December 20, 2024
Schiff Provides Perspective on Quality of Care for Autistic People
Physicians need more training to improve care for autism patients, UNC School of Medicine OBGYN Dr. Lauren Schiff writes in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Category: Obstetrics and Gynecology
April 2, 2024
Researchers Demonstrate How Vital Conditions Enable Perinatal Well-Being
Perinatal mental illness is a leading cause of death during pregnancy and the first postpartum year in the U.S. Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, professor of maternal fetal medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, authored a study with colleagues on how a holistic approach comprising seven domains can foster conditions for women and birthing people to thrive.
January 25, 2024
Ruiz Highlights Community Efforts at UNC Chatham Hospital in Improving Rural Maternity Care
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Jesus Ruiz, MD, published an article in Annals of Family Medicine addressing the community impact of UNC Chatham Hospital’s Maternity Care Center, titled “Closing the Gap: How a Community Effort Can Improve Rural Maternity Care.”
January 17, 2024
Researchers Document Health Provider Impacts from Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, professor of social medicine, and colleagues at the UNC School of Medicine and Harvard University surveyed obstetrician-gynecologists in 13 states with functional abortion bans to document the impacts on healthcare staff.
January 8, 2024
Jones Elected as Chair of Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Hendrée Jones, PhD, senior advisor of the UNC Horizons Program, was recently elected as chair of the Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
December 1, 2023
UNC ObGyn, Orange County Department of Health Receive Funding to Reduce Inequities in Maternal Health Care and Outcomes
The joint study between the UNC School of Medicine and the Orange County Health Department has been awarded a $21 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to make pregnancy and birth safer for North Carolinians with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Alison Stuebe, MD, is the UNC-Chapel Hill lead.
August 15, 2023
Researchers Awarded Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant to Implement Portable Ultrasound in Zambia
Margaret Kasaro, MMed OBGYN, and others at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have received a ~$3-million award from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to improve access to portable ultrasounds in routine antenatal care in Zambia.
July 12, 2023
Partnership with Piedmont Health Services Aims to Address Maternal Mortality Crisis
The project will focus on workflows to increase the timeliness and comprehensiveness of postpartum care, a virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service including e-consult and telehealth capability for women with high-risk conditions served at rural community health centers, and support for community doula training and the development of a community doula collaborative in rural Chatham County.
July 11, 2023
UNC Department of Family Medicine Authors Second Edition of Chronic Illness Care Textbook
Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.
March 20, 2023
Metformin Combined with Insulin Does Not Reduce Pregnancy Outcome Risks Compared to Placebo
The study, which was conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill between 2016 and 2022, concluded that metformin use did not reduce risks for adverse neonatal outcomes in pregnancies with type 2 diabetes. The study findings were reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine in February.
February 2, 2023
UNC Team Partnering to Navigate Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Narges Farahi, MD, MPH, of UNC Family Medicine is PI for a grant to develop and test a holistic polycystic ovary syndrome management program within a federally qualified health center. An interdisciplinary group of co-investigators from UNC OB-GYN, UNC School of Social Work, Piedmont Health, GWU and the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health are co-PIs.
January 4, 2023
NHLBI Awards MIDAS Study Two Diversity Supplements
The Mother and Infant Determinants of vascular Aging Study (MIDAS) has been awarded two National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) research supplements to promote diversity. The research aims to identify and mitigate early markers of cardiovascular disease in pregnant women and their offspring.