Resources

NIH-wide Strategic Plan For Research On The Health Of Women

NIH

Summarizes NIH’s strategic goals, priorities, and approaches for advancing women’s health research to guide research, policy, and workforce development.

Non-Communicable Disease Syndemics: Poverty, Depression, and Diabetes Among Low-Income Populations

Mendenhall, E. et al.

Summarizes global burden, prevalence, and trends of depression and other common mental disorders to inform health policy and resource allocation decisions.

Novel lateral flow assay for point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in syndromic management settings: a cross-sectional performance evaluation

Peters et al.

A cross-sectional study evaluating the performance of the novel N gonorrhoeae lateral flow assay (NG-LFA) at the primary health-care level in South Africa.

One and a Half Million Medical Papers Reveal A Link Between Author Gender and Attention to Gender and Sex Analysis

Nielsen, M. W. et al.

Analyzes over 1.5 million medical papers to reveal a positive correlation between women authorship and inclusion of gender and sex analysis in research.

Operational framework for monitoring social determinants of health equity

Lopez et al.

Summarizes current research on global reproductive health inequities, highlighting contributing factors and interventions to inform policy and practice.

Organ-On-A-Chip Technology for The Study of the Female Reproductive System

Young, R. E., & Huh, D. D. 

Reviews advances in mRNA vaccine technology, delivery systems, and immunological mechanisms, aiming to inform development and optimization of mRNA-based therapeutics and vaccines.

Organoid modeling meets cancers of female reproductive tract.

Li et al.

Reviews organoid models for female reproductive tract cancers, summarizing construction methods, research advances, limitations, and future applications in personalized medicine and drug development.

Overlooked Sex And Gender Aspects of Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 to Move Towards Health Equity in Pandemic Response

Lawry, L. et al.

Reviews sex and gender impacts on emerging infectious disease outbreaks to inform more equitable pandemic preparedness and response strategies.

Pathogenesis of viral infections during pregnancy

Creisher & Klein

Reviews data on the pathogenesis, mechanisms, and outcomes of viral infections during pregnancy, highlighting maternal, fetal, and placental impacts for research and clinical guidance.

Patient-Focused Medicine Development

PFMD

Provides information on tools, guidelines, and collaborative initiatives to support systematic patient engagement in healthcare, aiming to improve patient-centered outcomes.

Perinatal Medication Use: Considerations for Health Care Providers

CAMT

Provides information on medication use during pregnancy and lactation, counseling strategies, and key resources to support informed clinical decisions.

Pessary Use in Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence

Jones, K. A. & Harmanli, O. 

Provides information on pessary types, indications, fitting, maintenance, and complications for managing pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence.