What:
NIH leadership is available to answer questions from reporters about new policies that will be published online Wednesday in Nature to ensure that sex is treated as a fundamental variable in the preclinical biomedical research that it funds.
Article: NIH takes action on sex/gender in cell and animal studies. Nature . Clayton, J.A. & Collins, F.S.. Published online May 14, 2014.
Spokesperson:
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., NIH Associate Director for Research on Women's Health, Director for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
Contact: To schedule interviews, contact Anne Rancourt, 301-451-7058, anne.rancourt@nih.gov .
NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is part of the Office of the Director. ORWH works in partnership with the NIH Institutes and Centers to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at the NIH—and throughout the scientific community. For more information, visit http://www.nih.gov/women .
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov .
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