Giulia M. Muraca, PhD - Irina I Oltean, BSc, MSc, PhD (Cand.)

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Irina Oltean is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Her dissertation aims to quantify variation in rates of severe maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality following cesarean and operative vaginal delivery in subgroups of pregnancies classified by case-mix.

Irina's previous research has focused on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the clinical outcomes and placental pathology of pregnant women and their infants, gastroschisis, placental abruption, in-vitro fertilization, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and intrauterine growth restriction.

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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

Estimating causal effects of third-stage management on postpartum haemorrhage in a midwifery context: An evidence synthesis approach for constructing directed acyclic graphs

Vanessa Hébert, Irina I Oltean, Giulia M Muraca, Nancy Santesso, Elizabeth K Darling

Paed Perinat Epidemiol, 2025, pp. 1-9

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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.