INTRAMURAL PROGRAM ON RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH

The Intramural Program on Research on Women's Health (IPRWH) is a new entity being developed within the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), Office of the Director, NIH. The IPRWH will serve as the focal point for all intramural women's health research, including sex and gender comparison research, within the Intramural Research Programs (IRP) at the NIH and will support the ORWH mission to:

• Promote, stimulate, and support efforts to improve the health of women through biomedical and behavioral research within the Institutes and Centers comprising the Intramural Research Programs of the NIH.
  
• Enhance communication among, and recruitment of, researchers on women's health among the Institutes and Centers.
  
• Develop and communicate training opportunities and recruit new clinical and basic research trainees into the IPRWH at the NIH.

The IPRWH has assembled a Steering Committee comprised of researchers from a variety of NIH Institutes and Centers. The Steering Committee members are also members of three subcommittees that focus on specific areas on interest to the IPRWH:

Scientific Interest Group

Training Subcommittee

Outside Support/Grants

Women's Health Scientific Interest Group

All scientists interested in research areas related to women's health are invited to join. As a member of the Women's Health Scientific Interest Group, you will be involved in:

• Discussing possible collaborations on current and future studies on women's health research including but not limited to
  
  1) Overarching approaches for research on women's health including sex/gender differences
  
  2) Topical research priorities related to basic, translational, behavioral and clinical research
  
• Brainstorming ideas and suggestions for programs that could fall under research on women's health, as well as any other topic of interest to the group
  
• Attending the monthly WHSIG Lecture Series
  
• Sharing reagents, laboratory equipment, and expertise
  

To join the WHSIG, go to http://list.nih.gov/archives/irp_research_on_womens_health-l.html

WHSIG LECTURE SERIES

IPRWH Steering Committee
Dr. Esther Sternberg, NIMH, Co-chair	Dr. Barbara Vonderhaar, NCI/CCR, Co-chair
Dr. Janine Smith, NEI, Coordinator, WHSIG	Ms. Vicki Malick, OIR & ORWH, Health Education Analyst
Dr. Vivian Pinn, Director, ORWH	Ms. Joyce Rudick, ORWH
Dr. Deborah Carper, NEI	Dr. Joan Schwartz, OIR/OD
Dr. Giovanni Cizza, NIMH	Dr. Monica Skarulis, NIDDK
Dr. Ken Korach, NIEHS	Dr. Jeffrey Struewing, NCI/CCR
Dr. James Lacey, NCI/DCEG	Dr. Susan Wray, NINDS
Dr. Lawrence Nelson, NICHD	Dr. Richard Wyatt, OIR/OD
	Dr. Jo Anne Zujewski, NCI/CCR