A resolution expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day".

Bill: 115-sres-383
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-01-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Health promotion and preventive care

Medical research

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-01-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. <br /></p> <p>Supports efforts to: (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research, and (3) encourage individuals to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research.<br /></p>

tv_txt: III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 383 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 25, 2018 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Harris , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Heitkamp , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Hassan , Mr. King , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Markey , Mrs. Feinstein , Ms. Hirono , Mrs. Murray , and Mr. Nelson ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of a Women’s Health Research Day .

Whereas women constitute 50.4 percent of people in the United States; Whereas women of different race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age experience many diseases and disorders differently than men experience diseases and disorders; Whereas those different experiences are reflected in the incidence, prevalence, symptomology, and severity of the disease or disorder; Whereas the risks and benefits of medical therapies vary based on the race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age of a woman; Whereas women and men have fundamental biological differences; Whereas, for many years, women of different race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age were underrepresented in biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the improvement of the health of women relies on sex- and gender-based biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the promise of individualized medicine cannot be realized without sex- and gender-based parity in research; Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health implemented a policy requiring federally funded investigators to consider sex as a biological variable in preclinical research; and Whereas that policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in research relating to the health of women: Now, therefore, be it

that the Senate— (1) expresses support for the designation of a Women’s Health Research Day ; and (2) supports efforts to— (A) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to the health and well-being of women; (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research; and (C) encourage individuals, including researchers and patients, to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research for women of different race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age.