The first director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), Dr. Vivian W. Pinn served in the role from 1991-2011.
In this 2026 oral history with the Office of NIH History, Pinn discusses how she became director, the early years of ORWH, and her legacy in the field of women’s health.
For a complete transcript of this interview, please visit Pinn's oral history page. A brief biography is available here.
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