DIABETES AND WOMEN'S HEALTH (DWH)

Fisher Bioservices, Inc., Rockville MD

Investigators

Abstract

The mission of the Division of intramural Population Health Research is to conduct innovative etiological and interventional research to explore the health and well-being of pregnant women and their infants from pre-conception through adulthood and to translate these research findings into clinical practice or public policy to maximize health and eliminate health disparities. The Diabetes & Women’s Health (DWH) study investigates factors (medical, lifestyle, genetic and their interactions) that determine the risk of subsequent development of type 2 diabetes among women who had Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), a common pregnancy complication. The two research sites – the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, US and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark – are responsible for recruiting and retaining ≈4,000 women with a history of GDM. Under this task order, the Government requires repository services for the 28,150 human biospecimens (blood, plasma, serum, saliva, toenails) generated in the DWH study.