A Path for Better Science and Innovation

ORWH hosted the 5th Annual Vivian W. Pinn Symposium, which was presented by NIH and the Foundation for the NIH. This year’s meeting, titled “Integrating Sex and Gender into Biomedical Research as a Path for Better Science and Innovation,” illustrated the scientific, societal, and economic opportunities for integrating sex and gender considerations into biomedical research. 


https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/director/messages/path-better-science-and-innovation





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