The UIC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CoE) and the UIC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology received the NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) beginning in September of 2007. This K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health provides funding for junior faculty to pursue research interests in women's health.
UIC BIRCWH NEWS AND EVENTS
NEW! The BIRCWH Program is now accepting applications!
The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program is now accepting applications!
If you are a junior faculty member focusing on women's health at one of UIC's six health colleges (Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Applied Health Sciences, and the School of Public Health), you are eligible to apply!
For more information, and to download the application form, please visit the Scholar Application page. All submissions are due by 4 PM on Monday, March 15, 2010.
NEW! BIRCWH Women's Health Research Day!
Please mark Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 12 to 4 pm on your calendars! The UIC BIRCWH Program will be hosting the BIRCWH Women's Health Research Day featuring a keynote speech by Dr. Carole Heilman, Director of the Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a panel presentation from BIRCWH scholars and the distribution of the 2010 UIC Women’s Health Research Directory. More information on this event, please visit our calendar page!
To enter your research in the 2010 UIC Women’s Health Research Directory, use the following submission form. All submissions are due by 4 PM on Monday, March 15, 2010.
Congratulations to BIRCWH Scholar Hyun-Young Jeong!
Dr. Jeong is the winner of this year's Vahlteich Research Award for her application entitled "Induction of CYP2D6 expression in pregnancy." The Vahlteich Research Awards are funded by the income generated by the Hans and Ella McCollum Vahlteich Endowment Fund and are intended to support junior faculty in their efforts to receive external funding for their research programs.
Recent BIRCWH Seminar on Sex and Gender!
BIRCWH hosted an interdisciplinary research seminar on December 3rd with two knowledgeable speakers: Barbara J. Risman, PhD, the Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, and Sociology PhD candidate, Georgiann Davis.
For information from the seminar, please visit our calendar, or download the presentation.
Current BIRCWH Scholars
Joanna Burdette, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy
Colleen Corte, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Administrative Nursing, College of Nursing
Patricia Hershberger, PhD, Assistant Professor in the
Department of Women, Children, and Family Health Science, College of Nursing
Hyunyoung Jeong, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Thasarat S. Vajaranant, MD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine
Former BIRCWH Scholar Awarded NIH K23 Grant
Bryna Harwood, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, has been awarded K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research funding from the National Institutes of Health for her research titled "Contraceptive Decision-Making: Women's Preferences for IUD-related Health States."