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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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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!

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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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Introducing Jacqueline de la Cruz

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Introductions
Hi! I’m Jacqueline de la Cruz (you can also call me Jackie) and I just joined the Oncofertility Consortium in June as a Clinical Research Coordinator. I recently completed my MPH in Maternal and Child Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, after having…
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Religion and Oncofertility – Medill Covers the Summit

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: Conference, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, religion
An article on infertility and religion in the context of Oncofertility came out today on the Medill Reports Web site. In “Reconciling religion and infertility,” Alina Dain uses the discussions from the Second Annual Oncofertility Summit to explain the different points of view various religions…
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Oncofertility in Brazil

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Oncofertility
A magazine in Brazil, “Isto É,” highlighted the Oncofertility Consortium’s research in an article entitled “Depois do câncer, a chance de ter filhos: Tratamentos de reproduçaõ assistida permitem aos pacientes realizar o sonho da gravidez” (A chance at having children after cancer: Assisted reproductive technologies allow patients…
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Virtual Grand Rounds Online

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General
Tags: Oncofertility
In case you missed the Virtual Grand Rounds from July 16th, you can watch the video of “The National Physicians Cooperative: Tales from the Front; Establishing a Comprehensive Fertility Preservation Program”on the Oncofertility Web site here.
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The BE WiSE Program Highlighted in the Del Mar Times

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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…
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The OSA: Sisters in Science Premiere

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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…
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Follow us on Twitter

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, General
Coverage from yesterday’s summit can be found @tarainyoureyes. Today you can see it on both that account and @oncofertility.
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Today’s Summit Schedule

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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
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Introducing Victor O’Halloran

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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…
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