by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 14, 2025 | Commentary, Perspectives
Military and Veterans and Population Health Military service can be viewed as a social determinant of health (SDOH) with powerful influences both during and following the end of one’s service commitment. Those who have volunteered to serve in the military in...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 7, 2025 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Overview When COVID-19 struck, health professional educators around the globe were in the unsettling position of having to maintain educational continuity in a highly disrupted learning environment. Learning from and with colleagues and peers became the cornerstone of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 16, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction The 21st century has already experienced stunning developments in biomedical science and medical care, ranging from heralded advances in genomic science and informatics technology to influential improvements in the prevention, treatment, and management of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 9, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
After disaster exposure, children are at risk for developing physical health problems, mental health symptoms, and difficulties in school. The hallmark mental health symptom observed among children after a disaster is post-traumatic stress (e.g., flashbacks,...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 9, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Family reunification, the process of bringing members of a family, specifically children, back together after an event, is an essential component of disaster preparedness and management. Natural and mass casualty (no-notice) disasters can strike at any...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 28, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
The use of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled protein design tools such as AlphaFold, RoseTTAfold, and RFdiffusion to model proteins and generate new protein structures (referred herein as AI biodesign) is fueling a revolution in biology that promises...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 14, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) was founded in 1990 with a mission to expand women’s health research, ensure that women are included in NIH research, and promote the advancement of women in biomedicine. In...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 14, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | In the aftermath of disasters, prompt and safe family reunification is crucial, especially for pre-verbal children separated from their families. Settings may remain unsafe in the aftermath of disasters, and without the application of technology,...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 14, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
Today’s children are expected to experience two to seven times more disaster events than their grandparents (Thiery et al., 2021). Climate-related disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and wildfires are key drivers of the outsized impacts disasters will have on...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 30, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
The 2010 report of the National Commission on Children and Disasters recommended that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should “enhance the research agenda for children’s disaster mental and behavioral health, including psychological first...