"Fertility issues for cancer patients can also bring legal headaches" discusses the legal issues and reproductivve health concerns for oncocfertility patients, citing the recently published article in JAMA Oncology from Dr. Woodruff, Dr. William Gradishar, and Kristin Smith.
Scientists from throughout the Northwestern Medicine community and beyond came together to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) landmark sex-inclusion policy at a symposium on January 25.
On January 25th, 2017 the Women’s Health Research Institute, in collaboration with the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, hosted the Sex Inclusion in Biomedical Research Workshop and Symposium.
The editorial "Only male subjects in basic science research? Not anymore" features Dr. Woodruff commenting on the 2014 National Institutes of Health policy that requires scientists to begin using female lab animals, which takes full effect January, 2015.
Dr. Woodruff has interviewed for the article, "Sexually transmitted infections continue to strike young adults", in the Chicago Tribune discussing the importance of comprehensive sexual health education. "Many students arrive on college campuses without having taken a sex ed class since middle school," she said. And even though they may be sexually active, "having sex is…
Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that high school sex education in the United States is an unholy mess. And as a result, an alarming number of students enter college with little knowledge about how their bodies work in terms of reproductive health.
Chances are that by the time you enter college in the United States, the closest thing you’ve had to reproductive education was watching an uncomfortable video in health class, maybe even before you went through puberty. It might not have answered your questions and perhaps led to some misguided assumptions about your body. Sound familiar? You’re…
Each year scientists across Northwestern submit images from their work which are then judged by a panel of artists, scientists and community leaders. The first place winners of 2015 included a collaborative team of Dr. Monica M. Laronda of the Woodruff Lab and Dr. Adam Jakus of the Shah Lab. The image centers on a mouse…
In a recent editorial, "Oncofertility: Motherhood After Cancer", Dr. Woodruff discusses with DiscovHER her inspiration to form the Oncofertility Consortium, the importance of transdisciplinary teams, and her experience as a female scientist.
Experts recommend introducing sex ed by age 10, but by the time those 10-year-olds become college students, the lessons have often been shoved to the back of the brain — along with triangle equations, facts about the Franco-Prussian War and other details muddied by the march of time.
The days might be numbered for sex ed classes using a banana as a way to demonstrate how to put on a condom. That’s because Northwestern University unveiled Monday a new, online sex education course that incorporates 3-D animation. It's being compared by organizers to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmos” TV show – only it’s about inner…
Northwestern student or not, you can get in on this class.
Sex education classes are usually thought of in the realm of uncomfortable lessons in high school health classes, but one university is offering an online course for first-year students, which the school says is the first of its kind in higher education.
Online class features 3-D animation, demystifies sex organs, contraception, fertility, STD’s
There's a lot that many college freshman don't know about sex. And when they don't know something, they often stay in the dark, too afraid or embarrassed to ask about it.
Dr. Woodruff served as a panelist for Northwestern Law's "Bridges not Barriers: The Law-STEM Alliance as a Catalyst for Innovation" conference. The conference explored the role of law, policy, and regulation in the innovation process; and the role of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in the process of law and policy-making.
Dr. Monica M. Laronda is one of twelve investigators that received Career Awards at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. There were 245 eligible pre-proposal applications received for the twelfth cycle of this award program. Dr. Laronda will receive a grant of $500,000 over five years to fund her project, which focuses on “Engineering…
Dr. Woodruff and Dr. Kibbe's opinion piece on the postitive implications the new NIH policies for sex inclusion have on scientific research (and ultimately personalized medicine) is featured in Chicago Medicine.
Lesley Stahl interviews with Teresa Woodruff and Melina R. Kibbe, MD to discuss the importance of sex and gender-based research. Topics include the importance of increasing the rate of scientific discovery, which impacts women’s health and well being.
Dr. Woodruff discusses the importance of newly-diagnosed cancer patients being informed of fertility options before undergoing treatments that could damage fertility.
A change in the conversation surrounding cancer treatment means that women fighting the disease are given a chance to have children
The TedEx event explores how multidisciplinary teams work together to understand the complicated process of fertility and investigates questions such as:
Why is the mystery of life so complex?
Why do we need chemists, biologists, ethicists and engineers to unravel this mystery?
How do we facilitate relevant research that transcends the boundaries of established disciplines?
The reproductive impact of cancer treatment, how fertility preservation options can lead to a fertile future for young women, and the personal story of a patient who preserved her fertility with the oncofertility team at Northwestern.