THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Health and Medicine Division
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Committee on the Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health
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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – 11:00 a.m.
via Zoom
on
A New Vision for Women's Health Research:
Transformative Change at the National Institutes of Health
Requested by Congress in P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, this new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report outlines specific recommendations for the National Institutes of Health’s women's health research priorities. In addition, it includes training and education efforts to build, support, and maintain a robust women's health research workforce; improving internal structures, systems and processes; soliciting, reviewing, and supporting women's health research; and ensuring appropriate levels of funding.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on December 5, 2024 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.