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September 2020

NIH Launches Challenge Prize to Help Address Gender Diversity and Equity Problems Faced by Faculty in Higher Education
I am pleased to announce that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) has launched a new Challenge Prize competition to promote the advancement of women in leadership roles in higher education.

Named the Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Science Prize, it will recognize institutions that have successfully and systemically addressed gender diversity and equity issues among faculty members in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Its aim is not only to increase gender diversity in these fields, but also to promote the broad dissemination and adoption of replicable, evidence-based institutional approaches to promoting gender diversity... Read more

Researchers Examine Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Through Ecological Systems Theory
A recent article by ORWH Associate Director for Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis Samia Noursi, Ph.D., and colleagues published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities examines the causes of MMM racial disparities through the lens of ecological systems theory... Read More

HHS Sets Public Health Objectives for the Next Decade in Healthy People 2030
The Healthy People initiative's fifth iteration includes fewer objectives and higher data standards than previous versions while still addressing emerging health issues such as opioid use disorder, adolescents’ use of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco, and COVID-19... Read More

ORWH Leadership Publishes Article on Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
The article, published in Current Women's Health Reviews, describes how research on U.S. rates of maternal morbidity and mortality (MMM)—which are higher than those of other high-income nations—typically concentrates on obstetrical problems. However, intimate partner violence has also been linked to MMM... Read More

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COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Clinical, Research, and Therapeutics Updates Virtual Workshop
The September 15, 2020, workshop will bring together experts in the field to discuss the progress and challenges in obstetric therapeutic research and patient care, share experiences in clinical management of pregnant women and newborns with COVID-19, and explore effective approaches to obstetric therapeutics during the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More

51st Meeting of the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
October 20, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting Plenary Session (20th Anniversary of Program)
December 14, 2020
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST

ORWH 30th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
December 15, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST

Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) Annual Meeting Keynote Address
December 16, 2020
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST

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