Winners of Inaugural Women’s Health Paper Awards – Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Congrats to the winners of our inaugural Outstanding Paper in Women’s Health awards, open to Division of Research investigators for papers published in 2024. The awards were introduced to recognize the importance of advancing research in women’s health, an area that has historically been underfunded and under-researched, explains Monique Hedderson, PhD, DOR associate director who leads the Women’s and Children’s Health research section.
Winners were DOR research scientists Kelly Young-Wolff, Susanna Mitro, and Lyndsay Avalos.
Judges for the awards were Michelle Williams, Stanford University professor of epidemiology and population health; Betty Suh-Burgmann, gynecologic oncologist with The Permanente Medical Group; Cande Ananth, tenured distinguished professor in obstetrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University; and Stacey Missmer, adjunct professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Michigan State University.”
Lyndsay Avalos, Director of Translational Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, shared Kaiser Permanente Division of Research’s post, adding:
“Grateful and Honored
I’m thrilled to share that my team and I were recognized in the inaugural Outstanding Paper in Women’s Health awards, which celebrate impactful research in a historically underfunded and under-researched area.
It’s an honor to have received 1st place alongside my incredible colleague Kelly Young-Wolff for our paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine, which found that prenatal cannabis use was associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes, including high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and gestational weight gain outside recommended guidelines.
I’m also proud to have received a 3rd place award for a paper co-led with my clinical colleague and Centering Pregnancy Champion Joanna Stark, published in JAMA Network Open. This study found that pregnant patients benefited from a hybrid model of group prenatal care, experiencing the same or better postpartum outcomes and reporting higher perceived quality of prenatal care compared to those receiving a hybrid model of individual care.
A huge thank you to Monique Hedderson, for championing this initiative, and to the esteemed panel of judges for their thoughtful review and support of women’s health research.
Let’s continue pushing forward to ensure women’s health gets the attention and investment it deserves.”
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