MULTICENTER NETWORK OF MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE UNITS

西北大学医学院的母胎医学部对成为多中心母婴医学科网络的一员有着浓厚的兴趣。我们希望参与关于妊娠结局的纵向人口研究，重点是早产和其他导致新生儿死亡和发病率的情况。我们已经展示了我们进行和参与随机试验和多中心研究的能力，这些试验和研究涉及针对孕妇和她们的新生儿的详细研究程序。我们相信，我们的优势在于我们庞大的患者基础和我们尽职尽责、富有创新精神的教职员工，他们能够为网络研究议程的发展和优先顺序提供新的方向。此外，我们拥有必要的研究基础设施，不仅能够招募和跟踪高危患者，而且还能够招募和跟踪私人和贫困患者，这将最大限度地将MFMU网络结果推广到所有面临不良围产期后果风险的人群。我们致力于在研究设计、方案执行、患者招募、数据分析和出版等领域与成员单位和网络工作人员合作。

The Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Northwestern University Medical School has a strong interest in becoming a member of the multicenter Network of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units. We wish to participate in longitudinal population based studies on pregnancy outcome, with emphasis on the areas of preterm delivery and other conditions leading to neonatal mortality and morbidity. We have demonstrated our capabilities in conducting and participating in randomized trials and multicenter studies that involved detailed study procedures for both pregnant women and their neonates. We believe our strengths lie in our large patient base and our committed, innovative faculty capable of contributing new directions to the development and prioritization of a research agenda for the Network. Furthermore, we have the requisite research infrastructure that enables the recruitment and follow-up of not just high-risk patients, but private as well as indigent patients that will maximize the generalizability of MFMU Network results to the entire population at risk for adverse perinatal outcomes. We are committed to working cooperatively with member units and network staff in the areas of study design, protocol implementation, patient recruitment, data analysis and publication.