PRESTO (Pregnancy Study Online)

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF PRESTO RESEARCH!!! The PRESTO research team would like to express its gratitude for the contributions of our more than 17,500 participants and 4,200 of their partners. We couldn’t do any of this without you. THANK YOU. (presto.bu.edu)

New @bmj paper alert 🎉 Insightful article on #Womenshealthinnovation using #digitalhealthtechnology #inclusiveinnovation @BolaGrace7 @UCL_IfWH @LaurenAnneWise @BUPRESTOStudy @nierodame @ucl_GBSH Dr J Egbunike Dr N Usman #Healthequity #globalhealth ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

Scientists use DNA from three people to protect babies from rare disease - The Boston Globe bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/wor…

Rising 4th year doctoral candidate, Molly Hoffman, presenting her research on life course social support & integration and #fertility in PRESTO cohort at SER conference in June 2025. #ser2025

Mental health and home pregnancy testing behavior in PRESTO cohort presented by Dr. Alexandra Sundermann #sper2025 #ser2025

Daily preconception cannabis use associated with greater total gestational weight gain in PRESTO. #sper2025 @SPER_News

Dr. Wise presenting her #sper2025 poster on hair relaxer use and antimullerian (AMH) concentrations using data from the PRESTO cohort. #fertility

Congratulations to Dr. Sharonda Lovett on being awarded the SPER Student Prize Award for her doctoral dissertation research on residential segregation and #fertility in PRESTO! #sper2025

Why a $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ won’t help address declining birth rates. ⁦@BostonGlobe⁩ spoke with leading demographers, epidemiologists, & public health researchers, including ⁦@BUPRESTOStudy⁩ PI⁩. bostonglobe.com/2025/05/08/met…

New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @LaurenAnneWise, @D_R_Williams1, and others. doi.org/10.1093/humrep…

National Infertility Awareness Week® is here! April 20–26, 2025 Infertility is a challenge no one should face alone. This week, @resolveorg invites us to stand with us for advocacy, support, and empowerment under our 2025 theme: #ALLinFertility.

Our Health Depends on Federal Research Funding | SPH - please learn more about all the health research that is at risk and how this research can improve population health. bu.edu/sph/news/colle…

This is happening today, Wednesday, April 2, from 12 PM to 1 PM EST! Zoom link is available at the QR code below! Please join us!

Five amazing studies at BUSPH that have benefited from @NIH research and that have advanced science in important ways owing to this funding: instagram.com/reel/DG04QqbpM…

During pregnancy, fetal cells migrate out of the womb and into a mother’s heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and more. They could shape moms’ health for a lifetime, @KatherineJWu reports: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Register today: Birthing and Raising the Next Generation: Holistic Approaches to Advance Racial and Social Equity. - Public Health Conversations publichealthconversation.org/conversations/…

The death rate of U.S. mothers spiked between 2018 & 2021, exacerbated by COVID-19, before dipping in 2022 to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 births. That’s higher than in other developed countries, and much higher for Black mothers: 49.5 per 100,000. bu.edu/articles/2025/…

We have launched 3 educational resources for teachers, health professionals & the public to promote reproductive health awareness. Includes leaflets, posters & teaching tools on topics like endometriosis & infertility. #reproductivehealth #fertilityed

💐Teaching the menstrual cycle? Key points: 🍍 Periods start~ages 10-15 & can be irregular early on. 🍍Normal cycles:21-35 days,periods <8 days. 🍍Bleeding varies from light to heavy. 🍍Ovulation:Day 10-25,often Days 14-17. #menstrualcycle #periods #menstruation

@UCL_IfWH are delighted to announce Professor Bola Grace's Inaugural Lecture on Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 6.00pm GMT. 📍Location: Gideon Schreier Theatre, UCL Bentham House, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H 0EG or online. More info & register here⬇️ buff.ly/3PItNg7

Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrium-like tissue grows outside the uterus. This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis Includes an infographic bmj.com/content/388/bm…