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IntroductionIn recent years, many studies have been published on new diagnostic possibilities and how much does propecia cost per month management approaches in cohorts of patients suspected to have a disorder/difference of sex development (DSD).1–13 Based on these studies, it has become clear that services and institutions still differ in the composition of the multidisciplinary teams that provide care for patients who have a DSD.11 14 Several projects have now worked to resolve this variability in care. The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST) action how much does propecia cost per month BM1303 ‘A systematic elucidation of differences of sex development’ has been a platform to achieve European agreement on harmonisation of clinical management and laboratory practices.15–17 Another such initiative involved an update of the 2006 DSD consensus document by an international group of professionals and patient representatives.18 These initiatives have highlighted how cultural and financial aspects and the availability of resources differ significantly between countries and societies, a situation that hampers supranational agreement on common diagnostic protocols. As only a few national guidelines have been published in international journals, comparison of these guidelines is difficult even though such a comparison is necessary to capture the differences and initiate actions to overcome them.

Nonetheless, four DSD (expert) centres how much does propecia cost per month located in the Netherlands and Flanders (the Dutch-speaking Northern part of Belgium) have collaborated to produce a detailed guideline on diagnostics in DSD.19 This shows that a supranational guideline can be a reasonable approach for countries with similarly structured healthcare systems and similar resources. Within the guideline there is agreement that optimisation of expertise and care can be achieved through centralisation, for example, by limiting analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based diagnostic panels to only a few centres and by centralising pathological review of gonadal tissues. International networks such as the European Reference Network for rare endocrine conditions (EndoERN), in which DSD is embedded, may facilitate the expansion of this kind of how much does propecia cost per month collaboration across Europe.This paper highlights key discussion points in the Dutch-Flemish guideline that have been insufficiently addressed in the literature thus far because they reflect evolving technologies or less visible stakeholders.

For example, prenatal observation of an atypical aspect of the genitalia indicating a possible DSD is becoming increasingly common, and we discuss appropriate counselling and a diagnostic approach for these cases, including the option of using NGS-based genetic testing. So far, little attention has been paid to this process.20 21 Furthermore, informing patients and/or their parents about atypical sex development and why this may warrant referral to a specialised team may be challenging, especially for professionals with limited experience in DSD.22 23 Therefore, a section of the how much does propecia cost per month Dutch-Flemish guideline was written for these healthcare providers. Moreover, this enables DSD specialists to refer to the guideline when advising a referral.

Transition from the prenatal to the postnatal team and from the how much does propecia cost per month paediatric to the adult team requires optimal communication between the specialists involved. Application of NGS-based techniques may lead to a higher diagnostic yield, providing a molecular genetic diagnosis in previously unsolved cases.16 We address the timing of this testing and the problems associated with this technique such as the interpretation of variants of unknown clinical significance (VUS). Similarly, histopathological interpretation and classification of removed gonadal tissue is challenging and would benefit from international collaboration and centralisation of expertise.MethodsFor the guideline revision, an interdisciplinary multicentre group was how much does propecia cost per month formed with all members responsible for updating the literature for a specific part of the guideline.

Literature search in PubMed was not systematic, but rather intended to be broad in order to cover all areas and follow expert opinions. This approach is how much does propecia cost per month more in line with the Clinical Practice Advisory Document method described by Burke et al24 for guidelines involving genetic practice because it is often troublesome to substantiate such guidelines with sufficient evidence due to the rapid changes in testing methods, for example, gene panels. All input provided by the group was synthesised by the chairperson (YvB), who also reviewed abstracts of papers on DSD published between 2010 and September 2017 for the guideline and up to October 2019 for this paper.

Abstracts had to how much does propecia cost per month be written in English and were identified using a broad range of Medical Subject Headings terms (eg, DSD, genetic, review, diagnosis, diagnostics, 46,XX DSD, 46,XY DSD, guideline, multidisciplinary care). Next, potentially relevant papers on diagnostic procedures in DSD were selected. Case reports how much does propecia cost per month were excluded, as were articles that were not open access or retrievable through institutional access.

Based on this, a draft guideline was produced that was in line with the international principles of good diagnostic care in DSD. This draft was discussed by the writing committee how much does propecia cost per month and, after having obtained agreement on remaining points of discussion, revised into a final draft. This version was sent to a broad group of professionals from academic centres and DSD teams whose members had volunteered to review the draft guideline.

After receiving how much does propecia cost per month and incorporating their input, the final version was presented to the paediatric and genetic associations for approval. After approval by the members of the paediatric (NVK), clinical genetic (VKGN) and genetic laboratory (VKGL) associations, the guideline was published on their respective websites.19 Although Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome are considered to be part of the DSD spectrum, they are not extensively discussed in this diagnostic guideline as guidelines dedicated to these syndromes already exist.25 26 However, some individuals with Turner syndrome or Klinefelter syndrome may present with ambiguous or atypical genitalia and may therefore initially follow the DSD diagnostic process.Guideline highlightsPrenatal settingPresentationThe most frequent prenatal presentation of a DSD condition is atypical genitalia found on prenatal ultrasound as an isolated finding or in combination with other structural anomalies. This usually occurs after the 20-week routine medical ultrasound for screening of congenital anomalies, but may also occur earlier, how much does propecia cost per month for example, when a commercial ultrasound is performed at the request of the parents.Another way DSD can be diagnosed before birth is when invasive prenatal genetic testing carried out for a different reason, for example, due to suspicion of other structural anomalies, reveals a discrepancy between the genotypic sex and the phenotypic sex seen by ultrasound.

In certified laboratories, the possibility of a sample switch is extremely low but should be ruled out immediately. More often, the discrepancy will be due to sex-chromosome mosaicism or a true form of DSD.A situation now occurring with increasing frequency is a how much does propecia cost per month discrepancy between the genotypic sex revealed by non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which is now available to high-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands and to all pregnant women in Belgium, and later ultrasound findings. NIPT screens for CNVs in the fetus.

However, depending on legal restrictions and/or ethical considerations, the X and Y how much does propecia cost per month chromosomes are not always included in NIPT analysis and reports. If the X and Y chromosomes are included, it is important to realise that the presence of a Y-chromosome does not necessarily imply male fetal development. At the time that NIPT is performed how much does propecia cost per month (usually 11–13 weeks), genital development cannot be reliably appreciated by ultrasound, so any discrepancy or atypical aspect of the genitalia will only be noticed later in pregnancy and should prompt further evaluation.Counselling and diagnosticsIf a DSD is suspected, first-line sonographers and obstetricians should refer the couple to their colleague prenatal specialists working with or in a DSD team.

After confirming an atypical genital on ultrasound, the specialist team should offer the couple a referral for genetic counselling to discuss the possibility of performing invasive prenatal testing (usually an amniocentesis) to identify an underlying cause that fits the ultrasound findings.22 23 To enable the parents to make a well-informed decision, prenatal counselling should, in our opinion, include. Information on the ultrasound findings and how much does propecia cost per month the limitations of this technique. The procedure(s) that can be followed, including the risks associated with an amniocentesis.

And the type of information how much does propecia cost per month genetic testing can and cannot provide. Knowing which information has been provided and what words have been used by the prenatal specialist is very helpful for those involved in postnatal care.It is important that parents understand that the biological sex of a baby is determined by a complex interplay of chromosomes, genes and hormones, and thus that assessment of the presence or absence of a Y-chromosome alone is insufficient to assign the sex of their unborn child or, as in any unborn child, say anything about the child’s future gender identity.Expecting parents can be counselled by the clinical geneticist and the psychologist from the DSD team, although other DSD specialists can also be involved. The clinical geneticist should be experienced in prenatal counselling and well informed about the diagnostic possibilities given the limited time span in which test results need to be available to how much does propecia cost per month allow parents to make a well-informed decision about whether or not to continue the pregnancy.

Termination of pregnancy can be considered, for instance, in a syndromic form of DSD with how much does propecia cost per month multiple malformations, but when the DSD occurs as an apparently isolated condition, expecting parents may also consider termination of pregnancy, which, although considered controversial by some, is legal in Belgium and the Netherlands. The psychologist of the DSD team can support parents during and after pregnancy and help them cope with feelings of uncertainty and eventual considerations of a termination of pregnancy, as well as with practical issues, for example, how to inform others. The stress of not knowing exactly what the child’s genitalia will look like and uncertainty about the how much does propecia cost per month diagnosis, treatment and prognosis cannot be avoided completely.

Parents are informed that if the postnatal phenotype is different from what was prenatally expected, the advice given about diagnostic testing can be adjusted accordingly, for example, if a hypospadias is milder than was expected based on prenatal ultrasound images. In our experience, parents appreciate having already spoken to some members of how much does propecia cost per month the DSD team during pregnancy and having a contact person before birth.After expert prenatal counselling, a significant number of pregnant couples decline prenatal testing (personal experience IALG, MK, ABD, YvB, MC and HC-vdG). At birth, umbilical cord blood is a good source for (molecular) karyotyping and storage of DNA and can be obtained by the obstetrician, midwife or neonatologist.

The terminology used in communication with parents should be carefully chosen,22 23 and midwives and staff of neonatal and delivery units should be clearly instructed to use gender-neutral and non-stigmatising vocabulary (eg, ‘your baby’) as long as sex assignment is pending.An algorithm for diagnostic evaluation of a suspected DSD in the prenatal situation is proposed how much does propecia cost per month in figure 1. When couples opt for invasive prenatal diagnosis, the genetic analysis usually involves an (SNP)-array. It was recently estimated that >30% of individuals who have a DSD have additional structural anomalies, with cardiac and neurological anomalies and fetal growth how much does propecia cost per month restriction being particularly common.27 28 If additional anomalies are seen, the geneticist can consider specific gene defects that may underlie a known genetic syndrome or carry out NGS.

NGS-based techniques have also now made their appearance in prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies.29 30 Panels using these techniques can be specific for genes involved in DSD, or be larger panels covering multiple congenital anomalies, and are usually employed with trio-analysis to compare variants identified in the child with the parents’ genetics.29–31 Finding a genetic cause before delivery can help reduce parental stress in the neonatal period and speed up decisions regarding gender assignment. In such cases there is no tight time limit, and we propose completing the analysis how much does propecia cost per month well before the expected delivery.Disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the prenatal setting. A diagnostic algorithm.

*SOX9. Upstream anomalies and balanced translocations at promotor sites!. Conventional karyotyping can be useful.

NGS, next-generation sequencing." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 1 Disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the prenatal setting. A diagnostic algorithm. *SOX9.

Upstream anomalies and balanced translocations at promotor sites!. Conventional karyotyping can be useful. NGS, next-generation sequencing.First contact by a professional less experienced in DSDWhereas most current guidelines start from the point when an individual has been referred to the DSD team,1 15 the Dutch-Flemish guideline dedicates a chapter to healthcare professionals less experienced in DSD as they are often the first to suspect or identify such a condition.

Apart from the paper of Indyk,7 little guidance is available for these professionals about how to act in such a situation. The chapter in the Dutch-Flemish guideline summarises the various clinical presentations that a DSD can have and provides information on how to communicate with parents and/or patients about the findings of the physical examination, the first-line investigations and the need for prompt referral to a specialised centre for further evaluation. Clinical examples are offered to illustrate some of these recurring situations.

The medical issues in DSD can be very challenging, and the social and psychological impact is high. For neonates with ambiguous genitalia, sex assignment is an urgent and crucial issue, and it is mandatory that parents are informed that it is possible to postpone registration of their child’s sex. In cases where sex assignment has already taken place, the message that the development of the gonads or genitalia is still atypical is complicated and distressing for patients and parents or carers.

A list of contact details for DSD centres and patient organisations in the Netherlands and Flanders is attached to the Dutch-Flemish guideline. Publishing such a list, either in guidelines or online, can help healthcare professionals find the nearest centres for consultations and provide patients and patient organisations with an overview of the centres where expertise is available.Timing and place of genetic testing using NGS-based gene panelsThe diagnostic workup that is proposed for 46,XX and 46,XY DSD is shown in figures 2 and 3, respectively. Even with the rapidly expanding molecular possibilities, a (family) history and a physical examination remain the essential first steps in the diagnostic process.

Biochemical and hormonal screening aim at investigating serum electrolytes, renal function and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes. Ultrasound screening of kidneys and internal genitalia, as well as establishing genotypic sex, should be accomplished within 48 hours and complete the baseline diagnostic work-up of a child born with ambiguous genitalia.1 16 32 3346,XX disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the postnatal setting. A diagnostic algorithm.

NGS, next-generation sequencing. CAH, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia. AMH, Anti-Müllerian Hormone." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 2 46,XX disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the postnatal setting.

A diagnostic algorithm. NGS, next-generation sequencing. CAH, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

AMH, Anti-Müllerian Hormone.46,XY disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the postnatal setting. A diagnostic algorithm. * SOX9.

Upstream anomalies and balanced translocations at promotor sites!. Conventional karyotyping can be useful. NGS, next-generation sequencing." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 3 46,XY disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in the postnatal setting.

A diagnostic algorithm. *SOX9. Upstream anomalies and balanced translocations at promotor sites!.

Conventional karyotyping can be useful. NGS, next-generation sequencing.Very recently, a European position paper has been published focusing on the genetic workup of DSD.16 It highlights the limitations and drawbacks of NGS-based tests, which include the chance of missing subtle structural variants such as CNVs and mosaicism and the fact that NGS cannot detect methylation defects or other epigenetic changes.16 28 31 Targeted DNA analysis is preferred in cases where hormonal investigations suggest a block in steroidogenesis (eg, 11-β-hydroxylase deficiency, 21-hydroxylase deficiency), or in the context of a specific clinical constellation such as the often coincidental finding of Müllerian structures in a boy with normal external genitalia or cryptorchidism, that is, persistent Müllerian duct syndrome.33 34 Alternative tests should also be considered depending on the available information. Sometimes, a simple mouth swab for FISH analysis can detect mosaic XY/X in a male with hypospadias or asymmetric gonadal development or in a female with little or no Turner syndrome stigmata and a normal male molecular karyotyping profile or peripheral blood karyotype.

Such targeted testing avoids incidental findings and is cheaper and faster than analysis of a large NGS-based panel, although the cost difference is rapidly declining.However, due to the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of DSD conditions, the most cost-effective next steps in the majority of cases are whole exome sequencing followed by panel analysis of genes involved in genital development and function or trio-analysis of a large gene panel (such as a Mendeliome).16 35–38 Pretest genetic counselling involves discussing what kind of information will be reported to patients or parents and the chance of detecting VUS, and the small risk of incidental findings when analysing a DSD panel should be mentioned. Laboratories also differ in what class of variants they report.39 In our experience, the fear of incidental findings is a major reason why some parents refrain from genetic testing.Timing of the DSD gene panel analysis is also important. While some patients or parents prefer that all diagnostic procedures be performed as soon as possible, others need time to reflect on the complex information related to more extensive genetic testing and on its possible consequences.

