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photo Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD

Rheumatology

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Assistant Dean and Co-Director of Pitt/CMU Medical Science Training Program (MD-PhD)

Co-Director, Optimizing Reproductive Outcomes Among People with Chronic Diseases (ORCHID)

Director, UPMC Women's and Reproductive Health Rheumatology Clinic

Email: birrums@upmc.edu
Contact
Office: 3500 Terrace Street
Bioscience Tower South, 7th floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
 
E-mail: birrums@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Linda Sadej
Address: S711 Biomedical Science Tower
3500 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Email: sadej@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8734
Fax: 412-383-8864
Education and Training
Education
B.A, Kenyon College, 2002
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 2009
M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2011
Training
Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2014
Fellowship, UPMC Rheumatology Division, 2016
Research Interest
Optimizing reproductive health management for women with rheumatic diseases

Health policy and reproductive health care of people with chronic medical illnesses

Evaluating safety and efficacy of contraception

Evaluating contraceptive care and family planning
Clinical Interest
General Rheumatology
Women's Health
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Sammaritano, L., Bermas, B., Chakrvarty, E., Chambers, C., Clowse, M., Lockshin, M., Marder, W., Guyatt, G., Branch, D.W., Buyon, J., Christopher-Stine, L., Crow-Hercher, R., Cush, J., Druzin, M., Kavanaugh, A., Laskin, C., Plane, L., Salmon, J., Simard, J., Somers, E. 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2020; 72(4): 529-556.
Hunt, N., Birru Talabi, M. Family planning and rheumatoid arthritis. Invited Review. Clinical Rheumatology Reports. 2019; 6;21(5): 16.
Birru Talabi, M., Clowse, M.E.B., Blalock, S., Hamm, M., Borrero, S. Perspectives of adult rheumatologists regarding family planning counseling and reproductive health care: A qualitative study. Arthritis Care Research. In press. 2019.
Birru Talabi, M., Eudy, A.M., Jayasundara, M., Haroun, T., Nowell, W.B., Curtis, J.R., Crow-Hercher, R., White, W., Ginsberg, S., Clowse, M.E.B. Pregnancy, Periods, and "The Pill": Exploring the Reproductive Experiences of Women with Inflammatory Arthritis. American College of Rheumatology Open Rheumatology Journal. 2019; 1(2): 125-132.
Birru Talabi, M., Clowse, M. E. B., Schwarz, E. B., Callegari, L. S., Moreland, L., Borrero, S. Family Planning Counseling for Women With Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018; 70(2): 169-174.
Birru Talabi, M., Mackey, R. H., Kuller, L. H., Dorman, J. S., Deane, K. D., Robinson, W. H., Walitt, B. T., Chang, Y., Holers, V. M., Liu, S., Moreland, L. W. Human Leukocyte Antigen Shared Epitope and Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Rheumatoid Arthritis Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2017; 186(2): 245-254.
Mackey RH, Kuller LH, Deane KD, Walitt BT, Chang YF, Holers VM, Robinson WH, Tracy RP, Hlatky MA, Eaton CB, Liu S, Freiberg MS, Talabi MB, Schelbert EB, Moreland LW. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Positivity, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Women's Health Initiative. Arthritis Rheumatology. 2015; 67(9): 2311-22.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Time-Sensitive Research to Assess the Effects of Reproductive Health Policy on the Health Outcomes of People with Chronic Diseases
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: 45232
Grant Number: R61 HD113515
Start Year: 2023
End Year: 2025
Title: The HOP-STEP Intervention: Improving Maternal Health in Women with Lupus through Pregnancy Prevention and Planning
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: 45105
Grant Number: R01 AR082673
Start Year: 2023
End Year: 2024
Title: Development of a novel, patient-centered measure of reproductive autonomy in the healthcare context
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: 45231
Grant Number: R21 HD109440
Start Year: 2022
End Year: 2024
Title: Investigating Pathways to Optimal Reproductive Outcomes Among Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Grant Number: AR075057
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2025
Title: A Patient and Provider Decision Support Intervention to Advance Reproductive Care for Women with Rheumatic Dis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Research Institute / Robert Wood Johnson Research Institute
Grant Number: IND AGR
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2023

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