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Oncofertility Consortium’s Virtual Grand Rounds- Dr. David Wildt

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Categories: Blog, General
Image: Celsias.com Jessica Hornick —– The Fall 2009 Oncofertility Consortium’s Virtual Grand Rounds hosted Dr. David Wildt of the Center for Species Survival at the Smithsonian National Zoo for his talk entitled “Sex, Wildlife and Intensive Management”.  Joining him in giving this seminar were Dr.…
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Pregnant with Cancer-One woman’s story

By: Candace Tingen -
Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Personal stories
Image: Travis Hugget for CNN.com Writing for parenting.com, Erin Zammett Ruddy wrote an article1 today about her experiences of getting pregnant while being on Gleevac as a way to treat her chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Her first hand account really sums up many of the…
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It’s safe…right? Possible risks of IVF

By: Miranda Bernhardt -
Categories: Blog, In the news
Tags: Assisted Reproduction, IVF, News
Mouse 2-cell embryo Photo: Miranda Bernhardt The options available to couples facing infertility are increasing, whether or not a cancer diagnosis is involved.  Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), are becoming more and more common, and millions of healthy babies have been…
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UN Taking on Women’s Issues

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Categories: Blog, General
Tyler Wellington ———– A few weeks ago world leaders came together for a meeting at the United Nations building in New York to discuss a whole host of issues facing the global community ranging from the proliferation of nuclear weapons to climate change.  While, weeks later, the…
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Ariella Shikanov, PhD wins IBNAM-Baxter Early Career Award

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Categories: Blog, General
Congratulations to Ariella Shikanov on receiving the IBNAM-Baxter Early Career Award.  She will investigate a combination of natural and synthetic hydrogels and drug delivery technology to maximize ovarian tissue transplantation. The full story can be found here!
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Oncofertility Summer Research Internships

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: alumni, fellowship, internship, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, summer, teachers, video
Oncofertility Summer Research Experience 2009 With support from the federal stimulus package Northwestern received from the National Cancer Institute, two teachers and two undergraduates gained hands-on experience in a working lab devoted to providing new fertility options for cancer patients! The money allowed Northwestern to…
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Some interesting reads..

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General
The following articles in HemOnc Today and the UAB Reporter are good examples of the public awareness beginning to take shape around fertility preservation.  Take a moment to read the articles, and let us know what you think! UAB Reporter Online: Fertility Hopes Don’t Have…
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Building an artificial ovary

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Categories: Blog, General
Rachel Smith ——– The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has just published a summary of the current oncofertility research in their e-Advances section titled “Building an Artificial Ovary – A New Tool for Understanding Reproductive Biology and Preserving Fertility”. This is a…
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The Economy’s Impact on Women’s Fertility Decisions

By: Candace Tingen -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation
Tags: Lisa Campo-Engelstein
By Lisa Campo-Engelstein A recent report  by the Guttmacher Institute (downloadable pdf is here) found that the recession has significant effects on women’s fertility preferences, contraceptive preferences and use, and access to reproductive services. These effects have been especially significant for lower income women. Nearly…
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Third Annual Oncofertility Consortium Conference: Recap

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Categories: Blog, General
The Oncofertility Consortium held its third annual conference this past week (September 13-15) in Chicago, bringing together a diverse group of researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, nurses, social workers, sociologists, economists, and ethicists to share their progress on oncofertility research initiatives as well as brainstorm for…
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Third Annual Oncofertility Consortium Meeting

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility
The third annual meeting of the Oncofertility Consortium will be held next week, September 13-15, in Chicago, Illinois. Over 150 participants from the U.S. and abroad will discuss the latest breakthroughs in the science and clinical applications of fertility preservation methods for cancer patients. More…
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Introducing- Jennifer Jozefik

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Categories: Blog, Introductions
Jennifer Jozefik —— Hello everyone! I currently work as a Lab Technician in the Woodruff Laboratory, and I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. In December 2007, I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a double major in…
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Introducing-Ehren Fournier

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Categories: Blog, General
Hello all.  I wanted to take a moment on the blog to introduce myself, even though I’m mainly involved on the administrative side of the Oncofertility Consortium (so you won’t be seeing too many research-centered blogs from me).  I’m a graduate of Northwestern University’s School…
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Chicago Public Radio highlights Oncofertility


Categories: News
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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Oncofertility on Eight Forty-Eight!

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Categories: Blog, General
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Woodruff Lab
Recently, WBEZ Chicago’s Eight Forty-Eight came to the Oncofertility Consortium to interview Dr. Woodruff about fertility preservation for cancer patients.  While the interview mainly discussed new techniques that will provide hope for cancer patients facing potential infertility, the interview also discussed the Illinois Women’s Health…
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Introducing – Greg Dolin

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Categories: Blog, Introductions
Tags: Law
Greg Dolin ————- Hello all. I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the George Washington University School of Law. Previously, I was affiliated with Northwestern University Law School, which is how I got involved…
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Introducing Rachel Smith

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Categories: Blog, Introductions
Rachel Smith —– I am a graduate student in Dr. Lonnie Shea’s group investigating biomaterials for regenerative medicine. I have just completed my first year of graduate school in the department of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University. I did my undergraduate studies at…
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Introducing Mandy Redig

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Categories: Blog, Introductions
Amanda Redig ——— Hello – my name is Mandy Redig and I’m an MD/PhD student in my final year of medical school at Northwestern.  I moved to Chicago in the summer of 2003, and several years later I have now completed my PhD in cancer…
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Teresa Woodruff on WGN Chicago

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Research
Tags: clinical research
Teresa Woodruff, director of the Oncofertility Consortium, was interviewed on WGN-TV, Chicago about follicle maturation for cancer and fertility research. In the video interview from August 5th, Teresa talks about isolating individual follicle cells and storing them in a 3D gel similar to the ovary’s environment where…
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Call for Abstracts!

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, General, Meetings
Tags: Conference
The annual Oncofertility Consortium Conference is September 13-15, 2009 in Chicago at Prentice Women’s Hospital. The Oncofertility Consortium is seeking abstract submissions for the poster session (video and traditional posters) for work related to the field of fertility preservation. The deadline is August 15, 2009.…
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