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Specialized Centers of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health

Reviewed April 22, 2008

The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) serves as a focal point to promote, stimulate, and support efforts to improve the health of women through biomedical and behavioral research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ORWH works in partnership with the NIH institutes and centers, and other federal agencies to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at NIH and throughout the scientific community.

Through this partnership, the ORWH established eleven SCORs to promote institutional interdisciplinary research in an area important to women's health.

The specialized centers are co-funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The NIAMS provides administrative oversight for the centers.

Currently Funded SCOR Grants

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fetal antecedents to sex differences in depression: a translational approach. Jill Goldstein, Ph.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the Brigham and Women’s Hospital SCOR grant

Medical University of South Carolina
Role of sex and gender differences in substance abuse relapse. Kathleen Brady, M. D., Ph.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the Medical University of South Carolina SCOR grant

Northwestern University
Excess male hormones (androgens) as the key to explaining polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Andrea Dunaif, M.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the Northwestern University SCOR grant

University of California, Los Angeles
A coordinated study of stress, pain, emotion, and sexual factors underlying the pelvic visceral disorders of irritable bowel disorder and interstitial cystitis. Emeran Mayer, M.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the University of California, Los Angeles, SCOR grant

University of California, San Francisco
Lower urinary tract function in women. Jeanette Brown, M.D., is center director.
Abstracts for the University of California, San Francisco, SCOR grant

University of Chicago
Sex steroids, sleep, and metabolic dysfunction in women. David Ehrmann, M.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the University of Chicago SCOR grant

University of Miami
Sex and gender influences on addition and health: a developmental perspective. Emmalee Bandstra, M.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the University of Miami SCOR grant

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Birth, muscle injury, and pelvic floor dysfunction. John DeLancey, M.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, SCOR grant

University of Missouri, Kansas City
Identifying the genes that put women at risk for osteoporosis. Hong-Wen Den. Ph.D.., is the center director.
Abstracts for the University of Missouri, Kansas City, SCOR grant

Washington University
The molecular and epidemiologic basis of acute and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI's) in women. Scott Hultgren, Ph.D., is the center director.
Abstracts for the Washington University SCOR grant

Yale University
Sex, stress, and substance use disorders. Rajita Sinha, Ph.D. is the center director.
Abstracts for the Yale University SCOR grant