Dr. Been, iPOP Investigator, in The New York Times: Did Lockdowns Lower Premature Births?10/15/2020
 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."
Photo: Chris Mcgrath/Getty Images  Dr. Stock, iPOP co-Lead, comments on The Times article Coronavirus in Scotland: Expectant mothers ‘should seek help if worried’ as stillbirths rise.
Photo: Alamy  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.
Photo: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons  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."
 Drs. Azad & Brockway, iPOP co-Leads, and Drs. Alshaikh & Shah, Collaborators, comment on their work to understand why "Fewer babies are being born premature during COVID-19" in CTV News. Regarding the iPOP Study, Dr. Brockway says “We are hoping to have the high level analysis, to essentially answer this question and describe preterm birth rates internationally...”
Photo: CTV  Drs. Azad, Brockway and Burgner, iPOP Study co-Leads, and were recognized for their efforts to startup the iPOP Study to help answer why "Canadian hospitals saw a sudden drop in premature births during the pandemic". In the Globe & Mail article, Dr. Azad said “It’s a natural experiment that we’ve never experienced before." iPOP Collaborators Dr. Alshaikh and Shah were also featured.
Photo: Todd Korol/The Globe & Mail |
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