Medicine use in pregnancy and foetal risk - experience from the UK Teratology Information Service of addressing a global issue

The Division of Clinical Pharmacology invites you to attend a talk

Medicine use in pregnancy and foetal risk - experience from the UK Teratology Information Service of addressing a global issue

Dr Laura Michelle Yates

MBChB DRCOG MRCPCH PhD

Head of Teratology

UK Teratology Information Service

Friday, 13^th October 2017 from 08h00-09h00

Bill Hoffenberg Conference Room

Born and schooled in Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Dr Yates went on to study medicine at the University of Cape Town. Her long standing interest and fascination with genetics and foetal development led her to Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK where, in 2009, she was appointed as a Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Genetic Medicine, and as Head of the UK Teratology Information Service (www.UKTIS.org).

Her research interests are in developmental genetics, foetal effects of medicine use in pregnancy and teratogen surveillance. She is currently a board member of the European Network of Teratology Information Services, and chair of the European Medicines Agency's European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP) Pregnancy Special Interest Group, and the ENCePP Working Group on Independence and Transparency.

Please RSVP to Ghakiema.Jacobs@uct.ac.za for catering purposes.

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