The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health has announced the COMpetency in Menopause & Integrated Therapy (COMMIT) Challenge, a new initiative designed to strengthen menopause education across the U.S. health care workforce.

The Challenge will provide a total of $2.5 million in prizes to identify, recognize, and amplify existing evidence-based curricula that comprehensively address the menopausal transition, including menopause hormone therapy.

NIH emphasizes that menopause represents an important period for women’s long-term health, with care intersecting across cardiovascular, bone, metabolic, mental, sexual, and preventive health. Yet education and training on menopause remain inconsistent across health professions and specialties.

Through two tracks focused on core menopause curricula and specialty-specific competencies, the COMMIT Challenge aims to identify scalable educational models that can strengthen health care professional knowledge, support more consistent and evidence-based care, and ultimately improve health outcomes for women across the menopausal transition.

For the Coalition for Women’s Brain Health, initiatives like COMMIT underscore the growing recognition that women’s health must be considered across the life course—and that translating emerging evidence into health professional education and clinical practice is essential to improving care.

The Challenge is coming soon, with registration and submission dates to be announced by NIH.

Learn more about the NIH COMMIT Challenge: https://www.nih.gov/challenges/competency-menopause-integrated-therapy-commit-challenge