Thank you to Professor Saito and the whole Obstetrics and Neonatology Departments at Toyama University for a wonderful afternoon of learning from Drs H Niimi, N Yoneda, S Yoneda, T Yoshida and Ito who presented before me about our differences and similarities in prevention and management of preterm birth, and also differences and similarities in neonatal management.
We are pleased to learn that for a third year consecutively, McMaster is the most research-intensive university in Canada! On average, researchers at McMaster earned $439,500 (more than 2x the national average), and McMaster’s total sponsored research income has increased by more than $12 million from last year to a total of $391.6 million. We are excited to learn about the future advances in research that McMaster has to offer in the coming year!
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We’re excited to have submitted the protocol for a new study “Aspirin for prevention of preeclampsia: A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on the use of an evidence-based approach” to Prospero for publication on October 24th!
Thank you to all our amazing participants at the Clinician and Parent Meeting about Extremely Preterm Breech Birth that took place on Sept 13, 2019!
Dr. Morfaw was one of the three recipients of this year’s David Sackett scholarship, an annual award in the HEI Department (Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact) that recognizes academic and research excellence.
Congratulations to Dr. Morfaw on this award that recognized his very hard work during his PhD, which he remarkably completed in only 2 years!
We are pleased to extend a warm welcome to all new team members!
Dr. Frederick Morfaw is an obstetrician from Cameroon who has joined the team. He has recently successfully defended his PhD here with Dr. Lehana Thabane, the head of the Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact Department.
Megan Briggs is a nurse who previously worked at the obstetrical unit at West Lincoln, one of our Level 1 hospital’s in the region, and more recently at the Juravinski Cancer Centre. She is currently working on her Perinatal Nursing Certificate in high risk obstetrics.
Emma Koster, Josephine Ding and Jake Colautti are Bachelor of Health Science students at McMaster, who will be joining the team as student research assistants!
We look forward to working towards improving the health of women and children together!
We are excited to share a piece published in the CIHR’s health research storybook: The faces of health research. Available in the July 2019 CIHR Access Newsletter, ‘Preventing Preterm Birth and its Consequences’ describes Dr. McDonald’s personal experiences, the team’s research on progesterone as a preventative measure against preterm birth, as well as our other current endeavours.
More details are available here.
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 7th.
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!
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