If parents or patients do not consent to panel-based genetic testing, analysis of specific genes, such as WT1, should be considered when appropriate in view of the clinical consequences if a mutation is present (eg, clinical surveillance of renal function and screening for Wilms’ tumour in the case of WT1 mutations). Genes that are more frequently involved in DSD (eg, SRY, NR5A1) and that match the specific clinical and hormonal features in a given patient could also be considered for sequencing. Targeted gene analysis may also be preferred in centres located in countries that do not have the resources or technical requirements to perform NGS panel-based genetic testing.

Alternatively, participation by these centres in international collaborative networks may allow them to outsource the molecular genetic workup abroad.Gene panels differ between centres and are regularly updated based on scientific progress. A comparison of DSD gene panels used in recent studies can be found at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-018-0010-8%23Sec46.15 The panels currently used at the coauthors’ institutions can be found on their respective websites. Given the pace of change, it is important to regularly consider repeating analysis in patients with an unexplained DSD, for example, when they transition into adult care or when they move from one centre to another.

This also applies to patients in whom a clinical diagnosis has never been genetically confirmed. Confusion may arise when the diagnosis cannot be confirmed or when a mutation is identified in a different gene, for example, NR5A1 in someone with a clinical diagnosis of CAIS that has other consequences for relatives. Hence, new genetic counselling should always accompany new diagnostic endeavours.Class 3 variants and histopathological examinationsThe rapidly evolving diagnostic possibilities raise new questions.

What do laboratories report?. How should we deal with the frequent findings of mainly unique VUS or class 3 variants (ACMG recommendation) in the many different DSD-related genes in the diagnostic setting?. Reporting VUS can be a source of uncertainty for parents, but not reporting these variants precludes further investigations to determine their possible pathogenicity.

It can also be difficult to prove variant pathogenicity, both on gene-level and variant-level.39 Moreover, given the gonad-specific expression of some genes and the variable phenotypic spectrum and reduced penetrance, segregation analysis is not always informative. A class 3 variant that does not fit the clinical presentation may be unrelated to the observed phenotype, but it could also represent a newly emerging phenotype. This was recently demonstrated by the identification of the NR5A1 mutation, R92W, in individuals with 46,XX testicular and ovotesticular DSD.40 This gene had previously been associated with 46,XY DSD.

In diagnostic laboratories, there is usually no capacity or expertise to conduct large-scale functional studies to determine pathogenicity of these unique class 3 VUS in the different genes involved in DSD. Functional validation of variants identified in novel genes may be more attractive in a research context. However, for individual families with VUS in well-established DSD genes such as AR or HSD17B3, functional analysis may provide a confirmed diagnosis that implies for relatives the option of undergoing their own DNA analysis and estimating the genetic risk of their own future offspring.

This makes genetic follow-up important in these cases and demonstrates the usefulness of international databases and networks and the centralisation of functional studies of genetic variants in order to reduce costs and maximise expertise.The same is true for histopathological description, germ-cell tumour risk assessment in specific forms of DSD and classification of gonadal samples. Germ-cell tumour risk is related to the type of DSD (among other factors), but it is impossible to make risk estimates in individual cases.41–44 Gonadectomy may be indicated in cases with high-risk dysgenetic abdominal gonads that cannot be brought into a stable superficial (ie, inguinal, labioscrotal) position that allows clinical or radiological surveillance, or to avoid virilisation due to 5-alpha reductase deficiency in a 46,XY girl with a stable female gender identity.45 Pathological examination of DSD gonads requires specific expertise. For example, the differentiation between benign germ cell abnormalities, such as delayed maturation and (pre)malignant development of germ cells, is crucial for clinical management but can be very troublesome.46 Centralised pathological examination of gonadal biopsy and gonadectomy samples in one centre, or a restricted number of centres, on a national scale can help to overcome the problem of non-uniform classification and has proven feasible in the Netherlands and Belgium.

We therefore believe that uniform assessment and classification of gonadal differentiation patterns should also be addressed in guidelines on DSD management.International databases of gonadal tissues are crucial for learning more about the risk of malignancy in different forms of DSD, but they are only reliable if uniform criteria for histological classification are strictly applied.46 These criteria could be incorporated in many existing networks such as the I-DSD consortium, the Disorders of Sex Development Translational Research Network, the European Reference Network on Urogenital Diseases (eUROGEN), the EndoERN and COST actions.15–17 47Communication at the transition from paediatric to adult carePaediatric and adult teams need to collaborate closely to facilitate a well-organised transition from paediatric to adult specialist care.15 48–50 Both teams need to exchange information optimally and should consider transition as a longitudinal process rather than a fixed moment in time. Age-appropriate information is key at all ages, and an overview of topics to be discussed at each stage is described by Cools et al.15 Table 1 shows an example of how transition can be organised.View this table:Table 1 Example of transition table as used in the DSD clinic of the Erasmus Medical CenterPsychological support and the continued provision of information remains important for individuals with a DSD at all ages.15 22 In addition to the information given by the DSD team members, families and patients can benefit from resources such as support groups and information available on the internet.47 Information available online should be checked for accuracy and completeness when referring patients and parents to internet sites.Recommendations for future actionsMost guidelines and articles on the diagnosis and management of DSD are aimed at specialists and are only published in specialist journals or on websites for endocrinologists, urologists or geneticists. Yet there is a need for guidelines directed towards first-line and second-line healthcare workers that summarise the recommendations about the first crucial steps in the management of DSD.

These should be published in widely available general medical journals and online, along with a national list of DSD centres. Furthermore, DSD (expert) centres should provide continuous education to all those who may be involved in the identification of individuals with a DSD in order to enable these healthcare professionals to recognise atypical genitalia, to promptly refer individuals who have a DSD and to inform the patient and parents about this and subsequent diagnostic procedures.As DSD continues to be a rare condition, it will take time to evaluate the effects of having such a guideline on the preparedness of first-line and second-line healthcare workers to recognise DSD conditions. One way to evaluate this might be the development and use of questionnaires asking patients, carers and families and referring physicians how satisfied they were with the initial medical consultation and referral and what could be improved.

A helpful addition to existing international databases that collect information on genetic variations would be a list of centres that offer suitable functional studies for certain genes, ideally covering the most frequently mutated genes (at minimum).Patient organisations can also play an important role in informing patients about newly available diagnostic or therapeutic strategies and options, and their influence and specific role has now been recognised and discussed in several publications.17 47 However, it should be kept in mind that these organisations do not represent all patients, as a substantial number of patients and parents are not member of such an organisation.Professionals have to provide optimal medical care based on well-established evidence, or at least on broad consensus. Yet not everything can be regulated by recommendations and guidelines. Options, ideas and wishes should be openly discussed between professionals, patients and families within their confidential relationship.

This will enable highly individualised holistic care tailored to the patient’s needs and expectations. Once they are well-informed of all available options, parents and/or patients can choose what they consider the optimal care for their children or themselves.15 16ConclusionThe Dutch-Flemish guideline uniquely addresses some topics that are under-represented in the literature, thus adding some key aspects to those addressed in recent consensus papers and guidelines.15–17 33 47As more children with a DSD are now being identified prenatally, and the literature on prenatal diagnosis of DSD remains scarce,20 21 we propose a prenatal diagnostic algorithm and emphasise the importance of having a prenatal specialist involved in or collaborating with DSD (expert) centres.We also stress that good communication between all involved parties is essential. Professionals should be well informed about protocols and communication.

Collaboration between centres is necessary to optimise aspects of care such as uniform interpretation of gonadal pathology and functional testing of class 3 variants found by genetic testing. Guidelines can provide a framework within which individualised patient care should be discussed with all stakeholders.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the colleagues of the DSD teams for their input in and critical reading of the Dutch-Flemish guideline. Amsterdam University Center (AMC and VU), Maastricht University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, University Medical Center Groningen, University Medical Center Utrecht, Ghent University Hospital.

The authors would like to thank Kate McIntyre for editing the revised manuscript and Tom de Vries Lentsch for providing the figures as a PDF. Three of the authors of this publication are members of the European Reference Network for rare endocrine diseases—Project ID 739543.IntroductionEndometrial cancer is the most common gynaecological malignancy in the developed world.1 Its incidence has risen over the last two decades as a consequence of the ageing population, fewer hysterectomies for benign disease and the obesity epidemic. In the USA, it is estimated that women have a 1 in 35 lifetime risk of endometrial cancer, and in contrast to cancers of most other sites, cancer-specific mortality has risen by approximately 2% every year since 2008 related to the rapidly rising incidence.2Endometrial cancer has traditionally been classified into type I and type II based on morphology.3 The more common subtype, type I, is mostly comprised of endometrioid tumours and is oestrogen-driven, arises from a hyperplastic endometrium, presents at an early stage and has an excellent 5 year survival rate.4 By contrast, type II includes non-endometrioid tumours, specifically serous, carcinosarcoma and clear cell subtypes, which are biologically aggressive tumours with a poor prognosis that are often diagnosed at an advanced stage.5 Recent efforts have focused on a molecular classification system for more accurate categorisation of endometrial tumours into four groups with distinct prognostic profiles.6 7The majority of endometrial cancers arise through the interplay of familial, genetic and lifestyle factors.

Two inherited cancer predisposition syndromes, Lynch syndrome and the much rarer Cowden syndrome, substantially increase the lifetime risk of endometrial cancer, but these only account for around 3–5% of cases.8–10 Having first or second degree relative(s) with endometrial or colorectal cancer increases endometrial cancer risk, although a large European twin study failed to demonstrate a strong heritable link.11 The authors failed to show that there was greater concordance in monozygotic than dizygotic twins, but the study was based on relatively small numbers of endometrial cancers. Lu and colleagues reported an association between common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and endometrial cancer risk, revealing the potential role of SNPs in explaining part of the risk in both the familial and general populations.12 Thus far, many SNPs have been reported to modify susceptibility to endometrial cancer. However, much of this work predated genome wide association studies and is of variable quality.

Understanding genetic predisposition to endometrial cancer could facilitate personalised risk assessment with a view to targeted prevention and screening interventions.13 This emerged as the most important unanswered research question in endometrial cancer according to patients, carers and healthcare professionals in our recently completed James Lind Womb Cancer Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.14 It would be particularly useful for non-endometrioid endometrial cancers, for which advancing age is so far the only predictor.15We therefore conducted a comprehensive systematic review of the literature to provide an overview of the relationship between SNPs and endometrial cancer risk. We compiled a list of the most robust endometrial cancer-associated SNPs. We assessed the applicability of this panel of SNPs with a theoretical polygenic risk score (PRS) calculation.

We also critically appraised the meta-analyses investigating the most frequently reported SNPs in MDM2. Finally, we described all SNPs reported within genes and pathways that are likely involved in endometrial carcinogenesis and metastasis.MethodsOur systematic review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) collaboration 2009 recommendations. The registered protocol is available through PROSPERO (CRD42018091907).16Search strategyWe searched Embase, MEDLINE and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases via the Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) platform, from 2007 to 2018, to identify studies reporting associations between polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk.

Key words including MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) terms and free-text words were searched in both titles and abstracts. The following terms were used. €œendomet*”,“uter*”, “womb”, “cancer(s)”, “neoplasm(s)”, “endometrium tumour”, “carcinoma”, “adenosarcoma”, “clear cell carcinoma”, “carcinosarcoma”, “SNP”, “single nucleotide polymorphism”, “GWAS”, and “genome-wide association study/ies”.

No other restrictions were applied. The search was repeated with time restrictions between 2018 and June 2019 to capture any recent publications.Eligibility criteriaStudies were selected for full-text evaluation if they were primary articles investigating a relationship between endometrial cancer and SNPs. Study outcome was either the increased or decreased risk of endometrial cancer relative to controls reported as an odds ratio (OR) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).Study selectionThree independent reviewers screened all articles uploaded to a screening spreadsheet developed by Helena VonVille.17 Disagreements were resolved by discussion.

Chronbach’s α score was calculated between reviewers and indicated high consistency at 0.92. Case–control, prospective and retrospective studies, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and both discovery and validation studies were selected for full-text evaluation. Non-English articles, editorials, conference abstracts and proceedings, letters and correspondence, case reports and review articles were excluded.Candidate-gene studies with at least 100 women and GWAS with at least 1000 women in the case arm were selected to ensure reliability of the results, as explained by Spencer et al.18 To construct a panel of up to 30 SNPs with the strongest evidence of association, those with the strongest p values were selected.

For the purpose of an SNP panel, articles utilising broad European or multi-ethnic cohorts were selected. Where overlapping populations were identified, the most comprehensive study was included.Data extraction and synthesisFor each study, the following data were extracted. SNP ID, nearby gene(s)/chromosome location, OR (95% CI), p value, minor or effect allele frequency (MAF/EAF), EA (effect allele) and OA (other allele), adjustment, ethnicity and ancestry, number of cases and controls, endometrial cancer type, and study type including discovery or validation study and meta-analysis.

For risk estimates, a preference towards most adjusted results was applied. For candidate-gene studies, a standard p value of<0.05 was applied and for GWAS a p value of <5×10-8, indicating genome-wide significance, was accepted as statistically significant. However, due to the limited number of SNPs with p values reaching genome-wide significance, this threshold was then lowered to <1×10-5, allowing for marginally significant SNPs to be included.

As shown by Mavaddat et al, for breast cancer, SNPs that fall below genome-wide significance may still be useful for generating a PRS and improving the models.19We estimated the potential value of a PRS based on the most significant SNPs by comparing the predicted risk for a woman with a risk score in the top 1% of the distribution to the mean predicted risk. Per-allele ORs and MAFs were taken from the publications and standard errors (SEs) for the lnORs were derived from published 95% CIs. The PRS was assumed to have a Normal distribution, with mean 2∑βipI and SE, σ, equal to √2∑βi2pI(1−pi), according to the binomial distribution, where the summation is over all SNPs in the risk score.

Hence the relative risk (RR) comparing the top 1% of the distribution to the mean is given by exp(Z0.01σ), where Z is the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution.ResultsThe flow chart of study selection is illustrated in figure 1. In total, 453 text articles were evaluated and, of those, 149 articles met our inclusion criteria. One study was excluded from table 1, for having an Asian-only population, as this would make it harder to compare with the rest of the results which were all either multi-ethnic or Caucasian cohorts, as stated in our inclusion criteria for the SNP panel.20 Any SNPs without 95% CIs were also excluded from any downstream analysis.

Additionally, SNPs in linkage disequilibrium (r2 >0.2) with each other were examined, and of those in linkage disequilibrium, the SNP with strongest association was reported. Per allele ORs were used unless stated otherwise.View this table:Table 1 List of top SNPs most likely to contribute to endometrial cancer risk identified through systematic review of recent literature21–25Study selection flow diagram. *Reasons.

Irrelevant articles, articles focusing on other conditions, non-GWAS/candidate-gene study related articles, technical and duplicate articles. GWAS, genome-wide association study. Adapted from.

Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. The PRISMA Statement.

PLoS Med 6(6). E1000097. Doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 1 Study selection flow diagram.

