The U.S. General Accounting Office will assess what progress NIH has made in implementing the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993, which strengthened previous NIH policy on the inclusion of women in clinical study populations of research funded by NIH. This study will report on changes in NIH's grant review process and will analyze NIH tracking data on the inclusion of women, both NIH-wide and by institutes and centers. The study will report on the outreach, coordination, and funding activities of the NIH Office of Women's Health Research to develop an agenda on women's health research and encourage NIH support of such research. In addition, it will report on NIH expenditures on research that affects women's health, using various definitions, and discuss the difficulties of identifying which expenditures belong in this category.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1.Discuss progress NIH has made in including women in clinical study populations. 2. Describe actions of NIH's Office of Women's Health Research to encourage NIH support of research on women's health. 3. List NIH expenditures on women's health research using varying definitions and recognize difficulties of identifying these expenditures
Keywords: Women's Health, Research
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.