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Paramedics are less likely to identify a stroke in women than men. Closing this gap could save lives – and money

Sex Inclusive Research Framework

An evaluation framework to assess whether an in vivo research proposal follows the sex-inclusive research philosophy

Inclusive insight: changing how BHF collects diversity data

UK medical research funders must do more to support sex and gender equity

Requirements on integration of sex in experimental design

We now require male and female sexes to be used in the design of experiments described in all funding applications to us that involve animals, human and animal tissues, and cells.

MRC urges researchers to consider diversity in experiments

MRC will become the first UK research funder to require researchers to consider diversity when designing clinical and preclinical scientific experiments.

Igniting Change: towards inclusive research design

Heart and circulatory diseases are often diseases of inequality, and many groups are currently under-served by cardiovascular research. Amending our research funding application forms to help encourage inclusive research design is one step that BHF is making towards tackling these inequalities.

Use of both sexes to be default in laboratory experimental design

Using both sexes, in this context defined by a set of biological attributes, when designing research experiments will be the default for grant applications.