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May 2022

Supporting Women So They Can Live Healthy Lives from Head to Toe

Each May, we observe National Women’s Health Week, as well as Mental Health Awareness Month and Healthy Vision Month. This month serves as a reminder that living a healthy life requires a holistic approach, meaning that health is everything that affects us from head to toe. Although it’s important to focus on living a physically and mentally healthy life year-round, the observances in May serve as excellent reminders to take care of ourselves. Read more

ORWH e-Learning Course Offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits
The ORWH e-learning course, Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Health, offers up to six American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award (AMA PRA) Category 1 Credit^TM. Read More.

ORWH Hosts Next “Diverse Voices” Virtual Lecture on COVID-19 and Women
The next session of the “Diverse Voices: Intersectionality and the Health of Women” series will focus on COVID-19 and women and feature presentations from Heather Shattuck-Heidorn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Women and Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine; Co-Founder and Assistant Director of the Harvard GenderSciLab; and Stephaun Wallace, Ph.D., M.S., M.O.L., Director of External Relations, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Read More.

Prevent Blindness Interviews the ORWH Director on Women’s Eye Health
May is Healthy Vision Month, and during the month, ORWH recognizes eye health’s essential role in overall health. Jeff Todd, President and CEO of Prevent Blindness, interviewed the ORWH Director, Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO, about women’s eye health and safety. Read More.

The Gender Health Innovation Gap: A Perspective from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
Med, May 2022

All About Grants Podcasts on Inclusion Plans
Inclusion Plans (Part 1): The Application: In Part 1 of this NIH All About Grants podcast miniseries, NIH’s Inclusion Policy Officer Dawn Corbett tells applicants how to consider inclusion plans when putting together your application.

Inclusion Plans (Part 2): Peer Review and Post-Award: NIH’s Inclusion Policy Officer Dawn Corbett covers inclusion plans during peer review and post-award in Part 2 of this NIH All About Grants podcast miniseries.

Updated NIH and Other PHS Agency Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Instructional Guide (RPPR Guide) Released May 13, 2022

Request for Information: Challenges and Opportunities in Health and Science Communication Research (NOT-RM-22-012)
Responses Due May 27, 2022

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards (NOT-OD-20-055)
Application due date vary by Institute/Center (IC).
Click the link above to access the table that includes IC-specific information, application due dates, and contact information. There is a June 1 application due date for the following ICs: National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute on Aging.

NOSI: Emerging and Existing Issues of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Research Related to the Health and Well-Being of Women, Children and Individuals with Physical and/or Intellectual Disabilities (NOT-HD-22-002)
Due June 5, 2022

NOSI: Dissemination and Implementation Research to Advance Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Preventive Interventions in School Settings (NOT-AT-22-004)
Due June 5, 2022

Alcohol Health Services Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-22-156)
Due June 5, 2022

Cancer Prevention, Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment Technologies for Global Health (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-CA-22-020)
Due June 17, 2022