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ASPIRE Study

@study_aspire

Advancing discovery to protect pregnant people and their babies during COVID-19

 United States
ASPIRE.ucsf.edu
Joined May 2020
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Alexis Cates, DO@acates8 May 2021
If you are in your first trimester of pregnancy or know someone who is, @study_aspire is still recruiting for their study on pregnancy during COVID-19!
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Happy to share my story on the @study_aspire Instagram page today. If you are in your first trimester of pregnancy or will be soon (or know someone who is) this is a great opportunity to be involved in a study about how COVID is impacting pregnancy instagram.com/p/CLr6bOLhpWk/
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HBCUCONNECT.COM@hbcu5 Jan 2021
Join ASPIRE to help understand the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women of color dlvr.it/Rpz59W
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If you’re <10 weeks pregnant consider signing up for @study_aspire - they’re doing data collection for outcomes of pregnancies in the time of COVID. This will be very helpful information in the future!! aspire.ucsf.edu/interested-p…
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#UCSFObGynProud of Dr. Heather Huddleston @HgHuddleston!
ASPIRE Study (@study_aspire) profile pictureASPIRE Study@study_aspire22 Oct 2020
SmartLife on @WPBT2 recently did a segment on Covid19 and pregnancy featuring our very own Dr. Huddleston @HgHuddleston Check out more of ASPIRE in the media at aspire.ucsf.edu
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The #COVID19 pandemic has exposed longstanding hurdles that Black women have had to navigate to access health care since the founding of this country. #healthequity #BlackMamasMatter #BBW20 @Essence @CAPWomen essence.com/feature/covid-19…
COVID-19 Vaccines And Therapies Must Work For Black, Pregnant People

COVID-19 Vaccines And Therapies Must Work For Black, Pregnant People

This pandemic cannot be stopped unless measures to prevent and treat COVID-19 considers the health needs of everyone, including Black mothers.

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#COVID-19 has introduced so many unknowns into our world, and there’s much to learn about how it impacts #pregnancy. Today on the #podcast, I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Eduardo Hariton, who is a co-investigator of the ASPIRE study @study_aspire ⁠ l8r.it/u4rX
Image from Dr.Aimee Eyvazzadeh (@_EggWhisperer)
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Association Between Number of In-Person Health Care Visits and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in OB Patients Bottom line: No association. Mean # visits for #SARSCoV2 cases vs controls: 3.1 vs 3.3. cc: @yafshar @gaw_lab @drcynthiagyamfi @janevandis @CatchTheBaby jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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@NEJM22 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic clearly illustrates the intersection of structural racism, social risk factors, and health. But with a concerted effort that encompasses multiple sectors, we can change the entrenched factors that lead to disparities in health. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

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@EricTopol23 Jul 2020
Can you get a reinfection from #SARSCoV2? Short answer: All anecdotes, no proof, as discussed w/ Tony Fauci teapaw.org/erictopol/status/12843… and backed up by 2 very good pieces today washingtonpost.com/health/20… by @Carolynyjohnson @arianaeunjung nytimes.com/2020/07/22/healt… by @apoorva_nyc
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@EricTopol18 Jul 2020
Our podcast with Dr. Anthony Fauci today medscape.com/viewarticle/933… @Medscape w/ @cuttingforstone with transcript We covered a lot of ground on the the unique #SARSCoV2 virus, vaccines monoclonal antibodies, masks, the @HHSgov data issue, and much more
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We were bad at counting important outcomes pre-#COVID19. The pandemic is exposing our woefully inadequate systems for collecting maternal/pregnancy outcome data, and exacerbating existing racial health disparities. 1/ – at Houston, TX
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nytimes.com/2020/07/10/paren… via @NYTimes
Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Covid-19 and Pregnancy (Published 2020)

Why We Still Don’t Know Enough About Covid-19 and Pregnancy (Published 2020)

More than six months into the pandemic there’s still a lot we don’t know about how the coronavirus affects pregnant women and babies.

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Healthcare workers at our Parnassus hospital knelt for nine minutes in solidarity yesterday.
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The @UCSF ASPIRE Study is advancing discovery to protect pregnant people during COVID-19. Please share the info, join the study, contribute to the fundraising. Site: aspire.ucsf.edu/ and story: abc7news.com/aspire-study-pr… Thx @KateABC7 for covering @study_aspire.
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Replying to @CDCgov
@CDCgov issued some very useful current best estimates: - About 1/3 of COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic. - 40% of transmission is occurring before people feel sick. - Time from exposure to symptom onset: ~6 days on average cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco…
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In Brazil, 15% of COVID19 deaths are people <50 — a rate 10X Italy or Spain. In Mexico, the trend is worse: Nearly 1/4 of deaths are ages 25-49. In India, nearly 1/2 of deaths are <60. In Rio de Janeiro state, >2/3 of hospitalizations are ages <49. washingtonpost.com/world/the…
In the developing world, the coronavirus is killing far more young people

In the developing world, the coronavirus is killing far more young people

Fifteen percent of the dead in Brazil were younger than 50. That’s more than 10 times the percentage in Italy or Spain.

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ACOG Action@ACOGAction16 May 2020
Shortsighted #COVID19 responses threaten to exacerbate our nation’s already unacceptable #maternalmortality crisis. TY CA @ACOG Chair Dr. Laura Sirott for speaking out against the state's proposal to cut #mentalhealth coverage for new moms on #Medicaid. kqed.org/news/11818800/docto…
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"It's unrealistic to think we're going to do it all—parent, teach, work, take care of ourselves—without stumbling." Our CEO & Founder @KentuckyChang spoke with @parentsmagazine about the challenges new moms are facing right now & how telehealth can help: hubs.ly/24cb92ab-44fd-4273-8…
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May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth! Be sure to take good emotional care of yourself and your loved ones during #coronavirus/#COVID19. For information and resources to support your mental well-being while social distancing and sheltering in place, visit ucsfpsy.ch/3giGPOm.
Image from UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (@UCSFPsychiatry)
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#UCSFObGynProud of the #ASPIREstudy team: @HgHuddleston @EleniJaswa @Jelliffe_Pawlow @gaw_lab @eerogersmd and Dr. Marcelle Cedars.
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"Unless we really rigorously look at what happens to #pregnancy & especially to the development of these babies, we are not necessarily going to know,” @UCSF_ObGynRS's Dr. Heather Huddleston tells @kron4news of large UCSF study on #COVID19 & pregnancy. ucsfh.org/2AypL6J
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