Research Symposium Series
Drugs
in Pregnancy: Drugs, Nutrition and Fetal Physiology
Mental health is emerging as a critical priority for the health of our
community. Significant co-morbid substance use also occurs with mental
health, with reports as high as 70% of those with mental illness also
suffering from a substance use disorder. Most mental health disorders
for women will appear in their child bearing years. It is therefore
important to ensure that mental health and drug use is managed in the
event that a woman becomes pregnant to ensure healthy fetal development.
For more information, please refer to the symposium program.
The Sansom Institute for Health Research, recently hosted a Sansom
Institute Research Symposium showcasing the work of the Early Origins of
Adult Health Research Group (EOAHRG). The Symposium programme also
included a special panel discussion with visiting researcher Professor
Kent Thornburg.
Professor Kent Thornburg
Kent Thornburg is Professor and Associate Chief for Research in
Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He
holds the M. Lowell Edwards Chair and professorial appointments in five
departments in the School of Medicine. He also serves as the director of
the OHSU Heart Research Center. Outside of OHSU, Dr. Thornburg serves on
scientific advisory panels at the National Institutes of Health and the
National American Heart Association. He also serves on the Medical
Advisory Board for the National Children's Heart Foundation in Chicago.
The Thornburg laboratory studies how poor nutrition before birth leads
to adult-onset heart disease. He directs an NIH funded program that
studies how pregnant mothers provide chemical signals to their babies
before birth and how some signals can lead to disease in their
offspring. He runs an NIH program that trains student-cardiologists in
research. He also directs research projects on maternal nutrition and
fetal growth in women who live in rural Oregon. He collaborates with
scientists in Southampton, UK; Auckland, New Zealand; Marseille, France;
Helsinki, Finland; Adelaide, Australia and Mumbai, India.
The symposium was also sponsored by the Heart Foundation and Healthy
Development Adelaide - University of Adelaide. Please review the
attached
Symposium program details
(PDF, 831KB) for more information on this highly
informative and collaborative visit.