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Press Releases and Media Advisories

• NIH Meeting to Focus on Menopause and Optimizing Midlife Health of Women 05/07/2023
• NIH Office of Research on Women's Health to Hold Virtual Meetings to Help Advance Research on Sex and Gender and Their Roles in Health and Disease 10/20/2022
• NIH Meeting to Focus on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Careers of Women Scientists 5/5/2022
• NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health to Hold Virtual Meetings to Help Advance Careers in Women’s Health Research and Knowledge About How Sex and Gender Affect Health and Disease 12/8/2021
• “Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference” to Be Held on October 20, 2021 10/14/2021
• NIH Office of Research on Women's Health to Hold Forum on Effective Approaches to Fostering Faculty Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 9/30/2021
• NIH funds studies to assess potential effects of COVID-19 vaccination on menstruation 8/30/2021

Statements

• Statement on Announcement of Winners of the NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Science 8/5/2021
• Statement on NIH UNITE Initiative 3/10/2021
• Statement on Gender Disparities in NIH Funding 8/6/2020

Media Coverage

Sex as a Biological Variable

• Investigating the XY factor in disease
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Axios
  07/13/2023
• Guess Which Sex Behaves More Erratically (At Least in Mice)
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  New York Times
  03/07/2023
• Why this UCLA professor is studying female animals to gain insights into women's health
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  L.A. Times
  10/14/2022
• The fraught quest to account for sex in biology research
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Nature
  9/26/2022
• The Quest to Show that Biological Sex Matters in the Immune System
  Chyren Hunter, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research
  MIT Technology Review
  8/15/2022
• Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that's a problem
  Chyren Hunter, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  CNN.com
  5/14/2021
• Men and women may respond differently to vaccines. Research needs to account for that
  Chyren Hunter, Ph.D., Associate Director for Basic and Translational Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health
  STAT News
  4/18/2022
• 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
  2/26/2021
• 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
  2/27/2020
• 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
  2/20/2020
• 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
  7/22/2019
• Women's Health Awareness with Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
  Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Laila Ali Lifestyle

Biomedical Careers

• NIH Expert: Stigma Around Paternal Leave Contributes to Gender Inequity in Medical Research Field
  Xenia Tigno, Ph.D., Associate Director for Careers, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Rashmi Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., Director, Michigan Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine 
  Pharmacy Times
  8/12/2022
• The Impact of the Pandemic on the Careers of Women Researchers in Biomedicine
  Xenia Tigno, Ph.D., Associate Director for Careers, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Rashmi Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., Director, Michigan Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine 
  Pharmacy Times
  8/5/2022
• NIH Expert: 'Women Do Not Passively Leak Out of the Professional Pipeline' in Biomedical Careers.
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Pharmacy Times
  6/16/2022
• International Day of Women & Girls in Science
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  WJLA 24/7 News on Your Side
  2/11/2022
• 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
  3/17/2021
• STEM Hero: Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
  Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Base 11
  2/11/2021
• Stopping the leaks
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation newsletter

Sex and Gender

• Women are Sicker Than Ever. Maria Asked 3 Groundbreaking Researchers to Explain Why
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  MariaShriverSundayPaper.com
  07/08/2023
• Seeing Eye 2 Eye: Gender Disparities in Women's Eye Health & Social Determinants of Health
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  BlackDoctor.org
  10/26/2022
• Women's Eye Health and Safety
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Prevent Blindness
  4/19/2022
• What Women Want: Addressing Women's Health Inequalities
• Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  The King's Fund
  3/7/2022
• Deep Dive Into High-Quality Care of Women’s Health
  Sarah Temkin, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health
  Pharmacy Times on Medical World News
  2/15/2022
• An expert guide to women’s health screenings at every age
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  The Lily
  12/4/2021
• Solving the puzzle of female longevity
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  CBS News
  11/29/2021
• We Need to Know How Menopause Changes Women’s Brains
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  The New York Times
  7/21/2021
• A Conversation on the Future of Women’s Health Research with Dr. Janine Clayton, Director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Innovations in Women's Health, Women’s Health Research at Yale newsletter
  6/21/2021
• Scientists can now apply for NIH’s first sex- and gender-focused research grant 
  STAT Morning Rounds
  10/25/2019
• 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
  10/19/2019
• 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)

Inclusion

• "Why We Know So Little About Women’s Bodies"
  Sarah Temkin, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Seeker
  6/29/2021
• COVID-19 puts spotlight on disparities in women's health research
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  GoodMorningAmerica.com
  5/19/2021
• 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
  3/30/2021
• 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
  2/11/2021
• 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 Medical Officer, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Well + Good
  7/6/2020

Gender Bias in Healthcare

• "They don't believe me'" The pain and dangers of medical gaslighting
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D.,, FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  USA Today
  5/19/2023
• Women's health research lacks funding—these charts show how
  Sarah Temkin, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Nature
  5/3/2023
• From heart disease to IUDs: How doctors dismiss women's pain
  David Thomas, Ph.D., Special Advisor to the Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Washington Post
  12/13/2022
• Improving the Quality of Care for Ovarian Cancer Patients
  Sarah Temkin, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Giddy.com
  6/13/2022
• Survey Aims to Inform Quality Improvement Initiatives in Ovarian Cancer Care Programs
  Sarah Temkin, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Journal of Clinical Pathways
  11/1/2021
• ‘Women are often just not heard’: Dangers of gender bias at doctors’ offices
  Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
  Today.com
  6/2/2021
• 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
  1/14/2020
• 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
  5/13/2019
• 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
  12/11/2018

Maternal Morbidity and 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
  4/14/2020
• 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
  1/30/2020
• 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

• The Real Turning Point for Women’s Political Power
  The Atlantic
  7/2/2019