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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

RESEARCH BULLETIN Upcoming Grants & Funding Opportunities (January—June 2015) ...................... pg. 3

Listing of Ongoing Research Projects by

Department Section

Basic Science, Physiology, Diagnostics..... pg. 13

Education .................................................. pg. 13

Global Women’s Health ........................... pg. 14

Gynecology ................................................ pg. 14

Gyne-Oncology.......................................... pg. 15

Obstetrics .................................................. pg. 17

If you have any research news or

announcements, please email your news items to: Mrs. Jamie Greco

jgreco@sbgh.mb.ca

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Full Accreditation Survey (2018/2019)

In preparation for the upcoming Full Accreditation Survey (2018/2019), each department has been asked to

track the scholarly productivity of its members.

Therefore, the following letter will be sent to each GFT and University Associate annually to keep a record

of this.

This request will be sent in August. Please ensure you begin keeping a record (ie. updated CV) of this infor-

mation so the we can submit an accurate record of our department scholarly activity.

Regards,

Michael Helewa, MD, FRCSC

Associate Head, Research

Department Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

University of Manitoba

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Upcoming Grants, Awards, Funding Opportunities

January ID Name re-Deadline: 14 Postdoctoral Fellowships

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba N/A January 30 Description: Contact Info: Fellowship awards are intended to support recipients in becoming See website independent investigators

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 15 Clinical Research Fellowships

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba N/A January 30 Description: Contact Info: It provides financial support, on a matching basis, for a period of research See website training for high-quality candidates with undergraduate medical degrees, or equivalent, who intend to pursue careers as clinician-researchers.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 16 Graduate Studentships

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba varies January 30 Description: Contact Info: A limited number of Graduate Studentships are offered to qualified See Website graduate students who are undertaking full time Master's or Doctoral programs in the Province of Manitoba

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 17 PhD Dissertation Awards

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba $5,000 January 30 Description: Contact Info: Graduate students in population and health related social sciences often See website work on projects that are not directly related to their supervisor's research program and therefore incur costs in conducting their dissertation research.

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ID Name Pre-Deadline: 4 Prevention Research Grant January 20 (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society -- June 25 Description: Contact Info: Prevention Programs will focus on research that reduces the risk of see website cancer. Prevention research can be accomplished anywhere along the research continuum from identifying factors that increase the risk of cancer at an individual or population level…

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 2 Major Research and Innovation Projects January 2017 (ORS)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Diagnostic Services Manitoba $60,000 January 2017 Description: Contact Info: Next Funding Cycle: January 2017 -2019. DSM's Research and Innovation Nancy Klos: Nancy.Klos@umanitoba.ca Program provides funding for research that will provide direction for diagnostic imaging services and laboratory medicine with Manitoba.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 1 Small Research Innovation Projects January 2017 (ORS)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Diagnostic Services Manitoba $15,000 January 2017 Description: Contact Info: Next Funding Cycle: January 2017 -2019. DSM's Research and Innovation Nancy Klos: Nan-cy.Klos@umanitoba.ca Program provides funding for research that will provide direction for diagnostic imaging services and laboratory medicine with Manitoba.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 11 Allied Health Research Grant mid-January (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: HSC Foundation $20,000 max. TBA Description: Contact Info: Funding for Evidence Based; Outcome Measurement/Quality Improvement see website or Research Based Projects

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 10 General Operating Grant mid-January (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline:

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HSC Foundation $70,000 max. over 2 years TBA Description: Contact Info: The foundation provides operating grants to support projects in the field of see website health care that will promote high quality patient care for the people of Manitoba at the HSC and elsewhere in the province.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 3 Travel Award n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society $2,000 January 15 Description: Contact Info: The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with see website making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 5 Self-Funded Research Grant Program n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba -- January 31 Description: Contact Info: Designates part of an applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research to be Andrea Craig: (204) 480-1819 conducted while NOT on leave from the University

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 12 Call for Abstracts n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: SOGC n/a January 5 Description: Contact Info: Why submit an abstract? If accepted, knowledge translation of your see website findings to clinicians and researchers would be facilitated, may be eligible for an award and will be published in the JOGC as a supplement with a

February ID Name Pre-Deadline: 35 CCS-Partner Prevention Research Grants February 1 (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society July 5 Description: Contact Info: Support investigators who approach research in key prevention and risk see website reduction areas by working together with the Canadian Cancer Society…to inform and influence policy and practice directions at the Society.

