Background: The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)
program is a mentored institutional research career development program developed to …

Abstract Background: The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) and the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers and the Agency for Health Care Research …

Background: A key component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for
Medical Research is the development of interdisciplinary research teams. How best to teach …

In October 2004, the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored the first NIH Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research …

Background: Increasingly, national programs and leaders are looking at interdisciplinary
collaborations as essential to future research. Twelve years ago, the National Institutes of …

Although women have reached parity at the training level in the biological sciences and
medicine, they are still significantly underrepresented in the professoriate and in mid-and …

Since the 1970s, many leaders in biomedical research have warned about a looming
national shortage of new physician investigators but evidence, especially for Women's …

Background: Career development is essential for all academic stages, but particularly critical
for the growth and retention of early career scientists. In addition to scientific technical …

Introduction: Early funding can have significant impact on a researcher's career. However,
funding is not equal for men and women. Not only do female researchers apply for fewer …

While the number of women entering US medical schools has risen substantially in the past
25 years, the number of women in leadership positions in academic medicine is …