MMRC Research Rounds 2022 "Perinatal health of people with disabilities in Ontario", Lesley Tarasoff

MMRC Research Rounds 2022
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 1230-130pm
"Perinatal health of people with disabilities in Ontario"
Dr. Lesley Tarasoff, PhD presents their research done together with Dr. Hilary Brown, PhD.
Lesley Tarasoff is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough
and the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. Primarily drawing on
qualitative methodologies, Dr. Tarasoff's program of research aims to
understand and address disparities and inequities in reproductive and
perinatal health and health care experiences among often-stigmatized and
marginalized populations, chiefly women with disabilities and sexual
minority women.
Hilary Brown is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, in the
Department of Health & Society (Scarborough Campus) and the Dalla
Lana School of Public Health (St. George Campus). She is cross-appointed
to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry
and is an Adjunct Scientist at Women's College Hospital and ICES. Dr.
Brown holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Disability & Reproductive
Health. Her research program uses epidemiologic methods to examine
maternal and child health and mental health across the life course, with a
particular focus on populations with disabilities and chronic disease, health
equity, and the social determinants of health.