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November 1, 2024REGISTER: Webinar on Nutrition in Human Pregnancy: New and Old Discoveries
Register now for the Science of Birth Cluster's upcoming webinar, Nutrition in Human Pregnancy: New and Old Discoveries with Dr. Rajavel Elango. The webinar will be held on Thursday, November 21 2024, 8:00AM (PST), 4:00PM (GMT), 5:00PM (CET). Webinar learning objectives:Understand the…
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October 8, 2024Governing Reproduction – Nov 21/22 Conference
On November 21–22 join the uOttawa Centre for Health Law for a two-day conference: Governing Reproduction: Exploring Law and Politics. An interdisciplinary conference exploring Canadian issues of abortion and conception, reproductive violence and coercion, access to reproductive health…
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September 17, 2024Predicting Cesarean Birth Among Healthy Nullips at Hospital Admission
Janssen and Ladfors conducted a validation study of a model to predict cesarean birth based on factors measurable on admission to hospital. They conducted a retrospective cohort study in a regional hospital in British Columbia, Canada among healthy nulliparous women in spontaneous labour, at term,…
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September 17, 2024Physiology of Prolonged Labor
The Kissler Lab at the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus studies the variation in the physiology of prolonged labor. In partnership with the University of Colorado Perinatal Research Core, our lab conducts prospective clinical translational research on the…
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September 17, 2024Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disruptive Chemicals
Janice is a post-doctoral fellow/epidemiologist at Health Canada. Her current research investigates the impacts of exposures to chemical mixtures on pregnancy and child health outcomes. Pregnant individuals are exposed to a vast number of environmental chemicals. However,…