🎉Welcome to National Women’s Health Week! Hosted by womenshealth.gov, this year's #NWHW is titled 'Empowering Women, Cultivating Health: Celebrating Voices, Wellness & Resilience.'
Check out how ORWH is celebrating on the #NWHW site, & stay tuned for more: bit.ly/3QCF3LT

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Osteoporosis is known as a “silent disease” – because there are often no symptoms.

This bone disease develops when bone density and mass decrease. Older adults are especially at risk. Watch this video to see #OsteoporosisExplained .

#OsteoporosisAwareness #OAPM2024

ORWH’s new toolkit overviews key strategies & best practices for increasing gender diversity in the workplace for #WomeninSTEMM . The toolkit features faculty gender diversity in biomedical and behavioral sciences prize winners’ successful approaches: bit.ly/4b8mI0H

Join ORWH & NIHPrevents for the launch of NIH’s Women’s Health Roundtable Series during #NWHW24 . This roundtable will feature remarks from directors of NIH, ORWH, and ODP followed by a panel discussion on menopause research. Learn more: bit.ly/49S0lLY

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 75th Anniversary Mental Health Matters podcast series explores the stories behind influencers and innovators in mental health research and takes you into the lives of people living with mental illnesses. Listen: go.nih.gov/29HWmUr #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

In coordination with the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, NIH issued a NOSI to highlight interest in receiving research applications focused on diseases and health conditions that predominantly affect women or are female specific. bit.ly/3xcM8M6

We’re proud to be part of an NIH-wide initiative to advance women’s health research. Thanks to data shared by our participants, over 400 active research projects on women's health conditions are underway. Learn more: allof-us.org/49ogecU

Next week is #NWHW . Join OADR-ORWH at the 8th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium, this year’s theme is “Synergy in Science: Innovations in Autoimmune Disease Research and Care.” Register and learn more here: bit.ly/3vEuC2R

Each May ORWH highlights several important health observances and events, including #NationalWomensHealthWeek ( #NWHW24 ), #OlderAmericansMonth , #MentalHealthMonth , and #8thAnnualVPS ! Stay tuned throughout the month!

#ICYMI : ORWH’s “Funding Friday” features notices of funding opportunities and notices about research that ORWH is directly supporting or otherwise providing funding for. Read more: bit.ly/3JQEEBB #FundingFriday

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Barr on her appointment as the new Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research of ORWH! Since 2019, she has led efforts in intersectional health research, interprofessional education, & HIV research for women. Kudos🎉 bit.ly/3UtUbfE

Please join ORWH, NIEHS & NIAMS in congratulating the 6 recipients of the EXposome in Autoimmune Disease Collaborating Teams PLANning (EXACT-PLAN) awards. The award supports the development of a science research network focused on #WomensHealth & #AutoimmuneDiseaseResearch

Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life. Get tips and resources from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to help take care of your mental health. go.nih.gov/cZFldR8 #MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

🆕 The Prize Competition for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity Toolkit is now available. The toolkit was created to share best practices & effective, evidence-based strategies to foster inclusive & equitable workplace environments for #WomenInSTEMM bit.ly/4b8mI0H

🧬Register now for the 8th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium, hosted by OADR-ORWH. Don't miss out on engaging talks and insights on innovations in #AutoimmuneDiseaseResearch and care. To learn more and register: bit.ly/3vEuC2R

📢Calling all researchers! ORWH and several NIH institutes and centers have issued a NOSI to highlight interest in receiving research applications focused on diseases & health conditions that predominantly affect women or are female specific. For more: bit.ly/3xcM8M6

📢 Less than a week left to submit your abstracts for the ORWH travel awards! This is your final chance to showcase your work at the Menopause Society Annual Meeting (The Menopause Society). Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/3SGZ9pr

Congratulations to the 2024 ORWH Science Policy Travel Award recipient, Dr. Mayte Restrepo, an asst. professor in the Dept. of Public Health Sciences at UConn Health. Her research examines the associated impact of armed conflict violence on women’s lives. bit.ly/3Ps3v1Q

Are you interested in advancing understanding of autoimmune diseases? Don't miss the #8thAnnualVPS , where experts will discuss the latest breakthroughs and challenges in #AutoimmuneDiseaseResearch and care. Register now: bit.ly/3TI25Bx