58th Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health

Date and Time

– April 12, 2023, 03:50 PM EDT

Virtual only.

Event Information

The 58th 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.
 
The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 established the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH), 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

 

Videocast

Agenda

Videocast Link: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49390

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.–10:30 a.m.

 

ORWH Director's Report

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

10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

 

NCATS' Efforts to Advance Women's Health Through Translational Science

Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.
Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH
 
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. NIH Inclusion Update

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

12:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Open Discussion

Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO

12:30 p.m.

 

Virtual Group Photo

 

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Autoimmune Research Spotlight

Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., RN
Senior Research Program Officer, ORWH, NIH
    Innate immune dysregulation and autoimmunity: Sex differences and impact on organ damage in women with lupus

Mariana J. Kaplan, M.D. 
Chief, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH
    Sex differences among patients with different forms of autoimmune muscle disease

Andrew Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Muscle Disease Section, NIAMS, NIH

2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

2024–2028 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women: Update

Samia Noursi, Ph.D.

Alyson McGregor, M.D., M.A., FACEP
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Kelly Chandler, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst, ORWH, NIH

2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Concept Clearance: Reentry, Reintegration, and Retraining Supplements

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

3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

 

Concept Clearance: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)—Postdoctoral Opportunities

Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., RN
 

3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

Open Discussion

Janine A. Clayton, M.D., FARVO
 

3:45 p.m.–3:50 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. Requests should be made at least 5 days prior to the event.