Goals and Objectives
- To facilitate interdisciplinary research on sex/gender differences at all levels of biological organization;
- To advance the understanding of sex/gender differences by bringing together scientists and clinicians of diverse backgrounds;
- To encourage the application of new knowledge of sex/gender differences to improve health and health care; and
- To promote the field of sex/gender differences research through education, mentoring, and outreach.
In order to facilitate the exchange of information about sex differences among researchers, OSSD holds a multidisciplinary annual meeting which began in spring 2007 and will soon publish the journal Biology of Sex Differences.
OSSD will work closely with SWHR to address policy issues of concern to its members, and to educate the public about the importance of sex differences research to advancing the health of men and women around the world. This will include working closely with other scientific and medical societies, disease organizations, and government agencies in the US and worldwide that fund or otherwise support or regulate research.
OSSD membership is open to individuals working in the life and health sciences who have demonstrated an interest in the study of sex/gender differences.
