Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to this joint consultation by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) in December 2023.
The Statement addresses the inclusion of sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation at all stages of health and medical research, including prioritisation and research question setting, conduct, data collection, analysis, reporting, translation and implementation.
Further information about the consultation can be found here.
Note: This submission was originally made as a response to an online survey, and has been reformatted for website publication.
Women's Health Victoria (2023) Statement on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research: submission to NHMRC and MRFF consultation. Women's Health Victoria. Melbourne.
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