Lab Publications
Research Articles
Maldonado, B., Marsella, J., Higgins, A., and Richardson, S.S. (2024). Malicious Midwives, Fruitful Vines, and Bearded Women — Sex, Gender, and Medical Expertise in the Journal. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(21), 1941-1947.
Pape, M., Miyagi, M., Ritz, S. A., Boulicault, M., Richardson, S. S., & Maney, D. L. (2024). Sex contextualism in laboratory research: Enhancing rigor and precision in the study of sex-related variables. Cell, 187(6), 1316–1326.
Zhao, H., & Ichikawa, K. Forthcoming. Feminist Empiricism as Feminist Activism: Lessons from the GenderSci Lab. In L. Linden, E. Nicholls, & J. Persdotter (Eds.) Routledge Collection: Health Activism and Sexual Politics. Routledge.
Borsa, A., Miyagi, M., Ichikawa, K., De Jesus, K., Jillson, K., Boulicault, M., & Richardson, S.S. (2024). The New Genetics of Sexuality. GLQ, 30(1), 119-140. PDF
Lee, K.M.N., Rushovich, T., Gompers, A., Boulicault, M., Worthington, S., Lockhart, J., & Richardson, S.S., (2023). A Gender Hypothesis of sex disparities in adverse drug events. Social Science & Medicine, 339. PDF
Rushovich, T., Gompers, A., Lockhart, J.W., Omidiran, I., Worthington, S., Richardson, S.S., & Lee, K.M.N., (2023). Adverse Drug Events by Sex After Adjusting for Baseline Rates of Drug Use. JAMA Network Open, 6(8). PDF
Zhao, H., DiMarco, M., Ichikawa, K., Boulicault, M., Perret, M., Jillson, K., Fair, A., DeJesus, K.D., & Richardson, S.S., (2023). Making a ‘sex-difference fact’: Ambien dosing at the interface of policy, regulation, women’s health, and biology. Social Studies of Science. PDF
Bruch, J.D. & Richardson, S.S., (2023). Women's Health, Inc. The Lancet, 401(10384), 1258-1259. PDF
Danielsen, A.C., Lee, K.M.N., Boulicault, M., Rushovich, T., Gompers, A., Tarrant, A., Reiches, M., Shattuck-Heidorn, H., Miratrix, L.W, & Richardson, S.S., (2022). Sex disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in the United States: Quantifying and contextualizing variation. Social Science & Medicine, 294. PDF
Sudai, M., Borsa, A., Ichikawa, K., Shattuck-Heidorn, H., Zhao, H., & Richardson, S.S., (2022). Law, policy, biology, and sex: Critical issues for researchers. Science, 376(6595), 802-804. PDF
DiMarco, M., Zhao, H., Boulicault, M., & Richardson S.S., (2022). Why “Sex as a Biological Variable” conflicts with precision medicine initiatives. Cell Reports Medicine, 3(4). PDF
Boulicault, M., Rushovich T., Shattuck-Heidorn, H., and Richardson, S.S. (2022) Intersectionality as Live Theory and Practice in the Biomedical Sciences. In J. C. Nash & S. Pinto (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities, (pp. 420-434). Taylor & Francis Group. PDF
Gompers, A., Bruch, J.D., & Richardson, S.S., (2021). Are COVID-19 Case Fatality Rates a Reliable Measure of Sex Disparities? Women’s Health Issues, 32(2), 87-89. PDF
Shattuck-Heidorn, H., Danielsen, A.C., Gompers, A., Bruch, J.D., Zhao, H., Boulicault, M., Marsella, J., & Richardson, S.S., (2021). A finding of sex similarities rather than differences in COVID-19 outcomes. Nature 597, E7–E9. PDF
Rushovich, T., Boulicault, M., Chen, J., Danielsen, A.C., Tarrant, A., Richardson, S.S., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H., (2021). Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Vary Across US Racial Groups. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36, 1696–1701. PDF
Boulicault, M., Gompers, A., Lee, K.M.N., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H., (2022). A Feminist Approach to Analyzing Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-15.1.29
Boulicault, M., Perret, M., Galka, J., Borsa, A., Gompers, A., Reiches, M. & Richardson, S.S., (2021). The future of sperm: a biovariability framework for understanding global sperm count trends. Human Fertility, 25(5), 888-902. PDF
Rushovich, T., Boulicault, M., Chen, J., Danielsen, A.C., Tarrant, A., Richardson, S.S., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H., (2021). Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Vary Across US Racial Groups. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36, 1696–1701. PDF
Bruch, J. D., Borsa, A., Song, Z., & Richardson, S.S., (2020). Expansion of Private Equity Involvement in Women’s Health Care. JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(11), 1542-1545. PDF
Richardson, S. S., Reiches, M. W., Bruch, J., Boulicault, M., Noll, N. E., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H., (2020). Is There a Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)? Commentary on the Study by Stoet and Geary (2018). Psychological Science, 31(3), 338–341. PDF
Richardson, S.S., Borsa, A., Boulicault, M., Galka, J., Ghosh, N., Gompers, A., Noll, N., Perret, M., Reiches, M., Becerra, J., Shattuck-Heidorn, H., Vitti, J., Weir, B., & Zhao, H., (2019). Genome Studies Must Account for History. Science, 366(6472), 1461.PDF
Danielsen, A. C., Gompers, A., Bekker, S., & Richardson, S. S. (2024). Limitations of athlete-exposures as a construct for comparisons of injury rates by gender/sex: A narrative review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, bjsports-2024-108812.
