,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjai,ms4 ,schakowsky submitted the     
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,energy and       
,commerce  ,,resolution  ,expressing    
support for the designation of a        
,women's ,health ,research ,day4        
,whereas women constitute #ej4h percent 
of ,americans2 ,whereas women across    
races1 ethnicities1 socioeconomic       
statuses1 and age groups experience many
 diseases and disorders differently than
 men2 ,whereas the incidence1           
prevalence1 symptomology1 and severity  
of disease may differ between men and   
women across races1 ethnicities1        
socioeconomic statuses1 and age groups2 
,whereas women and men have fundamental 
biological differences2 ,whereas women  
across races1 ethnicities1 socioeconomic
 statuses1 and age groups vary in the   
risks and benefits of medical therapies2
 ,whereas for many years1 women across  

races1 ethnicities1 socioeconomic       
statuses1 and age groups were           
underrepresented in biomedical and      
clinical research2 ,whereas the         
improvement of women's health relies on 
sex- and gender-based biomedical and    
clinical research2 ,whereas the promise 
of individualized medicine cannot be    
realized without sex- and gender-based  
parity in research2 ,whereas1 on        
,january #be1 #bjaf1 the ,national      
,institutes of ,health 7,,nih7          
implemented a policy requiring federally
 funded investigators to consider sex as
 a biological variable in preclinical   
research2 and ,whereas this policy      
ushered in a new era of inclusivity and 
parity in women's health research3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of  
,representatives-- 7#a7 expresses       
support for the designation of a        
,women's ,health ,research ,day2 and    
7#b7 supports efforts to-- 7,a7         
recognize the importance of biomedical  
and clinical research to women's health 

and well-being to advancing human       
health2  7,b7 increase awareness of the 
value of sex- and gender-based          
biomedical research2 and  7,c7 encourage
 individuals1 including researchers and 
patients1 to advocate on behalf of sex- 
and gender-inclusive research across    
races1 ethnicities1 socioeconomic       
statuses1 and age groups4