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January 2020
Happy New Year!

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ORWH Updates “NIH Inclusion Outreach Toolkit” on How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research
The new version of the NIH Inclusion Outreach Toolkit includes information on the history of inclusion at NIH, current policies, case studies and testimonials, regulations, checklists, seminars, and other resources...
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ORWH Announces Two Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards for Junior Investigators to Present at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Meeting on May 4-7, 2020
ORWH is offering two Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards to support the development of junior investigators focused on women’s health or sex and gender differences who are also interested in research policy...
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ORWH Begins Release of E-Learning Courses on Sex and Gender
A new section of the ORWH website features free online courses designed to give users a thorough and 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 design...
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NIH Hosts Annual Meeting of the BIRCWH Program
The annual meeting of the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program was held on December 11, 2019, on the NIH main campus. Keynote speaker Judith Regensteiner, Ph.D., delivered the Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lecture, titled “Strategic Career Development: Charting the Course...”  
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NEWS

Expanding Female Engagement In STEM Can Prepare Industries For The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Father’s X chromosome may yield clues to higher rates of autoimmune disease in women

Femtech in 2019: 13 Trends And Highlights In Women’s Health Technology

NICHD launches initiative for plus-size moms-to-be and their healthcare providers

Why We Need More Women in STEM and How AI Could Help Us Get There

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STRATEGIC PLAN

Read the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research

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UPCOMING EVENTS
50th Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
April 21, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
NIH Main Campus, John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center (Building 35A), Rooms 620/630

5th Annual NIH Vivian W. Pinn Symposium
May 12, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
NIH Main Campus, NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater

NICHD/ORWH Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Workshop
May 19, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
NIH Main Campus

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NIH Inclusion Across the Lifespan Workshop II
September 2, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
NIH Main Campus

51st Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
October 20, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
NIH Main Campus, Natcher Building (Building 45), Rooms E1/E2
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