Department of Health
The joint Statement on Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation in Health and Medical Research reflects our commitment to:
- health equity
- acknowledging that every person in Australia has the right to be included in safe, high-quality research that informs our health care.
The statement guides researchers funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the NHMRC to consider sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation (the variables) in their research.
We are both working to integrate the statement into future MRFF and NHMRC grant rounds. At this time, researchers’ consideration of the variables will become mandatory in relevant MRFF and NHMRC-funded research.
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