NIH Women’s Health Research Roundtable: Reaching Rural Women – Implications for Research on Pregnancy

Posted by liaison on September 8th, 2025 Posted in: Partners Sharing Information, Webinars and Courses

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The Women’s Health Research Roundtable presents a lectures series focused on a range of issues impacting women’s health. The next session on September 25, 2025, 1:00 p.m. MT is titled “Reaching Rural Women: Implications for Research on Pregnancy.” The session will feature presentations by Kara Whitaker, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Karina Shreffler, Ph.D.

Dr. Whitaker will present on “Rural Health: Lifestyle Behaviors and Psychosocial Factors in Pregnancy.” She will share her research on the Pregnancy 24/7 Study, a large, multi-site cohort study examining associations between 24-hour activity and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy/other adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Dr. Shreffler will present on “Data Challenges and Resources for Rural and Tribal Maternal Health.” She will share her work with the Center for Indigenous Resilience, Culture, and Maternal Health Equity (CIRCLE), a Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence funded through the NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative. Registration is required.