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Cooper Praises Funding to Fight Gender Bias in Medicine

Press Release

Date: Sept. 23, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Science

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) today applauded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for awarding more than $10 million in grants to fight gender bias in medicine. Vanderbilt University will be one of the research centers chosen to study gender differences.

According to The New York Times, approximately 80 scientists will receive funding to include more women in clinical trials and "to ensure that … laboratory animals, even cell lines, are representative of both genders." Scientists also will use the money to investigate gender discrepancies in their data, the newspaper said.

"This is a great first step to ensuring equality in medical research," Cooper said. "Better science leads to better outcomes."

Current law does not require researchers to study female animals when conducting basic medical research. In June, Cooper introduced the Research for All Act, which would require the inclusion and separate analysis of both male and female animals, tissues and cells in basic research conducted and funded by NIH.


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