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Press Releases & Media Advisories

• NIH ORWH to Hold Virtual Meeting Series on Advances in Women’s Health, Sex and Gender in Health and Disease, and the Advancement of Women in Biomedical Careers
• NIH Holds a Symposium on Pregnancy-Related Death and Disease
• NIH releases clinician resource for simplified diagnosis of dry eye disease
   

Statements

• Statement on Gender Disparities in NIH Funding
• Statement on NIH UNITE Initiative
   

Media Coverage

Sex as a Biological Variable

• Progress in Considering Sex as a Biological Variable
  Chyren Hunter, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Science Friday
• Coronavirus Live Updates: The virus seems to hit men harder than women. This may be why.
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  The New York Times
• Coronavirus: ¿por qué más hombres que mujeres han sido afectados en China?
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  BBC News Mundo
• Women's Health Awareness with Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
  Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Laila Ali Lifestyle
• Neuroscience: Do too many male experimental animals distort the results?
  Chyren Hunter, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Bayerischer Rundfunk

Inclusion

• Women in Clinical Trials with Dr. Janine Clayton
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  NEJM Resident 360 - Curbside Consults Podcast
• Honoring the Researchers Making a Difference for Women’s Brains: An Interview with Maria Shriver and Sanjay Gupta, M.D. (1st video)
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement
• Women Were Left Out of Clinical Trials Until the ‘90s—This Is How It’s Impacted Our Health
  Regine Douthard, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Program Officer
  Well + Good

Sex & Gender

• 7 steps to manage stress and build resilience
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  SFGATE (Brandpoint)
• Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from PTSD. Studies are underway to find out why.
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  The Washington Post
• Scientists can now apply for NIH’s first sex- and gender-focused research grant 
  STAT Morning Rounds

Gender Bias in Health Care

• The invisible woman? The challenge at the doctor's office every woman needs to know about
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Today.com
• Why women get overlooked in healthcare—Featuring: Serena Williams, Dr. Janine Clayton, Dr. Esther Choo
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Lean In 
• Recognizing, Addressing Unintended Gender Bias in Patient Care
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Clinical Practice Today

Biomedical Careers

• NIH Leader Champions Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: ASHG Interviews Janine Clayton, M.D.
  Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  American Society of Human Genetics
• STEM Hero: Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
  Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Base 11
• Stopping the leaks
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation newsletter

Maternal Morbidity & Mortality

• The US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation. California is trying to do something about that
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  CNN.com
• Women dying from pregnancy and childbirth is still a problem in the United States, CDC report shows
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  CNN.com
• Maternal morbidity and mortality: Your guide to healthy pregnancy
  Samia Noursi, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Formation of ORWH

• How Women Remade American Government
  The Atlantic