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  Association Between Maternal Hematologic Parameters and Risk of Pregnancy Loss in Pregnancies Treated for Iron Deficiency Anemia

  Simal Thind, MBChB, MPH; Rupsa Boelig, MD; Mrutyunjaya B. Bellad, MD; Manjunath S. Sommannavar, MD; S. Yogeshkumar, MD; Benjamin Leidy, PhD; Rebecca Hartman, MPH; Zubair H. Aghai, MD; Praveen Patil, PhD; Chander Shekhar, MD; Umesh Y. Ramadurg, MD; Michael K. Georgieff, MD; and Richard Derman, MD, MPH

  Background

  • Maternal iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is associated with an increased risk of infant complications including stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and low birthweight (LBW).
  • It is unclear how treatment of maternal IDA can mitigate the infant related complications.

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  Building Interprofessional Global Health Infrastructure at a University and Health System: Navigating Challenges and Scaling Successes

  Lucille B. Pilling, EdD,MPH, BSN, RN; Janice Bogen, MA; Louis N. Hunter, PT, DPT; Robert Simmons, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, CPH; Nicholas Leon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; James D. Plumb, MD, MPH; and Richard J. Derman, MD, MPH, FACOG

  Mission:

  Global Jefferson will create sustainable programs of global distinction through collaboration that position Jefferson as a local and international destination and resource for education, research, and clinical activities.

  Global Jefferson is supported by the Associate Provost for Global Affairs, part of the Office of the Provost.

  Global activity at Jefferson includes:

  • Global Health Initiatives Committee (GHIC)
  • Service Learning
  • Global Research & Exchange between institutions
  • Pre-clinical, translational, clinical, and applied research

  Poster presented at: 8^th Annual Global Health Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)