UNC Fertility faculty part of NIH-funded study to improve IVF outcomes for women with endometriosis
Steven Young MD, PhD, and Mary Peavey MD, MSCI, both faculty in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, received a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of a multi-center, prospective trial aimed at improving outcomes for women with endometriosis … Continued
New grant will ‘re-engineer postnatal care’ to improve maternal and infant outcomes
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 … Continued
Introducing NewMomHealth.com, postpartum resource designed by moms for new moms
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. … Continued
Commentary: Guidance about postpartum contraception should center the patient’s goals
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 … Continued
‘Ideal provider’ Dr. Bob Strauss Receives 2019 Fuller Award
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 … Continued
Grand Rounds
Debra Erickson-Owens, PhD, CNM, RN, FAAN Associate Professor The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing “Placental Transfusion 2019: Delayed Cord Clamping and Cord Milking in Clinical Practice” Link to biosketch- https://web.uri.edu/nursing/meet/deb-erickson-owens/. See Midwifery’s flier attached as well. For those attending remotely tomorrow: Join online meeting using Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. Click here to … Continued