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Dr. Maya Ragavan receives the 2023 Pitt Sustainability Award
Congratulations to Dr. Maya Ragavan for receiving the 2023 Pitt Sustainability Award in the faculty category. Dr. Ragavan's personal leadership and commitment to sustainability at Pitt is both admired and appreciated. Her efforts will be acknowledged and celebrated during the Student Sustainability Symposium on April 21, 2023. We invite you to join us and event details are below:
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Women's Reproductive Milestones and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Review of Reports and Opportunities From the CARDIA Study
In this review article, Dr. Janet Catov and her team describe CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) studies for each reproductive milestone (contraception, PCOS, pregnancy, GDM, preterm delivery, hypertensive disorders of #pregnancy, preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, lactation, breast/chest feeding, menopause, reproductive aging, infertility, and hot flashes).
Read more here : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36847077/
Estimation of Multiyear Consequences for Abortion Access in Georgia Under a Law Limiting Abortion to Early Pregnancy
Dr. Liz Mosley and her team found that Georgia’s law limiting abortion to early pregnancy would eliminate access to abortion for nearly 90% of patients in Georgia and disproportionately harm patients who are Black, younger, and in lower socioeconomic status groups.
Read more here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802001
My Decision Announcement
Our team developed a novel patient-facing decision aid to support evidence-based and value-concordant decision making about tubal sterilization among people with Medicaid insurance. Check out our updated webpage and one pager which covers our needs assessment and primary outcomes.
Focus Groups with Rheumatologists on Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients
In a series of focus groups, providers identified many potential solutions and facilitators to enhancing sexual and reproductive care in rheumatology that might serve as a foundation for intervention development.
Read more here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36319006/
Uterine weight as a modifier of Black/white racial disparities in minimally invasive hysterectomies among Veterans with fibroids in the VHA
Dr. Lisa Callegari and her team looked at uterine weight as a modifier of Black/white racial disparities in minimally invasive hysterectomies among Veterans with fibroids in the VHA. They found that to eliminate disparities in minimally invasive hysterectomies, research focused on experiences of black Veterans, including pathways to treatment and provider-patient interactions, is needed.
Measures of Racism and Discrimination in Preterm Birth Studies
Dr. Ashley Hill and her team examined literature on measures of racial discrimination used in preterm birth research and found that assessment methods and application of constructs varied. This synthesis shows significant challenges to understanding associations between racial discrimination and preterm birth, which ultimately hinders development of effective intervention.
Factors associated with using cannabidiol in a cohort of younger pregnant people
Dr. Judy Chang and her team examined the prevalence or correlations of cannabidiol (CBD) use among pregnant people under the age of 22.
Read the study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36717004/
Dr. Salter becomes CONVERGE faculty member!
We are so incredibly excited that Dr. Cynthia Salter has joined CONVERGE as a faculty member!
Check out Dr. Salter's profile here: https://www.converge.pitt.edu/people/cynthia-salter-phd-mph
Check out Dr. Salter's current research here: https://www.converge.pitt.edu/interactions-between-birthing-people-maternity-care-providers-and-health-system
Perceived Value of Prenatal Ultrasound Screening: A Survey of Pregnant Women
Dr. Marielle Gross' study highlights pregnant people's perceptions of prenatal ultrasounds as an inherently valuable source of information and preparedness. 95% of participants desired information about abnormal sonographic findings, and 50% would consider pregnancy termination for anomalies.
Disruptions of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Policy changes that promoted innovation and rethinking of protocols in sexual and reproductive health care
While providers faced many challenges at the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic, Dr. Megan Kavanaugh and her team found providers describing opportunities to innovate and rethink standard of care protocols that may continue to shape sexual and reproductive health care.
Greer Donley is the 19th most downloaded scholar on SSRN in 2022
Congratulations to Greer Donley for being one of the Top 50 most downloaded scholars on SSRN in 2022!
Lucas Berenbrok won the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award
Our pharmacy partner, Dr. Lucas Berenbrok, has won the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award for his leadership in developing over-the-counter hearing aid education for pharmacists and his innovative research of the accessibility of community pharmacists.