Drs. Stock and Amegah were interviewed in a Nature Career Feature for their insights on how the iPOP Study is leveraging the pandemic to understand preterm birth and stillbirth. In the article, titled "Pandemic upheaval offers a huge natural experiment", Dr. Stock says, "We can’t underplay the horror of the pandemic... but I think we’ve got to learn as much as we can from this.” Read the full article here. 

​Dr. Been, iPOP Investigator, comments on a study he led that was one of the founding pieces of evidence for starting the iPOP Study. Read more in The New York Times article "​Did Lockdowns Lower Premature Births? A New Study Adds Evidence."
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​Dr. Stock, iPOP co-Lead, comments on The Times article Coronavirus in Scotland: Expectant mothers ‘should seek help if worried’ as stillbirths rise. 
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​Dr. Azad, iPOP co-Lead, talks about the 3 working theories the iPOP Study aims to analyse to help understand the surprising drop in premature births during the pandemic to the Toronto Times. "If we can figure out any way to reduce the number of preterm births, this will be important research and could have very meaningful outcomes for the health of infants worldwide," Dr. Azad commented. Read more here. 
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Dr. Brockway was invited to talk with Simi of Global News Radio to talk about how the iPOP Study aims to understand the bizarre phenomenon of why "Fewer babies are being born prematurely during the pandemic."