Date Posted: March 27, 2024

The 60th meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH) will be held virtually for the public on April 9, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:35 p.m. EDT.  

ACRWH, a Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) committee, was established to provide advice and make recommendations on priority issues impacting women’s health and sex differences research. ACRWH advises the ORWH director on appropriate NIH research activities, reviews NIH’s women’s health research portfolio, surveys goals for scientific career development, and assesses the inclusion of women and minorities in NIH clinical research. ACRWH members include physicians, practitioners, scientists, and other non-federal health professionals.  

The upcoming 60th meeting will feature the following presentations:

HeadshotWhite House Women's Health Research Initiative Update
Carolyn Mazure, PhD., chair and professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University
HeadshotNIH Inclusion Update
Dawn Corbett, M.P.H., NIH inclusion policy officer at the Office of Extramural Research


A panel discussion on the Middle-Life Health of Women and Menopause will feature:

HeadshotRoberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D., director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Sciences at the University of Arizona Health Sciences
HeadshotSherri-Ann Burnett-Bowie, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
HeadshotHoward Neil Hodis, M.D., Harry J. Bauer and Dorothy Bauer Rawlins Professor of Cardiology; professor of medicine, population and public health sciences; professor of and molecular pharmacology and toxicology; director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit


Visit the event page for the full agenda and Videocast link.