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Program Officer, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
Elizabeth Barr is a Program Officer with the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH). Dr. Barr coordinates ORWH’s efforts to advance intersectional health research on gender as a social and structural variable, manages the ORWH interprofessional education program, and leads efforts to advance HIV research for women. Her background is in gender studies, community-led HIV research, and reproductive justice. Dr. Barr completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture and her M.S. Towson University in Women’s and Gender Studies. Prior to joining ORWH in 2019, Dr. Barr served on the faculties of Towson University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and led interdisciplinary, cross-sector projects to increase women’s engagement in clinical research.