Data-driven insights can transform women's reproductive health.

NPJ Womens Health

Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA.

Published: May 2024


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This perspective explores the transformative potential of data-driven insights to understand and address women's reproductive health conditions. Historically, clinical studies often excluded women, hindering comprehensive research into conditions such as adverse pregnancy outcomes and endometriosis. Recent advances in technology (e.g., next-generation sequencing techniques, electronic medical records (EMRs), computational power) provide unprecedented opportunities for research in women's reproductive health. Studies of molecular data, including large-scale meta-analyses, provide valuable insights into conditions like preterm birth and preeclampsia. Moreover, EMRs and other clinical data sources enable researchers to study populations of individuals, uncovering trends and associations in women's reproductive health conditions. Despite these advancements, challenges such as data completeness, accuracy, and representation persist. We emphasize the importance of holistic approaches, greater inclusion, and refining and expanding on how we leverage data and computational integrative approaches for discoveries so that we can benefit not only women's reproductive health but overall human health.

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