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UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program

Award Number: K12AR084219
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/16/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/21/2025

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UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program - ABSTRACT This administrative supplement proposes K12 and postdoctoral scholar funding for the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Division of Research’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program. Program objectives are to: 1. Recruit a superb and diverse group of early-career women’s health researchers; 2. Provide tailored training and mentoring on sex and gender influences in health and disease; 3. Build upon our existing program by targeting topics in women’s health of public health importance; 4. Strengthen and integrate models of interdisciplinary research to develop researchers who foster linkages across disciplines and institutions and excel in building team science; and to 5. Promote the prominence of women’s health and the retention of investigators underrepresented in clinical research by mentoring BIRCWH scholars and alumni in academic advancement and leadership. The rationale of our program is that scholars’ successful careers in women’s health will transform biomedical research and ultimately advance women’s health and improve health equity in the US through sustained focus on the study of sex and gender influences in health and disease. The program brings together mentors and advisors from 16 UCSF departments and centers and from KPNC and emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to a wide range of women’s health issues. We will continue the program’s initiatives in path- breaking research in women’s cancers; environmental health; mental health, addiction, and cognition; infectious diseases; metabolism and bone health; and reproductive health across the lifespan. A UCSF/KPNC Advisory Committee oversees the program in partnership with leadership, along with newly appointed external advisory members for greater outreach to underrepresented scholars. Our program is strengthened by mentoring teams that cross disciplines and with our newly offered training in mentoring across differences. Diverse scholars and faculty—in terms of fields of interest, background, training, race/ethnicity, and gender— are a priority. We connect scholars to a network of our BIRCWH scholars and alumni, including investigators underrepresented in medicine for ongoing peer and mentor support. Our BIRCWH scholars receive tailored mentoring, and participate in training courses, program seminars, progress assessments, and leadership development activities. An array of career development and training opportunities at the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) support our BIRCWH program. The career development path for each scholar is tailored to the specific experience and mentoring that will most effectively support transition to independence. Our program evaluation follows a conceptual framework of important domains to scholar career development, with survey measures that assess scholar outcomes such as career trajectory, scientific productivity, and BIRCWH program effectiveness for up to 10 years afterwards.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	26	3/25/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	26	10/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $959,250 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	002	26	9/16/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$325,591
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	26	5/31/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$633,659
2024	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	25	2/15/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $959,250

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $97,201 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	002	25	9/14/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	25	7/31/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$97,200
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	003	25	9/14/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	25	7/25/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$1
														Subtotal = $97,201

Grand Total All Awards = $1,056,451

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UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program

Award Number: K12AR084219

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/16/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/21/2025

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