Womens Health Research Centre (UOW)

The Womens Health Research Centre at the University of Otago, Wellington

Research Team

As at 9 July 2012, the following were on the research team:[1]

  • Dr. Bev Lawton, Director and Senior Research Fellow – ONZM , Bsc, Dip Obst, MBChB
  • Dr. Sally Rose, Senior Research Fellow - PhD
  • Selina Brown, Senior Research Nurse - RGON
  • Charrissa Makowharemahihi, Research Fellow – MPH (Distinction)
  • Wei Zhang, Assistant Research Fellow - MPP, GraDip, BMed (Peking)

Affiliation with Istar

Istar is the non-profit company that imports the abortion drug, RU486 into New Zealand.

Facilitated Istar-Funded Research

Circa 2005, Dr. Sally Rose (UOW), abortionists Carol Shand and Margaret Sparrow, and abortion-business worker, Ann Simmons were members of the research team for a study entitled "Audit of medical termination of pregnancy data" which was funded by Istar and facilitated by the Womens Health Research Centre (UOW) at University of Otago, Wellington.[2]

Publications related to the research include:

  • Rose SB, Shand C, Simmons A. Mifepristone- and misoprostol-induced mid-trimester termination of pregnancy: A review of 272 cases. Aus NZ J Obs Gyn 2006;46(6):479-85.
  • Shand C, Rose SB, Simmons A, Sparrow MJ. Introduction of early medical abortion in New Zealand: An audit of the first 67 cases. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2005;45(4):316-20.

Co-Funded Research with Istar

Circa 2007, Bev Lawton, Sally Rose, Collette Broomhead and Selina Brown were members of the research team for a study entitled "Undetected pathogenic infections in New Zealand women presenting for termination of pregnancy" which was co-funded by Istar and a University of Otago Research Grant.[2]

Publications related to the research include:

  • Lawton, B. A., Rose, S. B., Bromhead, C., Gaitanos, L. A., MacDonald, E. J., & Lund, K. A. (2008). High prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in women presenting for termination of pregnancy. Contraception, 77(4), 294.
  • Rose SB, Lawton BA, Bromhead C, MacDonald J, & Lund KA. (2007). Self-obtained vaginal swabs for PCR Chlamydia testing: a practical alternative. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 47(5), 415.

References

  1. ↑ Womens Health Research Centre (UOW): Our People in the Womens Health Research Centre (accessed on 9 July, 2012)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Womens Health Research Centre (UOW): Past Projects in the Womens Health Research Centre (accessed on 9 July 2012)
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