Three new members have been appointed to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH). The new members are: Linda C. Giudice, M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the

University of California, San Francisco; Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and also the President-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA); and Debra Toney, Ph.D., R.N., President of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) and the Administrator, Rainbow Medical Centers, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Advisory Committee advises the Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health on research activities to be undertaken by the national research institutes and recommendations regarding the inclusion of women in clinical trials and opportunities for women in biomedical careers.

Dr. Toney was elected as President of the NBNA in November 2007. With over 28 years of experience in health care leadership roles in family practice management, ambulatory care, outpatient diagnostics, hospitals and home health care, she is currently responsible for the oversight of six primary/urgent care centers and an outpatient diagnostic center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Toney, a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, is the president/owner of TLC Healthcare Services, a licensed home healthcare agency specializing in private duty nursing and supportive care services. She developed the Men's Health Network and is a board member of the Jourdain Kasey Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing awareness and early detection of ovarian cancer. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Toney frequently speaks on leadership, men and women's health, and policy and practice issues at the national and local levels.

For more information about NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health, visit http://orwh.od.nih.gov/.