Category: Blog

The BE WiSE Program Highlighted in the Del Mar Times

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 28, 2009

Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy

Tags: Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA

The OSA counterpart in San Diego, the Be WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering) Young Women in Cancer Research Oncofertility Academy, was highlighted in the Del Mar Times. Twelve young women representing 10 high schools were at the event on July 25 to learn…

The OSA: Sisters in Science Premiere

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 24, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility Saturday Academy

Tags: Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership

Victor O’Halloran ——— Last night was the world premiere of OSA: Sisters In Science, a documentary detailing the Oncofertility Saturday Academy. This documentary told the story of what happens when young women from a small South side Chicago high school gets introduced to an emerging science…

Follow us on Twitter

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 24, 2009

Categories: Blog, General

Coverage from yesterday’s summit can be found @tarainyoureyes. Today you can see it on both that account and @oncofertility.

Today’s Summit Schedule

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 24, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings

Tags: Conference, Lecture

In case you aren’t following us on the live coverage on the post below here is the schedule for today: Economics Panel 9am-10:45am Religion 10:45am-12:15pm Break Feminist Theory 1:30pm-3pm Reproduction, Parenthood, and Sexuality 3:15pm-4:45pm

Introducing Victor O’Halloran

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 23, 2009

Categories: Blog, Introductions

Tags: Introduction

Victor O’Halloran ——— Hello, I’m Victor O’Halloran and I’m working as a summer intern for the Oncofertility Consortium. My project this summer has been to research and summarize various religious perspectives and thinking on fertility, infertility and medical intervention. I hope that this preliminary reasearch…

Twitter

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 23, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings

For now you can follow the Summit @tarainyoureyes or on the blog post below.

Live Coverage of the Summit

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 22, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings

Tags: Conference, Live Coverage

Hello everyone! To watch our live coverage and to participate from wherever you are, just watch us on this post. The window below will update automatically once the Summit begins. Then just jump right in. We’ll also be tweeting so look out for updates on…

By: Teresa K Woodruff, PhD - July 22, 2009

Categories: Blog, General

Tags: Fertility Preservation

The Society for Reproductive Science highlighted fertility preservation technology in a platform session at its annual meeting. Teresa Woodruff presented work on mouse and human follicle maturation. Jing Xu spoke about work on follicle maturation technologies in a rhesus monkey model. Her work is paving…

By: Teresa K Woodruff, PhD - July 22, 2009

Categories: Blog, General

Tags: Humanities, Lisa Campo-Engelstein

Dear Oncofertility Colleagues: Our second annual Oncofertility Reflections on the Humanities and Social Sciences summit starts tomorrow morning, July 22 at 9AM in the beautiful Norris Student Union on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. Organized by Professor Laurie Zoloth and Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein, we…

The 2nd Annual Oncofertility Summit Kicks Off Today!

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 22, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings

Tags: Conference

Tonight, the Oncofertility Consortium is hosting the Welcome dinner to kick off the 2nd Annual Oncofertility Summit! Look out on the blog for live coverage starting tomorrow, and follow us on Twitter @oncofertility!

WIRED Magazine’s Article Receives Many Comments

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 21, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research

Tags: clinical research, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, religion

WIRED magazine ran a story last week based on the research article published in the journal Human Reproduction received many comments. “A Fertility First: Human Egg Cells Grow Up in Lab” written by Hadley Leggett has already gotten 18 comments on the WIRED Web site. People were interested…

Oncofertility Mentioned on KTKK-AM in Salt Lake City

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 20, 2009

Categories: Blog, In the news, Research

Tags: Oncofertility

Jim Kirkwood from K-Talk on KTKK-AM, a radio station in Salt Lake City, mentioned Teresa Woodruff and our Oncofertility research during his 10pm show on July 14th.

Oncofertility research gets attention from Indian media

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 16, 2009

Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Research

Tags: clinical research, Oncofertility

The recent study that came out in the journal Human Reproduction (see previous posts on NIH news release and Northwestern NewsCenter article) has gained media attention in India. The Web site MedIndia.net featured an article on it today.

TOMORROW: The Oncofertility Consortium Presents Virtual Grand Rounds

By: Oncofertility Admin - July 15, 2009

Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings

Tags: Conference, Fertility Preservation

The ONCOFERTILITY CONSORTIUM™ PRESENTS VIRTUAL GRAND ROUNDS The National Physicians Cooperative: Tales from the Front; Establishing a Comprehensive Fertility Preservation Program Lawrence Engmann, MD Lead Physician, Fertility Preservation Program Paul Verrastro Senior Vice President Center for Assisted Reproductive Services and University of Connecticut Health Center…