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Transitioning to Attending-Hood

October 23, 2019

The following post from Dr. Angelica Glover, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, appeared in the latest e-newsletter from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Fall has finally arrived to most of the continental U.S. and, with it, a plethora of change – cooler weather, the colors of a new season, and the end … Read more

New grant will ‘re-engineer postnatal care’ to improve maternal and infant outcomes

October 17, 2019

  Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Kristin Tully, PhD, in collaboration with partners at North Carolina State University and The Ohio State University, have received a $2.5 million grant from … Read more

Elizabeth Stringer promoted to professor

October 2, 2019

Elizabeth M. Stringer, MD, MSc, a maternal-fetal medicine expert with a long career of improving the lives of women across the world, has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Stringer arrived at Carolina – by way of Lusaka, Zambia – in 2012 and joined the UNC OB-GYN faculty in … Read more

Stuebe promoted to professor

September 29, 2019

Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, a maternal-fetal medicine and breastfeeding expert in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2010, has been promoted to full professor. She is also the Distinguished Scholar in Infant and Young Child Feeding Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. In addition to … Read more

Introducing NewMomHealth.com, postpartum resource designed by moms for new moms

September 25, 2019

The 4th Trimester Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launches a hub of evidence-based, non-directive postpartum health information. September 23, 2019, Chapel Hill, NC – The 4th Trimester Project at the UNC-Chapel Hill Schools of Medicine and Social Work has launched NewMomHealth, a hub of evidence-based, expert-written, reality-centered postpartum health information. … Read more

Commentary: Guidance about postpartum contraception should center the patient’s goals

September 23, 2019

Providers should center their postpartum patients’ values and preferences when offering guidance and care regarding breastfeeding and hormonal contraception, according to a recent paper from faculty at the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR, associate professor in the Division of Family Planning at UNC OB-GYN, is the lead author of the … Read more

‘Ideal provider’ Dr. Bob Strauss Receives 2019 Fuller Award

September 19, 2019

Many congratulations to Robert ‘Bob’ Strauss, MD, Cefalo-Bowes Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and medical director for labor and delivery at N.C. Women’s Hospital, who was honored with this year’s H. Fleming Fuller Award. Strauss received the award on Sept. 16 at a meeting of the UNC Health Care Board of Directors. “Dr. Strauss … Read more

Menard is a lead author of revised national guidelines on risk-appropriate maternal care

July 26, 2019

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine (SMFM) jointly released on July 25, 2019, updated guidance to better prepare hospitals to provide risk-appropriate maternal care. The guidelines, drafted in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appear in the August 2019 issue of Obstetrics & … Read more

New grant allows Vora to collaborate with Duke to identify novel genes critical to human brain development

April 2, 2019

Dr. Neeta Vora, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Dr. Erica Davis at the Duke University Center for Human Disease Modeling have been awarded an exploratory/developmental research grant (R21) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.  Their research was initially funded by a $50,000 Duke/UNC-Chapel Hill CTSA … Read more

Tubal ligation is recommended over tubal removal for sterilization at time of delivery

March 4, 2019

For women seeking permanent sterilization as well as ovarian-cancer risk reduction at time of cesarean delivery, tubal ligation is still the best option, according to newly published research from the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Kartik K. Venkatesh, MD, PhD, fellow in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine is lead author of the paper, “Cost-effectiveness … Read more

UNC OB-GYN is 3rd in the nation in NIH funding

February 19, 2019

The UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ranked 3rd in the country in total NIH funding for 2018 and 2nd when it comes to departments within public schools of medicine. This is according to a new report published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The UNC School of Medicine ranked 17th in the … Read more