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Nagel JD, Koch A, Guimond JM, et al. Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013;2(5):24-9doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.049.
Nagel, J. D., Koch, A., Guimond, J. M., Glavin, S., & Geller, S. (2013). Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health. Global advances in health and medicine, 2(5), 24-9. https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.049
Nagel, Joan D, et al. "Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health." Global advances in health and medicine vol. 2,5 (2013): 24-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.049
Nagel JD, Koch A, Guimond JM, Glavin S, Geller S. Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Sep;2(5):24-9. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.049. PMID: 24416690; PMCID: PMC3833564.
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Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Sep;2(5):24-9. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.049.

Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health.

Global advances in health and medicine

Joan D Nagel, Abby Koch, Jennifer M Guimond, Sarah Glavin, Stacie Geller

Affiliations

  1. Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
  2. Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States.
  3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States.
  4. College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States.

PMID: 24416690 PMCID: PMC3833564 DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.049

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program is a mentored institutional research career development program developed to support and foster the interdisciplinary research careers of men and women junior faculty in women's health and sex/gender factors. The number of scholars who apply for and receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) research or career development grants is one proximate indicator of whether the BIRCWH program is being successful in achieving its goals.

PRIMARY STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present descriptive data on one metric of scholar performance-NIH grant application and funding rates.

METHODS/DESIGN: Grant applications were counted if the start date was 12 months or more after the scholar's BIRCWH start date. Two types of measures were used for the outcome of interest-person-based funding rates and application-based success rates.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Grant application, person funding, and application success rates.

RESULTS: Four hundred and ninety-three scholars had participated in BIRCWH as of November 1, 2012. Seventy-nine percent of BIRCWH scholars who completed training had applied for at least one competitive NIH grant, and 64% of those who applied had received at least one grant award. Approximately 68% of completed scholars applied for at least one research grant, and about half of those who applied were successful in obtaining at least one research award. Men and women had similar person funding rates, but women had higher application success rates for RoI grants.

LIMITATIONS: Data were calculated for all scholars across a series of years; many variables can influence person funding and application success rates beyond the BIRCWH program; and lack of an appropriate comparison group is another substantial limitation to this analysis.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the BIRCWH program has been successful in bridging advanced training with establishing independent research careers for scholars.

Keywords: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH); gender; sex

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