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Bates College honors Dr. Teresa Woodruff


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Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, celebrated the work of Dr. Teresa Woodruff with an honorary degree on May 30, 2010. During the 2010 Commencement activities, Dr. Woodruff spoke to the graduating class and their families about how the Oncofertility Consortium brings hope to young cancer…
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Teresa Woodruff to address OMG! Cancer Summit


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On Sunday May 24, Dr. Woodruff travels to New York to address the 3rd Annual OMG! Cancer Summit.  The Summit, held in partnership between the I’m Too Young For This Foundation and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, is a major international oncology conference and social networking event for…
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Teresa Woodruff to Deliver Brewer Lecture


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This week, Dr. Woodruff travels to the American Congress of Obsetetrical Gynecologists to deliver the John I. Brewer Memorial Lecture.  The title of her talk will be: Oncofertility: The Preservation of Fertility Options for Young People with Cancer. Find out more about ACOG and this year’s…
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Dr. Woodruff to present Grand Rounds at University of Iowa


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On Tuesday May 4, Dr. Woodruff will present two lectures for audiences in OB/GYN and Physiology at the University of Iowa Medical School. The first lecture for OB/GYN will be titled:Oncofertility:  Fertility Management for Young Cancer Patients The second discussion for Physiology is titled: New…
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Teresa Woodruff to address health journalists


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On April 23, Dr. Woodruff will participate in a panel discussion as part of the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, taking place at McCormick Place in Chicago IL.  The topic of the panel is “Meeting the needs of cancer survivors” and…
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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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