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Strategic Planning: Updating the Women’s Health Research Agenda for the coming Decade
Ten years after the last women’s health research agenda was updated, the ORWH is again launching a series of four regional scientific workshops and public hearings to ensure that research on women’s health continues to be on the cutting edge of science, and based upon the most advanced techniques and methodologies…(more)
Pinn Points on Women’s Health: Preterm Birth
Dr. Vivian Pinn discusses the latest research on Preterm Birth with Dr. Catherine Spong. To listen to the podcast, click on Preterm Birth.
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ORWH is proud to announce a new women’s health awareness campaign. Please click below to find out more!
Vulvodynia, also referred to as “the pain down there” or also as “feminine pain,” is chronic discomfort or pain of the vulva, which is the area around the outside of the vagina. Researchers estimate that as many as 18 percent of women will experience symptoms consistent with vulvodynia.
Online Training
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women’s Health (OWH), announces the launch of a new online course, “The Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health.” The course offers participants a basic scientific understanding of the major physiological differences between the sexes, their influence on illness and health outcomes, and their implications for policy, medical research, and health care. For more information, visit http://sexandgendercourse.od.nih.gov/.
ORWH Brochure (Fact Sheet) (260kb)
Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR)
An answer for new research in women's health: ANSWHR research grant program announced
Women's Health Seminar Series
The ORWH Women’s Health Seminar Series features nationally recognized leaders
in women’s health research who present the latest information on topics important
to women’s health.
Sex and Gender Research: Metabolic Dysfunction
June 30, 2009
Lipsett Auditorium
1:00 – 3:00PM
Seminars are free and open to the public.
Women’s Health Special Interest Group
Nutrition and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Dr. Emily Y. Chew
April 24, 2009
11:30AM – 12:30PM
Wilson Hall
Building 1, 3rd Floor
The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Working Group (CFSWG) is working on a new CFS PA. Until it is issued through the NIH guide, applicants should continue to apply under the existing parent applications. PA-07-263, PA-07-264, PA-07-265. Even though the expiration dates read 11-06-2007, the OER will keep them active until the new PA is approved and published.
Directory of Residencies and Fellowship Programs in Women’s Health
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Now available at: http://www.liebertonline.com
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