Core Group
Information Box Group
Rohan D’Souza
MD PhD FRCOG
Principal Investigator
Bio
Rohan D’Souza is an associate professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He has a cross appointment with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto, Ontario. Rohan’s clinical and research interests include reducing severe maternal morbidity, optimizing pregnancy outcomes for individuals with medical disorders, incorporating values and preferences of pregnant individuals into clinical decision making and standardizing outcome reporting in obstetric studies.
Rohan D’Souza
MD PhD FRCOG
Principal Investigator
Isabelle Malhamé
MD MSc FRCPC
Principal Investigator
Bio
Dr. Malhamé is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the Department of Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre. After residency and sub-specialty training in General Internal Medicine and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at McGill University, she completed a Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She provides a specialized clinical service to women with medical disorders before, during, and after pregnancy. Her research program focuses on prediction and prevention of severe maternal morbidity, with a special interest for cardiovascular and thromboembolic complications.
Isabelle Malhamé
MD MSc FRCPC
Principal Investigator
Rebecca Seymour
RN PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bio
Rebecca Seymour
RN PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tegwende Seedu
BSc MPH(c)
Master’s Student
Bio
Tegwende joined the team in January 2022 as a Research Assistant. She is a Master of Public Health candidate at McMaster University and is completing her practicum with CanOSS. She completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto (UofT) in 2020. She was a Research Assistant with the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UofT Scarborough (2019) and volunteered with the antenatal unit at Mount Sinai Hospital (2017-2018). Her research interests include maternal and paediatric health, health equity, and marginalized populations.
Tegwende Seedu
BSc MPH(c)
Master’s Student
Rizwana Ashraf
MD
Research Assistant
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rizwana Ashraf
MD
Research Assistant
Rohan D’Souza
MD PhD FRCOG
Principal Investigator
Bio
Rohan D’Souza is an associate professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He has a cross appointment with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto, Ontario. Rohan’s clinical and research interests include reducing severe maternal morbidity, optimizing pregnancy outcomes for individuals with medical disorders, incorporating values and preferences of pregnant individuals into clinical decision making and standardizing outcome reporting in obstetric studies.
Rohan D’Souza
MD PhD FRCOG
Principal Investigator
Bio
Rohan D’Souza is an associate professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He has a cross appointment with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto, Ontario. Rohan’s clinical and research interests include reducing severe maternal morbidity, optimizing pregnancy outcomes for individuals with medical disorders, incorporating values and preferences of pregnant individuals into clinical decision making and standardizing outcome reporting in obstetric studies.
Isabelle Malhamé
MD MSc FRCPC
Principal Investigator
Bio
Dr. Malhamé is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the Department of Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre. After residency and sub-specialty training in General Internal Medicine and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at McGill University, she completed a Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She provides a specialized clinical service to women with medical disorders before, during, and after pregnancy. Her research program focuses on prediction and prevention of severe maternal morbidity, with a special interest for cardiovascular and thromboembolic complications.
Isabelle Malhamé
MD MSc FRCPC
Principal Investigator
Bio
Dr. Malhamé is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the Department of Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre. After residency and sub-specialty training in General Internal Medicine and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at McGill University, she completed a Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She provides a specialized clinical service to women with medical disorders before, during, and after pregnancy. Her research program focuses on prediction and prevention of severe maternal morbidity, with a special interest for cardiovascular and thromboembolic complications.
Rebecca Seymour
RN PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bio
Rebecca Seymour
RN PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bio
Tegwende Seedu
BSc MPH(c)
Master’s Student
Bio
Tegwende joined the team in January 2022 as a Research Assistant. She is a Master of Public Health candidate at McMaster University and is completing her practicum with CanOSS. She completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto (UofT) in 2020. She was a Research Assistant with the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UofT Scarborough (2019) and volunteered with the antenatal unit at Mount Sinai Hospital (2017-2018). Her research interests include maternal and paediatric health, health equity, and marginalized populations.
