Seminar Series: Dr. Elizabeth Nethery
Why is gestational diabetes increasing in BC: Changes in population risk or clinical practice?
Elizabeth Nethery, PhD, RM (non-practicing)
Post-doctoral research fellow
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
University of British Columbia
Post-doctoral teaching fellow
Faculty of Medicine (Midwifery Program)
Department of Family Practice
University of British Columbia
Post-doctoral research fellow
Center for Health Services and Policy Research
University of British Columbia
Short Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth Nethery is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a post-doctoral teaching fellow in the Midwifery Program, both at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Dr. Nethery’s is a perinatal and reproductive epidemiologist with a broad interest in how guideline or policy changes impact practice and patient outcomes. She was recently awarded a 2023 Michael Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for her research on postpartum infant and maternal health outcomes following interprofessional models of care.
Abstract:
Rates of gestational diabetes are reported to be increasing in many jurisdictions, but the reasons for this are poorly understood. Using a population-based administrative data cohort from BC, we evaluated the relative contribution of screening practices for gestational diabetes (including screening completion and methods of screening) and population characteristics to risk of gestational diabetes in British Columbia, Canada, from 2005 to 2019.
Keywords:
Health services research, pregnancy, diabetes, gestational diabetes, pregnancy, screening
Date: Friday, January 19
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine)
