Culturally Competent Gender-Related Communication

This summary briefly outlines the content of the resource, including practical descriptions of sex, gender, gender identity, and related linguistic issues, as well as practical examples and recommended practices for engaging in gender-sensitive and -competent communication in interactions with and discussions about professional colleagues, research investigators, administrative staff, coworkers, and people in general. Audiences of interest at NIH include program officers (POs), scientific review officers (SROs), grants management specialists (GMSs), reviewers, study section members, human resources staff, reviewers, research investigators, trainees, the broader community. The resource may also serve useful for other those at other Federal agencies, through the scientific enterprise, and in the general public.