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Expanding Reproductive Equity: Patient Perceptions of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Sickle Cell Disease - Shameka Poetry Thomas

Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle seminar room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Shameka Poetry Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Provost Scholar
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Founder, Sickle Cell Women and Girls (SWAG) Research Lab

Expanding Reproductive Equity:
Patient Perceptions of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Sickle Cell Disease

This presentation focuses on examining the complicated overlap of sickle cell disease and reproductive healthcare and is particularly focused on the lived experiences and patient perceptions of Black women with and without sickle cell disease who are navigating and negotiating the advancement of noninvasive prenatal screening for sickle cell disease in the United States.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior St), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

 

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Cost: free - only Zoom attendees are required to register

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
Email

Interest

  • Academic (general)

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