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January 13, 2025
Call for Abstracts - 24th International Labour and Birth Research Conference
Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 September 2025 - 9.00am - 5.30pm BST This interdisciplinary conference is being organized by the Research in Childbirth and Health (REACH) Group, University of Central Lancashire.The theme for the 2025 conference is: Making Birth Better: Bringing together evidence,…
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December 4, 2024
Automated assessment of psychiatric disorders using speech: A systematic review
Extensive use of smart phones makes speech recording a potentially practical solution for widespread mental health screening In collaboration with computer scientists, Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour and her team aim to explore whether speech assessment will have utility for diagnosis of depression and…
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December 4, 2024
The Onset of Labour in Primiparas
Hanna Gehling, Midwife (BSc, MSc) and doctoral candidate at Hannover Medical School under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mechthild Gross, focuses her research on understanding the onset of labour in first-time mothers (primiparas). Her recent study examines the relationships between labour-onset…
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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…