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NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers

Active since 2007, the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers was created in response to the National Academies report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, which called for broad, innovative action to overcome institutional and environmental barriers to advancement at all career stages for women.

The Working Group is co-chaired by the NIH Director, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., and Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) Director, Janine Austin Clayton, M.D. NIH Deputy Directors and Office of the Director (OD) senior staff, Institute and Center (IC) Directors, and other representatives of NIH intramural and extramural staff comprise the group. The Working Group has sponsored national workshops on mentoring women in biomedical careers, among other programs. The NIH Working Group’s mandate is:

  • To maximize the potential of women scientists and engineers
  • To consider how programs and policies it has created give attention to the NIH intramural communities and the concerns of intramural women
  • To consider the broader context of girls and women in science
  • To provide special attention to issues of barriers, minority women scientists and mentoring.

ORWH maintains the Working Group’s Web site—a central focus for career development resources for women. ORWH also produces NIH Updates on Women in Science e-newsletter that profiles outstanding early-career women scientists, and examples of best practices for implementing recruiting, retaining, and advancing women in science by U.S. research universities.

For more information on the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers and its programs, visit http://womeninscience.nih.gov.

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This page last reviewed on September 26, 2012

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