Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network -- The Northwestern Study Center

摘要： 在美国，每年有近400万新生儿出生，分娩是导致 住院治疗。相应地，预防不良产科后果，包括早产和 孕产妇发病率，是一个重要的目标，旨在改善临床试验和观察性研究 产科结果是最重要的。母婴医疗单位网络，由 建立一个多机构的研究基础设施，是实现这一目标的重要机制 有效地。西北研究中心，通过使用创新的招聘技术和研究 设计方法，自2001年以来一直是MFMU网络的富有成效的成员，并由 三个机构-西北大学、北岸大学卫生系统和麻省理工学院医学院 威斯康星州-有合作的历史，包括在MFMU网络内。在这项提案中，我们 介绍了西北研究中心申请重新加入MFMU网络的情况。LED灯 由经验丰富的临床研究人员组成的团队(William Grobman，医学博士，MBA；Emily Miller，医学博士，公共卫生硕士；Beth Punkett，MD，公共卫生硕士；Anna Palatnik，MD；Gail Mallett，RN)，西北研究中心将继续其 通过社会经济多样化的强劲入学，对MFMU网络的目标做出了重大贡献 患者和新的临床重要研究的完成。

Abstract: In the United States, there are nearly 4 million births per year and childbirth is the leading indication for hospitalization. Correspondingly, the prevention of adverse obstetric outcomes, including preterm birth and maternal morbidity, is an important goal, and clinical trials and observational studies designed to improve obstetric outcomes are of the utmost importance. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network, by creating a multi-institutional research infrastructure, is an important mechanism to accomplish this goal effectively. The Northwestern Study Center, through its use of innovative recruitment techniques and study design approaches, has been a productive member of the MFMU Network since 2001, and is composed of three institutions – Northwestern University, NorthShore University Health System, and Medical College of Wisconsin – that have a history of collaboration, including within the MFMU Network. In this proposal, we present the application of the Northwestern Study Center to renew its participation in the MFMU Network. Led by a team of experienced clinical researchers (William Grobman, MD, MBA; Emily Miller, MD, MPH; Beth Plunkett, MD, MPH; Anna Palatnik, MD; Gail Mallett, RN), the Northwestern Study Center will continue its significant contributions to the MFMU Network's goals though robust enrollment of socioeconomically diverse patients and the completion of novel and clinically-important studies.