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MODCAST

MODCAST

Written by: March of Dimes
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MODCAST is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and infant health research conducted today. MODCAST aims to bring scientists, doctors, donors, and families behind the laboratory doors for a fascinating look into the science that is changing, study by study, the story of moms and babies in the U.S. From interviews and news analysis to study discussions and more, MODCAST is the science community’s source for today’s preeminent research on moms and babies.
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Episodes
  • Dr. Ramkumar Menon on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    Dr. Ramkumar Menon on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center
    Dec 17 2025

    Dr. Ramkumar Menon, professor and director of the division of basic and translational research in obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and one of two principal investigators at the new March of Dimes Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center, discusses his career and focus at the PRC: pregnancy-on-a-chip technology that simulates human pregnancy and will be used to validate drugs that may reverse preterm birth.
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    34 mins
  • Dr. Catherine Spong on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center

    Dr. Catherine Spong on the New Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center
    Dec 17 2025

    Dr. Catherine Spong, professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and one of two principal investigators at the new March of Dimes Texas Collaborative Prematurity Research Center, discusses her career, research, and focus at the PRC: examining how nutrition, socioeconomic factors, the placenta, and bacterial vaginosis affect pregnancy outcomes.
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    38 mins
  • Dr. Lynne Sykes on A New Link Between Blood Type and Preterm Birth

    Dr. Lynne Sykes on A New Link Between Blood Type and Preterm Birth
    Nov 19 2025

    Dr. Lynne Sykes, co-director of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Imperial College London, discusses her new paper detailing links between a woman’s blood type and her risk of spontaneous preterm birth depending on her gynecological and obstetrical history.
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    39 mins
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