Eleanor Schwarz

BIOGRAPHY

Eleanor Schwarz is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member James Trussell to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

Eleanor Schwarz also has responsibility for checking the contents of the following journals to ensure that the highest quality research relevant to their own interests within these publications is comprehensively and systematically evaluated for F1000:

- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Contraception

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

EDUCATION:
• BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
• MS, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
• MD, University of California, San Francisco, 1999

MEMBERSHIPS:
Dr Schwarz is a member of the Magee-Women's Research Institute, a member of the Society of Family Planning, and chair of the Society of General Internal Medicine's Taskforce on Women's Health.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Schwarz's research focuses on improving birth outcomes and women's health. In particular, Dr Schwarz is interested in the provision of contraception and preconception counseling to women who are at risk of adverse birth outcomes due to chronic medical conditions, use of medications that can cause birth defects, or limited access to health care. In addition, she is interested in the effects of lactation on women's health. Recently, her translational research has focused on the use of information technology to improve provision of preconception counseling.

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