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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News NIH Office of the Director (OD) <https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/nih-office-director> For Immediate Release: December 5, 2024 STATEMENT ON NASEM REPORT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH The National Institutes of Health (NIH) thanks the National Academies Committee for its report (https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-nasem-report-womens-health-research)assessing the state of federally
funded research to advance the health of women in the United States. We also thank Congress for providing the funds for this report and for their support of women’s health research, which is crucial for improving the health and well-being of women across our
nation. The report highlights and raises awareness of the critical need for such research. While the report provides thoughtful recommendations on how NIH can expand its research efforts, it does not acknowledge the full breadth of NIH’s extensive work on women’s health research. It omits the key congressional language that establishes
the study of gynecological and pregnancy-related conditions at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and it understates the significance of ongoing women’s health initiatives supported by NICHD and other
NIH institutes. NIH is proud of its research accomplishments in women’s health, such as funding that led to the development of elagolix (Orilissa®), the first approved treatment of endometriosis-related pain in the United States. NIH recognizes that there
is more work to do and remains committed to supporting advancements toward understanding and treating conditions that primarily affect women, disproportionately affect women, or affect women differently. We appreciate the sustained collaboration among federal
agencies, universities, companies and nonprofits to translate scientific findings into medical care. Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D. Director, National Institutes of Health About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting
and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>. NIH...Turning Discovery into Health -- Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ### This Statement is available online at: To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from NIH News Release mailings, go to <http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USNIH_1>. If you subscribed via the NIH LISTSERV, go to <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=nihpress>. |
