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Irina I Oltean, BSc, MSc, PhD

Former PhD Student in Health Research Methods

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Irina Oltean completed her PhD in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Her dissertation quantified variation in rates of severe maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality following operative delivery in people who had a trial of labour after cesarean delivery (TOLAC). Since completing her degree in July 2026, Irina has accepted a role as an evidence systhesis manager at AstraZeneca. 
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Irina presenting her work at the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact Annual Research Day in Burlington, ON, on April 29th, 2025.
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Irina celebrating her Best Oral Presentation award at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting in Vancouver, BC, in June 2024.

Featured publications

Asian-White racial disparities in postpartum hemorrhage and severe postpartum hemorrhage in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study

Parnian Hossein-Pour, Rohan D'Souza, Anastasia Gayowsky, Irina I. Oltean, Esther Chin, Azar Mehrabadi, Giulia M Muraca

PLoS ONE, vol. 21(3), 2026, pp. e0344365

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Assessing the balance between success and safety in trial of labour after cesarean

Irina I. Oltean, R. D'Souza, Elizabeth K. Darling, Giulia M. Muraca

J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2026

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Obstetric trauma and its association with race and immigration: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Irina I. Oltean, Parnian Hossein-Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Francis Nguyen, Susitha Wanigaratne, Rohan D'Souza, Giulia M. Muraca

Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 198(10), 2026, pp. E358-E368

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Severe maternal morbidity following attempted forceps or vacuum birth among individuals with a trial of labour after caesarean birth: A population-based cohort study

Irina I. Oltean, Maya Rajasingham, Abirami Kirubarajan, Rohan D’Souza, Elizabeth K. Darling, Giulia M. Muraca

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, vol. 324, 2026, p. 115252

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Severe neonatal morbidity in forceps versus vacuum birth among individuals with previous cesarean birth: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Irina I. Oltean, Abirami Kirubarajan, Vanessa Hébert, Elizabeth K. Darling, Rohan D'Souza, Giulia M Muraca

American Journal of Perinatology, 2025

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Assessment of adverse pregnancy and fertility outcomes among Canadian female physicians

Sahra Nathoo, Mehrnoosh Faghih, Giulia M Muraca, Irina Oltean

Fertility and Sterility, vol. 120(4), 2023, pp. E25

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A full list of Irina's publications can be accessed here.