SMHS neurosurgery resident Timothy Singer co-wrote an editorial with Emory University researchers Vijaya Kancherla and Godfrey Oakley that was published in the “British Medical Journal” titled “Paediatricians as champions for ending folic acid-preventable spina bifida, anencephaly globally.”
The editorial calls for pediatricians to support a resolution by the World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly calling for folic acid fortification of staple foods. The resolution has been championed by the Global Alliance for Prevention of Spina Bifida, co-chaired by GW SMHS faculty member Gail Rosseau, M.D. ’85, to help prevent spina bifida.
