56th Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health

Date and Time

– April 6, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT

Virtual only.

Event Information

The 56th Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH) will provide a forum for ACRWH members to give advice and make recommendations on priority issues affecting women's health and sex differences research. This meeting will feature a report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Director Gary Gibbons on NHLBI’s work to improve research on women’s health.

The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 established the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health, a Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) committee, to give advice and make recommendations on priority issues affecting women's health and sex differences research. ACRWH members are selected from among physicians, practitioners, scientists, and other health professionals who are not federal employees.

The ACRWH's responsibilities are to:

  • Advise the ORWH director on appropriate NIH research activities in women's health
  • Review the women's health research portfolio for NIH
  • Survey goals for scientific career development
  • Assess inclusion of women and minorities in NIH clinical research
Agenda

Videocast Link: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=45020

Agenda

9:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m.

Call to Order

Samia Noursi, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, ACRWH
Associate Director, Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

9:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

 

ORWH Director's Report

Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO
Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health, NIH Director, ORWH
 

10:45 a.m.–10:50 a.m.

 

Member Vote: Establishment of the ACRWH Working Group on the 2024–2028 NIH-wide Strategic Plan on Research on Women’s Health

Samia Noursi, Ph.D.

 

10:50 a.m.–11:50 a.m.

NHLBI Director's Report

Gary H. Gibbons, M.D. 
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
 

11:50 a.m.–12:20 p.m.

 

 

NIH Inclusion Update

Dawn Corbett, M.P.H. 
Inclusion Policy Officer, NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER)

 

12:20 p.m.

 

Virtual Group Photo

 

12:20 p.m–1:00 p.m.

BREAK

 

 

1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

2021 Women's Health Conference: Updates and Next Steps

Sarah Temkin, M.D. 
Associate Director for Clinical Research, ORWH

Samia Noursi, Ph.D 

Judy Regensteiner, Ph.D. 
Professor, Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

1:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Concept Clearance: Re-issuance of Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention for Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-time Recipients of NIH RPGs

Xenia Tigno, Ph.D. 
Associate Director for Careers, ORWH

2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Concept Clearance: The Intersection of Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Disease R01 Reissuance

Chyren Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research, ORWH

2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Galvanizing Health Equity through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER): Concept Clearance
 

Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D. 
Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator, ORWH

3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

 

Concept Clearance: ORWH U3 Research Program Expansion to Emphasize Understudied Conditions Relevant to the Health of Women

Sarah Temkin, M.D.

 

3:30 p.m.–4:25 p.m.

Open Discussion

Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO
 

4:25 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Closing Statement

Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO
 
Accommodations

Sign language interpreting services are available upon request. Individuals who need interpreting services and/or other reasonable accommodations to participate in this event should contact Sarah Heilman at sarah.heilman@nih.gov.