NICHR event - sex and gender in research

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Online event with several speakers including Caroline Criado Perez:

10th of March:

web.cvent.com/event/c9ea86c5-b284-48ed-80f8-78aab7b25687/summary

'NIHR Virtual Event - Sex and Gender in Research
Monday 10th March 2025
10:00 - 13:00
Join us to celebrate the launch of NIHR's inaugural Sex and Gender in Research Policy.
The NIHR acknowledges that sex and gender significantly shape individuals' and populations' experiences of health, illness, and social care, as well as broader health determinants. These factors can influence:
● the medical conditions people are susceptible to
● the symptoms people experience
● the treatments and quality of care they receive
● disease progression and overall health outcomes
● how social care needs are identified, recognised, and addressed
● health inequalities
This event highlights NIHR’s commitment to addressing the crucial role of sex and gender in health and social care research and policy.
Background
In autumn 2024, NIHR made inclusive research design an explicit condition of funding. This paved the way for the new specific requirements about accounting for sex and gender in health and care research which NIHR will roll out for domestic (UK based) programmes by the end of 2025.
NIHRs work in this area supports the long term aims of the Women's Health Strategy for England and is part of a cross sector initiative (the MESSAGE Project) which aims to bring the UK inline with best practice standards for sex and gender in research.
By introducing this policy, NIHR will realise a culture change and ensure that research is designed, conducted and reported in a way that accounts for sex and gender.'

Well. That sounds very good.

Do you know what happened to the results of the Prof Sullivan review https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/ucl-social-research-institute/research/review-data-statistics-and-research-sex-and-gender which seems to be way past its due date?

Gosh. Doctors who know what sex is and who think it's important. Good news. Do you think we should let NHS Fife know?

This is the Women's Health Strategy mentioned.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/womens-health-strategy-for-england/womens-health-strategy-for-england#ministerial-foreword

Great, will join up if I can — may be taking someone to hospital that day.

Dont understand the reference to gender. What has the concept of gender ie not a biological reality go to do with:
● the medical conditions people are susceptible to
● the symptoms people experience
● the treatments and quality of care they receive
● disease progression and overall health outcomes
● how social care needs are identified, recognised, and addressed
● health inequalities

Do they think sex and gender are interchangeable or have the just added the word to stop TRAs complaining.

Or are they suggesting that the influence of gender stereotypes, ie society has health implications?

Or are they suggesting that the influence of gender stereotypes, ie society has health implications

It will be this. For example, stereotypes about women leading to differences in how they are treated.
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Have they just added the word to stop TRAs complaining.

Or are they suggesting that the influence of gender stereotypes, ie society has health implications?

I'm guessing both! Which is probably fine.