Assailed at Home; Champions Abroad: The ACNM ’ s Push for Maternal Healthcare Advancements in Nigeria
In 1982, the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) created a Special Projects Section (SPS) whose goal was to combat deteriorating maternal and infant health, improve the lives of women, and advance the field of midwifery. By the late 1980s, the SPS adopted an increasingly international focus with notable Safe Motherhood projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya aimed at combating maternal deaths, promoting family planning services, and strengthening midwifery programs. At the backdrop of these international projects was a maternal healthcare crisis in the US ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Preventing Unplanned Pregnancies in Clinical Research--Balancing Science, Safety, and Ethics
We are pleased to welcome our guest speaker, Evan Myers, MD, MPH, who is the Walter L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Duke University School of Medicine as well as Vice-Chair for Reproductive Risks at the Duke Health System Institutional Review Board.
Dr. Myers will address the following topics:Brief historical overview of approaches to excluding pregnant people from researchDefinitions and implications of " childbearing potential " The " value " of pregnancy testing Common issues with protocols and consent forms Research and policy needsAir date: 3/2/2023 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition and Physical Activity Seminar - Pregnancy and Sleep Disordered Breathing: Navigating a Two Way Street
In this one-hour webinar, NHLBI-funded investigator, Dr. Ghada Bourjeily, M.D., will present her current research on pregnancy and sleep disordered breathing, including the impact of the perinatal period on screening, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep disordered breathing in women with overweight and obesity, as well as the adverse perinatal outcomes associated with sleep disordered breathing. Dr. Bourjeily is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and member of the Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) and Obstetric Medicine divisions at Brown University. She also serves as Associate Chief for Academic A...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
How doctors can speed their work with software
Dr. Nigel Spier, OBGYN and team lead for ModMed OBGYN, explains how adaptive technology can comprehend how physicians manage patients, based on their training and guidelines, and free them up to spend more time with high-touch patients. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - October 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video
Advancing Bioprinting and Regenerative Medicine Solutions for Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Pediatric Applications (Day 2)
Conference Concept Proposal: Towards Realizing Bioprinted Tissue Construct for OB/GYN and Pediatric ApplicationAir date: 11/17/2021 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
COVID -19 in Pregnancy: Clinical, Research and Therapeutics Updates NICHD/FDA Virtual Workshop
COVID-19 pandemic casts unprecedented difficulties to both maternal-fetal therapeutic research and clinical cares of pregnant women and their newborns. This workshop brings experts from obstetric therapeutic research, clinical care and FDA. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the progress and challenges in obstetric therapeutic research and patient care, share experiences in clinical management of pregnant women and neonates with COVID-19, and explore effective approaches to obstetric therapeutics in COVID-19 pandemicFor more information go tohttps://www.cvent.com/d/d7qlsv/6XAir date: 9/15/2020 10:00:00 AM (Source: V...
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Getting to " Right " : A Blueprint for the Adjudication of Emerging Reproductive Technologies
The former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University (during its 2007 renaming in honor of Mr. Warren Alpert), Dr. Adashi is an academic physician-executive, a graduate of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health program in Health Care Management (MS, 2005), and the former president of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists (SRE), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI), and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS). As a tenured Professor of Medical Science at Brown University, Dr. Adashi is a member of the Brown Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights and directs...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Maternal Mortality in the United States: Future Research Directions (Day 2)
Online viewers may submit questions regarding the meeting by e-mailing asimpson@palladianpartners.com with the subject line “ Maternal Mortality Meeting Question ”
The workshop ’ s purpose is to identify research questions, gaps, and opportunities that could expand knowledge regarding maternal mortality data, trends, and causes. The workshop presentations and discussions will inform the development of a research agenda for NICHD that could lead to improved measurement and reduction of maternal mortality in the United States.
The panel discussions will focus on three areas:
1. An in-depth examination of definitions, d...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Maternal Mortality in the United States: Future Research Directions (Day 1)
Online viewers may submit questions regarding the meeting by e-mailing asimpson@palladianpartners.com with the subject line “ Maternal Mortality Meeting Question ”
The workshop ’ s purpose is to identify research questions, gaps, and opportunities that could expand knowledge regarding maternal mortality data, trends, and causes. The workshop presentations and discussions will inform the development of a research agenda for NICHD that could lead to improved measurement and reduction of maternal mortality in the United States.
The panel discussions will focus on three areas:
1. An in-depth examination of definitions, d...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vivian W. Pinn Symposium: Improving Maternal Health: Behind the Numbers
4th Annual NIH Vivian W. Pinn Symposium: Improving Maternal Health: Behind the Numbers
Every year, a large number of women have lasting medical complications or die as a result of difficulties from pregnancy. The United States maternal morbidity and mortality rates are now the highest among its peer countries. During this symposium, leading clinicians and researchers will provide updates on this timely public health issue, including a review of current statistics and health services research, and an overview of relevant programs sponsored by the Federal Government. In addition, speakers will discuss new approaches to impro...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture: Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Correlates
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture
Phil A. May, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with a distinguished career spanning nearly 50 years. By studying the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, his work has advanced greatly our understanding of the prevalence, characteristics, etiology, diagnosis, and prevention of FAS and FASD. Dr. May is Professor in the Department of Nutrition of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Nutrition Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emer...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
2018 Lipsett Lecture: " Oncofertility: From Bench to Bedside to Babies "
The Lipsett Lecture is an annual lecture held by NICHD to honor Dr. Mortimer B. Lipsett, Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), who died of cancer on November 10, 1985 at the Clinical Center. This year's speaker will be Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff, Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Education in The Graduate School at Northwestern University and Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics& Gynecology, the Vice Chair for Research and the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynec...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 12, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Paul Stage of OBGYN Indiana on Pure Storage at HIMSS17
(SPONSORED) Hear from a healthcare IT manager just how easy it is to work with Pure Storage. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: video
Polyvalent Vaccines Targeting Oncogenic Driver Pathways
NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
The Annual Advances in Cancer Prevention Lecture is sponsored by the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program within the Division of Cancer Prevention at NCI. It is also part the course offerings of the annual NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention but is open to the entire NIH community and the general public. This annual lecture addresses current challenges and/or approaches used by investigators to address gaps, advance science, and promote the application of successful strategies in the field of cancer prevention and control. Dr. Disis will be presenting the 2016 annual lect...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
