomedical careers
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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 Policies & Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
Inclusion Policies & Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
See policies and guidelines for the inclusion of women in clinical research across the lifespan
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
Introducing the New 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.
- Integrating the Influence of Sex and Gender in Research: Keeping Women Veterans in Focus
- Taking cardiology clinical trials to the next level: A call to action, Clinical Cardiology, 2018; Women’s Health Issues, 2019
- 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
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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.