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Awardees announced for GENDER R25
ORWH is pleased to announce five recipients of the Galvanizing Health Equity Through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER) Research Education Program (R25)
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NIH Establishes Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence
The new centers will design and implement innovative approaches to promote maternal health equity and reduce pregnancy-related complications and deaths.
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Journal of Women's Health Special Issue Analyzes Mechanisms of Career Enhancement at Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences
The special issue highlights how the research community is shaping the future generation of scientists and developing a well-trained workforce that is dedicated to the study of sex as a biological variable (SABV).
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ORWH Established New Office of Autoimmune Disease Research
On April 12, 2023, ORWH Director Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO, announced the establishment of the NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH). OADR-ORWH is working with NIH leadership, other ICOs, researchers, clinicians, patient advocacy groups, and the public to ensure that plans for the new office synergize with other NIH efforts, observe congressional directives, address research gaps, and serve patients with autoimmune disorders.
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Learn More About Symptoms and Treatment of Menopause with My Menoplan
My Menoplan is an online evidence-based tool created by researchers, with funding from the National Institute on Aging, to assist people in learning about menopause symptoms and treatments and developing a personalized plan.
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ORWH E-Learning Courses on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
Sex as a Biological Variable: A Primer, the SABV Primer Supplement and the SABV Primer: Train the Trainer courses are designed to help the research community account for and appropriately integrate SABV across all phases of biomedical and biobehavioral research.
Research Programs & Initiatives
Research Programs & 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
ORWH E-Learning Courses
ORWH E-Learning Courses
How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research
Supporting Women in Biomedical Careers
Supporting Women in Biomedical Careers
Information supporting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in biomedical careers
Funding Opportunities & Notices
Funding Opportunities & Notices
Describes the NIH mentored career-development program
Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH)
Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH)
See ORWH research programs and funding announcements
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.
- Opioids and Chronic Pain: Impact of the NIH Pathways to Prevention Evidence-Based Workshop Program, Prevention Science, 2023
- Public Priorities in Women's Health: Analysis of Request for Information Published to Inform "Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference," Journal of Women's Health, 2023
- Current gaps and opportunities in screening, preventing, and treatment of cervical cancer, Cancer, 2022
- 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, 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 Director's Corner Publications page.
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