Report of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health: Office of Research on Women's Health and NIH Support for Research on Women's Health Issues, Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008

摘要

As directed in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act of 1993,1 the Advisory Committee on Research on Womens Health (ACRWH) submits to the NIH Director a report describing the activities of the Committee and its findings related to the mandates and funding for womens health. This report includes coordinated efforts of the NIH Institutes, Centers (ICs), and Offices to address womens health issues through research and related activities. As the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Research on Womens Health (ORWH) approaches, this FY 20072008 Biennial Report bears witness to the phenomenal growth in womens health research and related programs that has occurred since the formation of the Office in 1990. This report reflects major FY 20072008 ORWH research programs, initiatives, and activities, as well as highlights that were reported through the Coordinating Committee on Research on Womens Health (CCRWH) from the NIH ICs and Offices. This report is not a comprehensive listing of all NIH research on womens health, which would necessarily be encyclopedic; however, the report does serve to summarize, under a single cover, examples of the wealth of NIH advances in womens health research. This Biennial Report also provides information on and analysis of support for womens health research and related activities. During FY 20072008, NIH spent approximately $3.5 billion per year on research specifically related to womens health and approximately $23 billion on research relevant to both women and men.