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births; however, this overlooks pregnancy loss, which can have serious physical and mental health consequences. She and collaborators at the University of Manitoba, University of Calgary and University of Toronto have submitted several proposals to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to describe the relationship between pre-pregnancy health and pregnancy outcomes, predict potentially fatal ectopic pregnancies and prevent the long-term complications arising from early pregnancy loss.
For her impactful research studies, Dr. Varner was awarded the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Top New Investigator Award in 2020. In addition, three of her research abstracts are currently under adjudication for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Young Investigator Award, North America’s largest academic emergency medicine association. Over the past year, Dr. Varner completed a Certi cate in Health Impact Journalism at University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Now a recognized health journalist, she writes news stories for The Conversation, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and Healthy Debate.
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