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In this issue, ORWH discusses the NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV), which seeks to improve scientific rigor and ensure that everyone benefits from NIH-funded research.
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NIH Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
The updated toolkit will help you think through how the inclusion of women in clinical research supports strong study design.
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Understudied, Underrepresented, and Underreported (U3) Women's Health Lecture Series
The series brings in principal investigators who educate people about various U3 populations to increase interest in pursuing research for understudied, underrepresented, and underreported women.
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NIH Challenge Prize for Academic Institutions
The prize competition recognizes academic institutions developing and implementing interventions that successfully address faculty diversity and equity issues in biomedical and behavioral science departments.
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Join us as we celebrate the achievements NIH and ORWH have made in improving the health of women these past 30 years.
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Strategic Initiatives
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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
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Individual Research Opportunities
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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.
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.
- Sex as a Biological Variable: A 5-year progress report and call to action. Journal of Women’s Health
- 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
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.