Women and Health

Dr. Rebecca Troisi is a research epidemiologist with expertise and extensive experience in the areas of reproductive health, cancer, and life course epidemiology at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute. Dr. Troisi leads the Diethylstilbestrol Follow-up Study and has many domestic and international collaborations including the Nordic Project. As well as having co-edited the second edition of Women and Health, she has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, many as first or last author, and several book chapters. Her current position at the National Institute of Health includes collaboration with the Office of Research on Women’s Health providing an overview and big picture regarding current issues and initiatives in this area. Dr. Kathryn Rexrode is the Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rexrode is a general internist and has broad and deep research experience in women’s health, with a particular expertise in cardiovascular disease in women. She leads multiple grants from the National institute of Health and is the author of more than 250 research publications. Dr. Rexrode is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and Chair of the Women and Special Populations Committee. Dr. Yvette Cozier is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, and the Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) at Boston University School of Public Health. She is also a Senior Epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine. A social epidemiologist, Dr. Cozier’s overall research focus has been on the influence of psychosocial and structural factors on health - including racism and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES). Dr. Cozier co-leads (MPI) the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS), a prospective follow-up of over 59,000 African American women begun in 1995. She has published over 100 abstracts, manuscripts, invited commentaries and reviews, monographs, and book chapters on health disparities, cardiometabolic, and immune-mediated conditions including obesity, lupus, and sarcoidosis. Dr. Goldman’s career spans more than thirty-five years and includes extensive experience in research design, methodology, and analysis. As Director of Clinical Research, she supervised faculty and resident research in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology, and gynecologic oncology. Dr. Goldman completed graduate and post-graduate study in epidemiology at Harvard University’s School of Public Health where she also served on the faculty for more than a decade. During the development of the first edition of Women & Health she received a Health Sciences Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Dr. Goldman is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and a lifetime member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She was previously an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology, a chartered member of the NIH IRAP study section, and an Investigator in the Cancer Epidemiology and Chemoprevention Research program at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

• Part I: Women, health, and medicineSection 1: Introduction to women’s health1. Women’s health in the third decade of the 21st century2. The journey to the 21st century3. Current approaches to women’s health care4. The impact of health coverage on women’s access to care in the United States5. Complementary and integrative medicine and women’s health6. Racial and/or ethnic disparities in women’s health7. Weathering: the mutability of women’s health with age and the consequences of injustice8. Sexual minority women’s health9. Research regarding the health of transgender and nonbinary populations10. Women’s health across the life course in low and middle income countries: an urgent and unfinished agenda11. Migrant and refugee health: the influence of context and assets on women’s health across the lifecourseSection 2: Research methods in women’s health12. Understanding research designs13. The evolving focus of women’s health research14. Life course approach to research in women’s health15. Principles of genetics and genomics16. Omic technologies and Precision Women’s HealthSection 3: Introduction to the social (and structural) determinants of women’s health17. Women, stress, and health18. Intimate partner violence19. Social policy choices, women, and health20. The impact of the built environment on health21. Women’s health and the carceral statePart II: Sexual and reproductive healthSection 4: Sexual and reproductive health, third edition, Women and Health22. Puberty development: determinants and health impacts23. Menstruation and menstrual disorders24. Premenstrual disorders25. Contraception26. Induced abortion27. Infertility28. Medically assisted reproduction29. Labor and childbirth30. Pregnancy complications and future maternal health31. Epidemiology of endometriosis and adenomyosis32. Uterine leiomyomata33. Female sexuality and sexual function34. Vulvodynia35. The epidemiology of menopause36. Overview of pelvic floor disorders: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment37. Hysterectomy: global patterns and public health priorities38. Female genital cuttingSection 5: Infections39. Gonococcal infection in women40. Chlamydia trachomatis41. Syphilis in women42. Vaginal infections43. Urinary tract infection44. Genital herpes45. Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in women46. Human papilloma virus infection in women47. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain48. Hepatitis C infection in women49. MalariaPart III: Occupation and environmental healthSection 6: Occupational and environmental determinants of health50. Working women in the United States: a statistical profile51. International perspectives: women’s occupational health52. Multiple roles and complex exposures53. Reproductive hazards of environmental and occupational exposures54. Work related musculoskeletal disorders55. Occupational cancer56. Environmental exposures and cancerPart IV: Chronic diseaseSection 7: Cardiovascular disease in women57. Overview of risk factors for cardiovascular disease58. Lipids in women: lifelong risk assessment59. Hypertension in women60. Emotions and cardiovascular disease in women61. Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women62. Cerebrovascular disease in women63. Heart failure in women: epidemiology, prognosis, and management64. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in women65. Venous thromboembolism in women: insights into epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical managementSection 8: Cancer66. The impact of sex and gender on nonreproductive cancers67. Cancer in women: global burden and insights from gender comparisons68. Epidemiology of breast cancer69. Current issues in breast cancer screening70. Ovarian cancer71. Endometrial cancer72. Cervical cancer: burden of disease and risk factors73. Screening and vaccination in cervical cancer control and prevention74. Lung cancer in women—epidemiology and risk factors75. Colorectal cancer in women76. The epidemiology of melanoma of the skin77. Women and health cancer preventionSection 9: Autoimmune and immune mediated diseases—heterogeneous, multisystem disorders78. Multiple sclerosis79. Rheumatoid arthritis80. Systemic lupus erythematosus81. Sarcoidosis82. Inflammatory bowel disease83. AsthmaSection 10: Endocrinology and women’s health84. The obesity epidemic and women’s health85. Polycystic ovary syndrome86. Diabetes in women87. Thyroid disease and women88. Management of menopausal symptoms89. OsteoporosisPart V: Behavioral and inadequately characterized conditionsSection 11: Behavioral health and psychiatric disorders—introduction90. Gender and mood disorders91. Anxiety disorders in women92. Posttraumatic stress disorder in women93. Psychosis in women: gender differences in presentation, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia94. Eating disorders in women95. Drug use disorders in women96. Alcohol use disorder in women97. Women’s health and tobaccoSection 12: Pain, inflammation, and fatigue98. Complex regional pain syndrome in women99. Fibromyalgia100. Multiple chemical sensitivity101. Overview of headache disorders in women: emphasis on older adults102. Irritable bowel syndrome103. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromePart VI: AgingSection 13: Aging104. Morbidity, disability, and mortality105. Urinary and fecal incontinence in older women106. Hearing loss and aging107. Visual impairment in older women108. Women’s oral health: a life course approach to oral health109. Cognitive functioning and dementia in aging women110. The role of social support on health and well being in older adult widows111. Long term care: the global impact on women112. Caring for women with serious illness113. Successful aging in women114. Frailty in older women115. Musculoskeletal disorders: focus on osteoarthritis