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Health of Women</a>, <em>Obstetrics & Gynecology</em>, 2022</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666634022001763">The gender health innovation gap: A perspective from the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health</a>, <em>Med</em>, 2022</li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35393021/">Sex as a Biological Variable in Cardiovascular Diseases: JACC Focus Seminar</a>, <em>Journal of the American College of Cardiology,</em> 2022</li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35338142/">Community voices: NIH working toward inclusive excellence by promoting and supporting women in science</a>, <em>Nature Communications</em>, 2022</li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35230172/">Cross-Sectional Analyses of High-Impact Pain Across Pregnancy Status by Race and Ethnicity</a>, J<em>ournal of Women's Health</em>, 2022</li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35147467/">Research on Women's Health: Ready for the Future</a>, <em>Journal of Women's Health</em>, 2022</li><li><a href="https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/11/e007853">Fifth anniversary of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead</a>, <em>BMJ Global Health</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-021-00401-3">The roles of sex and gender in women’s eye health disparities in the United States</a>, <em>Biology of Sex Differences</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2785544?resultClick=1">USPSTF Approach to Addressing Sex and Gender When Making Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services</a>, <em>JAMA</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21649561211042583">Developing the Process and Tracking the Implementation and Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research</a>, <em>Global Advances in Health and Medicine</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgab434/6302229">The Integration of Sex and Gender Considerations into Biomedical Research: Lessons from International Funding Agencies</a>, <em>The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/jwh/30/2">Special Issue of <em>Journal of Women's Health</em> on Maternal Morbidity & Mortality</a></li><li><a href="https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cwr96M-dp7Ll">Pregnant in the United States in the COVID19 pandemic: a collision of crises we cannot ignore</a>, <em>Journal of the National Medical Association</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-021-03260-6">HIV-Related Stigma Research as a Priority at the National Institutes of Health</a>, <em>AIDS and Behavior</em>, 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.eurekaselect.com/181572/article">The Intersection of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States</a>, <em>Current Women's Health Reviews</em>, 2020</li><li><a href="https://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/Fulltext/2020/09000/The_role_of_gynecologists_in_screening_older_women.2.aspx">The role of gynecologists in screening older women for ocular surface disease symptoms</a>, <em>Menopause</em>, 2020</li><li><a href="https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/jwh.2019.8247">Sex as a Biological Variable: A 5-year progress report and call to action</a>, <em>Journal of Women’s Health, </em>2020</li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s40615-020-00825-4?sharing_token=SJFp2ajoeNjd1vo6m4Ltive4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7SjQYiM3WIqdK9KQ5Lpa8_xH4KzKdudCoo7Ao2l37CLZQdObJNgT7T_Aj8QSekHMXu06teVIgeZHRB2Bu7XfKxZ8p0F7hXKivy5v579FLrGXjf3w2abxZTBgPsOjGa38E%3D">Using the Ecological Systems Theory to Understand Black/White Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States</a>, <em>Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities</em>, 2020</li></ul><p>See 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