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1. Procedure Manual Appendix IV. Roles and Responsibilities of USPSTF Members Serving as a Topic Lead | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 01, 2017 - One of the Task Force leads serves as the primary lead for that topic. … AHRQ staff solicits volunteers for the position of primary lead from among assigned topic leads during … The leads' role on a topic begins once they have received a draft work plan on the topic. … Responsibilities of the Task Force topic leads include: Attending calls on the topic. … Reviewing every comment received from the public on the draft research plan and bringing other leads

2. Procedure Manual Section 7. Formulation of Task Force Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 21, 2025 - After full consideration and decision on both certainty and magnitude of net benefit, the topic leads … , the leads identify any grade changes and discuss the rationale for proposed grade change. … The leads refine the draft recommendation with final language before it is released for public comment … At that point, any new evidence is reviewed by the topic leads with help from AHRQ and the appropriate … The topic leads present their motion and any important new evidence to the full Task Force (most often

3. Opportunity for Public Comment | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   August 05, 2025 - 2025 11:59 PM EDT Research Plans A small group of USPSTF members, called topic leads … The USPSTF topic leads, with the assistance of the EPC researchers, review all of the comments received … After the meeting, the topic leads write a full draft Recommendation Statement that includes the specific … The USPSTF topic leads review all of the comments received and revise the draft Recommendation Statement

4. Procedure Manual Appendix XIV. Decision Framework to Assess and Guide the Need for Searches of Existing Decision Models | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   July 01, 2017 - At the point that the USPSTF topic leads have determined a model is likely to be needed, a well-structured … Outline of Process The USPSTF topic leads, AHRQ Medical Officer, and EPC team (together comprising … The USPSTF topic leads scope the decision problem to be addressed by modeling, briefly articulating the … A summary document is prepared and distributed to the topic leads and resource allocation decisionmakers

5. Procedure Manual Section 1. Overview of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Structure and Processes | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   December 01, 2013 - If the request to reconsider is approved, the topic leads review and present the evidence supporting … This team consists of three to four topic "leads" from the USPSTF membership, members of AHRQ staff ( … The responsibilities of the USPSTF leads are described in Appendix IV . … Task Force members volunteer to be leads and are appointed by the USPSTF Chair. … The EPC's presentation is followed by comments from Task Force topic leads.

6. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   March 14, 2019 - Screening leads to populations that fall into one of the four following categories: chronic HBV infection … An arrow to the right of the chronic HBV infection population leads to the provision of education or … behavior change counseling, and another arrow leads to provision of antiviral medications. … To the right of antiviral medications, one arrow leads to intermediate outcomes of virologic improvement … improvement, clearance of HBeAg, and clearance of HBsAg clearance (Key Question 4), and a second arrow leads

7. Procedure Manual Section 3. Topic Work Plan Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   June 22, 2025 - team is appointed for each prioritized topic before topic scoping begins and consists of Task Force leads … Based on expertise and interest, several Task Force members are assigned to serve as leads for each topic … Both of these documents are revised and finalized through discussions with the Task Force leads and the … After approval by the Task Force leads, the draft research plan is posted on the Task Force Web site … revisions, the EPC review team incorporates final revisions into the research plan, and the Task Force leads

8. Ericka Gibson, M.D., M.P.H. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 2025 - Gibson leads the Perinatal Patient Safety team at the Southeast Permanente Medical Group, establishing … She leads the Kaiser Georgia MMRC, whose primary goal is to identify interventions across multiple levels

9. Vision Screening for Children 1 to 5 Years: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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   benefits There is adequate evidence that early treatment of amblyopia in children ages 3 to 5 years leads … There is inadequate evidence that early treatment of amblyopia in children younger than 3 years of age leads

10. Marie (Tonette) Krousel-Wood, M.D., M.S.P.H. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2024 - Tonette leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded Tulane K12 Building Interdisciplinary Research … in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), co-leads the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Sex-Based Precision

11. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 01, 2013 - An arrow leads from this assessment arrow below to potential "Adverse Effects" (key question 4). … Staying on the same line, the "Intervention" arrow leads to the next box "Measures of Behavior Change … This arrow leads to a final box on the line "Ongoing or Sustained Behavior Change."

12. Archived: Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 17, 2014 - Key question 4 addresses whether skin cancer screening leads to earlier detection of skin cancer tumors … Key question 5 addresses whether earlier detection of skin lesions leads to decreased skin cancer morbidity

13. Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation Frequently Asked Questions (pdf file)
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    Screening Recommendation 4 Another important harm is overdiagnosis, which happens when screening leads … Thus, treatment of these men provides them with no benefit and leads to harmful outcomes. … Overdiagnosis happens when screening leads to the diagnosis of prostate cancer in men who would not … Thus, treatment of these men provides them with no benefit and leads to harmful outcomes.

14. Sarah Wiehe, M.D., M.P.H. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2024 - Wiehe co-directs the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and leads its community

15. Screening for Bladder Cancer: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    of Harms and Benefits There is inadequate evidence that treatment of screen-detected bladder cancer leads

16. USPSTF Analytic Framework for Child and Adolescent Health Topics | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 01, 2017 - A curved arrow leads to adverse effects of the action.

17. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 15, 2005 - large AAAs (5.5 cm or more) in men aged 65 to 75 who have ever smoked (current and former smokers) leads … : The USPSTF found good evidence that screening for AAA in men aged 65 to 75 who have never smoked leads … There is good evidence that screening and early treatment leads to important harms, including an increased …
18. Open surgical repair for an AAA of at least 5.5 cm leads to an estimated 43-percent reduction in … for the conversion. 31 , 32 Although open surgical repair remains the only proven intervention that leads