# Building Interdisciplinary Women's Health at MUSC

> **NIH NIH K12** · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · 2020 · $540,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 This application from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) requests support for the
continuation of the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Scholars
Program. The overall objective of MUSC’s BIRCWH program is to attract translational scientists in the
neuroscience arena to broaden interdisciplinary research related to women’s health in South Carolina and
throughout the U.S. Since its inception in 2007, the MUSC BIRCWH has supported 16 Scholars who have
garnered more than $34 million in extramural research funding, either as Principal Investigators or as Co-
Investigators, and have published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts since their original BIRCWH
appointment. During the previous project period, the program recruited a total of 9 Scholars (6 PhDs, 2
MD/DOs, and 1 MD/PhD), including two under-represented minorities. The program targets junior faculty who
have an interest in developing research careers addressing women’s health and sex/gender issues in the
neuroscience area. In this renewal application, three Scholars will be appointed to the program each year, and
they will remain in the program for a minimum of two and maximum of four years, depending on their level of
training and experience at entry. While each Scholar will have an individual career development plan, all will
participate in core components, such as a seminar series focused on sex and gender issues in neuroscience
research, MUSC’s Sex and Gender Studies Research Day and training in Responsible Conduct of Research,
providing ample opportunity for interaction and the development of interdisciplinary collaborations. The
substantial expertise in translational neuroscience at MUSC assures the program’s ability to mentor individuals
and contribute significantly to the understanding and treatment of women’s health issues related to brain and
behavior across the lifespan. Representing 10 departments, the thirty mentor faculty have a broad distribution
across disciplines with research focusing on neuropsychiatric disorders, neurological disorders and cognitive
neuroscience and neuroimaging.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9990801
- **Project number:** 5K12HD055885-14
- **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- **Principal Investigator:** Jacqueline F. McGinty
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $540,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-09-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9990801

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9990801, Building Interdisciplinary Women's Health at MUSC (5K12HD055885-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9990801. Licensed CC0.

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