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2018
  • Celebrating Women’s History Month
    During March, we celebrate Women's History Month to recognize the extraordinary achievements of women. At the Office of Research on Women's Health, we are acknowledging the contributions of women scientists and clinicians...
  • Celebrating American Heart Month
    Celebrating American Heart Month
2017
  • Make Your Voice Heard: The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on Women’s Health
    Dr. Clayton discusses the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on Women’s Health.
  • Women in Medicine Month: NIH Leaders (Blog 3 of 3)
    Dr. Clayton highlights NIH Leaders
  • Women in Medicine Month: Distinguished Deans (Blog 2 of 3)
    Dr. Clayton highlights distinguished deans at medical schools
  • Women in Medicine Month: Taking Stock (Blog 1 of 3)
    Dr. Clayton discusses women in science
  • One Year Into the NIH SABV Policy, Sex and Gender in Science Gain Steam
    Dr. Clayton discusses growing interest in potential role of sex and gender in health and science.
  • We Need All Hands on Deck for Women's Heart Health
    Dr. Clayton discusses the importance of women's heart health.
2016
  • Meeting the Challenge of Sickle Cell Disease
    For National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Dr. Clayton discusses the disease and efforts to address it taking place across NIH.
  • Minority Health: A Milestone on the Road to Precision Medicine
    ORWH, NIH, and FDA offer resources to help investigators recruit the most diverse populations for their clinical studies.
  • American Heart Month: A Time to Reflect
    Heart disease research highlights the importance of investigating sex differences. Given the value of covering health differences between men and women in medical curricula, ORWH offers courses on sex and gender for continuing medical education credit.
  • Sex as a Biological Variable: A Step Toward Stronger Science, Better Health
    ORWH announces new criteria for evaluating grants on how they factor sex as a biological variable into research designs, analyses, and reporting in vertebrate animal and human studies.
2015
  • Considering Sex as a Biological Variable: In the NIH Guide
    A notice this week announces momentum toward new instructions for applicants on enhancing reproducibility through rigor and transparency by addressing sex as a biological variable.
  • Toward More Individualized Medicine: Introducing the Women of Color Health Data Book, Fourth Edition
    This post introduces the fourth edition of the Women of Color Health Data Book, a compilation of data on race/ethnicity and disease with relevant discussions of various factors that affect the health status of women of color.

Director’s Messages

  • Reflecting on Past Accomplishments to Make History Moving Forward: The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 and the New Office of Autoimmune Disease Research

    June 27, 2023

  • Expanding Menopause Research to Advance the Health of All Women

    May 15, 2023

  • Addressing Inequities to IMPROVE Maternal Health for All

    April 12, 2023

  • NIH Symposium Launches OAR-ORWH Partnership to Advance Research on HIV and Women Across the Lifespan

    March 10, 2023

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