*Reasons. Irrelevant articles, articles focusing on other conditions, non-GWAS/candidate-gene study related articles, technical and duplicate articles. GWAS, genome-wide association study.

Adapted from. Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.

The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(6). E1000097.

Doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097.Top SNPs associated with endometrial cancer riskFollowing careful interpretation of the data, 24 independent SNPs with the lowest p values that showed the strongest association with endometrial cancer were obtained (table 1).21–25 These SNPs are located in or around genes coding for transcription factors, cell growth and apoptosis regulators, and enzymes involved in the steroidogenesis pathway. All the SNPs presented here were reported on the basis of a GWAS or in one case, an exome-wide association study, and hence no SNPs from candidate-gene studies made it to the list. This is partly due to the nature of larger GWAS providing more comprehensive and powered results as opposed to candidate gene studies.

Additionally, a vast majority of SNPs reported by candidate-gene studies were later refuted by large-scale GWAS such as in the case of TERT and MDM2 variants.26 27 The exception to this is the CYP19 gene, where candidate-gene studies reported an association between variants in this gene with endometrial cancer in both Asian and broad European populations, and this association was more recently confirmed by large-scale GWAS.21 28–30 Moreover, a recent article authored by O’Mara and colleagues reviewed the GWAS that identified most of the currently known SNPs associated with endometrial cancer.31Most of the studies represented in table 1 are GWAS and the majority of these involved broad European populations. Those having a multi-ethnic cohort also consisted primarily of broad European populations. Only four of the variants in table 1 are located in coding regions of a gene, or in regulatory flanking regions around the gene.

Thus, most of these variants would not be expected to cause any functional effects on the gene or the resulting protein. An eQTL search using GTEx Portal showed that some of the SNPs are significantly associated (p<0.05) with modified transcription levels of the respective genes in various tissues such as prostate (rs11263761), thyroid (rs9668337), pituitary (rs2747716), breast mammary (rs882380) and testicular (rs2498794) tissue, as summarised in table 2.View this table:Table 2 List of eQTL hits for the selected panel of SNPsThe only variant for which there was an indication of a specific association with non-endometrioid endometrial cancer was rs148261157 near the BCL11A gene. The A allele of this SNP had a moderately higher association in the non-endometrioid arm (OR 1.64, 95% CI 1.32 to 2.04.

P=9.6×10-6) compared with the endometrioid arm (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.38. P=4.7×10-6).21Oestrogen receptors α and β encoded by ESR1 and ESR2, respectively, have been extensively studied due to the assumed role of oestrogens in the development of endometrial cancer. O’Mara et al reported a lead SNP (rs79575945) in the ESR1 region that was associated with endometrial cancer (p=1.86×10-5).24 However, this SNP did not reach genome-wide significance in a more recent larger GWAS.21 No statistically significant associations have been reported between endometrial cancer and SNPs in the ESR2 gene region.AKT is an oncogene linked to endometrial carcinogenesis.

It is involved in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pro-proliferative signalling pathway to inactivate apoptosis and allow cell survival. The A allele of rs2494737 and G allele of rs2498796 were reported to be associated with increased and decreased risk of endometrial cancer in 2016, respectively.22 30 However, this association was not replicated in a larger GWAS in 2018.21 Nevertheless, given the previous strong indications, and biological basis that could explain endometrial carcinogenesis, we decided to include an AKT1 variant (rs2498794) in our results.PTEN is a multi-functional tumour suppressor gene that regulates the AKT/PKB signalling pathway and is commonly mutated in many cancers including endometrial cancer.32 Loss-of-function germline mutations in PTEN are responsible for Cowden syndrome, which exerts a lifetime risk of endometrial cancer of up to 28%.9 Lacey and colleagues studied SNPs in the PTEN gene region. However, none showed significant differences in frequency between 447 endometrial cancer cases and 439 controls of European ancestry.33KRAS mutations are known to be present in endometrial cancer.

These can be activated by high levels of KLF5 (transcriptional activator). Three SNPs have been identified in or around KLF5 that are associated with endometrial cancer. The G allele of rs11841589 (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.21.

P=4.83×10-11), the A allele of rs9600103 (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.30. P=3.76×10-12) and C allele of rs7981863 (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.20. P=2.70×10-17) have all been found to be associated with an increased likelihood of endometrial cancer in large European cohorts.21 30 34 It is worth noting that these SNPs are not independent, and hence they quite possibly tag the same causal variant.The MYC family of proto-oncogenes encode transcription factors that regulate cell proliferation, which can contribute to cancer development if dysregulated.

The recent GWAS by O’Mara et al reported three SNPs within the MYC region that reached genome-wide significance with conditional p values reaching at least 5×10–8.35To test the utility of these SNPs as predictive markers, we devised a theoretical PRS calculation using the log ORs and EAFs per SNP from the published data. The results were very encouraging with an RR of 3.16 for the top 1% versus the mean, using all the top SNPs presented in table 1 and 2.09 when using only the SNPs that reached genome-wide significance (including AKT1).Controversy surrounding MDM2 variant SNP309MDM2 negatively regulates tumour suppressor gene TP53, and as such, has been extensively studied in relation to its potential role in predisposition to endometrial cancer. Our search identified six original studies of the association between MDM2 SNP rs2279744 (also referred to as SNP309) and endometrial cancer, all of which found a statistically significant increased risk per copy of the G allele.

Two more original studies were identified through our full-text evaluation. However, these were not included here as they did not meet our inclusion criteria—one due to small sample size, the other due to studying rs2279744 status dependent on another SNP.36 37 Even so, the two studies were described in multiple meta-analyses that are listed in table 3. Different permutations of these eight original studies appear in at least eight published meta-analyses.

However, even the largest meta-analysis contained <2000 cases (table 3)38View this table:Table 3 Characteristics of studies that examined MDM2 SNP rs2279744In comparison, a GWAS including nearly 13 000 cases found no evidence of an association with OR and corresponding 95% CI of 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) and a p value of 0.93 (personal communication).21 Nevertheless, we cannot completely rule out a role for MDM2 variants in endometrial cancer predisposition as the candidate-gene studies reported larger effects in Asians, whereas the GWAS primarily contained participants of European ancestry. There is also some suggestion that the SNP309 variant is in linkage disequilibrium with another variant, SNP285, which confers an opposite effect.It is worth noting that the SNP285C/SNP309G haplotype frequency was observed in up to 8% of Europeans, thus requiring correction for the confounding effect of SNP285C in European studies.39 However, aside from one study conducted by Knappskog et al, no other study including the meta-analyses corrected for the confounding effect of SNP285.40 Among the studies presented in table 3, Knappskog et al (2012) reported that after correcting for SNP285, the OR for association of this haplotype with endometrial cancer was much lower, though still significant. Unfortunately, the meta-analyses which synthesised Knappskog et al (2012), as part of their analysis, did not correct for SNP285C in the European-based studies they included.38 41 42 It is also concerning that two meta-analyses using the same primary articles failed to report the same result, in two instances.38 42–44DiscussionThis article represents the most comprehensive systematic review to date, regarding critical appraisal of the available evidence of common low-penetrance variants implicated in predisposition to endometrial cancer.

We have identified the most robust SNPs in the context of endometrial cancer risk. Of those, only 19 were significant at genome-wide level and a further five were considered marginally significant. The largest GWAS conducted in this field was the discovery- and meta-GWAS by O’Mara et al, which utilised 12 096 cases and 108 979 controls.21 Despite the inclusion of all published GWAS and around 5000 newly genotyped cases, the total number did not reach anywhere near what is currently available for other common cancers such as breast cancer.

For instance, BCAC (Breast Cancer Association Consortium) stands at well over 200 000 individuals with more than half being cases, and resulted in identification of ~170 SNPs in relation to breast cancer.19 45 A total of 313 SNPs including imputations were then used to derive a PRS for breast cancer.19 Therefore, further efforts should be directed to recruit more patients, with deep phenotypic clinical data to allow for relevant adjustments and subgroup analyses to be conducted for better precision.A recent pre-print study by Zhang and colleagues examined the polygenicity and potential for SNP-based risk prediction for 14 common cancers, including endometrial cancer, using available summary-level data from European-ancestry datasets.46 They estimated that there are just over 1000 independent endometrial cancer susceptibility SNPs, and that a PRS comprising all such SNPs would have an area under the receiver-operator curve of 0.64, similar to that predicted for ovarian cancer, but lower than that for the other cancers in the study. The modelling in the paper suggests that an endometrial cancer GWAS double the size of the current largest study would be able to identify susceptibility SNPs together explaining 40% of the genetic variance, but that in order to explain 75% of the genetic variance it would be necessary to have a GWAS comprising close to 150 000 cases and controls, far in excess of what is currently feasible.We found that the literature consists mainly of candidate-gene studies with small sample sizes, meta-analyses reporting conflicting results despite using the same set of primary articles, and multiple reports of significant SNPs that have not been validated by any larger GWAS. The candidate-gene studies were indeed the most useful and cheaper technique available until the mid to late 2000s.

However, a lack of reproducibility (particularly due to population stratification and reporting bias), uncertainty of reported associations, and considerably high false discovery rates make these studies much less appropriate in the post-GWAS era. Unlike the candidate-gene approach, GWAS do not require prior knowledge, selection of genes or SNPs, and provide vast amounts of data. Furthermore, both the genotyping process and data analysis phases have become cheaper, the latter particularly due to faster and open-access pre-phasing and imputation tools being made available.It is clear from table 1 that some SNPs were reported with wide 95% CI, which can be directly attributed to small sample sizes particularly when restricting the cases to non-endometrioid histology only, low EAF or poor imputation quality.

Thus, these should be interpreted with caution. Additionally, most of the SNPs reported by candidate-gene studies were not detected by the largest GWAS to date conducted by O’Mara et al.21 However, this does not necessarily mean that the possibility of those SNPs being relevant should be completely dismissed. Moreover, meta-analyses were attempted for other variants.

However, these showed no statistically significant association and many presented with high heterogeneity between the respective studies (data not shown). Furthermore, as many studies utilised the same set of cases and/or controls, conducting a meta-analysis was not possible for a good number of SNPs. It is therefore unequivocal that the literature is crowded with numerous small candidate-gene studies and conflicting data.

This makes it particularly hard to detect novel SNPs and conduct meaningful meta-analyses.We found convincing evidence for 19 variants that indicated the strongest association with endometrial cancer, as shown in table 1. The associations between endometrial cancer and variants in or around HNF1B, CYP19A1, SOX4, MYC, KLF and EIF2AK found in earlier GWAS were then replicated in the latest and largest GWAS. These SNPs showed promising potential in a theoretical PRS we devised based on published data.

Using all 24 or genome-wide significant SNPs only, women with a PRS in the top 1% of the distribution would be predicted to have a risk of endometrial cancer 3.16 and 2.09 times higher than the mean risk, respectively.However, the importance of these variants and relevance of the proximate genes in a functional or biological context is challenging to evaluate. Long distance promoter regulation by enhancers may disguise the genuine target gene. In addition, enhancers often do not loop to the nearest gene, further complicating the relevance of nearby gene(s) to a GWAS hit.

In order to elucidate biologically relevant candidate target genes in endometrial cancer, O’Mara et al looked into promoter-associated chromatin looping using a modern HiChIP approach.47 The authors utilised normal and tumoural endometrial cell lines for this analysis which showed significant enrichment for endometrial cancer heritability, with 103 candidate target genes identified across the 13 risk loci identified by the largest ECAC GWAS. Notable genes identified here were CDKN2A and WT1, and their antisense counterparts. The former was reported to be nearby of rs1679014 and the latter of rs10835920, as shown in table 1.

Moreover, of the 36 candidate target genes, 17 were found to be downregulated while 19 were upregulated in endometrial tumours.The authors also investigated overlap between the 13 endometrial cancer risk loci and top eQTL variants for each target gene.47 In whole blood, of the two particular lead SNPs, rs8822380 at 17q21.32 was a top eQTL for SNX11 and HOXB2, whereas rs937213 at 15q15.1 was a top eQTL for SRP14. In endometrial tumour, rs7579014 at 2p16.1 was found to be a top eQTL for BCL11A. This is particularly interesting because BCL11A was the only nearby/candidate gene that had a GWAS association reported in both endometrioid and non-endometrioid subtypes.

The study looked at protein–protein interactions between endometrial cancer drivers and candidate target gene products. Significant interactions were observed with TP53 (most significant), AKT, PTEN, ESR1 and KRAS, among others. Finally, when 103 target candidate genes and 387 proteins were combined together, 462 pathways were found to be significantly enriched.

Many of these are related to gene regulation, cancer, obesity, insulinaemia and oestrogen exposure. This study clearly showed a potential biological relevance for some of the SNPs reported by ECAC GWAS in 2018.Most of the larger included studies used cohorts primarily composed of women of broad European descent. Hence, there are negligible data available for other ethnicities, particularly African women.

This is compounded by the lack of reference genotype data available for comparative analysis, making it harder for research to be conducted in ethnicities other than Europeans. This poses a problem for developing risk prediction models that are equally valuable and predictive across populations. Thus, our results also are of limited applicability to non-European populations.Furthermore, considering that non-endometrioid cases comprise a small proportion (~20%) of all endometrial cancer cases, much larger cohort sizes are needed to detect any genuine signals for non-endometrioid tumours.

Most of the evaluated studies looked at either overall/mixed endometrial cancer subtypes or endometrioid histology, and those that looked at variant associations with non-endometrioid histology were unlikely to have enough power to detect any signal with statistical significance. This is particularly concerning because non-endometrioid subtypes are biologically aggressive tumours with a much poorer prognosis that contribute disproportionately to mortality from endometrial cancer. It is particularly important that attempts to improve early detection and prevention of endometrial cancer focus primarily on improving outcomes from these subtypes.

It is also worth noting that, despite the current shift towards a molecular classification of endometrial cancer, most studies used the overarching classical Bokhman’s classification system, type I versus type II, or no histological classification system at all. Therefore, it is important to create and follow a standardised and comprehensive classification system for reporting tumour subtypes for future studies.This study compiled and presented available information for an extensively studied, yet unproven in large datasets, SNP309 variant in MDM2. Currently, there is no convincing evidence for an association between this variant and endometrial cancer risk.

Additionally, of all the studies, only one accounted for the opposing effect of a nearby variant SNP285 in their analyses. Thus, we conclude that until confirmed by a sufficiently large GWAS, this variant should not be considered significant in influencing the risk of endometrial cancer and therefore not included in a PRS. This is also true for the majority of the SNPs reported in candidate-gene studies, as the numbers fall far short of being able to detect genuine signals.This systematic review presents the most up-to-date evidence for endometrial cancer susceptibility variants, emphasising the need for further large-scale studies to identify more variants of importance, and validation of these associations.

Until data from larger and more diverse cohorts are available, the top 24 SNPs presented here are the most robust common genetic variants that affect endometrial cancer risk. The multiplicative effects of these SNPs could be used in a PRS to allow personalised risk prediction models to be developed for targeted screening and prevention interventions for women at greatest risk of endometrial cancer..

