Editor's Note.

Abstract

The editorial team at Women's Health Issues is extremely pleased to publish this special supplement on sex and gender differences in veterans' health research, which is sponsored by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperative Studies Program, part of the VA Office of Research and Development, and coordinated with the VA Women's Health Research Network. This supplement contains high-quality research studies and thought-provoking commentaries on a range of health topics and methodological issues. As the number of women veterans continues to grow, it is vital that we fully understand their unique health needs and disseminate meaningful research findings with implications for practice and policy. The findings in this supplement add to this knowledge base and contribute to broader efforts to improve reporting of results by sex/gender, as well as informing ongoing work to improve care for women veterans. Guest Editor-in-Chief Karen M. Goldstein, MD, MSPH, of Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Duke University Medical Center, ably spearheaded this project, from the call for submissions through acceptance of final manuscripts and publication details. She led a team of guest editors who contributed expertise and judgement throughout the process: Lori A. Bastian, MD, MPH; Wei (Denise) Duan-Porter, MD, PhD; Kristen E. Gray, PhD, MS; Katherine J. Hoggatt, PhD, MPH; Grant D. Huang, MPH, PhD; Keith Humphreys, PhD; Megan M. Kelly, PhD; Ruth Klap, PhD; Sarah M. Wilson, PhD; and Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH. We thank the entire supplement editorial team for their many contributions. We are grateful to the panel of peer reviewers who contributed their time and expertise to this supplement. Special thanks to Nazanin Bahraini, PhD; Bryan Batch, MD; John Blosnich, PhD, MPH; Jessica Breland, PhD; Patrick Calhoun, PhD; Lisa Callegari, MD, MPH; Kelly Caron, PhD; Neetu Chawla, PhD, MPH; Ann Cheney, PhD; Cynthia Coffman, PhD; Jessica Cook, PhD; Laurel Copeland, PhD, MPH; Kristina Cordasco, MD, MPH; Victoria Davey, PhD, MPH; Bryann DeBeer, PhD; Suzanne Decker, PhD; Colin Depp, PhD; Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW; Kirsten Dillon, PhD; Melissa Farmer, PhD; Susan Frayne, MD, MPH; Megan Gerber, MD, MPH; Carolyn Gibson, PhD, MPH; Georgina Gross, PhD; Peter Gutierrez, PhD; Alison Hamilton, PhD, MPH; Philip Harvey, PhD; Sally Haskell, MD; Jaimee Heffner, PhD; Katherine Iverson, PhD; Jodie Katon, PhD, MS; Michaela Kiernan, PhD; Rachel Kimerling, PhD; Brandon Knettel, PhD; Alyson Littman, PhD, MPH; John McCarthy, PhD, MPH; Megan McCullough, PhD; Michelle Mengeling, PhD; April Mohanty, PhD, MPH; Lindsey Monteith, PhD; Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, PhD; Jennifer Naylor, PhD; Karen S. Quigley, PhD; Rajeev Ramchand, PhD; Lauren Reeves, PhD; Mark Reger, PhD; Erin Reilly, PhD; Harmony Rhoades, PhD; Danielle Rose, PhD, MPH; Anne Sadler, PhD, RN; Nina Sayer, PhD; Paula Schnurr, PhD; Minden Sexton, PhD; Megan Shepherd-Banigan, PhD; Steven Shirk, PhD; Jennifer Strauss, PhD; Jack Tsai, PhD; Elizabeth Van Voorhees, PhD; Varsha Vimalananda, MD, MPH; Allison Warren, PhD; and Donna Washington, MD, MPH. I also thank Liz Borkowski, MPH, managing editor of Women's Health Issues, for coordinating the project with efficiency and thoroughness; and Sara Miller, Linsey Burbery, Louise Glenn, and the rest of the staff at Elsevier for their excellent work.