Public Writing
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The Risks of Sex-based Drug Dosing Recommendations
Ichikawa, K., DiMarco, M., DeJesus, K.D. (2023). The risks of sex-based drug dosing recommendations. Vox.
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The Search for Gay Genes: Should Queer People Support It?
Zhao, H. & Perret, M. (2021) The Search for Gay Genes: Should Queer People Support It? Ms. Magazine.
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Falling Sperm Counts Aren't As Alarming As They Sound
Boulicault, M. & Reiches M. (2021). Falling sperm counts aren’t as alarming as they sound. The Guardian.
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The Doomsday Sperm Theory Embraced by the Far Right
Borsa, A., Boulicault, M., Reiches, M., & Richardson, S.S. (2021). The Doomsday Sperm Theory Embraced by the Far Right. Slate.
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COVID-19 Data on Trans and Gender-Expansive People, Stat!
Perret, M., Jillson, K., Danielsen, A.C., Trinh, M., Zubizarreta, Z., & DuBois, Z.L. (2021). COVID-19 Data on Trans and Gender-Expansive People, Stat! Health Affairs Blog.
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The Intersection of Black Women, COVID, and Death Rates
Rushovich, T. & Richardson, S. S. (2021). The intersection of Black women, COVID, and death rates. Boston Globe.
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When Private Equity Firms Invest in Women's Health Clinics, Who Benefits?
Borsa, A., Bruch, J.D., & Richardson, S.S. (2020). When private equity firms invest in women’s health clinics, who benefits? STAT.
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Socially Relevant Variables In US State COVID-19 Surveillance Reporting: A Report Card
Boulicault, M., Danielsen, A. C., Bruch, J., Tarrant, A., Borsa, A., & Richardson, S. (2020). Socially Relevant Variables In US State COVID-19 Surveillance Reporting: A Report Card. Health Affairs Blog.
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What's Really Behind the Gender Gap in Covid-19 Deaths?
Shattuck-Heidorn, H., Reiches, M. W., & Richardson, S. S. (2020). What’s Really Behind the Gender Gap in Covid-19 Deaths? The New York Times.
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We Dug Into Data to Disprove a Myth About Women in STEM
Reiches, M., & Richardson, S. S. (2020). We Dug Into Data to Disprove a Myth About Women in STEM. Slate.
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Focusing on Differences Between the Sexes is Leading Medical Researchers Astray
Shattuck-Heidorn, H., & Richardson, S. S. (2019). Focusing on differences between the sexes is leading medical researchers astray. Washington Post.
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Sex/Gender and the Biosocial Turn
Shattuck-Heidorn, H., & Richardson, S. S. (2019). Sex/Gender and the Biosocial Turn.The Scholar and Feminist Online.
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Y All the Hype? A Study About Sexual Similarity gets Framed as a Major New Finding of Sex Difference
Richardson, S. S. (2014). Y All the Hype? A study about sexual similarity gets framed as a major new finding of sex difference. Slate
Lab Featured in the Press
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Lee, S. M.. (2020, Feb 13). A Controversial Study Claimed To Explain Why Women Don’t Go Into Science And Tech. It just got a 1,113-Word Correction. BuzzFeed
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Shugerman, E. (2020, Aug 24). Private Equity Wants to Get Up in Your Lady Parts. Daily Beast.
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Whitten, A.. (2020, Jul 23). Untangling Gender and Sex in Humans: Scholars reveal how sex and gender differ, where they overlap and why science needs to catch up to lived experiences. Discover Magazine.
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Feldscher, K. (2020) More men than women are dying from COVID-19. Why? Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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DeSmith, C. (2024, Dec 12).Real reason ACL injury rate is higher for women athletes. Harvard Gazette.
Aggarwal-Schifellite, M. (2020, Aug 18). More than biology influences COVID risk. Harvard Gazette.
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Flaherty, C. (2020, Feb 14) STEM’s Ongoing Sex-Difference Debate. Inside Higher Ed.
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Ghorayshi., A. (2022, January 19). Why Are Men More Likely to Die of Covid? It’s Complicated. The New York Times.
Gross, R.E. (2021, June 4). The Sperm-Count ‘Crisis’ Doesn’t Add Up. The New York Times.
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Craven, J. (2021, April 6). The Overlooked Demographics of COVID. Slate.
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Padilla, M. (2021, Sept. 22). Why are more men dying from COVID? It’s a complicated story of nature vs. nurture, researchers say. The 19th.
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Schleunes, A. (2020, Feb 17) Scholars Debate Causes of Women’s Underrepresentation in STEM. The Scientist.
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Huckins, G. (2020, Jul 9) Covid Kills More Men Than Women. Experts Still Can’t Explain Why. Wired.