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ID Name Pre-Deadline: 31 Innovation Grants February 15 (Registration)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society April 1 Description: Contact Info: The goal of this CCSRI grant program is to support unconventional see website concepts, approaches or methodologies to address problems in cancer research.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 33 Innovation to Impact Grants February 15 (Registration)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society April 1 Description: Contact Info: Innovation to Impact Grants (i2I) are intended to support the further see website development of successful findings based on the goals originally explored through a CCSRI Innovation Grant.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 13 W.L MacKenzie King Memorial Open Scholarship n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: W.L. MacKenzie King Memorial -- Feberuary 1 Description: Contact Info: The Mackenzie King Open Scholarship is open to graduates of any see website Canadian university who engage in (commence or continue) postgraduate study (master's or doctoral) in any field, in Canada or elsewhere.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 60 Large Research n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Society of Family Planning $120,000 - $250,000 February 4 Description: Contact Info: Provides support for projects representing the investigator's specific See website interest and competiencies. Must be original research and relevant to the field of family planning and abortion.

March ID Name Pre-Deadline: 18 New Investigator Operating Grants

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Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba up to $75,000/yr for 3 March 3 Description: Contact Info: Designed to help defray the normal operating costs of carrying out a See website specific research proposal. This grant will provide funding for a maximum of THREE YEARS, for a maximum grant amount of $75,000/yr.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 19 Mid-Career Operating Grant

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba up to $75,000/yr for 2 March 3 Description: Contact Info: Designed to help defray the normal operating costs of carrying out a See website specific research proposal. This grant will provide funding for a maximum of TWO YEARS, for a maximum grant amount of $75,000/yr

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 45 Transdisciplinary Centers on Prematurity Research Contact MOD (initiate process)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: March of Dimes n/a Description: Contact Info: we seek an understanding of the biological basis of normal and premature see website parturition. Proposals should address causes of preterm birth in otherwise seemingly normal pregnancies

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 44 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards March 15 (Nomination)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: March of Dimes June 30 Description: Contact Info: Designed to support scientists just embarking on their independent see website research careers in research to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 34 Impact Grant March 25 (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society September 1 Description: Contact Info: Supporting significant progression in cancer research programs, from see website individual investigators or multidisciplinary teams, that are anywhere in the continuum from basic high impact discovery to translational work of

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April ID Name Pre-Deadline: 22 Applied Health Services Research

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Research Manitoba -- August 15 Description: Contact Info: See website

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 43 Prematurity Research Initiative April 15 (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: March of Dimes July 15 Description: Contact Info: Grant support for projects related to causes of prematurity. see website

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 42 General Research Grants April 30 (LOI)

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: March of Dimes September 15 Description: Contact Info: Research on topics related to our mission to prevent birth defects, see website premature birth and infant mortality.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 40 Molly Towell Fellowships Program n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation $20,000 - $30,000 April 1 Description: Contact Info: Encourage residents and scientists in Canada to acquire post-doctoral see website research training and experience that will prepare them to continue with a major research focus in their academic careers

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 39 Operating Grant n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation $20,000 April 1

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Description: Contact Info: Fund original research that has high potential to enhance understanding see website of fetal growth and development and to promote optimal neonatal health. Available to new investigator with formal faculty appointments (within 5 years of first academic appointment).

