Join us this Friday for our seminar series featuring Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi, who will explore the intersection of reproductive rights and rheumatology.
CONVERGE Seminar: Reproductive Rights and Rheumatology.
Birru Talabi
Let’s Talk about Reproductive Justice
Join out team members Drs. Dara Mendez, Sonya Borrero, Mehret Birru Talabi, and Greer Donley as they speak at the Let’s Talk about Reproductive Justice happening next week, April 17th.
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi receives the 2024 Chancellor's Distinguished Awards!
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi received the Distinguished Research Award as a Junior Scholar for her contributions to the field of reproductive rheumatology, which led to a new paradigm for addressing reproductive health in vulnerable and high-risk populations.
Exploring the Effects of Reproductive Health Policy on the Health of People with Rheumatic Diseases
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi will speak on February 23rd from 12-1 at the Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar! Join for her lecture on Exploring the Effects of Reproductive Health Policy on the Health of People with Rheumatic Diseases.
Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QebqJ5IyTY-uK1lsTBWZKA#/registration
How to Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients: Focus Groups with Rheumatologists and Rheumatology Advanced Practice Providers
Join Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi and her colleagues on December 5th for NIH's Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival and their presentation on How to Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients: Focus Groups with Rheumatologists and Rheumatology Advanced Practice Providers.
Learn more and register here: https://www.scgcorp.com/OBSSRFestival2023/Agenda
Feasibility Testing of a Web-Based Reproductive Decision Support Tool for Cystic Fibrosis
Dr. Kazmerski , Olivia Stransky, Catherine Wright, Dr. Birru Talabi, Dr. Callegari, Dr. Chang, Dr. Miller, Ashley Deal, Raelynn O'Leary, and Dr. Borrero conducted a study on our femtech tool MyVoice:CF showing that the tool increases self-efficacy and reproductive health communication for those with cystic fibrosis.
Read more about their findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37833123/
Congratulations to Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi on your R61!
Congratulations to Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi on her new NICHD R61: "Time-Sensitive Research to Assess the Effects of Reproductive Health Policy on the Health Outcomes of People with Chronic Diseases"!
Letter to the Editor: The impact of U.S. abortion policy on rheumatology clinical practice: a cross-sectional survey of rheumatologists
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi, Greer Donley, and Catherine Wright collaborated on a letter to the editor of Arthritis & Rheumatology about their recent cross-sectional survey of rheumatologists which describes the impacts of U.S. abortion policy on rheumatology clinical practice.
View the full letter to the editor here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37706661/
Focus Groups with Rheumatologists on Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients
In a series of focus groups, providers identified many potential solutions and facilitators to enhancing sexual and reproductive care in rheumatology that might serve as a foundation for intervention development.
Read more here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36319006/
Focus groups with rheumatologists and rheumatology advanced practice providers on sexual and reproductive health care
Dr. Traci Kazmerski, Olivia Stransky, Dr. Sonya Borrero, Dr. Megan Hamm, and Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi conducted focus groups with rheumatologists and rheumatology advanced practice providers to elicit their solutions to overcoming barriers to sexual and reproductive health care.