|  | | Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health | The Tulane Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program is part of an initiative by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to promote the career development of independent researchers working on sex, gender and women's health issues by pairing scholars with senior investigators in a mentored, interdisciplinary scientific environment. Tulane University is one of fifteen institutions nationwide to be awarded this funding in 2007. | 
| The aims of the Tulane BIRCWH program are to: - Train and mentor the next generation of conscientious, culturally competent and independent academic women’s health researchers
- Increase the quality and quantity of women’s cardiovascular health related research that integrates various disciplines
- Improve the cardiovascular health of Louisiana women, of all races and ethnicities, across the lifespan
| The Tulane BIRCWH program’s mission to move junior faculty toward research independence continues to receive strong support from the senior research community, as evidenced by the continued support and mentorship that BIRCWH Scholars have been provided following their tenure in the program. The net effect of the Tulane BIRCWH program is reflected in the success and promise of both former and current Scholars. Learn more about current and former Scholars. | The Tulane University BIRCWH continues to be integrated with the Tulane-Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health as an Interdisciplinary Sex, Gender and Women’s Health Research Center. Since its inception, the institutional significance and visibility of the BIRCWH program has grown, and continues to enjoy the support of the School of Medicine, the School of Public Heath and Tropical Medicine, the Xavier College of Pharmacy and the New Orleans General Clinical Research Center. Thus, the BIRCWH program has both enhanced and benefited from the dynamic collaboration between disciplines, programs and institutions. | 
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