A solution pathway for preterm birth: accelerating a priority research agenda

A solution pathway for preterm birth: accelerating a priority research agenda

Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Correspondence to: Eve M Lackritz. Members of the Preterm Birth Research Priority Setting Group are: Shams El Arifeen, José M Belizán, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Wally Carlo, A J Challis, Jennifer F Culhane, Carolyn D Deal, Michal A Elovitz, Charles J Homer, Christopher P Howson, Joy E Lawn, James A Litch, Yvonne T Maddox, Carole R Mendelson, Sam Mesiano, David A Re...

Accelerating Science: A Computing Research Agenda

The emergence of “big data” offers unprecedented opportunities for not only accelerating scientific advances but also enabling new modes of discovery. Scientific progress in many disciplines is increasingly enabled by our ability to examine natural phenomena through the computational lens, i.e., using algorithmic or information processing abstractions of the underlying processes; and our abilit...

Maternal Periodontal Disease as a Potential Risk Factor for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight

Background and Aim: Periodontal disease may cause adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW) or preterm birth (PTB). In the present study, mothers with one of these two delivery complications were analyzed regarding presence/absence of periodontal disease as a possible risk factor in comparison with related medical risk factors.   Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectiona...

Developing a Research Agenda for the Analysis of Product Supply: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting.

Involvement of patients and the public is now recognized to be essential for the good conduct of research. Patient and public involvement in research priority setting and funding decisions is only beginning to be recognized as important, and methods for doing so are nascent. This protocol describes the Research Prioritization by Affected Communities (RPAC) protocol and findings from its use wit...