Science North and the Science Communication Program at Laurentian University are excited to collaborate with Eastlink to bring you Northern MedTalks 2024!

A fast-paced speakers event featuring 10 presentations by Northern Ontario healthcare providers. Each 10-minute talk will inspire audiences through engaging stories about human health.

You’ll connect with powerful narratives from physicians, nurse practitioners, researchers and more!

WAYS TO WATCH

• Live in-person presentation in the Vale Cavern.
• Enjoy Northern MedTalks at home! A livestream will be available on this webpage and on Eastlink Community TV on April 25 beginning at 7pm (no ticket required).

For a full list of speakers and more, visit https://www.sciencenorth.ca/medtalks

Featuring Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s own Dr. Naana Jumah:

Dr. Naana Afua Jumah is an Obstetrician Gynaecologist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and a researcher at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Dr. Jumah’s research and clinical practice focuses on Indigenous women’s health and substance use in pregnancy in Northwestern Ontario. Through a series of integrated research studies, Dr. Jumah seeks to determine how to organize a model of care that addresses the needs of substance involved pregnant women living in rural and remote areas in order to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Dr Jumah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a DPhil in Medical Engineering from the University of Oxford, which she completed as a Rhodes Scholar. Following her doctorate, she graduated from Harvard Medical School and then completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a specialization in Addiction Medicine at the University of Toronto.