New research supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health aims to deepen public understanding of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and inform the response. A Sample of Recently Published Findings To have the greatest benefits, vaccination campaigns should target people who say…

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NICHD is interested in grant applications that examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social determinants of health and the health of underserved and health disparities populations. NICHD priorities include: Research based on population representative samples. Comparisons of underserved populations and/or vulnerable populations (as defined by this underserved nor vulnerable. Research that examines…

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The Steering Committee of the National Institutes of Health Climate Change and Human Health Working Group invites feedback on the approaches NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices can take to enhance research on the health implications of climate change in the United States and globally. Responses will be accepted through August 30, 2021. For more information:…

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Data from TransPop, the first national probability sample of transgender individuals in the United States, is now available through Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR). A primary goal of the TransPop study is to provide researchers with a representative sample of transgender people in the United States. The study examines a variety of health-relevant domains including health…

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The NICHD Decoding Maternal Morbidity Data Challenge has launched! NICHD is seeking innovative approaches to secondary analyses of data collected from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b). Using fresh and unique methods of computational analysis, data mining, or learning approaches, Challenge innovators can help identify factors and interventions that can reduce maternal morbidity and severe maternal morbidity….

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NIH launched an effort to end structural racism in biomedical research through a new initiative called UNITE. NIH Director Francis Collins issued a statement committing NIH to instituting new ways to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and identifying and dismantling any policies and practices that may harm our workforce and our science. NIH has also…

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