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Two fully funded places are available for graduate students and junior faculty to attend the Core GRADE Workshop, a three-day intensive training on evidence-based decision-making McMaster University, taking place this May. 📅 Deadline: March 14, 2025 🔗 Apply now: shorturl.at/NeP0L

How clinicians discuss obesity in pregnancy can shape trust, care quality, and patient experiences. Rachel Dadouch’s PhD research, now published in PLOS One, reveals key communication gaps and ways to bridge them for better maternal health. Read more: shorturl.at/glJfK

Just published #BMJ paper: strong against all interventional procedures for spine pain (joint radio frequency ablation; epidural injections; intramuscular injections, etc.) useless & harmful but lucrative. How to stop clear: stop paying. But can it happen? bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Come say hi Now more than ever We need research for pregnancy and post-pregnancy care that advances health equity

Cardiovascular events are a leading cause of death during and after pregnancy - but many are preventable. With support from Heart & Stroke, Rohan D’Souza is leading a new research network to identify risks, improve care, and save lives. Learn more: shorturl.at/s8rGw.

On #IWD, we recognize the urgent need for equity in heart and brain health research. Through CaNCaM-Preg, we’re driving change to improve outcomes for women during pregnancy and beyond. Proud to collaborate with Heart & Stroke, CIHR & Brain Canada. theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/artic…

#DYK: Heart disease & stroke are the #1 cause of premature death in women in Canada? With Brain Canada & CIHR Institute of Gender & Health, we're closing the research gap by investing $10 million to support research focused on improving women's heart disease and stroke outcomes. #InternationalWomensDay

With the support of Brain Canada and CIHR Institute of Gender & Health, two national research networks will each receive $5 million in funding to better understand women’s unique risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and improve diagnosis and treatment. Amy Yu, MD Rohan D'Souza #InternationalWomensDay

A new study from the OROS group in JAMA Network Open improves vasa previa research by standardizing outcomes and reporting. By uniting global perspectives, this work strengthens clinical evidence and ensures research aligns with patient needs. Learn more: shorturl.at/r0utU.

The study developed a core outcome set and reporting checklist for vasa previa to improve data harmonization, evidence synthesis, and clinical practice guidelines. ja.ma/43SQ8Q3

This study from the OROS group in JAMA Network Open establishes a core outcome set and reporting checklist for vasa previa research, improving data consistency, evidence synthesis, and clinical guidelines to better support patients and families.

Our new research published in JAMA Network Open developed a core outcome set and reporting checklist for vasa previa to improve harmonisation of data and clinical practice guidelines McMaster University FLOURISH Dr Natasha Hirschhorn-Edwards Read paper: ja.ma/43SQ8Q3

Sincere thanks to Dr Nasrin Javid, Dr Natasha Hirschhorn-Edwards, Alisha Adams, John Kingdom, T. Yeretsian, R. Ashraf, and the 204 participants from 27 countries who made this research possible. Our findings are now published in JAMA Network Open. Read the full paper here: shorturl.at/lEK9g.

With the support of Brain Canada and CIHR, two national research networks will each receive $5 million in funding to better understand women’s unique risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and to improve diagnosis and treatment. Learn more: bit.ly/4cAXaeZ.

Important new research project in our group. Please share widely.

With the world falling apart around us so grateful to spend a few sacred hours with the SERENE team. Amazed and grateful for the groundbreaking work on Maternal Morbidity. Thank you for continuing to lead our Dept and Canada Rohan D'Souza Dr. Giulia Muraca

Dr. Giulia Muraca opening the #SERENE Annual Update and Forum, highlighting the Lived Experience Advisory Network (LEAN) McMaster Obstetrics and Gynaecology HEI

Big news for #EBM! Just out in #BMJ, ROBUST-RCT, pristinely developed, innovative, simple, user-friendly instrument for risk of bias assessment in #RCTs far superior to anything before, will become standard outside of Cochrane and in #Cochrane if they let folks use it.

This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines bmj.com/content/389/bm…