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Study after study continues to show evidence for gender bias in research.
Results based off of unrepresentative samples and biased conclusions
can affect people’s health and lives.
Many researchers may not even know when their studies are biased
or are not taking into account gender differences.
Some may wish to learn more about how gender differences affect research in healthcare,
but are unsure where to start.
Get on your way to more balanced research by visiting
The Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health,
located at sexandgendercourse.od.nih.gov
Two free online courses developed by
The National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health
and the Food & Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health
are offered to help you understand basic gender differences
and how these differences influence health research.
Course 1, The Basic Science and the Biological Basis for Sex- and Gender-Related Differences
will take you through physiological sex differences and how they affect health and illness
as well as implications for policy, medical research and health care.
Course 2, Sex and Gender Differences in Health and Behavior
builds off of the content in Course 1.
You’ll learn about sex and gender differences in disease and how you can consider gender differences in treatment.
You will also learn how to incorporate
sex and gender differences in your research.
Each course can be finished in a few hours.
Continuing Medical Education credit can be awarded from
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
This video was funded by a grant from The National Institutes of Health
and the National Library of Medicine
as part of the Women's Health Resources and Gender Research Differences:
Outreach at California State University, Northridge project.
If you have any questions, please contact
Lynn Lampert, Marcia Henry or Anna Fidgeon, librarians at the Oviatt Library.