-
Learn More
Register for Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference
ORWH and the ACRWH will be hosting the conference on October 20, 2021.
-
Register Today
Register for October 5th Forum Honoring Prize Competition Winners for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity
The forum will present the winners' effective, evidence-based practices and feature four panels exploring challenges and discussing ways to improve the existing career paradigm for many women in biomedical and behavioral science.
-
Read Booklet
ORWH Recognizes Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
ORWH developed a polycystic ovary/ovarian syndrome (PCOS) booklet to help bring awareness to and enhance the lives of those affected by PCOS.
-
Learn More
NOSI on Interventions Designed to Change the Culture to Mitigate or Eliminate Sexual Harassment in the Biomedical Research Enterprise
NIH is encouraging applications to test interventions aiming to lessen or eliminate sexual harassment in the biomedical research enterprise. Submit an application for this notice of special interest (NOSI) on October 13, 2021.
-
Read In Focus
ORWH’s In Focus Publication Explores Gynecological Cancer Research
The latest issue of Women’s Health in Focus at NIH explores NIH’s efforts to improve the screening, prevention, and treatment of gynecological cancers. Additional articles in this issue describe efforts by ORWH and others to improve gender diversity and parity throughout the biomedical and biobehavioral research workforce and other topics relevant to the health of women and women in biomedical careers.
-
View Courses
ORWH's E-Learning Courses
Gain an 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 through three online courses.
-
View Page
ORWH Women, Science, and the Impact of COVID-19 Webpage
This webpage describes: (1) NIH efforts to ensure that research on COVID-19 appropriately incorporates consideration of sex and gender influences; (2) the pandemic’s effects on the careers of women in STEMM fields and biomedical researchers and how NIH is supporting them; and (3) the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research and how it intersects with ORWH’s mission areas.
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 Outreach Toolkit
Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research
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
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.
- 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
- Integrating the Influence of Sex and Gender in Research: Keeping Women Veterans in Focus, Women's Health Issues, 2019
- Taking Cardiology Clinical Trials to the Next Level: A Call to Action, Clinical Cardiology, 2018
- 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., 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 keystone of initiative to enhance research reproducibility, rigor NIH’s, and transparency.
Featured NIH-Wide Resources & Initiatives
ACTIV
A public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy to speed the most promising COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
ARPA-H
A new science agency proposed by President Joseph Biden as part of NIH to drive biomedical breakthroughs and provide transformative solutions for all patients.
All of Us Research Program
A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Accelerating Medicines Partnership
A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.
Anti-Sexual Harassment
NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.
NIH HEAL Initiative
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Impact of NIH Research
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
RECOVER
A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Ending Structural Racism
Learn more about NIH’s efforts to end structural racism in biomedical research through the UNITE initiative.
Clinical Trials
Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.
Medical Research Initiatives
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.