We will discuss research knowledge on the health outcomes of mothers and fathers of babies born pre-term, and explore ways to best support parental well-being.

Eyal Cohen co-founded the Complex Care Program in the Division of Pediatric Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children, where he is Program Head of Child Health Evaluative Sciences in the Research Institute. He is a Professor of Pediatrics and co-Executive Director of the Leong Centre for Healthy Children at the University of Toronto with cross-appointments in the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation.  

Dr. Joel Ray is a senior adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (IC/ES), with a research focus on obstetrics and gynecology, cardiovascular disorders, and ethnicity. He is also a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute in St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toronto, Professor of the Department of Medicine of the University of Toronto with cross-appointments in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the UofT, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in St. Michael’s Hospital.