The Green Room: A Podcast from Obstetrics & Gynecology May 2024: Obstetrics
Apr 18, 2024
Dr. Sarahn Wheeler, an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Duke University, shares her expertise as a maternal fetal medicine specialist. She discusses critical research on obstetric racial disparities highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation covers the impact of equitable AI in obstetrics and explores how personal experiences inform academic research. Dr. Wheeler also emphasizes the need for systemic changes to improve labor induction practices for first-time mothers based on race, advocating for health equity in maternal healthcare.
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Personal Drive From Family Prematurity
- Dr. Sarahn Wheeler shared her personal connection to preterm birth as a motivator for research.
- She described family experiences with prematurity shaping her career in maternal-fetal medicine.
Using Natural Experiments To Study Disparities
- Wheeler chose a quantitative interrupted time series approach to study practice changes after ARRIVE and during COVID-19.
- She used the moment of a practice-changing trial and the pandemic to observe natural history of racial disparities.
Leverage Public Birth Records Wisely
- Public U.S. birth certificate data are a powerful, available resource for large-scale obstetric research.
- Understand limits like coarse obstetric history and collaborate with statisticians and computing resources.