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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health at UC Davis

Award Number: K12AR084220
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2005
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2030

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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health at UC Davis - In the past 19 years, the UC Davis BIRCWH program has trained a sizeable, diverse group of interdisciplinary researchers in women's health and sex differences, elevating the prominence of this research. Building on this strong foundation, our next-generation BIRCWH program, led by Dr. Nancy Lane, will enhance innovation and impact. We aim to foster an academically stimulating environment that promotes career development and encourages paradigm-shifting, interdisciplinary collaboration, and team science to advance research in women’s health and sex disparities. Our short-term BIRCWH objectives are to: 1) provide indepth, individualized training and team-based interdisciplinary mentoring to support the independent career development of scholars in interdisciplinary women’s health and sex differences research; and 2) advance and achieve high-impact research in women’s health by establishing cross-disciplinary collaborations with UC Davis schools that advance science and health. Our long-term objectives, in concert with the ORWH 2024-2028 strategic plan, are to: 1) improve women’s health by enhancing understanding of the unique aspects of female sex and translating this knowledge to inform clinical practice; 2) develop transformative interdisciplinary team science for women’s health research and sex differences; and 3) train a diverse group of leaders in interdisciplinary women’s health and sex differences research. To accomplish our objectives, BIRCWH scholars will participate in: 1) team-based, interdisciplinary mentored research and career development activities; 2) core courses on study design, grant writing, biostatistics, team science and responsible conduct of research; 3) courses tailored to each scholars’ needs and interests including K award and R01 grant writing courses; 4) team-based interdisciplinary research; 5) integrated journal clubs; 6) monthly meetings with the PI and RDs to discuss research and career progress; 7) a biannual symposium of Northern California BIRCWH programs; and 8) the School of Medicine (SOM) Mentoring Academy, for mentors and scholars to be trained in skills to optimize mentoring experiences; 9) Office of Research in Women’s Health zoom seminars on women’s health and career development. Our program will leverage campus expertise in four research areas: neuroscience/pediatric neurodevelopment/ behavior; metabolic/inflammatory/nutrition-related syndromes; musculoskeletal diseases and aging disorders; and cancer/pain. These areas will be addressed through our BIRCWH crosscutting themes: 1) a lifespan approach to understanding normal development, illness/disease, and aging; 2) sex differences and 3) interdisciplinary research. This K12 program will fund four scholars and we have funding commitment from the SOM for a fifth scholar. All BIRCWH scholars must be junior faculty within six years of their terminal degree and must engage in interdisciplinary women’s health and/or sex differences, team science-based research and create an independent development plan for their pathway to independence.


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 = $907,200 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	004	22	8/13/2025	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$907,200
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	21	2/17/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	002	21	7/2/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	003	21	7/29/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	21	3/25/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $907,200

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $854,171 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	002	21	9/20/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$206,172
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	21	5/17/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$648,000
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR, STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	20	2/9/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$1
														Subtotal = $854,171

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $97,201 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR, STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	20	7/31/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$97,200
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	1850 RESEARCH PARK DR, STE 300	DAVIS	CA	95618	YOLO	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	20	7/25/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$1
														Subtotal = $97,201

Grand Total All Awards = $1,858,572

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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health at UC Davis

Award Number: K12AR084220

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2005

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2030

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