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Anna Vaine stands 20 years on propecia on the University http://www.em-erables-horbourg-wihr.site.ac-strasbourg.fr/classe1/?p=5604 of Colorado campus in Boulder on Monday, Sept. 13. Vaine, who attends the school as a sophomore, said she has struggled with mental health issues and accessing care in Summit County, where she grew up.Kathryn Scott/For the Summit Daily News The first 20 years on propecia time Anna Vaine was diagnosed with a mental health condition, she was 8 years old.The Summit High School graduate learned she had generalized anxiety disorder. Since then, the now 19-year-old has been diagnosed with chronic depression, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.After her first diagnosis, Vaine visited a therapist in Summit County but stopped shortly thereafter.“I stopped going not because I didn’t need it but because the therapist I went to and the things I was doing weren’t serving me in the way I would have liked,” Vaine said. €œI stopped going for a 20 years on propecia while, and then I started looking for services again when I was 15.

That’s when I started noticing a lot of the struggles that people have mentioned with getting care in Summit.”Vaine’s experience accessing mental health care was a multiyear process that included hundreds of miles of driving, a few different therapists, four psychiatrists and 13 medications. It wasn’t — and still isn’t — an easy process, and 20 years on propecia her experience took a toll not only mentally but also physically.To start, the process of finding a therapist was challenging due to Summit’s limited options. This became even more difficult when Vaine began searching for a psychiatrist.Vaine said a previous doctor referred to her chronic depression as “medication resistant,” making it complicated to find something that worked. What she needed was 20 years on propecia specialized care that didn’t exist in Summit County. On top of that, she needed a psychiatrist who could treat adolescents, which further shrank the local pool of providers.According to Jen McAtamney, executive director of Building Hope Summit County, the county still has limited options regarding psychiatry and medication management, including only one psychiatric nurse practitioner and two psychiatrists.Vaine ended up seeing four psychiatrists, one of whom was in Vail and another in Denver, before she found the right fit.Her story isn’t unique.

For anyone struggling with their mental health, one thing is certain 20 years on propecia. There are limited resources in Summit County to get help.Though the community has made strides in recent years, local experts agree there is considerable work to be done to increase access to care across the board. Assistant Summit County Manager Sarah Vaine, left, and Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue talk in the Summit County Courthouse on Sept. 8. Pogue and Vaine are advocates for mental health care and are working with other county staff members to increase access to acute care in the county.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News Access to careSummit County’s limited mental health resources are a reflection of the state’s access to behavioral health care.According to Mental Health America, Colorado ranks 31 out of 50 states in terms of its access to care.

States that have a ranking of 13 or below are considered to have relatively more access to insurance and mental health treatment. Breaking it down further, the organization reports that Colorado ranks 13 in terms of mental health workforce availability with a ratio of 280-to-1 residents to health care workers. But it still has work to do in terms of delivering care. The state ranks 28th in terms of adults with a mental illness that reported an unmet need.According to the organization, individuals seeking treatment but still not receiving needed services face the same barriers that contribute to the number of individuals not receiving treatment, such as no insurance or limited coverage of services and lack of available treatment types.To mitigate some of these challenges, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a strategic plan for improving behavioral health for the next five years. Released in January 2020, some of the goals include increasing funding opportunities for behavioral health services and developing a center to provide 24/7 care for people with behavioral health conditions.It’s commendable that the state is taking steps to increase equitable access to mental health resources, but if it still has a lot of work to do, then how does this access to care play out locally?.

Overhauling the systemIn the past five or so years, Summit County has made significant strides in the mental health arena to provide the basics, such as talk therapy and emergency crisis response. But Assistant Summit County Manager Sarah Vaine — mother of Anna Vaine — said the road getting here was rocky.In 2019, Mind Springs Health, one of the county’s few resources for mental health care, lost its state contract, leaving a gaping hole in providing emergency care services as well as clinically managed detoxification and withdrawal management. Sarah Vaine noted that Mind Springs still has a presence in Summit but said this event caused a ripple effect in the community.“It was pretty bumpy, and I think there was a group of us that felt responsible for that,” Sarah Vaine said. €œIt felt rough to everyone. I would argue that the system that we have now is much more responsive, and we’re seeing great results from the transformation that occurred out of that crisis.”When Mind Springs was awarded its contract with Rocky Mountain Health Plans, it was expected to respond to emergency calls in rural counties, including Summit, within a couple of hours and complete an assessment.

But barriers such as infrastructure needs, a wide geographic area and funding made the system inefficient.Sarah Vaine noted that many community members were frustrated at the time with how services were being carried out. These crisis services were supposed to keep individuals out of the emergency room and out of jail, which wasn’t always happening.Part of the gap in services was eventually filled by the Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team led by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.Now the goal of keeping individuals struggling with mental health issues out of the emergency room and out of jail has largely been attained. When the sheriff’s office receives a mental health call, it dispatches a plainclothes officer and a clinician. The program launched in January 2020 and has seen huge success. Summit Community Care Clinic Chief Executive Officer Helen Royal, right, discusses mental health challenges the county faces with the clinic's Chief Behavioral Health Officer Eleanor Bruin on Sept.

3.Ashley Low/For the Summit Daily News Substance use treatment lackingSo what about those who are struggling with substance use disorders?. Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue and Sarah Vaine agree the county is severely lacking in treatment options. Summit Women’s Recovery offers gender-focused intensive outpatient care and medically assisted treatment, and Mind Springs offers medically assisted treatment as well as group and individual therapy.Just last year, the county struck a deal with Recovery Resources, a nonprofit based out of Aspen, to provide substance use treatment options. Though a step in the right direction, Sarah Vaine noted that the county is still in need of more intensive services.“(It) is classified as a social detox, which just means that we don’t have clinicians in there,” she said. €œThere’s no nurses.

There’s no medical people. They’re peers — well-trained people with lived experience supporting folks while they get to a sober place and then make decisions about what their next move is going to be.”The community still does not have inpatient or intensive withdrawal management services, but community leaders are trying to get these services offered. Kelly McGann, access to care manager for the Family &. Intercultural Resource Center, speaks about community mental health issues Sept. 8.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News On the horizonThanks to the passing of a 2018 ballot measure known as Strong Future, the county has more than $2 million to spend on mental and behavioral health services, and the fund will accrue an additional $2 million per year.Right now, the county does not have overnight intensive care or what’s called step-up or step-down care, which is intensive outpatient therapy.

Sarah Vaine and the Strong Future committee are working to contract services from Front Range Clinic, which could offer a whole host of services that can be customized to fit a particular community’s needs. Sarah Vaine said the clinic’s services could be offered in the county as early as this fall.The introduction of a contractor like Front Range Clinic would be groundbreaking for the community, in large part because it could offer critical services the community desperately needs. In combination with the SMART Team and Recovery Resources, Summit County would be taking a vital step in the right direction toward accessible mental health care.For now, those who need more acute care are sent to West Springs Hospital in Grand Junction or to Denver.In addition to working with Front Range Clinic, the county is also planning to launch a healing hub startup that will be housed in the Medical Office Building in Frisco. Sarah Vaine said some of the services that’ll be offered at the healing hub before year’s end include medication-assisted therapy and DUI classes as well as intensive case management, navigation services, intensive outpatient programming, peer supports, support and treatment groups, individual therapy and more.Other services the county would like to offer include crisis stabilization and respite, withdrawal management, walk-in support and more.A network of servicesIn the meantime, community partners are working to fill gaps in care.One of the longest-running resources for behavioral health is Summit Community Care Clinic, which started offering mental health services in 2006. The clinic’s offerings include school-based counselors and integrated care, meaning all intake forms include questions regarding a patient’s mental health.

A few years ago, the clinic also launched its medically assisted treatment program for those struggling with substance use disorders.Perhaps one of the biggest turning points in terms of mental health awareness was the inception of Building Hope Summit County. The nonprofit launched in 2016 after longtime resident and philanthropist Patti Casey died by suicide. The organization was incubated at the Family &. Intercultural Resource Center, and the two entities developed the mental health navigation tool, which helps individuals find mental health resources.Kelly McGann, access to care manager for the resource center, explained that the navigation tool is intended to provide a wraparound approach to individuals whose mental health issues might stem from other community issues, such as housing and child care.The service is provided through a partnership with Building Hope, which hosts outreach and information campaigns. One of the organization’s cornerstone programs is its scholarships, which offer therapy sessions to individuals who can’t otherwise afford them.

Currently, there are about 71 providers who accept these scholarships.Building Hope also hosts community and group events focused on connecting an otherwise isolated community, including a group called The HYPE that offers programming for youths ages 12-18. From 2017 to 2020, the organization has hosted nearly 200 events in which over 3,000 people have participated.Peak Peak Health Alliance is also in the business of making access to care easier. The nonprofit was incubated by The Summit Foundation, and when it launched on its own in 2019, one of its priorities was to make behavioral health more affordable to residents. According to the organization’s Director of Outreach Elise Neyerlin, all but two of its health plans have a zero dollar outpatient therapy co-pay for an unlimited number of sessions. Peak Health has also worked to increase the number of in-network independent providers from seven to 54.

Elise Neyerlin, director of outreach for Peak Health Alliance, talks Sept. 8 about the work being done to make mental health care more accessible.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News. Vision for the futureHad there been more resources when she was exploring her options, Anna Vaine said navigating the local mental health industry would have been much easier. Particularly, she’d like to see more psychiatry and talk therapy providers based in the county.“I feel like that was the biggest thing. There just weren’t any options,“ she said.

€I think our therapists up (here) are great, and I think they’re going to be great for a lot of people. But it would have been great to see even more options for therapy or just more places where you can find resources, even outside the county if we don’t have it.“In the future, Sarah Vaine said she’d like for the county’s new healing hub to be a one-stop shop where individuals can walk in and access whatever resources are needed in that moment. She believes it’s a level of immediate care that will transform the county’s mental health arena.“We want it to be. Everyone knows here’s where you go,” Sarah Vaine said. €œWalk right over there, into that door, and there’s going to be someone there to help you.

That’s my vision for it.”Start Preamble Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. Notice. This notice seeks public comment on several proposed updates to The Periodicity Schedule of the Bright Futures Recommendations for Pediatric Preventive Health Care (“Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule”), as part of the HRSA-supported preventive service guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents. Please see https://mchb.hrsa.gov/​maternal-child-health-topics/​child-health/​bright-futures.html for additional information. The Periodicity Schedule is maintained in part through a national cooperative agreement, the Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Program.

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These include preventive health services provided for in the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule as part of the HRSA-supported preventive services guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents. A panel of pediatric primary care experts convened to review the latest evidence has identified proposed updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule in several areas in response to new evidence impacting children. The proposed updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule are. (1) A new category for sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death risk assessment, (2) a new category for hepatitis B propecia risk assessment, (3) add suicide risk as an element of universal screening for children ages 12-21, and (4) update of Psychosocial/Behavioral Assessment to Behavioral/Social/Emotional Screening. The updated category title will be “Behavioral/Social/Emotional Screening” with no revision to the ages in which the screening occurs (newborn to 21 years).

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Anna Vaine stands on the University how much does propecia cost per month http://www.foolishpoet.com/2017/04/17/time-flies/ of Colorado campus in Boulder on Monday, Sept. 13. Vaine, who attends the school as a sophomore, said she has struggled with mental health issues and accessing care in Summit County, how much does propecia cost per month where she grew up.Kathryn Scott/For the Summit Daily News The first time Anna Vaine was diagnosed with a mental health condition, she was 8 years old.The Summit High School graduate learned she had generalized anxiety disorder. Since then, the now 19-year-old has been diagnosed with chronic depression, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.After her first diagnosis, Vaine visited a therapist in Summit County but stopped shortly thereafter.“I stopped going not because I didn’t need it but because the therapist I went to and the things I was doing weren’t serving me in the way I would have liked,” Vaine said. €œI stopped going for a while, and then I started looking for how much does propecia cost per month services again when I was 15.

That’s when I started noticing a lot of the struggles that people have mentioned with getting care in Summit.”Vaine’s experience accessing mental health care was a multiyear process that included hundreds of miles of driving, a few different therapists, four psychiatrists and 13 medications. It wasn’t — and how much does propecia cost per month still isn’t — an easy process, and her experience took a toll not only mentally but also physically.To start, the process of finding a therapist was challenging due to Summit’s limited options. This became even more difficult when Vaine began searching for a psychiatrist.Vaine said a previous doctor referred to her chronic depression as “medication resistant,” making it complicated to find something that worked. What she needed was specialized how much does propecia cost per month care that didn’t exist in Summit County. On top of that, she needed a psychiatrist who could treat adolescents, which further shrank the local pool of providers.According to Jen McAtamney, executive director of Building Hope Summit County, the county still has limited options regarding psychiatry and medication management, including only one psychiatric nurse practitioner and two psychiatrists.Vaine ended up seeing four psychiatrists, one of whom was in Vail and another in Denver, before she found the right fit.Her story isn’t unique.

For anyone struggling with their mental how much does propecia cost per month health, one thing is certain. There are limited resources in Summit County to get help.Though the community has made strides in recent years, local experts agree there is considerable work to be done to increase access to care across the board. Assistant Summit County Manager Sarah Vaine, left, and Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue talk in the Summit County Courthouse on Sept. 8. Pogue and Vaine are advocates for mental health care and are working with other county staff members to increase access to acute care in the county.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News Access to careSummit County’s limited mental health resources are a reflection of the state’s access to behavioral health care.According to Mental Health America, Colorado ranks 31 out of 50 states in terms of its access to care.

States that have a ranking of 13 or below are considered to have relatively more access to insurance and mental health treatment. Breaking it down further, the organization reports that Colorado ranks 13 in terms of mental health workforce availability with a ratio of 280-to-1 residents to health care workers. But it still has work to do in terms of delivering care. The state ranks 28th in terms of adults with a mental illness that reported an unmet need.According to the organization, individuals seeking treatment but still not receiving needed services face the same barriers that contribute to the number of individuals not receiving treatment, such as no insurance or limited coverage of services and lack of available treatment types.To mitigate some of these challenges, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a strategic plan for improving behavioral health for the next five years. Released in January 2020, some of the goals include increasing funding opportunities for behavioral health services and developing a center to provide 24/7 care for people with behavioral health conditions.It’s commendable that the state is taking steps to increase equitable access to mental health resources, but if it still has a lot of work to do, then how does this access to care play out locally?.

Overhauling the systemIn the past five or so years, Summit County has made significant strides in the mental health arena to provide the basics, such as talk therapy and emergency crisis response. But Assistant Summit County Manager Sarah Vaine — mother of Anna Vaine — said the road getting here was rocky.In 2019, Mind Springs Health, one of the county’s few resources for mental health care, lost its state contract, leaving a gaping hole in providing emergency care services as well as clinically managed detoxification and withdrawal management. Sarah Vaine noted that Mind Springs still has a presence in Summit but said this event caused a ripple effect in the community.“It was pretty bumpy, and I think there was a group of us that felt responsible for that,” Sarah Vaine said. €œIt felt rough to everyone. I would argue that the system that we have now is much more responsive, and we’re seeing great results from the transformation that occurred out of that crisis.”When Mind Springs was awarded its contract with Rocky Mountain Health Plans, it was expected to respond to emergency calls in rural counties, including Summit, within a couple of hours and complete an assessment.

