On July 4, McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences published an article, “CIHR grants awarded to two studies looking at preemies”, including a feature on Dr. Sarah McDonald and her work on risk assessment prediction models for preterm birth.

Preterm birth is the leading cause of death and long-term disability in infants, affecting 1 in 12 births in Canada. Dr. Mcdonald’s work aims to create a tool to assist clinicians in identifying which women are at risk of preterm birth to better target care.

The full article is available at:  https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/main/news/news_2017/CIHR_grants_awarded_preemies.html