Tegwende Seedu
BSc MPH(c)
Master’s Student
Bio
Tegwende joined the team in January 2022 as a Research Assistant. She is a Master of Public Health candidate at McMaster University and is completing her practicum with CanOSS. She completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto (UofT) in 2020. She was a Research Assistant with the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UofT Scarborough (2019) and volunteered with the antenatal unit at Mount Sinai Hospital (2017-2018). Her research interests include maternal and paediatric health, health equity, and marginalized populations.
Rizwana Ashraf
MD
Research Assistant
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rizwana Ashraf
MD
Research Assistant
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Co-Investigators & Collaborators
Information Box Group
Jon Barrett
MD PhD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jon Barrett
MD PhD FRCSC
Kenneth K Chen
MD
Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Kenneth K Chen
MD
Josie Chundamala**
MSc
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Josie Chundamala**
MSc
Jocelynn Cook*
PhD
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jocelynn Cook*
PhD
Susie Dzakpasu*
PhD
Maternal and Infant Health Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Susie Dzakpasu*
PhD
Deshayne Fell
PhD
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Deshayne Fell
PhD
Milena Forte*
MD CCFP FCFP
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Milena Forte*
MD CCFP FCFP
Sarah Hutchinson**
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Hutchinson**
PhD
KS Joseph
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia and the Children’s and Women’s Hospital of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
KS Joseph
MD PhD
Marian Knight
MA MBChB MPH DPhil FFPH FRCPE
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Marian Knight
MA MBChB MPH DPhil FFPH FRCPE
Stephen Lapinsky
MD MB.BCh MSc FRCPC
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Stephen Lapinsky
MD MB.BCh MSc FRCPC
Amy Metcalfe
PhD
Department of Community Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Amy Metcalfe
PhD
Beth Murray-Davis*
RM PhD
Beth Murray-Davis*
RM PhD
Maria Ospina*
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Maria Ospina*
PhD
Heather Scott*
MD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Heather Scott*
MD FRCSC
Prakesh Shah
MD MSc
Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prakesh Shah
MD MSc
Leslie Skeith
MD MHPE
Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Leslie Skeith
MD MHPE
Sara Thorne
MD FRCP
Division of Cardiology, Pregnancy & Heart Disease Program, Mount Sinai Hospital & University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sara Thorne
MD FRCP
Thomas Van Den Akker
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Van Den Akker
MD PhD
Jon Barrett
MD PhD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jon Barrett
MD PhD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Kenneth K Chen
MD
Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Kenneth K Chen
MD
Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Josie Chundamala**
MSc
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Josie Chundamala**
MSc
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jocelynn Cook*
PhD
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jocelynn Cook*
PhD
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Susie Dzakpasu*
PhD
Maternal and Infant Health Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Susie Dzakpasu*
PhD
Maternal and Infant Health Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deshayne Fell
PhD
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Deshayne Fell
PhD
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Milena Forte*
MD CCFP FCFP
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Milena Forte*
MD CCFP FCFP
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Hutchinson**
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Hutchinson**
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
KS Joseph
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia and the Children’s and Women’s Hospital of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
KS Joseph
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia and the Children’s and Women’s Hospital of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Marian Knight
MA MBChB MPH DPhil FFPH FRCPE
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Marian Knight
MA MBChB MPH DPhil FFPH FRCPE
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Stephen Lapinsky
MD MB.BCh MSc FRCPC
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Stephen Lapinsky
MD MB.BCh MSc FRCPC
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Amy Metcalfe
PhD
Department of Community Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Amy Metcalfe
PhD
Department of Community Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Beth Murray-Davis*
RM PhD
Beth Murray-Davis*
RM PhD
Maria Ospina*
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Maria Ospina*
PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Heather Scott*
MD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Heather Scott*
MD FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Prakesh Shah
MD MSc
Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prakesh Shah
MD MSc
Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leslie Skeith
MD MHPE
Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Leslie Skeith
MD MHPE
Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sara Thorne
MD FRCP
Division of Cardiology, Pregnancy & Heart Disease Program, Mount Sinai Hospital & University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sara Thorne
MD FRCP
Division of Cardiology, Pregnancy & Heart Disease Program, Mount Sinai Hospital & University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Thomas Van Den Akker
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Van Den Akker
MD PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands