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Dr. Min Xu receives award for outstanding research in Women’s Health


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Dr. Min Xu, MD, a member of the Oncofertility Consortium, was honored by the Women Faculty Organization at Northwestern University on April 8, 2010 for outstanding research on Women’s Health.  Dr. Xu’s presentation, entitled “In vitro oocyte maturation and preantral follicle growth from luteal phase…
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Teresa K. Woodruff receives Tripartite Legacy Award


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Teresa K. Woodruff spoke about Oncofertility and Translational research at the Feinberg School of Medicine’s annual Lewis Landsberg Research Days.  Dr. Woodruff’s lecture was entitled “The Bench to Bedside Story of Oncofertility“, and discussed the history of her research as well as the future of…
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Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know


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In February of 2010, the Oncofertility Consortium contributed to Chicago’s WTTW segment on Women’s Health called “Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know”.  Oncofertility was highlighted in their segment titled: Turning Points.  See the video here!
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Program opens girls’ eyes to science


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  By Kathy Peyton, Special to the Tribune March 17, 2010   After Keisha Barreto saw many of her relatives suffer serious health issues, she knew she wanted to be a doctor. “My mother has diabetes, my uncle died from heart problems and there is cancer in…
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Medill news covers the Oncofertility Saturday Academy


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  Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=157948Story Retrieval Date: 3/11/2010 10:44:29 AM CST Program piques young women’s interest in science careers by ALLISON STEVENSFeb 23, 2010 Tandra Giles knows how to take your vitals. She understands how cancer survivors can have children after chemo. Heck,
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Susan Barrett, PhD, to Present at NU Imaging Seminar


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On Monday (March 15), Dr. Susan Barrett from Dr. Teresa Woodruff lab will present “Imaging in vitro Growing Ovarian Follicles: A Necessity for Successful Fertility Preservation”. Details of the talk can be found here:www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/cif/flyers/100315-Barrett.pdf
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Good Housekeeping: “Putting Fertility on Ice”


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From Good Housekeeking, Jan 2010. One of the cruelties of cancer treatment for a young woman is that while it may save her life, it also may leave her infertile.  But now a patient about to undergo chemo or radiation can have an ovary removed,…
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OSA Documentary Trailer


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The film describes the story of 15 juniors and 14 seniors from Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago, who were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about the emerging, new field…
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Dr. Teresa Woodruff delivers 2009 Dr. Jacob Probstein Lecture


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On November 3, 2009, Dr. Woodruff traveled to St. Louis, MO to deliver the 2009 Dr. Jacob Probstein Lecture to the Washington University School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Dr. Woodruff spoke on Fertility Preservation for cancer patients, and the new technologies and…
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Chicago Public Radio highlights Oncofertility


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Last week, WBEZ’s Eight Forty Eight visited the Oncofertility Consortium to talk with Dr. Teresa Woodruff about fertility preservation options. From the WBEZ website Last year, Dr. Teresa Woodruff won a $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create the Oncofertility Consortium.…
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NIH cites work done by Oncofertility Consortium


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New Technique Could Sustain Cancer Patients’ Fertility Researchers Grow Immature Egg Cells in the Laboratory for 30 Days Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a critical first step in the eventual development of a technique to retain fertility in women with…
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Oncofertility is Wired!


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A new paper by members of the Oncofertility Consortium is featured in this week's Wired Magazine.  "A Fertility First: Human Egg Cells Grow Up in Lab" talks about a new paper featured in Human Reproduction.  The new paper, titled In vitro grown human ovarian follicles…
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“After Cancer-The Chance of Having Children”-Renata Cabrel


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IstoE discusses how the Oncofertility Consortium is bringing new hope to cancer patients in Brazil.  The article also highlights how the Consortium’s patient information efforts, such as the Consortium’s blog and myoncofertility.org have helped spread the word to patients all over the globe.  The full…
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Chicago Tribune: Young women are encouraged to be cardiologists


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Estela Mendez has become well-versed in the language of cardiology over the last few years, acting as a translator between her Spanish-speaking mother and the doctors treating her mother’s heart problems.  It was no surprise then that the teen was eager to apply for a…
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The Oncofertility Consortium Blog


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Swing by our blog to read and comment about Oncofertility related issues! Subscribe to the blog’s RSS feed in order to stay up to date. Visit the Oncofertility Consortium blog now!
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Megan Faurot Interviewed in Medill Reports


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Megan discusses her transition from teaching science at Young Women’s Leadership Charter School to becoming the Director of Education Programs at the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University.  Read the interview here.
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