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 36 Capacity Development Awards in Prevention Research n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society April 1 Description: Contact Info: Created to establish or maintain the career development of junior see website investigators in the area of cancer prevention/risk reduction research and community-based clinical research in cancer prevention by providing protected research time.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 62 Junior Investigator n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Society of Family Planning $260, 000 over 2 years April 15 Description: Contact Info: Supports new faculty-level scientists by providing protected time. Award See website is intended to support abortion-focused research

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 61 Small Research n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Society of Family Planning $15,000 April 15 Description: Contact Info: Provides startup or supplemental funds to support the initial phase of a See website project, including solidifying collaborations, identifying research questions, negotiating roles and responsibilities, detailing the research plan/methods, and collecting pilot data

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 63 Midcareer/mentor n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Society of Family Planning $80,000 over 2 years April 15 Description: Contact Info: Provides midcareer investigators with protected time to conduct research See website and mentor

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ID Name Pre-Deadline: 64 Trainee n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Society of Family Planning $7,500 April 15 Description: Contact Info: Provides medical students, graduate-level students and residents support See Website for hands-on experience in family planning research

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 41 The Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba April 15 Description: Contact Info: Provides support for basic or applied research in the health sciences. see website

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 48 Deans Fellowhip Fund n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba $35,000 April 30 Description: Contact Info: Academic physicians in Postgraduate Medical Education (“PGME”) to awardspgme@med.umanitoba.ca further their medical/surgical training in medical education or research

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 54 Emil and Lynette Hain Scholarship for Oncology Research for Oncology n/a (Canadian Student Health Research Forum) Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba April 30 Description: Contact Info: One scholarship to a student who has demonstrated excellence in the Faculty of Medicine area of oncology research

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 53 Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Award for Excellence in Oncology n/a Research (Canadian Student Health Research Forum) Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline:

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University of Manitoba $12,500 April 30 Description: Contact Info: Award for resident who has achieved a minimum cumulative grade point Faculty of Medicine average of 3.5 & has been judged by the selection committee as having submitted for publication the best peer-reviewed research paper in that academic session in the area of Oncology

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 55 Caroline A. Cope Award for Excellence in Oncology Research (Canadian n/a Student Health Research Forum) Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba April 30 Description: Contact Info: two annual student awards, of equal value, for cancer research and has Faculty of Medicine demonstrated research excellence in the area of oncology

May ID Name Pre-Deadline: 49 S.W. Prowse Memorial Award for Clinical Research n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba $1,000 May -- Description: Contact Info: Award to recognize excellence in clinical research awardspgme@med.umanitoba.ca

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 56 Outstanding Achievement Award n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Medical Council of Canada May 1 Description: Contact Info: Recognizes an individual or group who demonstrate sustained excellence see website in Canadian health care and/or health‑care research

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 8 Travel Award n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Cancer Society $2,000 May 15 Description: Contact Info: The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with see website

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making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 7 Self-Funded Research Grant Program n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: University of Manitoba -- May 31 Description: Contact Info: Designates part of an applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research to be Andrea Craig: (204) 480-1819 conducted while NOT on leave from the University

ID Name Pre-Deadline: 65 Personnel Awards Competition n/a

Agency: Amount: Agency Deadline: Canadian Diabetes Association May 4 Description: Contact Info: See website for more information see website

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Section/Division: Basic Science, Physiology and Diagnostics Title: Population-based linkage analysis for autism spectrum disorders [Multi-Center: Dr. Andrew Paterson, PI] Investigators: Role: Dr. Michelle Liu Principal Investigator Title: Autism spectrum disorders and autoimmune diseases: common aetiology? Investigators: Role: Dr. Michelle Liu Principal Investigator Title: A population-based study on the relationships between autism spectrum disorders and perinatal and comorbid

conditions Investigators: Role: Dr. Michelle Liu Principal Investigator Title: Multivariate statistical methods for IBD mapping of quantitative traits in autism spectrum disorders Investigators: Role: Dr. Michelle Liu Co-Investigator Title: Characteristics of DNA modification in twins with different chorion types Investigators: Role: Dr. Jennifer Hunt Co-Investigator Dr. Michelle Liu Principal Investigator

Section/Division: Education Title: A qualitative analysis of the Professional Portfolio in resident assessment Investigators: Role: Dr. Margaret Burnett Principal Investigator Title: Observed Histories and Pelvic Exams in the OB/GYN Clerkship Investigators: Role: Dr. Jenna McNaught Principal Investigator Title: Effects of massive intraoperative blood loss on postoperative infection rates Investigators: Role: Dr. Ahmad Al Wazzan Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Melike Leylek Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Vanessa Poliquin Co-Investigator Title: Educational Environment in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Use of the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environ-

ment Measure (PHEEM) Investigators: Role: Dr. Devon Ambrose Principal Investigator Dr. Margaret Burnett Principal Investigator Dr. Margaret Morris Principal Investigator

