ArticleNature medicine2024
Citizen science as an instrument for women's health research.
Article in Nature medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Species and strain sharing in the vaginal microbiome of mothers and their adult daughters.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Considerations for the design of impactful citizen-science projects in microbiome research.Nature protocols · 2026Review
- Practical lessons from microbiome citizen-science projects.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
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- The new Flemings now sing: a methodological evaluation of gamification and citizen science strategies to raise awareness on antimicrobial resistance.Immunology and cell biology · 2026Article
- Exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus crispatus mediate key balancing interactions with the vaginal mucosa.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Sonmat, a citizen-science enabled Kimjang kimchi case study on associations between hand and kimchi microbiota.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
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- Host-independent synergism between Lactobacillus crispatus and other vaginal lactobacilli.Cell reports · 2025Article
- The female intimate microbiome space.npj women's health · 2025Article
- The Bicocca sampling days model: a participatory citizen science approach to environmental microbiome research and education.ISME communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
Women's health research is receiving increasing attention globally, but considerable knowledge gaps remain. Across many fields of research, active involvement of citizens in science has emerged as a promising strategy to help align scientific research with societal needs. Citizen science offers researchers the opportunity for large-scale sampling and data acquisition while engaging the public in a co-creative approach that solicits their input on study aims, research design, data gathering and analysis. Here, we argue that citizen science has the potential to generate new data and insights that advance women's health. Based on our experience with the international Isala project, which used a citizen-science approach to study the female microbiome and its influence on health, we address key challenges and lessons for generating a holistic, community-centered approach to women's health research. We advocate for interdisciplinary collaborations to fully leverage citizen science in women's health toward a more inclusive research landscape that amplifies underrepresented voices, challenges taboos around intimate health topics and prioritizes women's involvement in shaping health research agendas.
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