Overview

Having pregnancy complications, such as a baby that doesn't grow as much as expected, or a baby that is born too early, can be difficult for parents and families. My research focuses on figuring out how to best detect and manage pregnancies at risk of having these and other complications, and how to best communicate information so that patients can make treatment decisions that are right for them.

Publications

Improving the external validity of Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids trial findings
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Jennifer A. Hutcheon and Jessica Liauw
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12856
01/2023

How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol
medRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.10.23292463
2023

How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol
PLoS ONE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288952
2023

Antenatal Obstetrician Care Among People Who Experience Incarceration in Ontario: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.02.013
2023

Technical Update No. 439: Antenatal Corticosteroids at Late Preterm Gestation
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2022.12.006
2023

Mise à jour technique no 439: Corticothérapie prénatale en période de prématurité tardive
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2022.12.007
2023

Directive clinique no 442 : Retard de croissance intra-utérin : Dépistage, diagnostic et prise en charge en contexte de grossesse monofœtale
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.05.023
2023

Guideline No. 442: Fetal Growth Restriction: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management in Singleton Pregnancies
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.05.022
2023

Erratum to Technical Update No. 438: Antenatal Corticosteroids at Late Preterm Gestation Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2023; 45(6): 445-457.E2 (Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (2023) 45(6) (445–457.e2), (S1701216322007848), (10.1016/j.jogc.2022.12.006))
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.102270
2023

Umbilical Cord Hemangioma with Significant Cord Edema
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.06.012
2023

Counterpoint: The value of benchmarking in observational studies of the longer term safety of antenatal corticosteroids
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Hutcheon, J.A. and Liauw, J.
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12937
2023

Making sense of harms and benefits: Assessing the numeric presentation of risk information in ACOG obstetrical clinical practice guidelines
Patient Education and Counseling
Foggin, H. and Hutcheon, J.A. and Liauw, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.030
2022

Lived experiences of pregnancy and prison through a reproductive justice lens: A qualitative meta-synthesis
Social Science and Medicine
Cavanagh, A. and Shamsheri, T. and Shen, K. and Gaber, J. and Liauw, J. and Vanstone, M. and Kouyoumdjian, F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115179
2022

Which chart and which cut-point: deciding on the INTERGROWTH, World Health Organization, or Hadlock fetal growth chart
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Liauw, J. and Mayer, C. and Albert, A. and Fernandez, A. and Hutcheon, J.A.
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04324-0
2022

Antenatal corticosteroid administration and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in childhood: a regression discontinuity study
CMAJ
Hutcheon, J.A. and Strumpf, E.C. and Liauw, J. and Skoll, M.A. and Socha, P. and Srour, M. and Ting, J.Y. and Harper, S.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211491
2022

Short-term outcomes of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for fetal growth restriction: a study protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis, aggregate meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis
Systematic Reviews
Jessica Liauw and Katie Groom and Wessel Ganzevoort and Christian Gluud and Christopher J. D. McKinlay and Andrew Sharp and Laura Mackay and Chirag Kariya and Ken Lim and Peter von Dadelszen and Jacqueline Limpens and Janus C. Jakobsen and Francois Audibert and Zarko Alfirevic and Philip Baker and Emmanuel Bujold and Youkee Chung and Christine Cornforth and Wessel Ganzevoort and Sanne J. Gordijn and Katie Groom and Christian Gluud and Janus C. Jakobsen and Edward D. Johnstone and Chirag Kariya and Louise Kenny and Tang Lee and Larry Li and Jessica Liauw and Ken Lim and Laura Magee and Laura Mackay and Lesley McCowan and Chris McKinlay and Ben W. Mol and Wes Onland and Aris Papageorghiou and Anouk Pels and Andrew Sharp and Peter von Dadelszen
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01849-5
12/2021

Short interpregnancy interval and pregnancy outcomes: How important is the timing of confounding variable ascertainment?
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Laura Schummers and Jennifer A. Hutcheon and Wendy V. Norman and Jessica Liauw and Talshyn Bolatova and Katherine A. Ahrens
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12716
07/2021

