ft. Dr. Sarah Macdonald - a high risk obstetrician and professor at MacMaster University - talking about ways to prevent preterm birth.
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Dr. Sarah McDonald, MD, MSc (Clinical Epidemiology), is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist (high risk obstetrician) and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. Her research as a Clinician-Scientist is supported by a prestigious Canada Research Chair.
Her research focuses on preterm birth. Her research on primary and secondary prevention of preterm birth (i.e. prevention of preterm birth itself and of its sequelae) has informed several national guidelines from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC). She co-leads the Canadian Preterm Birth Network funded by the government health granting agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
