Why It's Important to Analyze Research Data by Sex with Nicole Woitowich, PhD

For decades, biomedical research relied heavily on male subjects, leaving important gaps in our understanding of how diseases and treatments affect women. In 2016, the NIH introduced a policy requiring that all eligible funding applicants consider the influence of sex in their research to better understand health and disease for all. Nearly a decade later, has research truly changed?

In this episode, Nicole Woitowich, PhD, executive director of Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS), discusses her new study examining how well biomedical research is incorporating sex differences, and where science is still falling short.

• Read more about Woitowich's appointment as executive director of NUCATS.
• Check out the study published in Nature Communications Medicine.
• Learn more about the research from a Northwestern Now story.