We are thrilled to celebrate a landmark moment for UK health research: the launch of new sex and gender policies by Wellcome, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF). These important policies set the expectation that applications for research funding demonstrate a robust plan for consideration of … Read more
Women are 50% more likely than men to be misdiagnosed following a heart attack. Men face higher mortality after hip fractures. Trans and non-binary patients frequently report that clinicians lack knowledge of their health needs. These inequities are compounded if clinical guidelines, intended to reduce bias and to standardise care, do not address them. So … Read more
In the UK, medical research has long suffered from a significant oversight – the failure to adequately consider sex and gender in study design, participant selection, and data analysis. This gap has perpetuated biases in medical knowledge, diagnosis, and treatment that can affect health outcomes for all people, in particular women and girls, trans, non-binary … Read more
Recommendations drive funders and researchers to account for the role of sex and gender in health and disease. In a significant step towards closing the sex and gender health gap, The George Institute for Global Health’s Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity (MESSAGE) project has publicly launched its landmark sex and gender policy framework for UK research … Read more
Following the launch of the MESSAGE project in January 2023, there has been exciting and widespread engagement among the UK’s medical research sector on the need to improve how research accounts for sex and gender dimensions. Since December 2023, 32 members of the UK medical research sector have shown their support for the MESSAGE project’s … Read more
