60th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health
Biannual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women ’ s Health (ACRWH). The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 established the ACRWH, a Federal Advisory Act (FACA) committee, to give advice and make recommendations on priority issues affecting women ’ s health and sex differences research. ACRWH members are selected from physicians, practitioners, scientists, and other health professionals with balanced representation from across the US. The topic of the meeting is the Middle-Life Health of Women and Menopause. The meeting will include an ORWH Director's Report, panel discussion on the middle life health of wom...
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NHLBI Reproductive Health in Women and Girls with SCD: Gaps to Solutions (Day 2)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) complicates reproductive health for affected individuals. Girls and women with SCD confront challenges associated with menstruation, contraception, infertility risks, and high-risk pregnancy. This workshop assumes a lifespan approach to reproductive health in people with ovaries and sickle cell disease and engages questions related to pathophysiology, clinical care, and structural disparities that need to be addressed to fulfill the promise of high quality, individualized, comprehensive care for girls and women with SCD.
During the workshop ’ s first day, the major themes will be ovarian reser...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Reproductive Health in Women and Girls with SCD: Gaps to Solutions (Day 1)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) complicates reproductive health for affected individuals. Girls and women with SCD confront challenges associated with menstruation, contraception, infertility risks, and high-risk pregnancy. This workshop assumes a lifespan approach to reproductive health in people with ovaries and sickle cell disease and engages questions related to pathophysiology, clinical care, and structural disparities that need to be addressed to fulfill the promise of high quality, individualized, comprehensive care for girls and women with SCD.
During the workshop ’ s first day, the major themes will be ovarian reser...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vivian W. Pinn Symposium - May 2023
The 7th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium honors the first full-time director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women ’ s Health (ORWH), Dr. Vivian Pinn, and is held during National Women ’ s Health Week. This event serves as a critical forum for experts across sectors to communicate and collaborate for the advancement of women ’ s health.
The title of this year ’ s symposium is “ Menopause and Optimizing Midlife Health of Women. ” The symposium will discuss menopausal transition, accumulation of morbidity after menopause, menopause in special populations, social determinants of he...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Helping women navigate menopause with femtech
A new app from Evernow can connect women with knowledgeable healthcare providers and helps them to track their menopause symptoms. The company ’s founder and CEO Alicia Jackson explains how. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video
NINR Director's Lecture: Midlife Women ’ s Health: Using Technology to Enhance Research and Eliminate Disparities
2019 NINR Director's Lecture
Dr. Eun-Ok Im will present " Midlife Women ’ s Health: Using Technology to Enhance Research and Eliminate Disparities " . In her presentation, Dr. Im will discuss her program of research, which uses computer and mobile technologies to eliminate gender and ethnic disparities.
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN is the Associate Dean for Research Development and Regulatory Affairs and Mary T. Champagne Professor at Duke University, School of Nursing. She has gained national and international recognition as a methodologist, researcher, and theorist in international, cross-cultural women ’ s hea...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Genetics of Aging Phenotypes over the Life Course: A Population Perspective
The Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to its fall seminar, featuring Dr. Joanne Murabito. Dr. Murabito is Director of the Clinic at the Framingham Heart Study, and she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Murabito’s research goals have focused on aging and reproductive traits in the Framingham Heart study and beyond. Specifically, her research program focuses on using the tools of epidemiology and high-throughput genetic platforms to better understand the natural history of aging and to detect novel pathways and mechanisms for aging-related tra...
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