An exciting new publication, funded by the Center for Reproductive Health After Disease and the Oncofertility Consortium (P50HD076188), was recently published in the Journal of Early Adolescence. This work is one of the projects supported by the Education Core and has made tremendous progress over the past few years. Lead author, Lisa Hurwitz says "This is the first study to examine children's understanding of puberty and reproductive health in decades and will help to inform modern, developmentally appropriate reproductive health learning curricula."
Lisa Hurwitz is a doctoral candidate working with Ellen Wartella (PI on the Education Core) in the Center on Media Human Development at Northwestern. Hurwitz and colleagues (2016) conducted focus groups with children ages 7-12 exploring their experiences learning about reproductive health topics, and understanding of and attitudes towards puberty and reproductive health. Children learn about reproductive health from parents prior to 5th grade sexual education classes, but their level of knowledge is fairly low. Children in this age range can name few internal sexual organs, they hold scientifically implausible or vague ideas about human conception, and girls nearing menarche are concerned about this transition.
This work was supported by the Center for Reproductive Health After Disease (P50HD076188) from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI).
Dr. Terri Woodard, MD, Director of Oncofertility Service at MD Anderson, gave a talk at the 2015 Oncofertility Consortium Conference on the sexual health of young women who survived childhood cancer. The goal of her talk was to define sexual health and discuss how sexual development may occur...
The Oncofertility Consortium and its Global Partners Network is happy to annouce its expansion into Central and South America. Dr. Jhenifer Rodrigues, the founder of the Brazilian Oncofertility Consoritum, has organized this network. Below is a blog from Jhenifer about her work!
On April 9th, Woodruff Lab member Monica Laronda, PhD participated in TEDxNorthwesternU 2016: Beyond Boundaries. During this day-long event, speakers discussed the creativity and ingenuity that drives innovation at Northwestern and around the world.
Dr. Courtney Finlayson, MD, Endocrinologist at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, gave a talk on fertility preservation in disorders of sex development (DSD). Dr. Finlayson and her multidisciplinary team treat DSD patients at Lurie Children's. During her talk, she discussed the...
Last week, Dr. Teresa Woodruff gave an excellent Virtual Grand Rounds presentation entitled "Educating a Globally Prepared Oncofertility Workforce". She discussed many of the current oncofertility initiatives and discussed methods for setting up similar programs abroad. The recorded presentation is...
Dr. Gwendolgyn Quinn, PhD, Moffit Cancer Center, gave an oustanding talk at the 2015 Oncofertility Consortium Conference. Her talk: Do Ask and Do Tell: The Importance of LGBTQ Status in Reproductive Health visited the contemporary topic of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) research...
The Oncofertility Consortium is pleased to announce the revival of the Virtual Grand Rounds! These monthly virtual meetings will embody the theme of the year: oncofertility in low-no resource settings. This series of talks will focus on the multifaceted approach to setting up an oncofertility...
We are thrilled to announce that our colleagues at Cincinnati Children’s are hosting a live virtual question and answer session on Wednesday, April 20th (6:00-7:00pm CST) to answer questions about fertility preservation in children and adolescents with cancer and blood diseases. During this event...
The second day of the 2015 Oncofertility Consortium Conference focused on clinical topics in the area of pediatric oncofertility. Barbara Lockart, DNP, APN/CNP, CPON, in the Department of Hematology/Oncology & Fertility Preservation at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, gave the first...
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