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International Symposium on Intrauterine Devices and Systems for Women's Health
- Virtual Series -
The Symposium is now complete. Thank you to everyone who participated. You may view videos of the events using the links below, and read our recap in Contraception here.
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Event 1:
May-28-2020
David Hubacher: Brief History of the IUD Symposia: 1962-2006
Panel I: IUD Removal
Moderator: Tina Raine-Bennett
Diana Greene Foster: Desire for Control over IUD Removal
Jennifer Amico: IUD Removal Access and Obstacles
Panel II: IUD Care During COVID-19
Moderator: Carolyn Westhoff
Gillian Dean: IUD Care During COVID-19: United States Case Study
Gathari Ndirangu: IUD Services During COVID-19 Pandemic: International Perspectives
Michael Policar: Changes in LARC Visits During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Event 2:
Sep-30-2020
Panel I: Patients First: The importance of centering patients' voices in clinical care and research
Moderator: Tina Raine-Bennett
Jamila Perritt: What Does it Mean to Center Patients for IUD Care and Research?
Liza Fuentes: Patient-Centered Contraceptive Care and IUD Access
Christine Dehlendorf: Tools for Patient-Centered IUD Care
Panel II: US and Global Demographics of IUD Use
Moderator: David Hubacher
Moazzam Ali: Global Overview on IUD Prevalence, Access, Trends over Time
Megan Kavanaugh: IUD Use in the United State: Trends and Characteristics
Yan Che: IUD Usage and Devices in China
Event 4:
Jan-27-2021
Panel I: Programs Increasing Access in the USA and in Lower/Middle-Income Countries
Moderator: Ricky Lu
Tessa Madden: The Contraceptive CHOICE Project: Reducing Barriers to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Anita Makins: The Global Context of Post Partum Family Planning: The FIGO PPIUD Initiative
Caitlin Quade: Family Planning Elevated: Increasing Contraceptive Access in Utah
Panel II: What's Next with the Hormonal IUS? A Global Update
Moderator: Kate Rademacher
Tabitha Sripipatana & Anna Hazelwood: Hormonal IUS Access Group
Jim Sailer: ICA Foundation
Susan Ontiri: Kenya IUD Landscape: IUS Introduction
Event 5:
Mar-03-2021
Panel I: Level 1 Evidence Validating Observational Studies
Moderator: Mitch Creinin
Cynthia Harper: Level 1 Evidence from a Cluster Randomized Trial
David Hubacher: Not Seeking Yet Trying Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: A 24-Month Randomized Trial
Paula Bednarek: Immediate Versus Delayed IUD Insertion Following First Trimester Uterine Aspiration: A Randomized Trial
Panel II: Expansive Applications for IUDs
Moderator: Jill Long
Anita Nelson: Treatment of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Melissa Natavio: Do Intrauterine Devices Have a Role in Cancer Prevention?
David Turok: Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing Pregnancy for IUDs as EC (RAPID EC)
Event 6:
May-05-2021
Panel I: Expanding IUD Service to Adolescent, Transgender, and Postabortion Patients
Moderator: Anita Nelson
Stephanie Teal: Contraception for Adolescents and Young Women
Jen Hastings: IUDs for Transmasculine, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive Persons
Paula Bednarek: IUD Use Following Abortion Care
Access to IUDs: Real Life Challenges to Bringing Evidence to Policies and Practice
Moderator: Lisa Haddad
Presenters: Michelle H. Moniz, Alina Salganicoff, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson
Event 7:
Jun-22-2021
Panel I: Emerging Technology
Moderator: Diana Blithe
David Turok: A Novel Platform Design for Copper & LNG IUDs
Kim A. Woodrow: Concepts for IUD Functional Integrations to Expand Applications in Women's Health
Regine Sitruk-Ware, Vivian Brache: Proof of Concept Study Evaluating a Copper Intrauterine Contraceptive System Releasing Three Different doses of UPA
Panel II: Identifying Goals for the Next Ten Years
Moderator: Alison Edelman
Sadia Haider: Reproductive Justice: Informing Contraceptive Research
Kathryn M. Curtis: Updating CDC's Contraception Guidelines
Lisa Haddad: Defining the Future Research Agenda
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Organizing Committee
Diana Blithe, PhD
Chief, Contraceptive Development Program, NICHD
Anita Nelson, MD
Professor and Chair
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Western University of Health Sciences
David Hubacher, PhD MPH
Senior Epidemiologist, FHI 360
Carolyn L. Westhoff, MD MSc
Editor, Contraception
Director, Division of Family Planning & Preventive Services,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Supported in part by
Bayer Health Care
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Sebela Pharmaceuticals
Mona Lisa
A medical education grant from Cooper Surgical
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