Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, can predict a woman’s risk for cardiovascular disease decades later.
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In collaboration with the National Library of Medicine, the Office of Research on Women’s Health has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to highlight interest in receiving grant applications that will fund the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other works of academic and/or public health policy value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers, and historians of the health sciences.
ORWH is pleased to announce the release of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Overview of Research Gaps for Selected Conditions in Women’s Health Research at the NIH: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. This publication summarizes the third public meeting of NASEM’s ad hoc committee aiming to address the persistent gaps that remain in the knowledge of women's health research across the NIH.
ORWH is pleased to announce the recipients of the Galvanizing Health Equity Through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER) Research Education Program (R25) grant, in collaboration with the Office of Aids Research, National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office.
Private-sector innovation is a key aspect of accelerating and improving women’s health research. In response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation, NIH committed to further increasing—by 50%—its investments to support innovators and early-stage small businesses engaged in research and development on women’s health.
A new study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has determined that cabotegravir, an antiretroviral medication used for HIV treatment, is safe for use before and during pregnancy. The global study analyzed the pregnancy and infant outcomes of using long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) in more than 300 pregnant women.
Global Health 50/50 recently released its 2024 global report entitled Gaining Ground? The report analyzes the gender-related policies and practices of over 200 global health organizations that wield immense influence, control billions of dollars annually, and shape global discourse on social and political priorities. The report provides a critical examination of the organizations’ leadership and power landscape in their pursuit of gender equality.
The Office of Autoimmune Disease Research (OADR-ORWH) and Office of Research on Women’s Health are excited to announce the publication of “Coordination and Collaboration to Support Exposome Research in Autoimmune Diseases,” a new article in Arthritis Care & Research, the official journal of the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Professionals.
Congratulations are in order! The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health announced Jillian Joyce and Alicia Cole as the winners of the travel award for the Menopause Society 2024 Annual Meeting. The award provides these two junior investigators up to $3,000 each to defray the cost of attending the annual meeting from September 10 to 14, 2024, in Chicago.
Leaders from the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), Director Janine Clayton, M.D., FARVO, Deputy Director Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D., FACMG, CGC, Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D., and Associate Director of Clinical Research Sarah Temkin, M.D., presented on a panel at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. The panel presentation explored the breadth of ORWH and NIH research and programming on key issues in women’s health.