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DESCRIPTION:JOINT EBOH/CORE SEMINAR SERIES\n\nUgochinyere Vivian Ukah\, MPH
 \, PhD\n\nAssistant Professor\n	Division of Clinical Epidemiology\, Departm
 ent of Medicine\n	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | McGill Universi
 ty\n\n\n	WHEN: Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, from 4 to 5 p.m.\n		WHERE: Hybrid
  | SPGH\, 2001 McGill College\, Rm 1140 &\n		5252 boul. de Maisonneuve - 3rd
  floor\, Kitchen | Zoom \n		Note: Vivian Ukah will be presenting In-Person a
 t the SPGH\n\n\nAbstract\n\nCOVID-19 infection during pregnancy is associa
 ted with increased risk of complications. Evidence supports COVID-19 vacci
 ne safety and effectiveness against severe COVID-19 illness and associated
  mortality in pregnancy. Breastfeeding by COVID-19 vaccinated mothers may 
 provide some COVID-19 immunity to the baby through maternal antibodies tra
 nsferred via breastmilk. However\, lack of knowledge and unclear messaging
  about COVID-19 vaccine safety during lactation may impede vaccine uptake 
 during lactation or may lead to breastfeeding cessation after vaccination.
  Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake during pregnancy
  have been reported but less is known about language disparities during pr
 egnancy and breastfeeding. Understanding and addressing contributors to lo
 w COVID-19 vaccine uptake is essential to reduce disparities in COVID-19-r
 elated outcomes during pregnancy and lactation.\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n
 At the completion of this talk\, attendees will be able to:\n\n\n	To unders
 tand patterns in disparities in Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy and 
 lactation over time\;\n	To understand the association between language and 
 racial groups and Covid-19 vaccination initiation during pregnancy\;\n	To u
 nderstand the association between language and racial groups and Covid-19 
 vaccination initiation during lactation.\n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nDr. Ugochinye
 re Vivian Ukah is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Clinical Epide
 miology and Division of Experimental Medicine\, in the Department of Medic
 ine\, McGill University. Her research focuses on the short- and long-term 
 outcomes of pregnancy complications\, and development\, and validation of 
 prediction models in maternal and perinatal health and examining racial di
 sparities in perinatal outcomes. Dr Ukah holds a master’s degree in public
  health (Health services research) from the University of Sheffield\, Engl
 and and a PhD in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences from the Universi
 ty of British Columbia\, Canada. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship
  at the Department of Epidemiology\, Biostatistics\, and Occupational Heal
 th at McGill University. Prior to joining McGill as a Professor\, Dr Ukah 
 worked as an Assistant Research Investigator in the Pregnancy & Child Rese
 arch Centre\, at Health Partners Institute\, Minnesota\, USA.\n
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SUMMARY:Language and Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination During Preg
 nancy and Lactation
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/language-and-raci
 al-disparities-covid-19-vaccination-during-pregnancy-and-lactation-361980
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