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Researchers in NIH-Supported Study Find Method of Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, can predict a woman’s risk for cardiovascular disease decades later.
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Funding Opportunity for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health
The new funding opportunity seeks to support scholarly work on the topic of clinical medicine, public health, biomedical research, or information sciences.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health
This publication summarizes the third public meeting of the NASEM ad hoc committee, which aims to address the persistent gaps that remain in the knowledge of women's health research across the NIH.
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N CREW Program Launches to Promote Health Equity in Native Communities
The Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (N CREW) Program supports Tribes and Native American Serving Organizations in addressing overdose, substance abuse, mental health, and pain.
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Galvanizing Health Equity Through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER) R25 Grant Recipients Announced
The GENDER R25 grant recipients have been announced, and ORWH will host the annual principal investigator meeting on September 20, 2024, for its first-ever GENDER R25.
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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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.