But barriers such as infrastructure needs, a wide geographic area and funding made the system inefficient.Sarah Vaine noted that many community members were frustrated at the time with how services were being carried out. These crisis services were supposed to keep individuals out of the emergency room and out of jail, which wasn’t always happening.Part of the gap in services was eventually filled by the Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team led by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.Now the goal of keeping individuals struggling with mental health issues out of the emergency room and out of jail has largely been attained. When the sheriff’s office receives a mental health call, it dispatches a plainclothes officer and a clinician. The program launched in January 2020 and has seen huge success. Summit Community Care Clinic Chief Executive Officer Helen Royal, right, discusses mental health challenges the county faces with the clinic's Chief Behavioral Health Officer Eleanor Bruin on Sept.

3.Ashley Low/For the Summit Daily News Substance use treatment lackingSo what about those who are struggling with substance use disorders?. Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue and Sarah Vaine agree the county is severely lacking in treatment options. Summit Women’s Recovery offers gender-focused intensive outpatient care and medically assisted treatment, and Mind Springs offers medically assisted treatment as well as group and individual therapy.Just last year, the county struck a deal with Recovery Resources, a nonprofit based out of Aspen, to provide substance use treatment options. Though a step in the right direction, Sarah Vaine noted that the county is still in need of more intensive services.“(It) is classified as a social detox, which just means that we don’t have clinicians in there,” she said. €œThere’s no nurses.

There’s no medical people. They’re peers — well-trained people with lived experience supporting folks while they get to a sober place and then make decisions about what their next move is going to be.”The community still does not have inpatient or intensive withdrawal management services, but community leaders are trying to get these services offered. Kelly McGann, access to care manager for the Family &. Intercultural Resource Center, speaks about community mental health issues Sept. 8.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News On the horizonThanks to the passing of a 2018 ballot measure known as Strong Future, the county has more than $2 million to spend on mental and behavioral health services, and the fund will accrue an additional $2 million per year.Right now, the county does not have overnight intensive care or what’s called step-up or step-down care, which is intensive outpatient therapy.

Sarah Vaine and the Strong Future committee are working to contract services from Front Range Clinic, which could offer a whole host of services that can be customized to fit a particular community’s needs. Sarah Vaine said the clinic’s services could be offered in the county as early as this fall.The introduction of a contractor like Front Range Clinic would be groundbreaking for the community, in large part because it could offer critical services the community desperately needs. In combination with the SMART Team and Recovery Resources, Summit County would be taking a vital step in the right direction toward accessible mental health care.For now, those who need more acute care are sent to West Springs Hospital in Grand Junction or to Denver.In addition to working with Front Range Clinic, the county is also planning to launch a healing hub startup that will be housed in the Medical Office Building in Frisco. Sarah Vaine said some of the services that’ll be offered at the healing hub before year’s end include medication-assisted therapy and DUI classes as well as intensive case management, navigation services, intensive outpatient programming, peer supports, support and treatment groups, individual therapy and more.Other services the county would like to offer include crisis stabilization and respite, withdrawal management, walk-in support and more.A network of servicesIn the meantime, community partners are working to fill gaps in care.One of the longest-running resources for behavioral health is Summit Community Care Clinic, which started offering mental health services in 2006. The clinic’s offerings include school-based counselors and integrated care, meaning all intake forms include questions regarding a patient’s mental health.

A few years ago, the clinic also launched its medically assisted treatment program for those struggling with substance use disorders.Perhaps one of the biggest turning points in terms of mental health awareness was the inception of Building Hope Summit County. The nonprofit launched in 2016 after longtime resident and philanthropist Patti Casey died by suicide. The organization was incubated at the Family &. Intercultural Resource Center, and the two entities developed the mental health navigation tool, which helps individuals find mental health resources.Kelly McGann, access to care manager for the resource center, explained that the navigation tool is intended to provide a wraparound approach to individuals whose mental health issues might stem from other community issues, such as housing and child care.The service is provided through a partnership with Building Hope, which hosts outreach and information campaigns. One of the organization’s cornerstone programs is its scholarships, which offer therapy sessions to individuals who can’t otherwise afford them.

Currently, there are about 71 providers who accept these scholarships.Building Hope also hosts community and group events focused on connecting an otherwise isolated community, including a group called The HYPE that offers programming for youths ages 12-18. From 2017 to 2020, the organization has hosted nearly 200 events in which over 3,000 people have participated.Peak Peak Health Alliance is also in the business of making access to care easier. The nonprofit was incubated by The Summit Foundation, and when it launched on its own in 2019, one of its priorities was to make behavioral health more affordable to residents. According to the organization’s Director of Outreach Elise Neyerlin, all but two of its health plans have a zero dollar outpatient therapy co-pay for an unlimited number of sessions. Peak Health has also worked to increase the number of in-network independent providers from seven to 54.

Elise Neyerlin, director of outreach for Peak Health Alliance, talks Sept. 8 about the work being done to make mental health care more accessible.John Hanson/For the Summit Daily News. Vision for the futureHad there been more resources when she was exploring her options, Anna Vaine said navigating the local mental health industry would have been much easier. Particularly, she’d like to see more psychiatry and talk therapy providers based in the county.“I feel like that was the biggest thing. There just weren’t any options,“ she said.

€I think our therapists up (here) are great, and I think they’re going to be great for a lot of people. But it would have been great to see even more options for therapy or just more places where you can find resources, even outside the county if we don’t have it.“In the future, Sarah Vaine said she’d like for the county’s new healing hub to be a one-stop shop where individuals can walk in and access whatever resources are needed in that moment. She believes it’s a level of immediate care that will transform the county’s mental health arena.“We want it to be. Everyone knows here’s where you go,” Sarah Vaine said. €œWalk right over there, into that door, and there’s going to be someone there to help you.

That’s my vision for it.”Start Preamble Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. Notice. This notice seeks public comment on several proposed updates to The Periodicity Schedule of the Bright Futures Recommendations for Pediatric Preventive Health Care (“Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule”), as part of the HRSA-supported preventive service guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents. Please see https://mchb.hrsa.gov/​maternal-child-health-topics/​child-health/​bright-futures.html for additional information. The Periodicity Schedule is maintained in part through a national cooperative agreement, the Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Program.

If accepted by HRSA, a proposed update to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule will provide additional clinical guidance to providers and, under the Public Health Service Act, would require certain insurance plans and issuers to provide coverage without cost-sharing of such updated preventive care and screenings. Members of the public are invited to provide written comments no later than October 13, 2021. All comments received on or before this date will be reviewed and considered by the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule Workgroup and provided for further consideration by HRSA in determining the recommended updates that it will support. Members of the public who wish to provide comments can do so by accessing the public comment web page at. Https://mchb.hrsa.gov/​maternal-child-health-topics/​child-health/​bright-futures.html.

Start Further Info Savannah Kidd, HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, email. SKidd@hrsa.gov, telephone. (301) 287-2601. End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information The Periodicity Schedule of the Bright Futures Recommendations for Pediatric Preventive Health Care (“Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule”), as part of the HRSA-supported preventive service guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents, is maintained in part through a national cooperative agreement, the Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Program. Under Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers must include coverage, without cost sharing, for certain preventive services for plan years (in the individual market, policy years) that begin on or after the date that is 1-year after the date the recommendation or guideline is issued.

These include preventive health services provided for in the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule as part of the HRSA-supported preventive services guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents. A panel of pediatric primary care experts convened to review the latest evidence has identified proposed updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule in several areas in response to new evidence impacting children. The proposed updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule are. (1) A new category for sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death risk assessment, (2) a new category for hepatitis B propecia risk assessment, (3) add suicide risk as an element of universal screening for children ages 12-21, and (4) update of Psychosocial/Behavioral Assessment to Behavioral/Social/Emotional Screening. The updated category title will be “Behavioral/Social/Emotional Screening” with no revision to the ages in which the screening occurs (newborn to 21 years).

Finally, two references related to dental fluoride varnish and fluoride supplementation are proposed to be added with no recommended changes to clinical practice. The American Academy of Pediatrics, which has been the HRSA cooperative agreement recipient for this program since 2007, maintains the Periodicity Schedule. Under HRSA's cooperative agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Bright Futures Program is required to administer a process for developing and regularly recommending, as needed, updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule. As described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Bright Futures Program (HRSA-18-078), the consideration of potential updates is expected to be “a comprehensive, objective, and transparent review of available evidence that incorporates opportunity for public comment. Accordingly, the award recipient will review the evidence on an annual basis to determine whether updates are needed, using a deliberative review process by experts qualified to conduct such a review.

Administer the receipt and consideration of public comments for a minimum of 30 calendar days following publication of the Federal Register Notice setting forth the proposed updates. And provide to HRSA a written report that sets forth its recommended updates, including a summary of the public comments it received, a list of general topics that were commented on and its responses to those comments.” Authority. 2713(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)(3). Start Signature Diana Espinosa, Acting Administrator.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the propecia, lionized by the left and villainized by the right.But with the release of a trove of Fauci's emails this past week, Republicans' political attacks on the nation's top government infectious-diseases expert have gone into overdrive.On conservative news channels, President Joe Biden's propecia adviser has been baselessly pilloried as a liar who misled the American people about the origins of hair loss treatment to protect the Chinese government. There's no evidence of wrongdoing, but Republican calls for his resignation have grown louder, as have demands for new investigations into the origins of the propecia."Given what we know now, I don't know how anyone can have confidence that he should remain in a position of public trust and authority," said Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a potential presidential hopeful who is calling for Fauci's resignation and a full congressional inquiry.The political moves by Republicans represent a new effort to find a reliable foil in the first few months of the Biden administration, as they have struggled to turn public sentiment against the new president.

So far, Biden has enjoyed widespread job approval, buoyed by the public's broad backing of his handling of the propecia, which 71% of Americans support, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.Fauci, who has a security detail because of ongoing threats and who did not respond to a request for comment for this story, has repeatedly defended his work, saying he received thousands of emails and has never ruled out any theory."I still believe the most likely origin is from an animal species to a human, but I keep an absolutely open mind that if there may be other origins of that, there may be another reason, it could have been a lab leak," Fauci said Thursday on CNN.The doctor's newly released emails, which span the early days of the propecia and were obtained by BuzzFeed News and The Washington Post, show no evidence of any kind of coverup about the origin of the propecia. Indeed, many of the discussions reflect the science at the time. But Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have seized on the emails as proof of a conspiracy to obscure the source of the propecia.In one email, from Feb. 1 of last year, Kristian Andersen, a researcher at the Scripps Research Institute, wrote to Fauci, the longtime director of the U.S.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about ongoing efforts to decipher the origin of the novel hair loss.At the time, the lab leak hypothesis was largely dismissed by experts. It has recently gained traction, though the origins of the propecia remain unknown."The unusual features of the propecia make up a really small part of the genome (0.1%) so one has to look really closely at all the sequences to see that some of the features (potentially) look engineered," Andersen wrote. He said he and his colleagues "all find the genome inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory. But," he added, "we have to look at this much more closely and there are still further analyses to be done, so those opinions could still change."By the next month, it turned out, they had.

He and his colleagues published an article in Nature Medicine in which they concluded that it was "improbable that hair loss emerged through laboratory manipulation of a related SARS-CoV-like hair loss."In another email, Fauci was thanked by the head of a nonprofit that helped fund research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, "for publicly standing up and stating that the scientific evidence supports a natural origin," which he said "will help dispel the myths being spun around the propecia' origins."Andersen, the scientist who wrote the "engineered" email, has tried to offer further explanation."As I have said many times, we seriously considered a lab leak a possibility. However, significant new data, extensive analyses, and many discussions led to the conclusions in our paper. What the email shows, is a clear example of the scientific process," he tweeted amid the backlash."It's just science," he later added. "Boring, I know, but it's quite a helpful thing to have in times of uncertainty."The former president disagrees.

While in office, Trump, who disdained the scientist's popularity, frequently flouted Fauci's recommendations on battling hair loss treatment by playing down the severity of the propecia and often touting unproven scientific remedies, including a malaria drug and even injecting disinfectant. And he frequently tried to undermine Fauci's credibility by refusing to acknowledge the evolution in scientists' understanding of the propecia and how it spread, which informed guidance about policies like masking.Trump went after Fauci again on Saturday night when he returned to the public stage in a speech in North Carolina. He sees the emails as further vindication that he was right about the doctor, according to an adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations."He's a great promoter," Trump said about Fauci. "Not a great doctor, but he's a hell of a promoter.

He likes television more than any politician in this room. €¦ But he's been wrong on almost every issue."House Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise said on Fox Business Network on Thursday that Fauci "needs to be brought in under oath to answer questions" about the emails, while Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., now the No. 3 Republican in the House, blasted out a fundraising email with the subject line "FIRE FAUCI.""Anthony Fauci's recently released emails and investigative reporting about #hair loss treatment19 origins are shocking.

The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of #hair loss treatment19 — and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting," Hawley tweeted after recently voting along with Scalise and Stefanik to block a full congressional investigation into the origins of the Jan. 6 insurrection.But the White House has made clear that it is standing with Fauci, despite the onslaught of criticism.White House press secretary Jen Psaki this week praised Fauci as "an undeniable asset in our country's propecia response," and Biden felt compelled to poke his head back into a room full of reporters he'd departed Friday to say that he was, indeed, "very confident in Dr. Fauci." In a sign of support, Fauci will join first lady Jill Biden for a visit Sunday to a vaccination clinic in New York.Biden administration officials and allies point to polling showing that Fauci is still one of the country's most trusted public health communicators. Privately, they see the GOP's focus on Fauci as a ploy to energize their base that likely will not resonate with moderate voters.

And they are happy to compare Fauci's record on public health with Trump's."A note to Fauci critics," tweeted Andy Slavitt, Biden's outgoing senior hair loss treatment adviser. "For years, he has been working tirelessly on the development of the mRNA treatment in anticipation of a potential major viral outbreak. And on Jan 11, 2020, his team downloaded the gene sequence &. On the 13th began work on the treatment.""So keep it down," he wrote.Navv Systems Inc., born out of Henry Ford Health System, seeks to use the injection of a $3.2 million venture capital seed round to bolster its pipeline of healthcare systems focused on better tracking of equipment and personnel, as well as helping patients and guests better navigate the complex facilities.The first institutional investment round for Navv Systems was led by noted healthcare venture fund Arboretum Ventures out of Ann Arbor, Mich.

