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Monqiue Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Oncofertility Consortium Conference Speaker

Dr. Monique Hinchcliff is the Associate Clinical Director and the Director of Translational Research for the Northwestern Scleroderma Program.  Her research interests include the use of high-throughput, unbiased, approaches to define clinically relevant molecular subsets of systemic sclerosis/scleroderma.  Since 2008, she…
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The Fertility Preservation Society of India Hosting 1st Annual Meeting

The Fertility Preservation Society of India, a global partner of the Oncofertility Consortium, is excited to host their inaugural conference: “Fertility Preservation- Current Concepts” on September 6-7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. The conference is endorsed by the International Society of…
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Estimates of Young Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Infertility in the U.S.

Gonadotoxic therapies, such as chemotherapy, used to treat breast cancer can have harmful effects on fertility- they destroy ovarian follicles, or women’s reserve of ova, resulting in amenorrhea and/or early menopause. Additionally, many endocrine therapies used to treat breast cancer have…
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The Sitdown: Teresa Woodruff is a driving force for sex equity in medical science

Women’s Health Research Institute Director, Dr. Teresa Woodruff was featured in a recent Chicago Sun-Times piece. Discussing everything from her research, her advocacy efforts, and even her hobbies, Dr. Woodruff breaks down the importance of sex-based research. From basic science to…
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Fertilization Fairytale: ‘Knight in Shining Armor’ Sperm and ‘Damsel in Distress’ Eggs

Despite the fact that fertilization requires mutual, active participation by both eggs and sperm, gender roles are often projected onto reproductive biology, leading to the portrayal of eggs as passive and sperm as active. For example, the opening credits in the…
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Watch Now!

In case you missed Dr. Woodruff’s interview last week on Chicago Tonight, you can watch it here: Ending the Gender Bias in Research. Thank you to Drs. Woodruff and Kibbe on their tireless work to promote the inclusion of females in all…
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