Topic: women and girls

Funding for research addressing cardiovascular conditions affecting women and girls, including stroke. Eligible approaches span biomedical mechanisms, clinical investigation, health services, population health and data science. Awards begin from July 2027 and support three-year projects.

A full-day online scientific and clinical meeting examines autism and ADHD in women and girls, drawing together research on presentation, recognition, diagnostic assessment and the consequences of delayed or missed diagnosis. The programme considers sex ratios and diagnostic age, autistic women’s experiences of assessment, menstrual experiences, adverse experiences before ADHD diagnosis, Black women’s experiences of diagnosis and care, antenatal support for mothers with intellectual disabilities, and the role of childhood adversity and internal distress in adult autism assessments. Researchers