BIRCWH

Welcome to the Oregon BIRCWH

The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), in the Director's Office of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), established the BIRCWH Program in 2002 to advance mentored research career development of junior faculty who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, behavioral, clinical, or health services research in women's health. The Oregon BIRCWH program is dedicated to training tomorrow's leaders in women's health research.

2019 BIRCWH Northwest Women's Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research Conference

Save the Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019

More information coming soon!

Announcements and updates

Our application cycle has closed for this year. A new cycle is planned for early 2019. Please see our application page for more details.

Congratulations to two BIRCWH alumni who recently received OHSU Faculty Senate Awards!

Karen Eden, PhD (BIRCWH Scholar 2003-2006) received the 2017 OHSU Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award for the School of Medicine.
Chris Lee, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA (BIRCWH Scholar 2010-2012) received the 2017 OHSU Faculty Senate Distinguished Research Award for the School of Nursing.

Congratulations to our recently funded graduates.

News and events

The Knight Cancer Challenge - $1 billion campaign to end cancer

BIRCWH Northwest Women's Health and Sex/Gender Research Conference- May 22, 2015

BIRCWH peer-to-peer meetings - occur every other Wednesday from 1:00-2:30 p.m.