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

Introduction
ORWH led the development and implementation of the Specialized Centers of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health (SCORs) program that is administered by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. SCORs are designed to increase the transfer of basic research findings into clinical practice by housing laboratory and clinical studies under one roof.

Each of the Centers focuses on a central theme. The SCORs are associated with one or more major medical centers. The 11 Centers are conducting interdisciplinary research focused on major medical problems affecting women and comparing gender contributions to health and disease. The disciplines mobilized into the SCORs are interdepartmental, intercollegiate, and interinstitutional.

Eleven interdisciplinary SCORs on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health have been funded to develop innovative approaches to advancing research on the role of sex and gender factors in health and disease.

Primary research areas currently under study include

• Substance abuse
• Urologic health
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (POS)
• Pain – IBS, Interstitial Cystitis
• Osteoporosis
• Depression

The centers are co-funded by six NIH institutes, with contributions by the Food and Drug Administration to promote institutional interdisciplinary research in an area important to women's health.

Contact for Questions:
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases provides administrative oversight for the centers.
Website: Types of Research and Training Programs (Activity Codes)

Centers, Directors, and Abstracts
Guidelines For Specialized Centers
Past SCORs-related Events
Upcoming SCORs-related Events