Expanding Reproductive Equity: Patient Perceptions of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Sickle Cell Disease - Shameka Poetry Thomas
When:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle seminar room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: free - only Zoom attendees are required to register
Contact:
Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
p-knox@northwestern.edu
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
Description:
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.
Only Zoom attendees are required to register
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