In September 2021, Dineo Khabele, member of the SBAS executive council, served as the local co-host for the Society of Black Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting by Washington University Dept of Surgery, Dept of OBGYN
Author: Marcy
The COVID-19 Vaccine and Fertility (Links to an external site)
Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities (Links to an external site)
MDisrupt Presents: Sarah England, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, on Solutions that Scale for Maternal-Child Health Disparities
“Access to Care” Navigating Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: A PECaD Town Hall (Links to an external site)
Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities focuses on Access to Care for Breast and Cervical Cancer screenings
Wash U doctor: Black women are 3 times more likely to die during pregnancy, child birth (Links to an external site)
This week is Black Maternal Health week and new studies show Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or child birth than white women.
Doctors urge prospective parents to get COVID-19 vaccine (Links to an external site)
The vaccines do not impact sperm count, fertility treatment, or a woman’s ability to get pregnant, research shows
Study: Breast milk of moms vaccinated against COVID-19 contains protective antibodies for at least 80 days (Links to an external site)
For breastfeeding moms, COVID-19 vaccinations may also protect babies (Links to an external site)
Major boost in COVID-19 antibodies seen in breast milk after vaccination
Interview with a Fertility Specialist: Covid Vaccine in Pregnancy & Infertility (Links to an external site)
Infertility, bad side effects, and more: St. Louis doctors debunk the COVID-19 vaccine myths (Links to an external site)
Some Missouri residents might still be hesitant to receive the vaccine.
St. Louis doctor addresses COVD-19 vaccine infertility myth (Links to an external site)
The World Health Organization is updating its guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women after a statement earlier this week led many to believe the agency was advising against pregnant women getting vaccinated.
COVID-19 impact on pregnant women focus of NIH grant (Links to an external site)
Study will evaluate testing access and if pregnant women with COVID-19 need specialized care
Carter named Director of OBGYN Clinical Research Division (Links to an external site)
Monitoring labor in pregnancy aim of grant to develop imaging technology (Links to an external site)
Researchers receive funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help develop low-cost, bedside equipment for people in underserved regions
EMMI imaging to give insights into preterm labor (Links to an external site)
When Giving Birth For The First Time, Push Away (Links to an external site)
findings suggest that women becoming moms for the first time should begin pushing right away when they become completely dilated, for the best outcome for themselves and for their babies
Inducing labor at 39 weeks reduces likelihood of C-sections (Links to an external site)
No increased risks to newborns, study shows
Critical connections (Links to an external site)
New integrated center changes care model for women and babies
Understanding the importance of the fourth trimester care for new mothers (Links to an external site)
Dr. Camaryn Chrisman Robbins discusses why the fourth trimester is a critical time for mom and baby
Family-friendly care for Barnes-Jewish, Children’s hospital patients (Links to an external site)
New configuration at the Women & Infants Center brings mothers who have high-risk or complicated labor and deliveries much closer to their babies.
Parents share story of in-utero Spina bifida surgery in St. Louis (Links to an external site)
Dr. Michael Bebbington talks about in-utero Spina bifida surgery, the first of its kind at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
New inpatient towers cater to women, infants, cancer patients (Links to an external site)
Fostering the infant-parent bond motivated the design of this new center
Dr. Emily Jungheim’s plan to save a cervical cancer patient’s fertility (Links to an external site)
Dr. Emily Jungheim discusses treatment and the importance of cervical cancer awareness
Professorship named in Honor of James P. Crane, MD.
A professorship was named in honor of James P. Crane, M.D., emeritus professor of obstetrics & gynecology and former associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs, who had a long list of accomplishments since joining the University’s faculty in 1977. He spearheaded the development of the Washington University Physicians Network, the largest independent physicians’ association in […]