Improving trustworthiness in research in women's health: A collective effort by OBGYN Editors

Editorial

. 2023 Oct;130(11):1293-1297.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17588. Epub 2023 Jul 26.

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Dan Women and Babies Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Department of Public Health & Epidemiology, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics, London, UK.
⁷ Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Research Group Reproductive Medicine, Department of Development and Regeneration, Organ Systems, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
¹⁰ Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
¹¹ Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
¹² Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Oxford, UK.
¹³ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Editorial

Vincenzo Berghella et al. BJOG. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;130(11):1293-1297.

doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17588. Epub 2023 Jul 26.

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Dan Women and Babies Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Department of Public Health & Epidemiology, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics, London, UK.
⁷ Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Research Group Reproductive Medicine, Department of Development and Regeneration, Organ Systems, Group Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
¹⁰ Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Research and Development, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
¹¹ Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
¹² Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute, Oxford, UK.
¹³ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

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