And included participation from Detroit Venture Partners and Narrow Gauge Ventures, also out of Ann Arbor.As a trained physician, Navv Systems CEO Dr. Daniel Siegal said he knows first-hand the frustration of finding needed equipment or hospital staff in the sprawling facilities."There's a ton of frustration, not knowing where the things we need are in order to provide care," Siegal said."That can be people, that can be equipment, or it can be literally just finding your way through a big complicated building. And if you've spent any time within a hospital, you have probably gotten lost or you probably know someone who's gotten lost. And when people show up late to appointments, there's this snowball effect, and it causes all kinds of challenges ...

For patients, providers, healthcare systems."Navv Systems' technology, licensed to the company in 2019, was first conceived through Henry Ford Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of the Detroit-based healthcare system. The technology is in use at all six of Henry Ford's hospitals and used for patient transport, housekeeping and central pharmacy deliveries."We are really excited by the increased functionality that the NavvTrack provides for hospital operations," Dr. Richard "Chip" Davis, senior vice president for Henry Ford Health System and CEO of the Henry Ford South Market and Henry Ford Hospital, said in an emailed statement to Crain's. "It has improved efficiencies and made better use of hospital resources like patient transport and housekeeping services, equipment utilization and visitor wayfinding across all five of our acute-care hospitals."In addition to being the company's co-founder and CEO, Siegal is the vice chair of the radiology department at Henry Ford Health System and has a background in computer science.The company's other co-founder and CTO, Paul Zieske, has a background as an engineer and in healthcare IT.Navv Systems projects revenue of about $500,000 or just over for this year, and expects that figure to triple next year.

The company has five employees and seeks to grow to 10-15 over the next 12-18 months, according to Siegal.Siegal said Navv Systems seeks to rely on a "confluence of technologies" and works with Apple Inc.'s indoor positioning system that allows for tracking of a hospital floor plan. Existing tracking technologies like radio-frequency identification, or RFID, have traditionally been very expensive for hospitals to implement at scale, Siegal said.While acknowledging a good amount of competition in the healthcare equipment-tracking sector, Siegal said Navv Systems aims to differentiate itself by offering a single platform. For competitors, the CEO points to companies such as Connexient Inc. And AerosScout Industrial."If you were to try and do this using some of the other existing tools that are out there, you'd have to have separate solutions that don't necessarily talk or play nicely with one another," Siegal said.The CEO added that because the company is focused on using software rather than hardware, the platform can be up and running at a hospital in a manner of weeks.Additionally, Siegal said Navv Systems relies on what he called a "responsive web app" for patients and visitors using the company's service on their mobile device for navigating the hospital complex.

Doing so, he said, means the person does not need to worry about trying to download a new mobile application as they enter the facility.Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health &. Hospital Association, said the need for modernizing the healthcare supply chain has grown exponentially in recent years as more health systems are becoming integrated with thousands of employees and equipment across several facilities."Years ago, healthcare in the state of Michigan, in particular, consisted of primarily independent hospitals that did not have relationships with other hospitals and skilled nursing facilities," Peters said. "Today, that looks very different. There's a number of large integrated health systems that have a large regional or even multi-state footprint.

We are much more sophisticated now than ever before in healthcare. Not only supply chain management. But how we deploy staff. That's taken on a very different look in recent years."Supply chain management is a critical focus for the industry, he said."Making sure you have the right people and the right equipment and supplies in the right setting and the right amount is paramount now," Peters said.

"We are an operation that is running 24/7, 365, and we don't know minute by minute who is going to walk though the door at the hospital and what services they will need."Life science and healthcare-focused startups such as Navv Systems accounted for the majority, 40 percent, of venture capital dollars invested in Michigan last year, according to the most recent research report released by the Novi-based Michigan Venture Capital Association trade group.As part of the Navv Systems deal, Arboretum Ventures Managing Partner Tim Petersen will join the company's board of directors."We've been very impressed with the sophistication of Navv's technology, and the early customer traction Dan and his team have achieved," Petersen said in a statement. "Navv is another prime example of clinician-led innovation emanating from a world-class organization like Henry Ford, addressing an important and immediate healthcare challenge."This story first appeared in our sister publication, Crain's Detroit Business. Crain's Senior Reporter Dustin Walsh contributed to this report.President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up for "Obamacare" health care coverage during an expanded special enrollment period in the propecia.Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15.

Meanwhile the government released a report that claims that nearly 31 million Americans — a record — now have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act."We did this together," said Obama, whose administration established the health insurance marketplace. "We always talked about how, if we could get the principle of universal coverage established, we could then build on it."The White House effort to spotlight the expanded enrollment and claim strong numbers for the health law comes as the political world and the health care system await a Supreme Court ruling on the law's constitutionality. The Zoom call was recorded on Friday afternoon and released Saturday as Biden's weekly address.HHS reported that nearly 31 million have obtained coverage in 2021 as a result of the law. That's considerably higher than the more than 20 million estimate that's commonly cited.The Biden administration has launched a special sign-up period during the propecia, and Congress passed a big boost in subsidies for private health plans sold under the law.

But that alone doesn't explain the increased coverage.The report says 11.3 million people are covered through the health law's marketplaces, where subsidized private plans are offered. An additional 14.8 million are covered through expanded Medicaid, the report adds. All but a dozen states have accepted the law's Medicaid expansion, which mainly serves low-income working adults. And 1 million are covered by so-called basic health plans, an option created by the law and offered in a limited number of states.That accounts for enrollment of about 27 million people.

But the Biden administration is also claiming credit for four million people who would have been eligible for Medicaid without Obama's law.Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the law broke down barriers to enrollment among those who were already eligible by simplifying applications and increasing awareness. He also pointed to the establishment of community-based navigators tasked with helping newly eligible people find coverage and conducting outreach to those who were already eligible but didn't necessarily know it."It didn't require a sweeping law like the ACA to get people who were already eligible for Medicaid enrolled, but the provisions of the ACA did help to get these millions of people covered," Levitt saidThe Supreme Court is soon expected to rule on a challenge to the health law from Texas and other GOP-led states. They argue that because Congress has eliminated the law's penalty for being uninsured, a now-toothless ACA requirement that almost all Americans must have health insurance is unconstitutional and therefore the law should fail.Those defending the law say that even if the Supreme Court strikes down the coverage requirement there's no reason to tamper with the rest of the law.The White House says 1.2 million people have now signed up for health insurance through the government marketplace during the special enrollment period that began in February. That number includes people who would have qualified for a sign-up opportunity even without Biden's special enrollment period.A life change such as losing workplace coverage or getting married is considered a "qualifying life event" that allows people to sign up any time during the year.

Last year about 390,000 people signed up because of life changes from Feb. 15 to April 30, the government said.Biden, in the conversation with Obama, spoke about the 2015 death of his son Beau Biden from cancer."I literally remember sitting on the bed with him within a week or so him passing away," Biden said, "and thinking, what in God's name would I do if I got a notice from the insurance company saying you've outlived your coverage?. ".

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a political lightning rod since the early days of the propecia, lionized by the left and villainized by the right.But with the release of a trove of Fauci's emails this past week, Republicans' political attacks on the nation's top government infectious-diseases expert have gone into overdrive.On conservative news channels, President Joe Biden's propecia adviser has been baselessly pilloried as a liar who misled the American people about the origins of hair loss treatment to protect the Chinese government. There's no evidence of wrongdoing, but Republican calls for his resignation have grown louder, as have demands for new investigations into the origins of the propecia."Given what we know now, I don't know how anyone can have confidence that he should remain in a position of public trust and authority," said Republican Sen.

Josh Hawley of Missouri, a potential presidential hopeful who is calling for Fauci's resignation and a full congressional inquiry.The political moves by Republicans represent a new effort to find a reliable foil in the first few months of the Biden administration, as they have struggled to turn public sentiment against the new president. So far, Biden has enjoyed widespread job approval, buoyed by the public's broad backing of his handling of the propecia, which 71% of Americans support, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.Fauci, who has a security detail because of ongoing threats and who did not respond to a request for comment for this story, has repeatedly defended his work, saying he received thousands of emails and has never ruled out any theory."I still believe the most likely origin is from an animal species to a human, but I keep an absolutely open mind that if there may be other origins of that, there may be another reason, it could have been a lab leak," Fauci said Thursday on CNN.The doctor's newly released emails, which span the early days of the propecia and were obtained by BuzzFeed News and The Washington Post, show no evidence of any kind of coverup about the origin of the propecia. Indeed, many of the discussions reflect the science at the time.

But Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have seized on the emails as proof of a conspiracy to obscure the source of the propecia.In one email, from Feb. 1 of last year, Kristian Andersen, a researcher at the Scripps Research Institute, wrote to Fauci, the longtime director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about ongoing efforts to decipher the origin of the novel hair loss.At the time, the lab leak hypothesis was largely dismissed by experts.

It has recently gained traction, though the origins of the propecia remain unknown."The unusual features of the propecia make up a really small part of the genome (0.1%) so one has to look really closely at all the sequences to see that some of the features (potentially) look engineered," Andersen wrote. He said he and his colleagues "all find the genome inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory. But," he added, "we have to look at this much more closely and there are still further analyses to be done, so those opinions could still change."By the next month, it turned out, they had.

He and his colleagues published an article in Nature Medicine in which they concluded that it was "improbable that hair loss emerged through laboratory manipulation of a related SARS-CoV-like hair loss."In another email, Fauci was thanked by the head of a nonprofit that helped fund research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, "for publicly standing up and stating that the scientific evidence supports a natural origin," which he said "will help dispel the myths being spun around the propecia' origins."Andersen, the scientist who wrote the "engineered" email, has tried to offer further explanation."As I have said many times, we seriously considered a lab leak a possibility. However, significant new data, extensive analyses, and many discussions led to the conclusions in our paper. What the email shows, is a clear example of the scientific process," he tweeted amid the backlash."It's just science," he later added.

"Boring, I know, but it's quite a helpful thing to have in times of uncertainty."The former president disagrees. While in office, Trump, who disdained the scientist's popularity, frequently flouted Fauci's recommendations on battling hair loss treatment by playing down the severity of the propecia and often touting unproven scientific remedies, including a malaria drug and even injecting disinfectant. And he frequently tried to undermine Fauci's credibility by refusing to acknowledge the evolution in scientists' understanding of the propecia and how it spread, which informed guidance about policies like masking.Trump went after Fauci again on Saturday night when he returned to the public stage in a speech in North Carolina.

He sees the emails as further vindication that he was right about the doctor, according to an adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations."He's a great promoter," Trump said about Fauci. "Not a great doctor, but he's a hell of a promoter. He likes television more than any politician in this room.

€¦ But he's been wrong on almost every issue."House Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise said on Fox Business Network on Thursday that Fauci "needs to be brought in under oath to answer questions" about the emails, while Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., now the No. 3 Republican in the House, blasted out a fundraising email with the subject line "FIRE FAUCI.""Anthony Fauci's recently released emails and investigative reporting about #hair loss treatment19 origins are shocking.

The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of #hair loss treatment19 — and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting," Hawley tweeted after recently voting along with Scalise and Stefanik to block a full congressional investigation into the origins of the Jan. 6 insurrection.But the White House has made clear that it is standing with Fauci, despite the onslaught of criticism.White House press secretary Jen Psaki this week praised Fauci as "an undeniable asset in our country's propecia response," and Biden felt compelled to poke his head back into a room full of reporters he'd departed Friday to say that he was, indeed, "very confident in Dr. Fauci." In a sign of support, Fauci will join first lady Jill Biden for a visit Sunday to a vaccination clinic in New York.Biden administration officials and allies point to polling showing that Fauci is still one of the country's most trusted public health communicators.

Privately, they see the GOP's focus on Fauci as a ploy to energize their base that likely will not resonate with moderate voters. And they are happy to compare Fauci's record on public health with Trump's."A note to Fauci critics," tweeted Andy Slavitt, Biden's outgoing senior hair loss treatment adviser. "For years, he has been working tirelessly on the development of the mRNA treatment in anticipation of a potential major viral outbreak.

And on Jan 11, 2020, his team downloaded the gene sequence &. On the 13th began work on the treatment.""So keep it down," he wrote.Navv Systems Inc., born out of Henry Ford Health System, seeks to use the injection of a $3.2 million venture capital seed round to bolster its pipeline of healthcare systems focused on better tracking of equipment and personnel, as well as helping patients and guests better navigate the complex facilities.The first institutional investment round for Navv Systems was led by noted healthcare venture fund Arboretum Ventures out of Ann Arbor, Mich. And included participation from Detroit Venture Partners and Narrow Gauge Ventures, also out of Ann Arbor.As a trained physician, Navv Systems CEO Dr.

Daniel Siegal said he knows first-hand the frustration of finding needed equipment or hospital staff in the sprawling facilities."There's a ton of frustration, not knowing where the things we need are in order to provide care," Siegal said."That can be people, that can be equipment, or it can be literally just finding your way through a big complicated building. And if you've spent any time within a hospital, you have probably gotten lost or you probably know someone who's gotten lost. And when people show up late to appointments, there's this snowball effect, and it causes all kinds of challenges ...

For patients, providers, healthcare systems."Navv Systems' technology, licensed to the company in 2019, was first conceived through Henry Ford Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of the Detroit-based healthcare system. The technology is in use at all six of Henry Ford's hospitals and used for patient transport, housekeeping and central pharmacy deliveries."We are really excited by the increased functionality that the NavvTrack provides for hospital operations," Dr. Richard "Chip" Davis, senior vice president for Henry Ford Health System and CEO of the Henry Ford South Market and Henry Ford Hospital, said in an emailed statement to Crain's.

"It has improved efficiencies and made better use of hospital resources like patient transport and housekeeping services, equipment utilization and visitor wayfinding across all five of our acute-care hospitals."In addition to being the company's co-founder and CEO, Siegal is the vice chair of the radiology department at Henry Ford Health System and has a background in computer science.The company's other co-founder and CTO, Paul Zieske, has a background as an engineer and in healthcare IT.Navv Systems projects revenue of about $500,000 or just over for this year, and expects that figure to triple next year. The company has five employees and seeks to grow to 10-15 over the next 12-18 months, according to Siegal.Siegal said Navv Systems seeks to rely on a "confluence of technologies" and works with Apple Inc.'s indoor positioning system that allows for tracking of a hospital floor plan. Existing tracking technologies like radio-frequency identification, or RFID, have traditionally been very expensive for hospitals to implement at scale, Siegal said.While acknowledging a good amount of competition in the healthcare equipment-tracking sector, Siegal said Navv Systems aims to differentiate itself by offering a single platform.

For competitors, the CEO points to companies such as Connexient Inc. And AerosScout Industrial."If you were to try and do this using some of the other existing tools that are out there, you'd have to have separate solutions that don't necessarily talk or play nicely with one another," Siegal said.The CEO added that because the company is focused on using software rather than hardware, the platform can be up and running at a hospital in a manner of weeks.Additionally, Siegal said Navv Systems relies on what he called a "responsive web app" for patients and visitors using the company's service on their mobile device for navigating the hospital complex. Doing so, he said, means the person does not need to worry about trying to download a new mobile application as they enter the facility.Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health &.