Current Research Projects

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Section/Division: Global Women's Health Title: Vers des approches plus efficientes en prevention du VIH et en sante reproductive au travers une approche d'equite en sante: programme de recherche interventionnelle chez les femmes travailleuses du sexe en Afrique de l'Ouest Investigators: Role: Dr. Lisa Avery Collaborator Title: Increase uptake of newborn and maternal interventions in poorly performing rural districts of Karnataka Investigators: Role: Dr. Lisa Avery Co-Investigator Title: L'equite en sante: L'emlioration de sante reprodutive pour les femmes traivailleurs du sexe au Benin Investigators: Role: Dr. Lisa Avery Co-Investigator Title: Techinical assistance to the Government of Uttar Pradesh to improve health, nutrition and development cover-

age and outcomes Investigators: Role: Dr. Lisa Avery Co-Investigator Title: Technical assistance to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes through the National Rural

Health Mission in Karnataka, India Investigators: Role: Dr. Lisa Avery Co-Investigator

Section/Division: Gynecology Title: Review of healthcare in Manitoba for transgendered persons Investigators: Role: Dr. Amanda, Morris Supervising Investigator Jack Heard BSc Med Student Title: Randomized Clinical Trial comparing Mini-Arc Precise and the trans vaginal obturator tape (TVT-O) for Surgical

Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence Investigators: Role: Dr. Sara Hosseini Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Peter Klippenstein Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Ken Maslow Supervising Investigator Title: Preferred Route of Hysterectomy: A Comparison among Winnipeg Hospitals and the Canadian Standard Investigators: Role: Dr. Margaret Burnett Principal Investigator Dr. Michelle Liu Co-Investigator Dr. Devon Rasmussen Resident Co-Investigator Title: Outcomes following caesaean hysterectomy for invasive placental implantation at a tertiary health centre: A retrospective review Investigators: Role: Dr. Stephanie Appleby Resident Principal Investigator

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Section/Division: Gyne-Oncology Title: Review of rare cervical tumour at Cancercare Manitoba Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Marli Leibl Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Dr. Karla Willows Resident Principal Investigator Title: Paclitaxel/Carboplatin versus Doxorbicin/Cosplatin as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced en-

dometrial adenocarcinoma Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Co-Investigator Dr. Claudine Lanthier Resident Co-Investigator Title: Simple hysterectomy and pelvic node dissection in early cervix cancer (SHAPE Trial) CX5 Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Principal Site Investigator Title: MILO Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Principal Site Investigator Title: Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma: An Analysis of Treatments and Outcomes at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre Investigators: Role: Dr. Christine Robinson Co-Investigator Title: Prognosis and outcomes of women with positive AFP, BetahCG and/or PDH in non-germ cell tumors of the ova-

ry: a retrospective case series Investigators: Role: Dr. Christine Robinson Co-Investigator Title: Stage IIIC Endometrial Cancer Treatments and Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis Investigators: Role: Dr. Erin Dean Supervising Investigator Dr. Christine Robinson Co-Investigator Title: Adenocarcinoma in situ: Retrospective chart review of cone biopsy versus hysterectomy for treatment Investigators: Role: Dr. Ahmad Al Wazzan Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Title: Surgical Outcomes in Ovarian Cancer: A comparison of survival between multiple Canadian sites Investigators: Role:

