Do you live near #Boston ? Want to be a #vaginasuperhero ? We need healthy donors for a vaginal fluid transplant study to find a cure for #bacterialvaginosis . motifstudy.org Doug Kwon Fatima Aysha Hussain @edlowlab

Yes! Just DON'T do it when it comes to M. hominis and Ureaplasmas.

Despite a 40-50% 6-month success rate for #bacterialvaginosis treatment, recommendations haven’t fundamentally changed since 1982. Pretty sure penis discharge would have a cure by now...Lets find something better! motifstudy.org Doug Kwon Fatima Aysha Hussain Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology

1000% agree!!!!!

Most lactating people had some systemic symptoms after #CovidVaccine . A few interrupted #breastfeeding after vaccination - more likely if people reported systemic symptoms. Linda Eckert, MD Edlow Lab IDSOG #idsogmtg

Peripartum bacteremia: increasing E. Coli resistance to ampicillin and 3rd gen cephalosporins over 2010-2018. Standard Cefazolin+metronidazole covered most pathogens well. IDSOG #idsogmtg

Join us at the 50th Anniversary of IDSOG in Denver July 27-29, 2023. We are planning a great program and celebration! #IDSOGmtg IDSOG SMFM SRI CDC STD CDC NIH Women's Health National Institute for Children's Health Quality Geeta Swamy Gweneth Lazenby Caroline Mitchell Jennifer Thompson Jill Davies Linda Eckert, MD

Dr. Patton has mentored so many of us with compassion, wisdom (and fire!) Sharon Louise Hillier Jeanne Marrazzo IDSOG #idsogmtg Jen Balkus, PhD, MPH Dr. Adams Waldorf

8 past presidents! (Ok, 7 past and 1 almost past) how many can we get next year??? #50yearsofidsog IDSOG Linda Eckert, MD Jill Davies #idsogmtg Geeta Swamy

Also #proudPI (and delinquent PI because no photo): Fatima Aysha Hussain presenting differences between L. jensenii vs L. mulieris. Including data generated by Indriati Hood-Pishchany Doug Kwon and using isolates originally collected by Jeanne Marrazzo IDSOG #idsogmtg

#ProudPI : Stylianos (Stelios) Vagios, MD put so much work into recruiting these patients - the study couldn’t have happened without him! Tufts ObGyn Residency Program Funded by Harvard Catalyst and in collaboration with Doug Kwon IDSOG #IDSOGmtg

Many, many thanks to Renee BoyntonJarrett-her wonderful talk laid out a mandate to #workwith communities and patients against #systemicracism . We cannot continue to do “equity work” - shift the focus to honoring the dignity of individuals, groups and communities. #IDSOGMTG

When you consult or evaluate Non-White patients, consider the intersectionality of SODH and whatever her medical complaints are. 80% of health outcomes are determined by SODH #IDSOGMTG

‘Lived experience’
‘Race-Based Medicine
Take a look at the below slide and think of how you can “modify” your clinic, research, or practice based on your patient's “ lived experience”IDSOG #IDSOGMTG