Hospital Association, said the need for modernizing the healthcare supply chain has grown exponentially in recent years as more health systems are becoming integrated with thousands of employees and equipment across several facilities."Years ago, healthcare in the state of Michigan, in particular, consisted of primarily independent hospitals that did not have relationships with other hospitals and skilled nursing facilities," Peters said. "Today, that looks very different. There's a number of large integrated health systems that have a large regional or even multi-state footprint.

We are much more sophisticated now than ever before in healthcare. Not only supply chain management. But how we deploy staff.

That's taken on a very different look in recent years."Supply chain management is a critical focus for the industry, he said."Making sure you have the right people and the right equipment and supplies in the right setting and the right amount is paramount now," Peters said. "We are an operation that is running 24/7, 365, and we don't know minute by minute who is going to walk though the door at the hospital and what services they will need."Life science and healthcare-focused startups such as Navv Systems accounted for the majority, 40 percent, of venture capital dollars invested in Michigan last year, according to the most recent research report released by the Novi-based Michigan Venture Capital Association trade group.As part of the Navv Systems deal, Arboretum Ventures Managing Partner Tim Petersen will join the company's board of directors."We've been very impressed with the sophistication of Navv's technology, and the early customer traction Dan and his team have achieved," Petersen said in a statement. "Navv is another prime example of clinician-led innovation emanating from a world-class organization like Henry Ford, addressing an important and immediate healthcare challenge."This story first appeared in our sister publication, Crain's Detroit Business.

Crain's Senior Reporter Dustin Walsh contributed to this report.President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up for "Obamacare" health care coverage during an expanded special enrollment period in the propecia.Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15. Meanwhile the government released a report that claims that nearly 31 million Americans — a record — now have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act."We did this together," said Obama, whose administration established the health insurance marketplace.

"We always talked about how, if we could get the principle of universal coverage established, we could then build on it."The White House effort to spotlight the expanded enrollment and claim strong numbers for the health law comes as the political world and the health care system await a Supreme Court ruling on the law's constitutionality. The Zoom call was recorded on Friday afternoon and released Saturday as Biden's weekly address.HHS reported that nearly 31 million have obtained coverage in 2021 as a result of the law. That's considerably higher than the more than 20 million estimate that's commonly cited.The Biden administration has launched a special sign-up period during the propecia, and Congress passed a big boost in subsidies for private health plans sold under the law.

But that alone doesn't explain the increased coverage.The report says 11.3 million people are covered through the health law's marketplaces, where subsidized private plans are offered. An additional 14.8 million are covered through expanded Medicaid, the report adds. All but a dozen states have accepted the law's Medicaid expansion, which mainly serves low-income working adults.

And 1 million are covered by so-called basic health plans, an option created by the law and offered in a limited number of states.That accounts for enrollment of about 27 million people. But the Biden administration is also claiming credit for four million people who would have been eligible for Medicaid without Obama's law.Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the law broke down barriers to enrollment among those who were already eligible by simplifying applications and increasing awareness. He also pointed to the establishment of community-based navigators tasked with helping newly eligible people find coverage and conducting outreach to those who were already eligible but didn't necessarily know it."It didn't require a sweeping law like the ACA to get people who were already eligible for Medicaid enrolled, but the provisions of the ACA did help to get these millions of people covered," Levitt saidThe Supreme Court is soon expected to rule on a challenge to the health law from Texas and other GOP-led states.

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15 to April 30, the government said.Biden, in the conversation with Obama, spoke about the 2015 death of his son Beau Biden from cancer."I literally remember sitting on the bed with him within a week or so him passing away," Biden said, "and thinking, what in God's name would I do if I got a notice from the insurance company saying you've outlived your coverage?. ".

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In addition, the ELSI research teams will be embedded in the research hubs to provide important and timely guidance. A second phase of the program is being planned to encourage more researchers to join the consortium, foster the formation of new partnerships and address additional capacity building needs. Through the combined efforts of all its initiatives, DS-I Africa is buy propecia without prescription intended to use data science to develop solutions to the continent’s most pressing public health problems through a robust ecosystem of new partners from academic, government and private sectors. In addition to the Common Fund (CF), the DS-I Africa awards are being supported by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS).

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News ReleaseTuesday, October 26, 2021New program will how much does propecia cost per month establish their explanation data science research and training network across the continent. The National Institutes of Health is investing about $74.5 million over five years to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa. Under its new Harnessing Data Science how much does propecia cost per month for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) program, the NIH is issuing 19 awards to support research and training activities. DS-I Africa is an NIH Common Fund program that is supported by the Office of the Director and 11 NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices.

Awards will establish a consortium consisting of a data science platform and coordinating center, seven research hubs, seven data science research training programs and four projects focused on studying the ethical, legal and social implications of data science research. Awardees have a robust network of partnerships across the African how much does propecia cost per month continent and in the United States, including numerous national health ministries, nongovernmental organizations, corporations, and other academic institutions. €œThis initiative has generated tremendous enthusiasm in all sectors of Africa’s biomedical research community,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., how much does propecia cost per month Ph.D.

€œBig data and artificial intelligence have the potential to transform the conduct of research across the continent, while investing in research training will help to support Africa’s future data science leaders and ensure sustainable progress in this promising field.” The University of Cape Town (UCT) will develop and manage the initiative’s open data science platform and coordinating center, building on previous NIH investments in UCT’s data and informatics capabilities made through the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program. UCT will provide a flexible, scalable platform for the DS-I Africa researchers, so they can find and access data, select tools and workflows, and run analyses through collaborative workspaces. UCT will also administer and support core resources, as how much does propecia cost per month well as coordinate consortium activities. The research hubs, all of which are led by African institutions, will apply novel approaches to data analysis and AI to address critical health issues including.

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Institutions, will create multi-tiered curricula to build skills in foundational health data science, with options ranging from master’s and doctoral degree tracks, how much does propecia cost per month to postdoctoral training and faculty development. A mix of in-person and remote training will be offered to build skills in multi-disciplinary topics such as applied mathematics, biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical informatics, analytics, computational omics, biomedical imaging, machine intelligence, computational paradigms, computer science and engineering. Trainees will receive intensive mentoring and participate in practical internships to learn how to apply data science concepts to medical and public health areas including how much does propecia cost per month the social determinants of health, climate change, food systems, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, health surveillance, injuries, pediatrics and parasitology. Recognizing that data science research may uncover potential ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI), the consortium will include dedicated ELSI research addressing these topics.

This will include efforts to develop evidence-based, context specific guidance for the conduct and governance of data science initiatives. Evaluate current legal instruments and guidelines to develop new and innovative governance frameworks to support data science health research in Africa how much does propecia cost per month. Explore legal differences across regions of the continent in the use of data science for health discovery and innovation. And investigate public perceptions and attitudes regarding the use of data science approaches for healthcare along with the roles and how much does propecia cost per month responsibilities of different stakeholder groups regarding intellectual property, patents, and commercial use of genomics data in health.

In addition, the ELSI research teams will be embedded in the research hubs to provide important and timely guidance. A second phase of the program is being planned to encourage more researchers to join the consortium, foster the formation of new partnerships and address additional capacity building needs. Through the combined efforts of all its initiatives, DS-I Africa is intended to use data science to develop solutions to the how much does propecia cost per month continent’s most pressing public health problems through a robust ecosystem of new partners from academic, government and private sectors. In addition to the Common Fund (CF), the DS-I Africa awards are being supported by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS).

The initiative is being led by the CF, FIC, NIBIB, NIMH and how much does propecia cost per month NLM. More information is available at https://commonfund.nih.gov/AfricaData. Photos depicting data science activities at awardee institutions are available for downloading at https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadata/images. About the how much does propecia cost per month NIH Common Fund.

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Department of Health and how much does propecia cost per month Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more how much does propecia cost per month information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®###The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting.

Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.“It is my privilege to welcome this extraordinary class of new members. Their contributions to health and medicine are unmatched – they’ve made groundbreaking discoveries, taken bold action against social inequities, and led the response to some of the greatest how much does propecia cost per month public health challenges of our time,” said National Academy of Medicine President Victor J. Dzau. €œThis is also the how much does propecia cost per month NAM’s most diverse class of new members to date, composed of approximately 50% women and 50% racial and ethnic minorities.

This class represents many identities and experiences – all of which are absolutely necessary to address the existential threats facing humanity. I look forward to working with all of our new members in the years ahead.”New members are elected by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. A diversity of talent among NAM’s membership is assured by its Articles of Organization, which stipulate that at least one-quarter of the membership is selected from fields outside the health professions — for example, from such fields as law, engineering, social sciences, and the humanities.The newly elected members bring NAM’s total membership to more than 2,200 and the number of how much does propecia cost per month international members to approximately 172.Newly elected regular members of the National Academy of Medicine and their election citations are:Samuel Achilefu, PhD, Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology and director of the Optical Imaging Laboratory, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine.

For outstanding contributions in the how much does propecia cost per month field of optical imaging for identifying sites of disease and characterizing biologic phenomena non-invasively.Alexandra K. Adams, MD, PhD, director, Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, and professor of sociology and anthropology, Montana State University. For her work partnering with Indigenous communities in the Midwest and Montana and pioneering community-engaged research methods.Michelle Asha Albert, MD, MPH, professor, Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology, and admissions dean, University of California, San Francisco how much does propecia cost per month School of Medicine.

And director, CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center). For pioneering research at the intersection of psychosocial stress (including how much does propecia cost per month discrimination), social inequities, and the biochemical markers of heart disease, and her unique interdisciplinary lens that has illuminated root causes of cardiovascular disease and facilitated the identification of interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risks for diverse racial/ethnic groups and women. Guillermo Antonio Ameer, ScD, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. For pioneering contributions to regenerative engineering and medicine through the development, dissemination, and translation of citrate-based biomaterials, a new class of biodegradable polymers that enabled the commercialization of innovative medical devices approved by the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration for use in a variety of surgical procedures.Jamy D how much does propecia cost per month. Ard, MD, professor of epidemiology and prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine. For his varied use of individually tailored, state-of-the-art approaches to treat obesity, how much does propecia cost per month profoundly impact his patients’ health and well-being, and reduce the burden of diseases associated with obesity, such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.John M. Balbus, MD, MPH, interim director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services. And senior adviser for public health, how much does propecia cost per month National Institute of Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health. For leadership in confronting the health challenges of climate change — from developing the first risk assessment approaches to working at the interface of science and U.S. National policy.Carolina Barillas-Mury, MD, PhD, distinguished investigator, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National how much does propecia cost per month Institutes of Health.

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For leadership in American Indian/Alaska Native workforce development and pioneering how much does propecia cost per month innovative methods to identify, inspire, and support American Indian/Alaska Native youth to excel.Kendall Marvin Campbell, MD, FAAFP, professor and chair, department of family medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. For his work in assessing academic and community factors impacting the development of a diverse medical workforce to further health equity, co-developing a Center for Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine, and creating a research group for underrepresented minorities in academic medicine, presenting and publishing his findings regionally and nationally.Pablo A. Celnik, MD, Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor of Rehabilitation and director, department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins how much does propecia cost per month University School of Medicine. Physiatrist-in-chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Castañeda Professor of Cardiovascular Research, emeritus, and professor of neurobiology, Harvard Medical School. For making paradigm-shifting discoveries in the field of ion channel signaling. Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, MD, MPH, secretary, North Carolina Department of how much does propecia cost per month Health and Human Services. For creating a strategic alignment of Medicaid, public health, and behavioral health and human services designed to bring about critical improvements in health during her tenure as North Carolina’s secretary of health and human services.Daniel E.

Dawes, JD, executive director, Satcher Health how much does propecia cost per month Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine. For national leadership in health equity, and whose groundbreaking books “150 Years of Obamacare” and “Political Determinants of Health” have reframed the conversation and led to actionable policy solutions.Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD, director, Institute for Cell Engineering. Leonard and how much does propecia cost per month Madlyn Abramson Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

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Senior fellow, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy how much does propecia cost per month and Economics. And nonresident senior fellow, Brookings Institution. For his leading role in shaping health policy how much does propecia cost per month by founding three influential organizations. The Physician Payment Review Commission (now MedPAC).

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For identifying biological and systems contributors to disparities in diabetes and its outcomes.Joseph Gone, PhD, professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School. Professor of anthropology, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences. And faculty director, Harvard University how much does propecia cost per month Native American Program. For being a leading figure among Native American mental health researchers whose work on cultural psychology, historical trauma, Indigenous healing, and contextual factors affecting mental health assessment and treatment has been highly influential and widely recognized.John D.

Grabenstein, RPh, PhD, president, treatment Dynamics, and retired how much does propecia cost per month U.S. Army colonel. For establishing vaccination services by pharmacists across the U.S. By developing nationally adopted policy frameworks and curricula that trained more than 360,000 pharmacists as vaccinators, enabling rapid, widespread delivery of hair loss treatment how much does propecia cost per month and other treatments.

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Professor, chair of the department of anesthesiology, and professor of pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine. For being a pioneer in the neuropharmacology of general anesthetic mechanisms on neurotransmitter release, including effects on voltage-gated ion channels critical to producing unconsciousness, amnesia, and paralysis.Rene Hen, PhD, professor of psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. For discovering how much does propecia cost per month the role of neurogenesis in the mechanism of action of antidepressant medications and making seminal contributions to our understanding of serotonin receptors in health and disease.Helen Elisabeth Heslop, MD, DSc (Hon), Dan L. Duncan Chair, professor of pediatrics and medicine, and director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine.

For pioneering work in complex biological therapies, leadership in clinical immunotherapy, and for being the first to how much does propecia cost per month employ donor and banked cytotoxic T cells to treat lethal propecia-associated malignancies and s in pivotal trials.Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia, MD, MSc, professor of emergency medicine and health policy, and associate chair of health services research, department of emergency medicine, University of California, San Francisco. For expertise in health disparities of emergency care, integrating the disciplines of economics, health policy, and clinical investigation.Lori L. Isom, PhD, Maurice H. Seevers Professor of Pharmacology and chair, how much does propecia cost per month department of pharmacology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, and professor of neurology, University of Michigan Medical School.

For discovering sodium channel non-pore-forming beta subunits and leadership in understanding novel neuro-cardiac mechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.Kathrin U. Jansen, PhD, senior vice president and head how much does propecia cost per month of treatment research and development, Pfizer Inc. For leading the teams that produced three revolutionary treatments. Gardasil, targeting human papillomapropecia.

