NIH recently announced the launch of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech for Maternal Health Challenge as part of the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative, which supports research to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths and to improve health for women before, during, and after delivery.
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ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). In this video clip, Dr. Gibbons talks about leadership and how “your lived experience is a credential.”
ORWH, in partnership with the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), is launching a pilot program, Team Science Leadership Scholars Program (LSP).
ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, FAAN, Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). In this video clip, Dr. Zenk discusses the qualities of success.
ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Helene M. Langevin, M.D., Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). In this video clip, Dr. Langevin gives advice on pursuing a research career.
ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). In this video clip, Dr. Tromberg discusses the characteristics to look for in a mentor.
ORWH recently published the report, Perspectives of Advancing NIH Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women. This report provides background on the public health needs of the three priority topics of MMM, chronic debilitating conditions, and cervical cancer; current NIH activities in women's health research and the three priority topics; research gaps on the health of women; and research opportunities at NIH.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) published a request for information (RFI), NOT-OD-22-186, to solicit input from stakeholders across the scientific research, advocacy, and patient communities, as well as the public, to inform the topics that will be included in the forthcoming NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women.
ORWH’s Pearls of Wisdom series features Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). In this video clip, Dr. Byrnes advises to be proactive in your job search and “don’t undersell yourself or underestimate yourself.”
ORWH is pleased to announce a new program, Galvanizing Health Equity Through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER) R25 (RFA-OD-22-015).