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Institute for Women’s Health Research Blog Launches

June 30, 2009
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IWHR Blog

A new blog for the Institute for Women's Health Research Launched today!   Check it out here.

Established in November of 2007, the Institute for Women’s Health Research was created at Northwestern University to help accelerate basic science and clinical research that will advance our knowledge of women’s health. Their mission is to increase the women’s health research portfolio at Northwestern University and their clinical affiliates; they focus on 5 ambitious goals to accomplish this mission:

  • To foster research that explores the sex and gender determinants of health and disease with an emphasis on women
  • To encourage interdisciplinary research, diversity inclusiveness and a comprehensive approach to women’s health research
  • To prepare researchers, scientists and clinicians who understand the sex and gender determinants of health and disease; develop leadership among women and girls interested in science
  • To accelerate the translation of basic science research into clinical practice
  • To become the authoritative resource for the community on women’s health issues and provide opportunities for the community to engage in the advancement of women’s health

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  • Institute for Women's Health Research, IWHR, women's health

More About the Oncofertility Summer Research Internships

June 29, 2009
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The Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Partnerships in the School of Education (OSEP) at NU is excited that a second high school biology teacher, David Bain, from Grayslake North High School in Illinois, will also be participating in the Onco internships. We look forward to...

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  • In the news, Oncofertility

Introducing Christine Babick Saqui

June 29, 2009
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I'm the project director for the Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Partnerships (referred to as "OSEP") in the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) on Northwestern's Evanston campus. My MA is in linguistics from Columbia University and my BA is in...

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  • General, Introductions, Oncofertility

Northwestern Story on Stimulus Funding for Young Women's Science Research

June 26, 2009
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The Northwestern University NewsCenter picked up the story we mentioned in the blog at the beginning of June called Obama gives money for Oncofertility research. They quote Dr. Kemi Jona who is the director of the Office of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Partnerships in the...

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  • General, In the news, Oncofertility

The Chicago Tribune Reports on the Inaugural Session of the Cardiology Summer Academy

June 25, 2009
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The inaugural session of the Cardiology Summer Academy just ended. It gave seniors from the Young Women's Leadership Academy Charter School a chance to experience the world of the heart through real-life experiences at Northwestern Memorial's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. The program's success...

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  • General, In the news, Oncofertility Saturday Academy

Marina Peluffo wins Abstract Award from ISIVF

June 16, 2009
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Marina Peluffo and Teresa Woodruff stand in front of the abstract poster Peluffo won an award for at the 15th World Congress on IVF in Geneva, Switzerland in April 2009.

Marina Peluffo, an Oncofertility Consortium member from Portland, Oregon, won an award for her poster abstract "Cumulus Oocyte...

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  • Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research

Introducing Miranda Bernhardt

June 15, 2009
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I started in the Woodruff Lab in August ’08 as a graduate student working on my PhD. I earned my BS in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development from the University of Minnesota in ’05 where I worked in a lab that studied capacitation, a process that sperm must go through before they can fertilize an...

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  • Introductions

Introducing Lisa Campo-Engelstein

June 13, 2009
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My name is Lisa Campo-Engelstein and I am a new postdoctoral fellow in bioethics. I received a B.A. from Middlebury College, with a double major in philosophy and pre-med, as well as a minor in sociology. I did my graduate work at Michigan State University in philosophy with a focus on bioethics,...

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  • Introductions

Topic of Oncofertility Summer Reading List: Global Perspectives on Reproduction

June 5, 2009
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Every summer, Teresa Woodruff sends out a summer reading list to the people in her lab. Because there isn't much of a global perspective on Oncofertility yet, this year's theme is "Global Perspectives on Reproduction" to prepare, hopefully, to create partnerships with the World Health Organization...

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  • General, Oncofertility

OHSU Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program wins Fertile Hope National Center of Excellence Status award

June 5, 2009
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The Oregon Health and Science University Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at the Knight Cancer Institute was awarded Fertile Hope's National Center of Excellence Status award on April 9th, 2009.

Fertile Hope is a non-profit organization that strives to provide information on reproductive...

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  • Fertility Preservation, In the news

OSA Trailer

June 4, 2009
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July 23rd at 7:00 pm at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, Northwestern University, Evanston Campus is the world premiere of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy documentary film.

The film describes...

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  • General, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy

Fertility and Sterility reviews Teresa Woodruff and Karrie Ann Snyder's book

June 4, 2009
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine published a review of "Oncofertility: Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors" in the May 2009 volume of its journal Fertility and Sterility.

Cover of the Oncofertility book reviewed by Dr. Jared Robins in the journal Fertility and Sterility

Some...

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  • Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility

Obama gives money for Oncofertility research

June 4, 2009
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Two high school graduates from the Young Women's Leadership Charter School will be able to do hands-on research on Oncofertility this summer, thanks to President Obama's stimulus money, the Chicago Tribune reported today.

The stimulus money is coming from the National Cancer Institute and will...

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  • Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Research

Dr. Clarisa Gracia highlighted in the media

June 1, 2009
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Dr. Clarisa Gracia, an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was recently pictured on the cover of Philadelphia Magazine and listed as one of the top doctors under 40 in Philadelphia, thanks to her work in...

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  • Fertility Preservation, In the news, Introductions, Oncofertility