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Reproductive Health and the Environment
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Presiding: Jeanne A. Conry, MD, PhD, Past president, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Assistant Physician-in-Chief North Valley, Kaiser Permanente. From Silent Spring to Silent Night. Tyrone B. Hayes, PhD, Professor, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Environmental Reproductive Health in Developing Countries. Katsi Cook, Program Director for Indigenous Communities, NoVo Foundation. Global Reproductive Health and the Environment: What Does the Evidence Say? Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director, University of California, San Francisco, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. Vision for the Future. Dr. Jennifer Blake, CEO, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Recorded on 10/07/2015. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30413]
Jennifer Blake, CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
During the Every Woman Every Child Summit (May 28-30 in Toronto), Jennifer Blake, CEO of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, talks about Canada's leadership on maternal, newborn and child health.
Syrian doctor shares his experiences working with female patients
The Globe and Mail, June 15, 2016Online
Last December, Vanig Garabedian and his family were the very first ones off a plane full of refugees arriving in Canada, kicking off the federal Liberal government’s rush to bring in 25,000 people from the warn-torn country.
Pregnant Canadian woman, who was refused Zika test after Brazil trip, may choose abortion
National Post, February 1, 2016Online
A pregnant Canadian who travelled to Brazil in December says she is facing aborting her baby because she has been refused testing for the Zika virus, which the World Health Organization on Monday declared a global emergency.
New female nutrition guideline offers best practices for women’s health
Global News, June 20, 2016Online
An in-depth female nutrition guide has been released for the first time in Canada. The 65-page document — titled the Canadian Consensus on Female Nutrition: Adolescence, Reproduction, Menopause and Beyond — includes 40 recommendations which took dozens of dietitians, researchers and experts in woman’s health four years to compile.
Health Canada warns of risk of serious complications with Essure birth control implants
CBC News, May 31, 2016Online
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/essure-birth-control-1.3609880
Women who have received Essure permanent birth control implants should be aware of potential complications, some serious, Health Canada says.
Eat real, unprocessed foods, doctors' group advises Canadian women
The Province, June 15, 2016Online
Doctors specializing in women’s health are trying to harness the power of nutrition by releasing extensive guidelines today in Vancouver to steer Canadians away from obesity and diabetes.
Peripartum outcomes: non-adjuvanted v. adjuvanted H1N1 vaccination
Published by CMAJ
2014 Pregnant women are at higher risk for complications from pandemic H1N1 virus infection. In CMAJ, Mahmud and colleagues1 showed a seroprevalence of 8.6% among pregnant women in Manitoba in 2009. In that year, over 1 million pregnant Canadian women received either the AS03-adjuvanted or nonadjuvanted H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine. The safety of adjuvanted vaccine use in pregnancy has been studied,2 but has not been systematically compared with the nonadjuvanted vaccine.
Managing Menopause
Published by Journal of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Canada
2014 To provide updated guidelines for health care providers on the management of menopause in asymptomatic healthy women as well as in women presenting with vasomotor or urogenital symptoms and on considerations related to cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, urogynaecology, and sexuality.
URL: http://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(15)30456-4/abstract
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics opinion on reproductive health impacts of exposure to toxic environmental chemicals
Published by International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
2015 Exposure to toxic environmental chemicals during pregnancy and breastfeeding is ubiquitous and is a threat to healthy human reproduction. There are tens of thousands of chemicals in global commerce, and even small exposures to toxic chemicals during pregnancy can trigger adverse health consequences. Exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and related health outcomes are inequitably distributed within and between countries; universally, the consequences of exposure are disproportionately borne by people with low incomes. Discrimination, other social factors, economic factors, and occupation impact risk of exposure and harm. Documented links between prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals and adverse health outcomes span the life course and include impacts on fertility and pregnancy, neurodevelopment, and cancer. The global health and economic burden related to toxic environmental chemicals is in excess of millions of deaths and billions of dollars every year. On the basis of accumulating robust evidence of exposures and adverse health impacts related to toxic environmental chemicals, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) joins other leading reproductive health professional societies in calling for timely action to prevent harm. FIGO recommends that reproductive and other health professionals advocate for policies to prevent exposure to toxic environmental chemicals, work to ensure a healthy food system for all, make environmental health part of health care, and champion environmental justice.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020729215005901
Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery
Published by Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
2013 To provide Canadian gynaecologists with evidence-based direction for female genital cosmetic surgery in response to increasing requests for, and availability of, vaginal and vulvar surgeries that fall well outside the traditional realm of medically-indicated reconstructions.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1701216315307623
Complete blalock–taussig shunt obstruction in
Published by Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
2014 A 12-day-old infant with pulmonary atresia, intact ventricular septum, and pulmonary blood flow through a ductus arteriosus developed complete shunt obstruction within 12 hr of creation of a modified Blalock–Taussig shunt. Low dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator was administered locally as two 0.03 mg/kg bolus injections and was followed by balloon angioplasty. This resulted in complete recanalization of the shunt without any hemorrhagic complications.
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Blake has been an active member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada since 1982. Blake earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Waterloo in 1974. She then studied at McMaster University where she acquired her medical degree in 1977, completed a mixed internship in 1978, completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology in 1982, served as the MRC Fellow in reproductive endocrinology from 1982 to 1984, and earned her Master of Science degree in Health Research Methodology in 2004. Blake is an educational leader with a multifaceted understanding of the profession, including the academic, clinical and regulatory perspectives. During her career, she returned to the academic setting assuming a number of appointments. After serving as Assistant Professor for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McMaster University from 1984 to 1988, she assumed the same position within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto from 1988 to 1991 where she was head of the Division of Pediatric Gynecology. Until she returned to Toronto in 1999 to become Professor and Associate Chair from 2003 to 2012, she assumed a number of leadership and management positions. She is the former CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
May Cohen Award for Women Mentors | Professional
Federation of Medical Women of Canada The May Cohen Award for Women Mentors is presented to a woman physician who has demonstrated outstanding mentoring by: • Encouraging, facilitating and supporting a mentee in career and leadership development • Contributing to the success of a mentee through the sharing of insight, perspective and knowledge based on the mentor's experience • Helping the mentee develop a network of relationships that might not normally be available early in a career
Fellow Honoris Causa | Professional
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, London
Canada's Top 25 Women of Influence | Personal
Women of Influence Health Category for advocacy and contribution to research and clinical excellence