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Headshot of Dr. Mayte Restrepo
The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) recently awarded Mayte Restrepo, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., the 2024 Science Policy Scholar Travel Award.
Women's Health In Focus at NIH, a quarterly publication of the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. Volume 7, Issue 1 Topic is on Global Women's Health. Depicted on the cover are hands holding a globe.
March 8, 2024
The most recent edition of Women’s Health in Focus at NIH explores global women’s health. The feature story describes the progress made as well as some of the remaining challenges for global women’s health, including climate change, clean water access, heat stress, and air pollution. 
March 1, 2024
The Office of Autoimmune Disease Research in the Office of Research on Women’s Health (OADR-ORWH) awarded six researchers for the Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): EXposome in Autoimmune Disease Collaborating Teams PLANning (EXACT-PLAN) Awards. This NOSI is a collaborative effort between OADR-ORWH, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices engaged in autoimmune disease research.
February 6, 2024
On January 25, 2024, ORWH celebrated the observance of Women’s Health Research Day, which recognizes the need to increase awareness of sex- and gender-based biomedical research. On this day, we also celebrated the eighth anniversary of the implementation of NIH’s Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV).
January 25, 2024
ORWH Announces Travel Awards for Two Junior Investigators to Present at The Menopause Society Annual Meeting in Chicago
The Office of Autoimmune Disease Research within the Office of Research on Women’s Health (OADR-ORWH) recently released the Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Input on an NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Autoimmune Disease Research.
ORWH released the Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional).
NIH recently published a full report on its fiscal years (FY) 2021 and 2022 research activities pertaining to the health of women.
The latest issue of Women’s Health in Focus at NIH explores research on autoimmune diseases in women. The feature story describes seven autoimmune diseases that predominately affect women.
The NIH ORWH and our Institute, Center, and Office partners issued this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight interest in receiving research and training grant applications focused on health impacts of gender-related social and structural variables.