CANADIAN COVID-19 IN PREGNANCY SURVEILLANCE
Globally, there are significantly limited data on COVID-19 to inform recommendations for pregnant women and their care providers. The effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy on both the mother and fetus are largely unknown. This multi-provincial surveillance project serves to better understanding of COVID-19 in pregnancy, to increase understanding of the epidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnancy, and to provide critical data to inform recommendations for pregnant women and their infants. The project will determine the burden of COVID-19 among pregnant women in Canada, as well as maternal and infant outcomes associated with infection, including whether the virus may be transmitted from mother to fetus in pregnancy. A pan-provincial approach, with regional leadership across Canada, is in progress with provincial data collection to be combined for a national dataset of cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy.
Twitter: @CANCOVIDPreg
The national protocol can be accessed here:
COVID-19 Canadian Pregnancy Surveillance Protocol _2020APR21
Data collection forms:
Report on rapid synthesis of globally published cases (up to April 30, 2020):
COVID-19 & Pregnancy_ Rapid Synthesis of Reported Cases
Modelling paper by team member Dr KS Joseph and colleagues:
Covid-19 in Pregnancy Modelling April24,2020
Society of Obstetricians Gynecologists Committee opinion COVID-19 in pregnancy:
Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee opinion
Coordinating centre lead: Dr. Deborah Money, MD, FRCSC, Professor, Depts. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medicine, SPPH, Executive Vice-Dean, UBC, Clinician Scientist, Women’s Health Research Institute
Email: deborah.money@ubc.ca
Co-investigators/Collaborators/Partners:
Full list in development
Global Research in Pregnancy and the Newborn Collaboration
Public Health Agency of Canada
Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System
British Columbia:
Julie van Schalkwyk, MD, FRCSC
Site Head, Obstetrics & Gynecology, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia
Chelsea Elwood, B.M.ScH, M.Sc, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia
Joseph Ting, MPH, MBBS, MRCPCH, FRCPC, DRCOG
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Ashley Roberts, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Arianne Albert, PhD
Senior Biostatistician, Women’s Health Research Institute
Elisabeth McClymont, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia
KS Joseph, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia
Ellen Giesbrecht, MD, FRCSC
Senior Medical Director, Acute Perinatal, BC Women’s Hospital
Alberta:
Eliana Castillo, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Calgary
Sheila Caddy, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Calgary
Verena Kuret, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Calgary
Ariela Rozenek, MD
Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Calgary
Saskatchewan:
Jocelyne Martel, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Saskatchewan
Manitoba:
Vanessa Poliquin, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Director of Research, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Carla Loeppky, PhD
Director of Epidemiology and Surveillance & Lead Epidemiologist, Manitoba Health Seniors and Active Living, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Kerry Dust, PhD
Scientist, Cadham Provincial Laboratory
Heather Watson-Burgess, MD
Resident, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Quebec:
Isabelle Boucoiran, MD, FRCSC
Professeure adjointe de clinique, Obstétrique-Gynécology, Université de Montréal
Haim Abenhaim, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, McGill University
Fatima Kakkar, MD, FRCSC
Professeure adjointe de clinique, Département de pédiatrie, Université de Montréal
Arnaud Gagneur, MD, PhD
Professeur, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke
Ontario:
Jon Barrett, MBBCH, MD, FRCOG, FRCSC
Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Toronto
John Snelgrove, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Toronto
Mark Yudin, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
Anne Sprague, RN, BN, Med, PhD
Project Advisor, BORN Ontario
Maha Othman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University
Deshayne Fell, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
Ann Kinga Malinowski, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Toronto
Wendy Whittle, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Toronto
Greg Ryan, MD, FRCSC
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto
Mark Walker, MD, FRCSC, MSc, MHCM
Scientific Director, BORN Ontario, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ottawa
Nova Scotia:
Heather Scott, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dalhousie University
New Brunswick:
Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Medical Director, NB Perinatal Health Program, Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dalhousie University
Gaetane Leblanc Cormier, BSc, MBA
Director, NB Perinatal Health Program
Newfoundland:
Joan Crane, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Memorial University
Tina Delaney, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Memorial University
Phil A. Murphy, MSc
Clinical Epidemiologist, Children’s and Women’s Health, Eastern Health, Professional Associate, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Memorial University
PEI:
Krista Cassell, MD
Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Charlottetown
Yukon:
Sarah Saunders, MD, FRCSC
Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Whitehorse General Hospital
Shannon Ryan
Project Coordinator, Congenital Anomalies Surveillance, Health and Social Services
Additional Territories – low burden of COVID-19 – will be added should there be a shift in the pandemic