2024
Reduction in Unindicated Cervical Cancer Screening in Adolescents in a Large Health Care System.
Geng B, Oliveira C, Hosier H, Sheth S, Vash-Margita A. Reduction in Unindicated Cervical Cancer Screening in Adolescents in a Large Health Care System. Journal Of Lower Genital Tract Disease 2024 PMID: 39037856, DOI: 10.1097/lgt.0000000000000831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBest Practice AdvisoryCervical cancer screeningElectronic medical recordsHealth care systemCancer screeningPap testCare systemLarger health care systemPre/post intervention studyEvidence-based guidelinesProvider notificationPostinterventionPractice advisoryIntervention studiesPreinterventionFisher's exact testHuman papillomavirus test resultsLogistic regressionRetrospective chart reviewReproductive healthMedical recordsHuman papillomavirus testingPatient characteristicsChart reviewKruskal-Wallis test
2023
The impact of the war in Ukraine on the reproductive health of female military personnel
Serbeniuk A, Kaminskiy V, Kumpanenko Y, Vash‐Margita A, Malysheva I. The impact of the war in Ukraine on the reproductive health of female military personnel. International Journal Of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2023, 163: 409-415. PMID: 37458251, DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale military personnelLong menstrual periodsTimes higher likelihoodActive duty personnelMilitary personnelInfertility durationPainful menstruationPhysical examinationMedical historyMenstrual periodReproductive system pathologyHeavy periodsStructural pathologyPerinatal medicineSystem pathologyReproductive healthFemale veteransMental healthHealth declineLonger durationWomenHigher likelihoodConcussionPathologyTimes longer duration
2022
Functional genomics analysis identifies loss of HNF1B function as a cause of Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome
Thomson E, Tran M, Robevska G, Ayers K, van der Bergen J, Bhaskaran PG, Haan E, Cereghini S, Vash-Margita A, Margetts M, Hensley A, Nguyen Q, Sinclair A, Koopman P, Pelosi E. Functional genomics analysis identifies loss of HNF1B function as a cause of Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 32: 1032-1047. PMID: 36282544, PMCID: PMC9990990, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingKüster-Hauser syndromeMRKH syndromeType II phenotypeRNA sequencingGenetic basisCandidate genesPathways downstreamMicroarray analysisMolecular mechanismsMayer-RokitanskyFirst mouse modelReproductive healthChromosomal changesCell proliferationHypoplastic developmentLhx1HNF1BWomen's reproductive healthGenetic settingExtragenital anomaliesIdentifies lossClinical genetics settingPhenotypeType II
2020
79. Supporting Adolescent/Provider Communication Concerning Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Data to Inform Interventions
Brault M, Camenga D, Curry L, Kershaw T, Vash-Margita A. 79. Supporting Adolescent/Provider Communication Concerning Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Data to Inform Interventions. Journal Of Pediatric And Adolescent Gynecology 2020, 33: 213. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2020.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProvider communicationReproductive health