Long interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Difficulties in interpreting and translating data to clinical practice
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Laura Schummers and Jessica Liauw
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12795
07/2021

Reproductive healthcare in prison: A qualitative study of women’s experiences and perspectives in Ontario, Canada
PLOS ONE
Jessica Liauw and Jessica Jurgutis and Elysée Nouvet and Brigid Dineley and Hannah Kearney and Naomi Reaka and Donna Fitzpatrick-Lewis and Leslea Peirson and Fiona Kouyoumdjian
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251853
05/2021

Database Autopsy: An Efficient and Effective Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in Canada
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Amélie Boutin and Arlin Cherian and Jessica Liauw and Susie Dzakpasu and Heather Scott and Michiel Van den Hof and Jocelynn Cook and Jennifer Blake and K.S. Joseph
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.06.026
01/2021

Should Fetal Growth Charts Be References or Standards?
Epidemiology
Hutcheon, J.A. and Liauw, J.
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001275
2021

Etiologies and outcomes of prenatally diagnosed hyperechogenic kidneys
Prenatal Diagnosis
Digby, E.L. and Liauw, J. and Dionne, J. and Langlois, S. and Nikkel, S.M.
DOI: 10.1002/pd.5883
2021

Early pregnancy loss incidence in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Systematic Reviews
Schummers, L. and Oveisi, N. and Ohtsuka, M.S. and Hutcheon, J.A. and Ahrens, K.A. and Liauw, J. and Norman, W.V.
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01815-1
2021

Antenatal corticosteroids and COVID-19: balancing benefits and harms
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jessica Liauw and Serena Gundy and Bram Rochwerg and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.062
12/2020

Antenatal corticosteroid administration and early school age child development: A regression discontinuity study in British Columbia, Canada
PLOS Medicine
Jennifer A. Hutcheon and Sam Harper and Jessica Liauw and M. Amanda Skoll and Myriam Srour and Erin C. Strumpf
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003435
12/2020

Should Fetal Growth Charts Be References or Standards?
Epidemiology
Jennifer A. Hutcheon and Jessica Liauw
DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001275
10/2020

Quality of Antenatal Care for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada.
JAMA network open
Carter Ramirez A and Liauw J and Cavanagh A and Costescu D and Holder L and Lu H and Kouyoumdjian FG
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12576
PubMed: 32761161
08/2020

Interpregnancy interval and perinatal outcomes after a perinatal loss
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Wendy Norman and Laura Schummers and Jessica Liauw and Jennifer Hutcheon and Katherine Ahrens and Eda Karacabeyli and Tyler VanderWeele
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.02.083
05/2020

841: Late preterm antenatal corticosteroids and neonatal morbidity and mortality: estimating population-level absolute risk measures
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hannah Foggin and Jessica Liauw and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.855
01/2020

1076: Interpregnancy interval and perinatal outcomes after a perinatal loss
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Laura Schummers and Jessica Liauw and Jennifer A. Hutcheon and Katherine Ahrens and Eda Karacabeyli and Tyler VanderWeele and Wendy V. Norman
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.1088
01/2020

Infant and Maternal Outcomes for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Carter Ramirez, A. and Liauw, J. and Costescu, D. and Holder, L. and Lu, H. and Kouyoumdjian, F.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.11.068
2020

Short interpregnancy interval and poor fetal growth: Evaluating the role of pregnancy intention
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Jessica Liauw and Geir W. Jacobsen and Tricia L. Larose and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12506
01/2019

A Common Language: What Exactly Does 34 Weeks Gestation Mean?
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Liauw, J. and Burrows, J. and Crane, J.M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Murphy, K.E. and Boutin, A. and Skoll, A. and Joseph, K.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.05.029
2018

Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Improving Neonatal Outcomes: Balancing Benefits and Risks
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Boutin, A. and Skoll, A. and Bujold, E. and Burrows, J. and Crane, J. and Geary, M. and Jain, V. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Liauw, J. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, K. and Wong, S. and Joseph, K.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.06.002
2018

N° 364 - La Corticothérapie Prénatale Pour Améliorer Les Issues Néonatales
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Skoll, A. and Boutin, A. and Bujold, E. and Burrows, J. and Crane, J. and Geary, M. and Jain, V. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Liauw, J. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, K. and Wong, S. and Joseph, K.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.06.025
2018

Association between prepregnancy body mass index and severe maternal morbidity
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
Lisonkova, S. and Muraca, G.M. and Potts, J. and Liauw, J. and Chan, W.-S. and Skoll, A. and Lim, K.I.
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000532197.91246.54
2018

No. 364-Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Improving Neonatal Outcomes
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Skoll, A. and Boutin, A. and Bujold, E. and Burrows, J. and Crane, J. and Geary, M. and Jain, V. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Liauw, J. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, K. and Wong, S. and Joseph, K.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.04.018
2018

Association between prepregnancy body mass index and severe maternal morbidity
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
Lisonkova, S. and Muraca, G.M. and Potts, J. and Liauw, J. and Chan, W.-S. and Skoll, A. and Lim, K.I.
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.16191
2017

Abortion training in Canadian obstetrics and gynecology residency programs
Contraception
Liauw, J. and Dineley, B. and Gerster, K. and Hill, N. and Costescu, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.07.014
2016

The Unmet Contraceptive Need of Incarcerated Women in Ontario
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Liauw, J. and Foran, J. and Dineley, B. and Costescu, D. and Kouyoumdjian, F.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2016.03.011
2016

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release
American Journal of Public Health
Kouyoumdjian, F.G. and McIsaac, K.E. and Liauw, J. and Green, S. and Karachiwalla, F. and Siu, W. and Burkholder, K. and Binswanger, I. and Kiefer, L. and Kinner, S.A. and Korchinski, M. and Matheson and Young, P. and Hwang, S.W.
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302498
2015

Global public health implications of a mass gathering in mecca, Saudi Arabia during the midst of an influenza pandemic
Journal of Travel Medicine
Khan, K. and Memish, Z.A. and Chabbra, A. and Liauw, J. and Hu, W. and Janes, D.A. and Sears, J. and Arino, J. and MacDonald, M. and Calderon, F. and Raposo, P. and Heidebrecht, C. and Wang, J. and Chan, A. and Brownstein, J. and Gardam, M.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00397.x
2010

Spread of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus via global airline transportation
New England Journal of Medicine
Khan, K. and Arino, J. and Hu, W. and Raposo, P. and Sears, J. and Calderon, F. and Heidebrecht, C. and Macdonald, M. and Liauw, J. and Chan, A. and Gardam, M.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0904559
2009

Research

Choosing cut points on the INTERGROWTH-21st and WHO fetal growth charts to identify high risk fetuses
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Antenatal corticosteroids for fetal lung maturity: improving communication and understanding of harms and benefits
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Determining the optimal interpregnanacy interval after adverse pregnancy outcomes
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Grants

University of British Columbia Clinician Investigator Program (2017-2020)

BC Children's Hospital Healthy Starts Catalyst Grant (2017): "Choosing cut points on the INTERGROWTH-21st and WHO fetal growth charts to identify high risk fetuses"

University of British Columbia DA Boyes Award (2019): "Navigating the grey zone - creating a decision aid for antenatal corticosteroids after 34 weeks' gestation"

WHRI Catalyst Grant (2019): Effects of prematurity on children's health in British Columbia

BC Children's Hospital Clinical and Translational Seed Grant (2020): "Interpregnancy interval and adverse outcomes - defining optimal intervals for high-risk populations"

Research Group Members

Kelvin Chui, Student Researcher
Claire Cordingley, Data Analyst
Reeve Liew, Research Assistant
Larisse Melo
Zovya Wasylyk, Medical Student Researcher