# BIRCWH Supplement

> **NIH NIH K12** · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $190,395

## Abstract

Abstract
The purpose of this Special Congressional Administrative Supplement is to bring on a diverse scholar from an
underrepresented population to the parent Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health
(BIRCWH) Program. The goal of the BIRCWH Program is to provide a structured environment that promotes
the development of junior faculty researchers into independent scientists with a commitment to interdisciplinary
research benefitting the health and well-being of women across the lifespan. VCU is a national leader in
women’s health with robust research on sex/gender influences on health, and it offers extensive and varied
opportunities and support for training and research in these areas. The BIRCWH Program will recruit a
promising early-career scholar from an underrepresented minority population and implement a novel,
interdisciplinary mentoring approach matching the scholar with a team of mentors who bring varied
perspectives to the scholar’s research and career development; design and implement a structured,
personalized education and training plan to develop scholar’s knowledge about women’s health and
sex/gender influences, who are proficient in study design and conduct data analysis and publication in
accordance with best regulatory and ethical practices; and connect the scholar with other researchers and
clinicians from across VCU, other BIRCWH Programs, and with community partners to encourage
interdisciplinary, scientifically rigorous, clinically relevant research on women’s health and sex/gender
differences. With a focus on the five areas of Cancer, Maternal-Child Health, Mental Health and Addiction,
Neuro-Musculoskeletal Health, and Obesity and Cardiovascular Health, the program leverages the expertise of
VCU’s exceptional women’s health researchers to train junior researchers in areas that are particularly relevant
to women and the study of sex/gender influences on health. The VCU BIRCWH Program is directed by an
interdisciplinary team of internationally acclaimed women’s health researchers and administratively housed in
the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, providing an environment that supports sex/gender-focused training and
research that transcends any single school or discipline. The additional scholar will receive salary support,
related research and career development funds, and an individual career development plan (ICD) through the
BIRCWH Program. VCU has a long-standing commitment to women’s health research and practice and a
coordinated agenda to train interdisciplinary researchers. The VCU BIRCWH Program provides a unique
setting to develop a new generation of interdisciplinary investigators trained to improve women’s health by
better understanding the role of sex and gender in disease risk, clinical manifestations, treatment, and
outcomes as well as in health and health care delivery.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10683574
- **Project number:** 3K12HD108269-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Barbara D. Boyan
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $190,395
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2022-06-15 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10683574

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10683574, BIRCWH Supplement (3K12HD108269-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10683574. Licensed CC0.

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