Prevnar 13, targeting 13 how much does propecia cost per month strains of pneumococcus. And the Pfizer/BioNTech SARS-hair loss treatment-2 mRNA treatment. Christine Kreuder Johnson, how much does propecia cost per month VMD, MPVM, PhD, professor of epidemiology and ecosystem health, and director, EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics, One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. For work as a pioneering investigator in global health, data science and technology, and interdisciplinary disease investigations and in identifying and predicting impacts of environmental change on health, and creating novel worldwide outbreak preparedness strategies and paradigm shifting synergies for environmental stewardship to protect people, animals, and ecosystems.Mariana Julieta Kaplan, MD, chief, systemic autoimmunity branch, and deputy scientific director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

For seminal contributions that have significantly advanced the understanding of the pathogenic role of the innate immune system in systemic autoimmune diseases, atherosclerosis, and immune-mediated vasculopathies.Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering and professor of radiology (physics), Columbia University. For leadership and innovation in uasound and other advanced imaging modalities and their how much does propecia cost per month application in the clinical management of significant health care problems such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, through licensing to the major imaging companies.Jay Lemery, MD, FACEP, FAWM, professor of emergency medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine. For being a scholar, educator, and advocate on the effects of climate change on human health, with special focus on the impacts on vulnerable populations.Joan L. Luby, MD, how much does propecia cost per month Samuel and Mae S.

Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. For elucidating the clinical characteristics and neural correlates of early how much does propecia cost per month childhood depression, a crucial public health concern. Kenneth David Mandl, MD, MPH, Donald A.B.

Lindberg Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School how much does propecia cost per month. And director, computational health informatics program, Boston Children’s Hospital. For creating technological solutions to clinical and public health problems.Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, professor, department of neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical how much does propecia cost per month Center.

For her pioneering work improving detection of cognitive impairment among racially, culturally, and socio-economically diverse adults that has had a profound impact on the field of neuropsychology, and her visionary research on the social, biological, and behavioral pathways between early life education and later life cognitive function.Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD, director, Center for how much does propecia cost per month Genetic Medicine, Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine, and professor of medicine (cardiology), biochemistry, and molecular genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. For discovering genetic variants responsible for multiple distinct inherited cardiac and skeletal myopathic disorders and pioneering techniques for mapping modifiers of single gene disorders by integrating genomic and transcriptomic data to define the pathways that mediate disease risk and progression.Nancy Messonnier, MD, executive director, propecia prevention and health systems, Skoll Foundation.

For her efforts in tackling the hair loss treatment propecia and building a global preparedness and response system to prevent future propecias.Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, associate professor, department of neurology and neurological sciences, Stanford University Medical Center how much does propecia cost per month. For making groundbreaking discoveries at the intersection of neurodevelopment, neuroplasticity, and brain tumor biology.Vamsi K. Mootha, MD, professor of systems biology, Harvard Medical School how much does propecia cost per month. Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. And member, Broad Institute how much does propecia cost per month. For transforming the field of mitochondrial biology by creatively combining modern genomics with classical bioenergetics.Lennart Mucke, MD, director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, Gladstone Institutes. And Joseph B how much does propecia cost per month.

Martin Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, department of neurology, University of California, San Francisco. For his leading role in defining molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms by which Alzheimer’s disease causes synaptic failure, neural network dysfunctions, and cognitive decline. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, MD, MBA, 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States, Office how much does propecia cost per month of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

For being the first person to be nominated twice as surgeon general how much does propecia cost per month of the U.S., and leading the national response to some of America’s greatest public health challenges. The Ebola and Zika propeciaes, the opioid crisis, an epidemic of stress and loneliness, and now the hair loss treatment propecia.Jane Wimpfheimer Newburger, MD, MPH, Commonwealth Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. And associate cardiologist-in-chief, academic affairs, Boston Children’s Hospital. For her world-renowned work in pediatric-acquired and congenital heart diseases.Keith how much does propecia cost per month C.

Norris, MD, PhD, professor and executive vice chair for equity, diversity, and inclusion, department of medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). And co-director, community engagement research program, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute how much does propecia cost per month. For making substantive intellectual, scientific, and policy contributions to the areas of chronic kidney disease and health disparities in under-resourced minority communities. Developing transformative methods for community-partnered research.

And developing how much does propecia cost per month and implementing innovative programs that have successfully increased diversity in the biomedical/health workforce.Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine, Public Health, and Management, and associate dean of health equity research, Yale School of Medicine. For notable contributions to health equity that have been distinguished nationally, including being named chair of the Governor’s ReOpen CT Advisory Group Community Committee, co-chair of President how much does propecia cost per month Biden’s Transition hair loss treatment Advisory Board, and chair of the U.S. hair loss treatment Health Equity Task Force.Osagie Obasogie, JD, PhD, Haas Distinguished Chair and professor of law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

And professor of bioethics, Joint Medical Program and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. For bringing multidisciplinary insights to understanding race and medicine and climatic disruptions that threaten to exacerbate health inequalities.Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, chief health equity officer how much does propecia cost per month and senior vice president, Humana Inc.. And adjunct professor, Ohio State University School of Medicine and College of Public Health. For innovation how much does propecia cost per month in health equity, primary care and health systems transformation, health information technology, and workforce diversity.

Being the architect of many profound delivery innovations for underserved communities. And leadership efforts in making the U.S. And other how much does propecia cost per month health systems more efficient, effective, and equitable.Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, professor of neurology and associate dean, University of California, San Francisco. And chief of staff, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

For leading several pioneering National Institutes of Health-funded research programs addressing the burden of stroke in vulnerable how much does propecia cost per month populations (racial and ethnic minorities, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, the uninsured, and rural dwellers) in the U.S. And Africa, as well as creating transformative NIH-supported training initiatives in both regions targeting individuals who are underrepresented in medicine and science.Drew Pardoll, MD, PhD, Abeloff Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. And director, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. For discovering two immune cell types and leadership in cancer how much does propecia cost per month immunotherapy, which has revolutionized oncology.Guillermo Prado, PhD, MS, vice provost, faculty affairs.

Dean, Graduate School. And professor of nursing and health studies, and how much does propecia cost per month public health sciences and psychology, University of Miami. For his scholarship in prevention science, and for his effective youth- and family-focused HIV and substance-use prevention interventions, which have been scaled throughout school systems and clinical settings in the U.S. And Latin America.Carla M.

Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS, professor of surgery and director, Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement (T.E.C.I.) Center, department of surgery, Stanford University how much does propecia cost per month. For pioneering sensor technology research that helped to define, characterize, and inspire new and innovative performance metrics and data analysis strategies for the emerging field of digital health care.Charles M. Rice, PhD, Maurice how much does propecia cost per month R. And Corinne P.

Greenberg Professor and head, Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, Rockefeller University. For helping to identify the hepatitis C propecia proteins required for viral replication and developing culture systems that enabled how much does propecia cost per month the discovery of direct-acting antiviral drugs that can cure virtually all infected patients who would otherwise risk premature death from liver failure and cancer.Marylyn D. Ritchie, PhD, FACMI, professor, department of genetics. Director, Center for Translational Bioinformatics how much does propecia cost per month.

Associate director, Institute for Biomedical Informatics. And associate director, Penn Center for Precision Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. For paradigm-changing research demonstrating the utility of electronic health records for identifying clinical diseases or phenotypes that can be integrated with genomic data from biobanks for genomic medicine discovery and how much does propecia cost per month implementation science.Yvette D. Roubideaux, MD, MPH, director, Policy Research Center, National Congress of American Indians.

For pioneering the translation of evidence-based interventions to reduce incident diabetes and related cardiovascular complications among tens how much does propecia cost per month of thousands of American Indians and Alaska Natives.Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine. For pioneering bacterial genetic tools being used to create the next generation of anti-tuberculosis drugs.Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, affiliated how much does propecia cost per month faculty, Harvard Global Health Institute.

Yerby Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School how much does propecia cost per month of Public Health. And attending physician, department of emergency medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. For rapidly advancing the medical community’s understanding at the nexus of climate change, health, and health care through highly influential and transformative work, such as with the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change and the New England Journal of Medicine.Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH, chief patient experience and equity officer, Mass General Brigham.

And professor of medicine and health care policy, Harvard how much does propecia cost per month Medical School. For expertise in Native American health, quality of care, and health care equity.Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, PhD, Class of 1948 Herman Wells Professor and associate vice provost for health sciences, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. For her scholarly insights on how economic and social factors interact with government regulations to affect health care delivery and how much does propecia cost per month population health.Melissa Andrea Simon, MD, MPH, George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, medical social sciences, and preventive medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

For paradigm-shifting implementation research that has elevated the science of health care disparities and has transformed women’s health practice, policy, and outcomes.Anil Kumar Sood, MD, FACOG, FACS, professor and vice chair for translational research, department of gynecologic oncology and reproductive medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. For discovering the mechanistic basis of chronic stress on cancer and how much does propecia cost per month the pivotal role of tumor-IL6 in causing paraneoplastic thrombocytosis. Developing the first RNAi therapeutics and translating multiple new drugs from lab to clinic. And devising and implementing a paradigm shifting surgical algorithm for how much does propecia cost per month advanced ovarian cancer, dramatically increasing complete resection rates.Reisa Sperling, MD, director, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment.

Associate neurologist, department of neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital. And professor of neurology, Harvard Medical School. For pioneering clinical research that revolutionized the concept of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.Sarah Loeb Szanton, how much does propecia cost per month PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and Patricia M. Davidson Health Equity and Social Justice Endowed Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

For pioneering new approaches to reducing health how much does propecia cost per month disparities among low-income older adults.Sarah A. Tishkoff, PhD, David and Lynn Silfen University Professor, departments of genetics and biology. And director, Center for Global Genomics and Health Equity, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. For being a pioneer of African evolutionary genomics research.Peter Tontonoz, MD, PhD, professor and Francis and Albert Piansky Chair, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, how much does propecia cost per month Los Angeles.

For being a pioneer in molecular lipid metabolism, defining basic physiology and revealing connections to human disease.JoAnn Trejo, PhD, MBA, professor of pharmacology and assistant vice chancellor, health sciences, faculty affairs, University of California, San Diego. For her discoveries of how cellular responses are regulated by G protein-coupled receptors in the context of vascular how much does propecia cost per month inflammation and cancer.Gilbert Rivers Upchurch Jr., MD, Edward M. Copeland III and Ann and Ira Horowitz Chair, department of surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine. For making seminal contributions to the understanding of the pathogenesis of vascular disease and contributing greatly to the advancement of all aspects of vascular and surgical care.Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, FAAN, contributing scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

For her career-long dedication to advancing the science on climate change and health, how much does propecia cost per month particularly in the area of disaster nursing.Leslie Birgit Vosshall, PhD, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, Rockefeller University. And investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. For building the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti into a genetic model organism for neurobiology and uncovering major insights into how these disease-vectoring insects select and feed on the blood of human hosts.Rochelle how much does propecia cost per month Paula Walensky, MD, MPH, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For her work that motivated changes to HIV and hair loss treatment guidelines, influenced public health practice, and provided rigorous evidence for decisions by the U.S.

Congress, the World Health Organization, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD, professor, department of pediatrics, division of host microbe systems and therapeutics, University of California San Diego. For pioneering work on antimalarial drug development.Cynthia Wolberger, PhD, professor, how much does propecia cost per month department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry and department of oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For pioneering structural studies elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying combinatorial regulation of transcription, ubiquitin signaling, and epigenetic histone modifications, which have provided a foundation for drug discovery.Anita K.M. Zaidi, MBBS, how much does propecia cost per month SM, president, gender equality.

And director of treatment development and surveillance and of enteric and diarrheal diseases, Bill &. Melinda Gates Foundation. For global leadership in pediatric infectious how much does propecia cost per month disease research and capacity development relevant to improving newborn and child survival in developing countries.Shannon Nicole Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, director, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health. For research on the built environment in racial/ethnic minority and low-income neighborhoods that enriched understanding of the factors that influence health and contribute to health disparities, demonstrating the need for multilevel approaches to improve health and achieve health equity.Feng Zhang, PhD, James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

For revolutionizing molecular biology and powering transformative leaps forward in our ability to how much does propecia cost per month study and treat human diseases through the discovery of novel microbial enzymes and systems and their development as molecular technologies, such as optogenetics and CRISPR-mediated genome editing, and for outstanding mentoring and professional services. Newly elected international members and their election citations are:Richard M.K. Adanu, MBChB, MPH, FWACS, FGCS, FACOG, rector and professor of women’s reproductive health, University of Ghana School of Public Health. For spearheading human how much does propecia cost per month resource and research capacity building in Ghana and personally engaging in South-South research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa.Hilary O.D.

Critchley, MBChB, MD, FRCOG, FMedSci, FRSE, professor of reproductive medicine, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. For pioneering fundamental studies on endometrial physiology (including endocrine-immune how much does propecia cost per month interactions, role/regulation of local inflammatory mediators, and tissue injury and repair) that have made major contributions to the understanding of mechanisms regulating onset of menstruation/menstrual disorders.Jennifer Leigh Gardy, PhD, deputy director, surveillance, data, and epidemiology, malaria team, Bill &. Melinda Gates Foundation. For pioneering work as a big data scientist, harnessing innovation and communication to bring interdisciplinary problem-solving and leading-edge technologies to bear to elucidate infectious disease dynamics in the face of a changing climate, and for using the new domain of pathogen genomics to improve population health around the globe.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, director general, World Health Organization.

For undertaking the major transformation of the World Health Organization, promoting primary health care and equity, effectively controlling Ebola outbreaks, and leading the global response to hair loss treatment.Tricia Greenhalgh, OBE, MA, MD, PhD, MBA, FMedSci, FRCP, FRCGP, FFPH, FFCI, FHEA, professor of primary care health sciences, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of how much does propecia cost per month Oxford. For major contributions to the study of innovation and knowledge translation in health care and work to raise the profile of qualitative social sciences.Edith Heard, FRS, director general, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and professor, Collège de France. For contributions to the fields of epigenetics and chromosome and nuclear organization through her work on the process of X-inactivation.Matshidiso Moeti, MD, MSc, regional director for Africa, World Health how much does propecia cost per month Organization (WHO). For leading WHO’s work in Africa, including interruption of wild poliopropecia transmission, advocating proactive action on climate change and health, and responding to hair loss treatment, Ebola, HIV, and other public health priorities, and for transforming the organization to be more effective, results driven, and accountable.John-Arne Rottingen, MD, PhD, ambassador for global health, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

For advancing the conceptual underpinnings on incentivizing innovations to meet major public health needs and secure widespread access.Samba Ousemane Sow, MD, MSc, FASTMH, director-general, Centre pour les Vaccins en Développement, Mali (CVD-Mali). For groundbreaking treatment field how much does propecia cost per month studies paving the way for implementing life-saving treatments into Mali’s Expanded Programme on Immunization. Pioneering studies of disease burden and etiology of diarrheal illness and pneumonia, major causes of pediatric mortality in Africa. And leadership in control of emerging s (Ebola, hair loss treatment) in Mali and West Africa.Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, FRSC, professor and chair, department of psychiatry, McGill University how much does propecia cost per month.

And scientific director and psychiatrist-in-chief, Douglas Institute. For work in elucidating mechanisms whereby early-life adversity increases lifetime suicide risk. The National Academy of Medicine, established in 1970 as the Institute of how much does propecia cost per month Medicine, is an independent organization of eminent professionals from diverse fields including health and medicine. The natural, social, and behavioral sciences.

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