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M.D., Hugh McAllister Distinguished Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Thorp's Curriculum Vitae
Campus Office: 5003 Old Clinic Bldg CB# 7570
Campus Phone Number: (919) 843-7851
Email: thorp@med.unc.edu |
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John Thorp is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing evidence-based medicine who is interested in perinatal substance abuse, preterm birth, and smoking cessation. He has expertise in clinical obstetrics, perinatology, substance use in pregnancy, and the prevention of preterm delivery. He is the principal investigator of the Pregnancy, Infection and Nutrition 3 Plus study, a prospective cohort study examining whether placental vascular compromise is associated with preterm birth. He is medical director of HORIZONS, a 10-year old program that addresses the needs of pregnant and postpartum women with alcohol or substance use problems. He directs the Cooperative Multi-Center Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network study, learning better ways to prevent low birth weight and premature births and reducing North Carolina's high infant death rate. His other research interests include use of episiotomies and trauma, management of preterm labor. He has worked outside of academia in the non-profit sector as a consultant for organizations located in South America and Africa to help establish hospitals and train traditional birth attendants in the use of clinical intervention procedures. John Thorp co-directs the Program for Women's Health Research, an office that provides research services for women's health investigators and fosters collaboration across the clinical, laboratory, psychosocial and public health sciences. |
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Current CPC Grants and Contracts:
• National Children's Study, Cumberland County
• The National Children's Study - Duplin County Vanguard Center
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Information updated on 02/05/2009 |
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