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Sarahn M Wheeler

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
DUMC 3967, Durham, NC 27710
2608 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Disparities in Pre-Term Birth - Birth Equity Series · July 2021 Invited Talk Durham Regional Hospital, Durham, NC
Rethinking Race to Reduce Disparities in Obstetric Outcomes - OB/GYN Departmental Grand Rounds · April 2021 Invited Talk Capital Health, Trenton, NJ, Virtual
The State of Black Maternal Health in North Carolina - North Carolina State Legislature Momnibus Bill Open House · April 2021 Invited Talk Virtual
Anti-Racism in Analytics to Combat Disparities in Maternal Health - Analytics and Machine-Learning in Maternal-Health Intervention (AMMI) Conference · April 2021 Invited Talk The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Virtual
Mitigating Bias: Skills and Tools - Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) National Meeting Post Graduate Course · January 2021 Invited Talk SMFM, Virtual
Race Disparities in Obstetrical Outcomes: Roots to Reduction · November 2020 Invited Talk Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Race and Racism in Research: From Recognition to Reduction. - OB/GYN Departmental Grand Rounds · November 2020 Invited Talk University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
17-P Debate: There is a Role for 17-P - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) National Meeting · October 2020 Invited Talk Atlanta, GA
IMPaCT IP3: IMProving the Clinical encounter To enhance delivery of an Individualized Prematurity Prevention Plan - National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities Centers of Excellence Investigatgator Meeting · October 2020 Invited Talk National Institutes of Health, Virtual
Race and Racism: Recognition, Research and Reduction - OB/GYN Departmental Grand Rounds · September 2020 Invited Talk University of Tennessee Medical Center, Virtual
Preterm Birth Prevention: Seeing and hearing black women to narrow disparities in preterm birth. - Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly, March of Dimes Lectureship · July 2019 Invited Talk National Medical Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
Basic Statistics Essentials for the OB/GYN Researcher - Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly · July 2019 Invited Talk National Medical Association, Honolulu, Hawaii
Qualitative Data to Qualify Intervention: Learning from our patients to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth - Resident Research Day · June 2019 Invited Talk Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Atlanta, GA
IMPaCCT 17-P: IMProving the Clinical encounter and Community engagement To reduce disparities in 17-P adherence for preterm birth prevention - Preterm Birth Institute · May 2019 Invited Talk University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preterm Birth: A journey from detecting to reducing disparities in preterm birth. · October 2018 Invited Talk OB/GYN Departmental Grand Rounds, University of California San Francisco, San Fransisco, CA
Race Disparities in Healthcare - Raleigh March for Science · April 2018 Invited Talk Raleigh, NC

Featured speaker during Raleigh March for Science

Understanding Barriers to 17-P in Non-Hispanic Black Women - Duke Synergy · March 2018 Invited Talk Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement, Duke Division of General Medicine, and the Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke School of Nursing, Durham, NC
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women’s Healthcare - Novant Wake Forest Health Symposium · February 2018 Invited Talk Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obstetric Outcomes - Duke Obstetrics and Gynecology Carter Society · October 2017 Invited Talk Washington, DC

Service to Duke


School of Medicine Inclusion Counsel (School) · September 2017 Committee Service

Academic & Administrative Activities


Director, Diversity and Inclusion Department of OB/GYN
Duke Advance UP 

Clinical Activities


Director, Duke Prematurity Prevention Program