UW Department of Ob-Gyn stands out at 2025 APGO Faculty Development Seminar
Trainees and faculty in the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology brought an impressive array of presentations to the 2025 Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Faculty Development Seminar, held in Honolulu January 12-14, 2025. The APGO Faculty Development Seminar provides practical and timely ide...
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Grand Rounds: Sibbald presents The Test of Endurance: Exploring Global Perspectives of Pregnancy and Childbirth
On December 19, 2024, UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “The Test of Endurance: Exploring Global Perspectives of Pregnancy and Childbirth.”In the lecture, Sibbald outlined different cultural influences for pregnancy, examined global childbirth practices, explained how birt...
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Higgins talks about abortion obstacles with Cap Times
Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, director of the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) and the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, joined the Cap Times for a story about the future of abortion in Wisconsin in light of potential policy changes from the federal level.In “Wisconsin abortion providers brace for anot...
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Hoppe shares STAC updates at Meriter Foundation Board Meeting
On December 11, 2024, Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, shared updates about her Staying Healthy After Childbirth (STAC) program at the UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital Foundation Board Meeting. Hoppe’s STAC program has its origins from a Remote Patient Monitoring program t...
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Green adds perspective to article about implicit bias training in medicine
Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, shared thoughts about the role of implicit bias training in addressing maternal health disparities in an article from Rebellious Magazine.In the article To Close Racial Gap in Maternal Health, Some States Take Aim at Implicit Bias, ...
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Ong co-authors new article about radiation therapy
Irene Ong, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, co-authored a new study in Science Translational Medicine about mixed-dose radiation.In Intratumoral radiation dose heterogeneity augments antitumor immunity in mice and primes responses to checkpoint blockade, Ong and co-authors studied the impacts...
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Postdoc Wegrzynowicz receives SMPH Collaborate travel award
Congratulations to Andrea Wegrzynowicz, PhD, postdoctoral trainee in the Stanic Lab, who received a travel award at the 2024 SMPH Collaborate event! SMPH Collaborate fosters connections among investigators, researchers, and learners through the sharing of research discoveries and building of community. The November 2024 event...
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Watch now: Voices from a Cancer Clinical Trial, featuring Ellen Hartenbach
On December 10, 2024, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Clinical Trials Institute hosted the virtual webinar Voices from a Cancer Clinical Trial, focused on patient and researcher perspectives on clinical trials and the impact of clinical research participation on the future of health care in Wisconsin and beyond. E...
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Rose appears on inaugural episode of GYOEDU podcast
Stephen Rose, MD, professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, was the guest expert on the first episode of the GYOEDU podcast! Rose joined podcast host Shitanshu Uppal, MDDS, MS, a graduate from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn’s Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship and professor of gynecologic oncology at the University of Mich...
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