Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting, and the Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) Annual Meeting Keynote Address, 59814 [2020-21030]
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Dated: September 17, 2020.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Building Interdisciplinary Research
Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH)
Annual Meeting, and the Specialized
Centers of Research Excellence
(SCORE) Annual Meeting Keynote
Address
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Building
Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Annual
Meeting, held virtually December 14,
2020, sponsored by the Office of
Research on Women’s Health (ORWH),
will focus on mentoring young
investigators, present their research
findings, and celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the program. The
Specialized Centers of Research
Excellence on Sex Differences (SCORE)
Annual Meeting keynote address, held
virtually on December 16, 2020,
sponsored by ORWH, will offer the
perspective of an editor of The Lancet
on sex differences research and the
health of women. Both of these
programs are signature programs created
by ORWH in partnership with a number
of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
institutes and centers.
DATES: The BIRCWH Annual Meeting
will be held virtually on December 14,
2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.
The SCORE Annual Meeting keynote
address will be held virtually on
December 16, 2020, from 10:45 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The BIRCWH Annual
Meeting and the SCORE Annual
Meeting keynote address are virtual
events. Event information can be found
on the ORWH website: https://
orwh.od.nih.gov/about/newsroom/
events.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information concerning these meetings,
see the ORWH website, https://
orwh.od.nih.gov/about/newsroom/
events, or contact Lamont Williams,
Communications Director, Office of
Research on Women’s Health, 6707
Democracy Boulevard, Suite 400,
Bethesda, MD 20817, telephone: 301–
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HUMAN SERVICES
In
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 287d, of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended
and in keeping with the 30th
anniversary of ORWH putting science to
work for the health of women across
NIH, these meetings offer enlightening
virtual presentations on health research,
scientific advances on the influence of
sex and gender in health and disease,
and progress for women in biomedical
careers.
Celebrating its 20th year, BIRCWH is
an institutional mentored careerdevelopment grant program connecting
junior faculty, known as BIRCWH
Scholars, to senior faculty with shared
interest in women’s health and sex
differences research. The BIRCWH
Annual Meeting brings BIRCWH
Scholars and faculty together to share
research and experiences. The BIRCWH
4th Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial
Lectureship will focus on the
importance of and improvements to be
made in mentoring young investigators.
The meeting will also include
presentations on research findings by
several leading BIRCWH Scholars.
Patricia E. Molina, M.D., Ph.D., Richard
Ashman Professor and Head,
Department of Physiology, Louisiana
State University School of Medicine,
will deliver a special Innovation talk to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
BIRCWH program and close the session.
SCORE is the only NIH cooperative
agreement program supporting diseaseagnostic research on sex differences.
Each SCORE program serves as a
national resource for translational
research, at multiple levels of analysis,
to identify the role of biological sex
differences in the health of women. At
this year’s SCORE Annual Meeting,
Jocalyn Clark, Ph.D., Executive Editor,
The Lancet, will present the keynote
address: ‘‘Sex Differences Research and
the Health of Women: An Editor’s
Perspective.’’
The BIRCWH Annual Meeting and the
SCORE Annual Meeting keynote
address are free and open to the public.
National Institutes of Health
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Date: September 17, 2020.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes
of Health.
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Dated: September 17, 2020.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
(BIRCWH) Annual Meeting, and the Specialized Centers of Research
Excellence (SCORE) Annual Meeting Keynote Address
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's
Health (BIRCWH) Annual Meeting, held virtually December 14, 2020,
sponsored by the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), will
focus on mentoring young investigators, present their research
findings, and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the program. The
Specialized Centers of Research Excellence on Sex Differences (SCORE)
Annual Meeting keynote address, held virtually on December 16, 2020,
sponsored by ORWH, will offer the perspective of an editor of The
Lancet on sex differences research and the health of women. Both of
these programs are signature programs created by ORWH in partnership
with a number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and
centers.
DATES: The BIRCWH Annual Meeting will be held virtually on December 14,
2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. The SCORE Annual Meeting
keynote address will be held virtually on December 16, 2020, from 10:45
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The BIRCWH Annual Meeting and the SCORE Annual Meeting
keynote address are virtual events. Event information can be found on
the ORWH website: https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/newsroom/events.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning these
meetings, see the ORWH website, https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/newsroom/events, or contact Lamont Williams, Communications Director, Office of
Research on Women's Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 400,
Bethesda, MD 20817, telephone: 301-402-1770; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 287d, of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended and in keeping with the 30th
anniversary of ORWH putting science to work for the health of women
across NIH, these meetings offer enlightening virtual presentations on
health research, scientific advances on the influence of sex and gender
in health and disease, and progress for women in biomedical careers.
Celebrating its 20th year, BIRCWH is an institutional mentored
career-development grant program connecting junior faculty, known as
BIRCWH Scholars, to senior faculty with shared interest in women's
health and sex differences research. The BIRCWH Annual Meeting brings
BIRCWH Scholars and faculty together to share research and experiences.
The BIRCWH 4th Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Lectureship will focus on
the importance of and improvements to be made in mentoring young
investigators. The meeting will also include presentations on research
findings by several leading BIRCWH Scholars. Patricia E. Molina, M.D.,
Ph.D., Richard Ashman Professor and Head, Department of Physiology,
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, will deliver a special
Innovation talk to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BIRCWH program
and close the session.
SCORE is the only NIH cooperative agreement program supporting
disease-agnostic research on sex differences. Each SCORE program serves
as a national resource for translational research, at multiple levels
of analysis, to identify the role of biological sex differences in the
health of women. At this year's SCORE Annual Meeting, Jocalyn Clark,
Ph.D., Executive Editor, The Lancet, will present the keynote address:
``Sex Differences Research and the Health of Women: An Editor's
Perspective.''
The BIRCWH Annual Meeting and the SCORE Annual Meeting keynote
address are free and open to the public.
Date: September 17, 2020.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-21030 Filed 9-22-20; 8:45 am]
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