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'''Lisa L. Littman''' is an American physician and researcher at the School of Public Health at [[Brown University]]. Her research relates to reproductive health, perceptions of abortion risk, [[gender dysphoria]], [[detransition]], and health in children and mothers.<ref name=brown/> Her work in the area of [[transgender]] identity among adolescents has been controversial and has become [[politicization of science|politicized]].<ref name=Wadman/> |
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== Education == |
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Littman attended [[Brandeis University]] as an undergraduate. She obtained her [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] from [[Robert Wood Johnson Medical School]] in 1992, then part of the [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]]. She went on to complete a [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] in [[obstetrics and gynecology]] at the [[Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island]], and a second residency in general [[preventive medicine]] and [[public health]] at the [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]], where she also obtained a [[master's degree]] in public health in 2007.<ref name=brown>{{cite web |title=Lisa Littman: Assistant Professor of the Practice of Behavioral and Social Sciences |website=Researchers@Brown |publisher=Brown University |url=https://vivo.brown.edu/display/llittman |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182235/https://vivo.brown.edu/display/llittman |archivedate=2018-08-19 }}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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Littman has served as an adjunct assistant professor of preventive medicine at the [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]],<ref name=Icahn/> and she is a member of the [[American College of Preventive Medicine]].<ref name=ACPM>{{cite web |title=Lisa Littman |website=American College of Preventive Medicine |access-date=August 19, 2018 |url=https://www.acpm.org/person/39765717/Lisa-Littman.htm |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150039/https://www.acpm.org/person/39765717/Lisa-Littman.htm |archivedate=2018-09-06 }}</ref> At Mount Sinai, her research included exploring women's support and health literacy needs surrounding abortion.<ref name=Icahn>{{cite web |title=Profiles: Lisa L. Littman |website=Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |year=2015 |url=https://icahn.mssm.edu/profiles/lisa-l-littman |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227170620/https://icahn.mssm.edu/profiles/lisa-l-littman |archivedate=2015-02-27 }}</ref><ref name=usnews-profile>{{cite |author= |title=Dr. Lisa Littman, Obstetrician-Gynecologist in New York, NY |url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/lisa-littman-761642 |website=usnews.com |publisher=U.S. News & World Report L.P. |date= |accessdate=2018-09-14}}</ref> |
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In 2018, Littman joined the faculty of the Brown University School of Public Health as assistant professor of the practice in Behavioral and Social Sciences.<ref name=brown/> Her research interests relate to reproductive health, gender dysphoria, [[iatrogenic]] persistence of gender dysphoria, detransition, and maternal and child health including prematurity and the use of substances in pregnancy.<ref name=brown/> |
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== Publishing controversy == |
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Littman became interested in the possible role of "social contagion" in gender dysphoria among young people, and conducted a study by sending a survey to around 250 parents whom she had recruited from three websites where she had seen parents describe sudden gender transitions in their adolescents—4thWaveNow, Transgender Trend, and Youth TransCritical Professionals.<ref name=Wadman>{{cite journal |title=News: New paper ignites storm over whether teens experience ‘rapid onset’ of transgender identity |first=Meredith |last=Wadman |date=August 30, 2018 |journal=Science |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/new-paper-ignites-storm-over-whether-teens-experience-rapid-onset-transgender-identity |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831034717/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/new-paper-ignites-storm-over-whether-teens-experience-rapid-onset-transgender-identity |archivedate=2018-08-31 |issn=1095-9203 |doi=10.1126/science.aav2613 }}</ref> She presented preliminary results at a conference, and the abstract of her presentation was published in 2017 in the ''[[Journal of Adolescent Health]]''.<ref name=RW/><ref name=JAdolHealth>{{Cite journal |last1=Littman |first1=L.L. |title=Rapid Onset of Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Young Adults: a Descriptive Study |journal=[[Journal of Adolescent Health]] |volume=60 |issue=2 |date=February 2017 |pages=S95–S96 |id=Supplement 1 |url=https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(16)30765-0/abstract |doi=10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.10.369 }}</ref> |
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The abstract and subsequent paper described cases of a [[Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria|rapid onset of gender dysphoria]] based on reports by the surveyed parents,<ref name=Wadman/> along with information that was collected about the children's peer group dynamics, social media use, and prior mental health issues.<ref name=Melchior>{{cite news |last=Melchior |first=Jillian Kay |title=Peer Pressure and 'Transgender' Teens |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=September 9, 2018 |issn=0099-9660 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/peer-pressure-and-transgender-teens-1536524718 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925164342/https://www.wsj.com/articles/peer-pressure-and-transgender-teens-1536524718 |archivedate=2018-09-25 }}</ref> The abstract was picked up and discussed by various socially conservative websites and forums, according to a February 2018 piece in ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', a socially liberal publication which focuses on [[LGBT]] issues and which criticized those discussions and the abstract.<ref name=RW/><ref name=Advocate>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2018/2/20/rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-biased-junk-science|title='Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Is Biased Junk Science|first=Brynn|last=Tannehill|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=February 20, 2018}}</ref> |
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Littman's paper on the descriptive study was published in ''[[PLOS One]]'' in August 2018.<ref name=Wadman/><ref name=PLOS>{{cite journal |journal=[[PLOS One]] |last1=Littman |first1=L. |title=Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: A study of parental reports |date=August 16, 2018 |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=e0202330 |url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330 |pmc=6095578 |pmid=30114286}}</ref> According to coverage in the news section of ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', the study found that "among the young people reported on—83% of whom were designated female at birth—more than one-third had friendship groups in which 50% or more of the youths began to identify as transgender in a similar time frame", which the ''Science'' coverage described as probably "the most explosive of Littman's findings".<ref name=Wadman/> |
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The paper was met with a strongly negative reaction from transgender activists, who stated reasons such as its already having been politicized, [[self-selection bias]] of the subjects that Littman surveyed, and her only surveying the parents, and not the young people themselves nor the health professionals caring for them.<ref name=Wadman/> ''PLOS One'' responded to negative comments by opening a review on the paper, to determine if its conclusions were appropriately stated.<ref name=Wadman/><ref name=RW>{{cite web |title=Reader outcry prompts Brown to retract press release on trans teens |journal=[[Retraction Watch]] |date=August 29, 2018 |accessdate=2018-08-30 |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2018/08/29/reader-outcry-prompts-brown-to-retract-press-release-on-trans-teens/ }}</ref> On the same day, Brown University took down a press release they had earlier posted about the paper, which in turn caused further controversy concerning [[academic freedom]].<ref name=Wadman/><ref name=Rudgard>{{cite news |last=Rudgard |first=Olivia |title=Brown University in row with transgender activists over claims gender dysphoria spreading among children |date=August 28, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=London |issn=0307-1235 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/28/ivy-league-college-deletes-link-study-claimed-peer-groups-can/ |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829113245/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/28/ivy-league-college-deletes-link-study-claimed-peer-groups-can/ |archivedate=2018-08-28 }}</ref> |
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Following the completion of a review, PLOS editor Joerg Heber noted "the study, including its goals, methodology, and conclusions, were not adequately framed in the published version, and that these needed to be corrected" but noted "At its core, the survey of the parents stands as it is" a rewrite of the discussion noting data obtained from relatives had "not yet been clinically validated." along with a letter of correction was published in March 2019. <ref name=PLOSEditorStatment>{{cite web |title=Correcting the scientific record on gender incongruence – and an apology |journal=[[PLOS One]] |date=August 29, 2018 |accessdate=August 29, 2018 |url=https://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2019/03/19/correcting-the-scientific-record-and-an-apology/ }}</ref> |
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