Associations, Organizations, Agencies

Academy for Gender-Specific Medicine and Aging. From http://www.gendermedicine.com/.

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The Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH) for the Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH).

"The NIH Reauthorization Act of 1993 provides the organizational structure of the ACRWH."

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Association of Women's Heart Programs. 2131 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. Contact: Susan K. Bennett, M.D., F.A.C.C., mailto:susan.k.bennett@medstar.net.

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Centrum för Genusmedicin vid Institutionen för Medicin, Solna  [Swedish]

Center for Gender Medicine at the Institution for Medicine. Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.  Phone: +46 8-524 800 00.  Fax: +46 8-31 11 01.   English

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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), National Institutes of Health. Building 1, Room 201, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-0161. Phone: 301-402-1770. Fax: 301-402-1798. URL: http://orwh.od.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/bircwhmenu.html .

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Cardiovascular Research Foundation: Women's Health / Women's Health Initiative. http://www.crf.org/womenshealth.html. 55 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Alexandra J. Lansky, MD, Director.  

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Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues (aka The Women's Caucus).

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Center for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Aging and Disease, Georgetown University.  http://csd.georgetown.edu/.   Suite 232 Bldg D 4000 Reservoir Road, NW Washington, DC 20057. Tel: 202 687-4179; Fax: 202 687-7278, csdgu@georgtown.edu. Kathryn Sandberg, PhD., Director,

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HeartHealthWomen.org. 

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International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. 

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International Society for Gender Medicine.

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International Society for Men's Health [aka “International Society for Men‘s Health & Gender-specific Medicine]. P.O. Box 46, 1097 Vienna / Austria. Phone: +43 (0)1 409 60 10-0. Fax: +43 (0)1 409 60 11. Email: ismh(at)ismh.org. URL: http://www.ismh.org.

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Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University. 2021 K Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006. Phone: 202.994-4184. Fax: 202-296-0025. URL: http://www.jiwh.org/.  [Women's Health Issued journal].

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Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), National Institutes of Health. Building 1, Room 201, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-0161. Phone: 301-402-1770. Fax: 301-402-1798. URL: http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/.

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Office of Women’s Health (OWH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332). URL: http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm.

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The Office on Women’s Health (OWH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 712E, Washington, DC 20201. Phone: 202-690-7650. Fax: 202-205-2631. URL: http://www.4woman.gov/owh/.

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Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD). 1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 701, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-496-5002. Fax: 202-833-3472. E-mail: info@ossdweb.org. URL: http://www.ossdweb.org/.  The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) works to enhance the knowledge of sex/gender differences by facilitating interdisciplinary communication and collaboration among scientists and clinicians of diverse backgrounds.  OSSD was established in partnership with the Society for Women's Health Research.

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Society for Women’s Health Research. 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 701, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-223-8224. Fax: 202-833-3472. E-mail: info@womenshealthresearch.org. URL: http://www.womenshealthresearch.org.*

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The Women's Health Special Interest Group (WHSIG), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

"The forum for researchers across the NIH to meet, establish collaborations and to learn about sex-based differences, beyond the effects of hormones, that are relevant to molecular, cellular, genetic and developmental processes and affect organ systems, behavior and the organism as a whole."

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WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. 818 18th Street, NW, Suite 230, Washington, DC 20006. Phone:202-728-7199. Fax: 202-728-7238. E-mail: mail@womenheart.org. URL: http://www.womenheart.org.

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