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Gain an up-to-date understanding of sex and gender influences on health and disease and NIH requirements on factoring sex as a biological variable into research designs through three online courses.
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ORWH Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Join us as we celebrate the achievements NIH and ORWH have made in improving the health of women these past 30 years.
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Read Recent Issue of Women's Health in Focus at NIH
In this issue, ORWH explores the history, application, benefits, and challenges of NIH’s inclusion policies.
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Now Open: NIH Challenge Prize to Address Gender Diversity and Equity Problems Faced by Faculty in Higher Education
The prize furthers ORWH’s work over the past 30 years in advancing women in biomedical careers and advances the Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research.
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In the Spotlight highlights current and future efforts with the potential to have a substantial impact on the health of women and the advancement of women in the biomedical field.
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Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Initiatives
View the new Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research (2019–2023)
NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
Describes the NIH policy to account for sex in biomedical research
Inclusion Policies & Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
Inclusion Policies & Inclusion Outreach Toolkit
See policies and guidelines for the inclusion of women in clinical research across the lifespan
Career Development & Interprofessional Education
Career Development & Interprofessional Education
Information supporting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in biomedical careers
Institutional Research Opportunities
Institutional Research Opportunities
Describes the NIH mentored career-development program
Individual Research Opportunities
Individual Research Opportunities
See ORWH research programs and funding announcements
Introducing the New ORWH Newsletter:
Women's Health in Focus at NIH
Within these pages, you will find thought-provoking information about women's health, learn about new research NIH is funding, and find important information for and about women scientists in the biomedical field.
Featured Publications
Introducing the New ORWH Quarterly Publication:
Women's Health in Focus at NIH
Within these pages, you will find thought-provoking information about women's health, learn about new research NIH is funding, and find important information for and about women scientists in the biomedical field.
- The Intersection of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States, Current Women's Health Reviews, 2020
- The role of gynecologists in screening older women for ocular surface disease symptoms, Menopause, 2020
- Sex as a Biological Variable: A 5-year progress report and call to action. Journal of Women’s Health, 2020
- Using the Ecological Systems Theory to Understand Black/White Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2020
- Integrating the Influence of Sex and Gender in Research: Keeping Women Veterans in Focus, Women's Health Issues, 2019
- Taking Cardiology Clinical Trials to the Next Level: A Call to Action, Clinical Cardiology, 2018
- Considering sex as a biological variable in preclinical research, FASEB, 2016
- Sex and Gender equity in research: Rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use, Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2016
- Studying Both Sexes: A Guiding Principle for Biomedicine, FASEB, 2015
See additional journal publications in the ORWH Reading Room.
Director's Corner
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D.
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D. was appointed Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2012. She is leading NIH’s Policy change initiative that requires scientists to include female animals and cells in preclinical research design.
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D. was appointed Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2012. She is leading NIH’s Policy change initiative that requires scientists to include female animals and cells in preclinical research design.
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