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Thursday, 08 June 2006 09:29
NIH And FDA Offer Free Human Health Course Online
 
Bethesda, Maryland, USDA. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have collaborated on a new online course, "The Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health." The course is designed for researchers, clinicians, members of academia, and students in health professional schools. It emphasizes the importance of looking at the roles of sex and gender in clinical research and treatment. It is free to the public.

The course, created b the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) and the FDA Office of Women's Health (OWH), is said to offer participants a basic scientific understanding of the major physiological differences between the sexes, their influence on illness and health outcomes, and their implications for policy, medical research, and health care. It builds upon the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, "Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter," (2001), funded by the NIH and FDA.
 
The course will be accessible at the Online Course Site, under The Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health.
 
"Understanding the potential contribution of sex and gender factors in health and disease and in morbidity and mortality is critical to the public health and important for the design of research studies and their clinical implications," said Vivian Pinn, M.D., Director of NIH ORWH. "This online course will be an excellent resource for investigators and clinicians, ensuring a better understanding of sex and gender differences," said Kathleen Uhl, M.D., Assistant Commissioner for FDA OWH.
 
The course consists of six self-paced lessons that cover:
 
  • definitions of sex and gender
  • the development and implementation of applicable Federal guidelines and regulations
  • cell physiology
  • developmental biology
  • pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, and
  • clinical applications of genomics.
The course has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(tm). Other participants will receive a certificate from the NIH. A second module is in development, which applies the basic concepts presented in this course to specific conditions and organ systems where sex differences play a significant role.
 
More information is available online for both NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health and FDA's Office of Women's Health.
 
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