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The Expert Series S8E2: Lupus and Menopause
April 14, 2025
Dr. Birru Talabi joins this episode of the Lupus Foundation of America's The Expert Series podcast to discuss the intersection of menopause and lupus and the unique challenges faced by women with lupus during menopause.
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‘Ask often and without judgment’: Planning key to pregnancy success with rheumatic disease
April 11, 2025
In this Healio Rheumatology article, Dr. Birru Talabi weighs in on the need for enhancing women’s health training for rheumatologists and multidisciplinary care models between rheumatology and ObGyn.
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Family Planning for those with Complex Chronic Conditions
2023-2024 University of Pittsburgh Annual Report
This University of Pittsburgh annual report highlights Dr. Birru Talabi’s collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and leadership of Optimizing Reproductive Health in People with Chronic Disease (ORCHID), which aims to develop innovative health care models to optimize reproductive health care among people with chronic conditions.
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Pitt named NIH Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence
June 26, 2024
Drs. Dara D. Méndez, Mehret Birru Talabi, and Hyagriv Simhan are co-Principal Investigators of the EMBRACE Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence, through which they are developing and testing innovative approaches to advance maternal and reproductive health and justice among Black people in Allegheny County.
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Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi receives the 2024 Chancellor's Distinguished Awards!
February 28, 2024
Dr. Birru Talabi received the Distinguished Research Award as Junior Scholar for her contributions to the field of reproductive rheumatology, which have led to merging paradigms for addressing reproductive health among women with autoimmune conditions and in populations at high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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In Good Health: The Complexities Of Autoimmune Disease
July 18, 2023
On this NPR podcast, Dr. Birru Talabi discusses the complicated process for diagnosing autoimmune diseases, as well as why the rates of autoimmune diseases are higher for women and women of color.
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Editor's Picks Spotlight: How to Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients
February 2, 2023
In a session hosted by the Journal of Rheumatology, Dr. Birru Talabi discusses how to provide high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare to patients with autoimmune conditions.
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Medical Indications for Abortions
November 2, 2022
In this JAMA video, Dr. Birru Talabi discusses the use of teratogenic medications (drugs that can harm fetuses) in rheumatology care, and how this can impact rheumatology care for patients with child-bearing potential.
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Optimizing Pregnancy and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Individuals with Rheumatic Diseases
September 27, 2022
This UPMC Continuing Medical Education session highlights Dr. Birru Talabi’s research studies that assess pregnancy outcomes across individuals with rheumatic diseases and the clinician and patient-related factors that contribute to pregnancy outcomes, as well as approaches to enhancing reproductive health care in rheumatology.
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Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD: Medication Decision-Making During Pregnancy and Lactation Among Women With Inflammatory Arthritis
June 17, 2021
The Rheumatology Network discusses the recent study published in ACR Open Rheumatology entitled, “Tough choices: Exploring medication decision-making during pregnancy and lactation among women with inflammatory arthritis” with Dr. Birru Talabi.
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Let’s Talk Women’s Health in Rheumatic Diseases
September 18, 2020
This podcast episode of the Rheumatology Advisor, with Dr. Birru Talabi as a featured guest, highlights the importance of recognizing and discussing women’s health in rheumatology.
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Business as Usual Featuring Sonya Borrero, Tamar Krishnamurti & Mehret Birru-Talabi
August 25, 2020
This session from the Generation Fempreneur Summit on August 25-28, 2020 explores the FemTech Collaborative at the University of Pittsburgh. Drs. Tamar Krishnamurti, Sonya Borrero, and Mehret Birru-Talabi discuss their MyHealthyPregnancy app.
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Women with rheumatic diseases want rheumatologists involved in sexual, reproductive health
June 23, 2020
In this article, Dr. Birru Talabi describes the results from her research involving 30 interviews with women with various rheumatic diseases about how active a role they want their rheumatologists to play in their sexual and reproductive healthcare.
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Family Planning Essential for Women With Rheumatic Diseases
July 2, 2019
This podcast episode of the Rheumatology Advisor, with Dr. Birru Talabi as a featured guest, highlights the challenges women with rheumatic diseases face regarding reproductive and sexual healthcare.