We are delighted to learn that McMaster has been placed second globally (and first nationally) in the University Impact Rankings by Times Higher Education! This ranking is the first and only global system to utilize criteria based on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developed by the United Nations, and includes more than 500 universities from 80 different countries around the globe.

Furthermore, universities were also ranked specifically in relation to each SDG. We are pleased to find that McMaster ranked #1 in Decent Work and Economic Growth, #2 in Good Health and Well-Being, #14 in Sustainable Cities and Communities, #16 in Partnership for the Goals and #68 in Gender Equality!

More details can be found here, at the Times Higher Education website.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah McDonald was invited to participate in the Canadian Association of Neonatal Nurses 2019 Pre-Conference Workshop on April 7^th.

Alongside Kasia Pytlik, Social Worker & Program Coordinator at the Perinatal Parents Association, and Amanda Oram, NICU Parent and Parent Advisor at MSH, Dr. McDonald was part of a panel titled Trying again after a Perinatal Loss or Stay in the NICU.

This session has been live-streamed and a recording can be accessed here.

We are excited to announce that the team’s research has been chosen to be summarized as a National Institute for Health Research Signal! The NIHR is the health promotion wing of the NHS in the UK, and releases “Signals” of important research to inform the public as a great way of knowledge translation.

Dr. Alexander Jarde’s revised Network meta-analysis, “Vaginal progesterone, oral progesterone, 17-OHPC, cerclage and passage for preventing preterm birth in at risk singleton pregnancies: an updated systematic review and network meta-analysis” was chosen for its high quality design and relevance to UK decision makers.

Thank you, Dr. Jarde, for your continued dedication to improving the health of women and infants!

The publication can viewed online or downloaded as a PDF.

We are happy to welcome Dr. Ali Marseu, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) Fellow! She brings wonderful clinical skills, and we look forward to working together to improve the health of women and infants!

We would like to congratulate Dr. Marinela Grabovac and Dr. Veronica Moramarco for their presentations at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting!

Dr. Grabovac presented two posters about (1) a prediction model on excess total pregnancy weight gain, and (2) whether first trimester weight gain alone predicts total pregnancy weight gain. She did a great job!

Dr. Moramarco also had an oral presentation, titled “Classical Caesarean: What are the maternal and infant risks compared to low transverse caesarean in preterm birth, and subsequent uterine rupture risks? A systematic review and meta-analysis,” which generated a lot of interest!

Their conference abstracts are available here.

Thank you both for your hard work in knowledge translation and improving the health of women and infants!

We are excited to welcome Angel Gao, who will be joining our team as a student research assistant! Angel is in her first year of Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons.). We look forward to working together to improve the health of women and infants!

This week, the team held a celebration of the research done to advance the health of women and infants!

It was nice to welcome new team members, see how the team has grown and celebrate team members’ contributions to improving the health of women and infants!

We are excited to learn that McMaster has been ranked the number one research-intensive Canadian university for the second consecutive year! With a total research income of $434.7 per faculty (more than 3 times the national average), we look forward to the future advances McMaster has to offer this year!

For further information, the original Infosource article can be located here.

We are happy to have celebrated World Prematurity Day on Friday November 16th here at Hamilton Health Sciences, and November 17th worldwide! It is an excellent opportunity to celebrate children, moms, dads, and families, and raise awareness about methods of prematurity prevention!

We are delighted  to welcome Dr. Reza Arabi Belaghi to the team as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Perinatal Predictive Modeling including analysis of Big Data. He has worked in a wide verity of topics in both theoretical and applied statistics. We look forward to working together to improve the health of women and infants!