Scientist profiles M-R

Administrative Assistant: Kelly Costa
Phone: 416 480 5937
Email: Kelly.costa@sunnybrook.ca

Education:

• BScNsg, 1978, UBC
• MD, 1983, UBC
• RCPSC Ob/Gyn, 1988, University of Alberta
• Maternal Fetal Medicine, 1991, University of Ottawa
• MHScHAdm, 2013, Universitiy of Toronto

Appointment and Affiliations:

• Affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, DAN Women & Babies Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Maternal Fetal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto

Research Foci:

• First Trimester Prenatal Screening
• Evidence to practice Implementation
• Global health education

Research Summary:

Over the past several years Dr. Okun has been interested in improving access to high quality, standardized and accessible care in the first trimester of pregnancy. Technology and advancements have shown us that certain conditions can be screened for effectively and non-invasively, and opportunities exist to apply interventions to improve perinatal and long term maternal and child outcomes if applied early in pregnancy. Her interest is in bringing those evidence-based screening and prevention practices to pregnant Ontarians, particularly including those equity deserving populations.

In addition, she is interested in bringing subspecialty maternal fetal medicine education to global low middle income areas via curricula that train in that center primarily; building infrastructure as subspecialists are trained.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.