[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 59814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21030]


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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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