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As some of you might have already seen on Twitter, the recording of the Short Course “Sex Differences in the Brain: Balancing Sex in Preclinical Research” is now available on Neuronline, SfN’s online home for learning and discussion. SfN members have unlimited access to it and all other content on Neuronline. Non-SfN members can access 5 Neuronline resources of their choosing every 30 days, including this video. Please share the recording with your network, and don’t hesitate to retweet if you are on Twitter!
The OSSD endorsed the resolution introduced by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) to recognize January 25 as Women’s Health Research Day: see press release
OSSD Past-President, Jill Becker, has published a very timely and important commentary in response to the federal plan for the opioid crisis: The federal plan for health science and technology's response to the opioid crisis: Understanding sex and and gender differences as part of the solution is overlooked
Special Issue of Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences on Sex and Gender. The issue is going to be freely available until April 2019! The majority of Elsevier journals offer Share Links. This is a customized link which authors receive for their newly-published article on ScienceDirect. The link provides 50 days of free access to their article -- after that, the usual access rules apply. Anyone clicking on the Share Link within the 50-day period will be taken directly to the article with no sign-up or registration required! Share Links are ideal for email and social media.
At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Psychology Professor Dr. Karyn Frick is leading a group of researchers to solve Alzheimer's disease
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research published a new video to help peer reviewers access the integration of sex and gender as part of their grant reviews.
Typical woman or typical man? Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) honors two scientists for their gender-oriented biomedical research. BIH awards the BIH Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects to Professor Louise Pilote of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Professor Rhonda Voskuhl of the University of California, USA. Both scientists strongly incorporate gender aspects into their biomedical research. The scientists will share the 20,000 euro award and will come to Berlin for a guest stay at the BIH.
How far have we come? Two independent analyses of sex bias and the reporting of sex in basic biomedical research written by OSSD members Dr. Sabra Klein and Dr. John Meitzen. Read them here: 'Sex Reporting in Preclinical Microbiological and Immunological Research' and 'Problems and Progress regarding Sex Bias and Omission in Neuroscience Research.'
An article highlighting the work of Dr. Jeff Mogil (Capstone speaker at OSSD 2017) on sex differences in pain: "Pain for Women, Pain for Men" by Bob Roehr.
Data released from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicate men and women have very different experiences with bad reactions to drugs. Read the full 2014 Washington Post article: 'Bad medicine: The awful drug reactions Americans report' by Dan Keating and Jason Millman.
A fascinating study from OSSD Past-President, Dr. Louise McCullough, showing that having multiple pregnancies may enhance neurovascular health later in life. The data highlight that female reproductive experience may be an important factor to consider in preclinical and clinical studies. Ritzel et al. (2017) Multiparity improves outcomes after cerebral ischemia in female mice despite features of increased metabovascular risk. PNAS 114(28); E5673-E5682.
Check out two important 'Viewpoints' published in JAMA on the consideration and reporting of sex and gender in medicine and clinical research (Oct 31st).