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Dr. Alon Altman Co-Investigator Title: Variation in Oncology Surgery in Canada; Synoptic reporting in surgery study Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Co-Investigator Title: Testing lipid-based therapy for drug-resistant ovarian cancer Investigators: Role: Dr. Mark Nachtigal Principal Investigator Title: Investigating causes for poor outcomes of ovarian cancer patients in Manitoba Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Principal Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Mark Nachtigal Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Title: Mathematical modeling of ovarian cancer survival based on hematological values Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Co-Investigator Title: Nutritional status and the effects on ovarian cancer patients Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Co-Investigator Title: Role of appendectomy for mucinous ovarian tumours Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Georgia Lefas Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Mark Nachtigal Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Dr. Laura Power Resident Principal Investigator Title: Alternative treatment of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm: The Manitoba Experience Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Vanessa Carlson Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Dr. Leslie Walters Resident Principal Investigator Title: Audit of Management, Treatment and Hormone use in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Georgia Lefas Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Mark Nachtigal Co-Investigator

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Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Dr. Laura Power Resident Principal Investigator Title: Canadian High Risk Endometrial Cancer Consortium: Unlocking the differentiating high risk subtypes of endome-

trial cancer Investigators: Role: Dr. Alon Altman Co-Investigator Title: Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma of the ovary: 30-year experience of a single tertiary care centre Investigators: Role: Dr. Ahmad Al Wazzan Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Alon Altman Supervising Investigator Dr. Erin Dean Co-Investigator Dr. Robert Lotocki Co-Investigator Dr. Shaundra Popowich Co-Investigator Dr. Christine Robinson Co-Investigator

Section/Division: Obstetrics Title: Newborn Safety following Induction of Labour with Misoprostol Investigators: Role: Dr. Michael Helewa Co-Investigator Dr. Debbie Robinson Co-Investigator Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator Title: Peripartum cardiomyopathy in Manitoba 2000-2014 Investigators: Role: Dr. Jennifer Hunt Supervising Investigator Dr. Sara Waselake Resident Principal Investigator Title: Maternal and neonatal outcomes in gestational diabetes in Manitoba Investigators: Role: Dr. Christy Pylypjuk Principal Investigator Title: Obstetrical risk factors of neonatal stroke: can obstetrical management affect outcome? Investigators: Role: Dr. Christy Pylypjuk Principal Investigator Title: Intrauterine Device (IUD) location post-insertion in nulliparous and multiparous women Investigators: Role: Dr. Roan Crow Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Hussain Mogharbel Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Helen Pymar Supervising Investigator Title: Bioethics needs assessment of Women's Hospital Investigators: Role: Dr. Adelicia Yu Principal Investigator Title: Review of Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Investigators: Role: Dr. Rupinder Dhaliwal Resident Principal Investigator

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Dr. Helen Pymar Supervising Investigator Title: Fetal lung maturity testing in near term pregnancies Investigators: Role: Dr. Jennifer Hunt Supervising Investigator Dr. Christy Pylypjuk Resident Principal Investigator Title: New Plan for patients attending Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic: Is ultrasound really necessary at a B HCG <500m/u/mL Investigators: Role: Dr. Joann James Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Jordan Langrell Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Helen Pymar Supervising Investigator Title: Suitability of PG fetal lung maturity testing in predicting respiratory distress syndrome in infants of pregnant

diabetic women Investigators: Role: Dr. Olga Haakman Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Jennifer Hunt Principal Investigator Title: Perinatal morbidity and mortality in twin gestations by chorionicity: clinical implications Investigators: Role: Dr. Jennifer Hunt Principal Investigator Dr. Savas Menticoglou Co-Investigator Title: Reducing inequities in access to and use of prenatal care in the Winnipeg Health Region through health system

improvement Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Helewa Co-Investigator Dr. Margaret Morris Co-Investigator Title: Effect of folic acid supplementation in pregnancy on preeclampsia (FACT [Multi-Centre: Dr. Mark) Walker] Investigators: Role: Dr. Craig Burym Co-Investigator Dr. Michael Helewa Principal Investigator Dr. Jennifer Hunt Co-Investigator Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator Title: Assessment of MicroRNA levels in pregnancies complicated by body weight and diabetes Investigators: Role: Dr. Savas Menticoglou Co-Investigator Title: Diabetes in pregnancy: Knowledge Translation - research to improve outcomes (PART 1: Survey of experts) Investigators: Role: Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator Title: Diabetes in pregnancy: Knowledge Translation - research to improve outcomes (PART 2: Survey of patients) Investigators: Role: Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator

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Title: A trial of labour or a repeat cesarean section? A mixed methods study examining women's preference and pro-vider' counsel [Dr. C. Kurtz Landy, Dr. W. Sword, PI)

Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Co-Investigator Dr. Margaret Morris Co-Investigator Title: Health and social impacts on the family following fetal/infant death [Dr. A. Lang, Dr. E. Strumpf, PI] Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Co-Investigator Title: Integrated maternal psychosocial assessment to care trial pilot (IMPACT-Pilot) [Dr. D. Kingston, PI] Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Co-Investigator Title: Screening type 2 diabetes mellitus on the 2nd day after delivery in women with gestational diabetes mellitus-

Stage 2 [Multi-Centre: Dr. Jean-Luc Ardilouze, PI] Investigators: Role: Dr. Michael Helewa Co-Investigator Dr. Margaret Morris Co-Investigator Title: Can resveratrol improve insulin sensitivity and preserve beta cell function gestational diabetes? Investigators: Role: Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator Title: Effect of Cefazolin in preventing postcesarean infection in obese parturients Investigators: Role: Dr. Carol Schneider Principal Investigator Title: Audit of neonatal brachial plexus injury and fracture associated with birth trauma Investigators: Role: Dr. Harbinder Benning Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Laura Power Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Rebecca Renkas Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Carol Schneider Supervising Investigator Title: Titrated Oral Misoprostol for Induction of Labour at Term: Case Series in a Phase One Trial Investigators: Role: Dr. Debbie Robinson Principal Investigator Dr. Christine Robinson Co-Investigator Title: HCG under 1500 in EPAC Investigators: Role: Dr. Helen Pymar Supervising Investigator Title: Ectopic pregnancy in EPAC Investigators: Role: Dr. Rupinder Dhaliwal Resident Co-Investigator Dr. Helen Pymar Supervising Investigator Title: Evaluating the safety of labour in women with placental edge 11 – 20 mm from the internal cervical os Investigators: Role: Dr. Craig Burym Co-Investigator

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Title: Perinatal Outcomes Database - Manitoba Perinatal Database Pilot Project (SBH) Investigators: Role: Dr. Michael Helewa Principal Investigator Dr. Margaret Morris Principal Investigator Title: Assessing the amniotic fluid microbiome using high-throughput sequencing - A pilot study Investigators: Role: Dr. Craig Burym Co-Investigator Dr. Rachelle Govia Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Savas Menticoglou Supervising Investigator Dr. Vanessa Poliquin Principal Investigator Title: Teenage pregnancy: Effect on bone health for mother and child Investigators: Role: Dr. Shayne Taback Principal Investigator Title: Neonatal GBS sepsis at term in the era of intrapartum prophylaxis Investigators: Role: Dr. Elissa Cohen Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Savas Menticoglou Supervising Investigator Dr. Vanessa Poliquin Principal Investigator Dr. Carol Schneider Supervising Investigator Title: Using bhCG values over time and ultrasound to predict outcomes in early pregnancy, how well do the curves

predict the outcomes in the real world? Investigators: Role: Dr. Helen Pymar Principal Investigator Dr. H Watson-Burgess BSc Med Student Title: Pathways between pre- and post-natal maternal psychological distress and childhood anxiety Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Helewa Co-Investigator Title: Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy Study (CHIPS) [Multi-Center: Dr. Laura Magee, PI] Investigators: Role: Dr. Michael Helewa Co-Investigator Title: Barriers and facilitators of psychosocial assessment in pregnant and postpartum women and their healthcare providers Investigators: Role: Dr. Maureen Heaman Co-Investigator Title: Necrotizing soft tissue infections post-cesarean section: a case-control study Investigators: Role: Dr. Christina Katopodis Resident Principal Investigator Dr. Heather Ring Supervising Investigator

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Title: Amniocentesis prior to emergency transvaginal cervical cerclage: Tertiary hospitals experience Investigators: Role: Dr. Eman Al Sulmi Principal Investigator Dr. Craig Burym Principal Investigator Title: Unplanned Pregnancies: Are they inevitable or preventable? Investigators: Role: Dr. Margaret Burnett Supervising Investigator Dr. Vivian Schutt Resident Principal Investigator

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