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Barbra De Vrijer

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Associate Professor/Medical Doctor/Division Head of MFMDepartment of Obstetrics & GynaecologyWestern University

Barbra De Vrijer

Associate Professor/Medical Doctor/Division Head of MFM

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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Angiogenesis Autophagy Imaging Inflammation Intrauterine Growth Restriction Metabolism Obesity Preeclampsia

Latest papers

Complicated type B aortic dissection in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026
Quality of recovery after cesarean delivery in patients with Class III obesity: a prospective observational cohort study.
International journal of obstetric anesthesia · 2025
Early functional organization of the anterior and posterior hippocampus in the fetal brain.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2025

All 40 publications

Latest funding

The PARTUM (Postpartum Aspirin to Reduce Thromboembolism Undue Morbidity) Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$4,563,225
The PARTUM (Postpartum Aspirin to Reduce Thromboembolism Undue Morbidity) Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$400,000
The PARTUM (Postpartum Aspirin to Reduce Thromboembolism Undue Morbidity) Trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 12 grants and awards

40 publications.

Complicated type B aortic dissection in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Scallan O, de Vrijer B, Blissett S, Smith S, Duncan A

Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2026.102309 PMID: 42325500

Quality of recovery after cesarean delivery in patients with Class III obesity: a prospective observational cohort study.

Zimmo K, Ching-Johnson J, Jones PM, Singh SI, Dobrowlanski A, Symons YT, de Vrijer B, Sultan P, Carvalho B, Sebbag I

International journal of obstetric anesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104312 PMID: 39700745

Early functional organization of the anterior and posterior hippocampus in the fetal brain.

Nichols ES, Al-Saoud S, Fang M, Eagleson R, de Vrijer B, McKenzie C, de Ribaupierre S, Duerden EG

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2025

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf327 PMID: 41364666

Placental Morphology and Metabolomic Profile in Uncomplicated Metabolically Healthy Obese Pregnancy.

Sarr O, Rajagopaul A, Zhao S, Wang X, Grynspan D, Eastabrook G, Li L, Regnault TRH, de Vrijer B

Biomedicines2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13092149 PMID: 41007712

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria in Pregnancy Treated With Pegcetacoplan: Case Report and Pharmacokinetic Analysis.

Chin-Yee B, Hedley BD, Su R, de Vrijer B, Garcia-Bournissen F, Parkinson S, Hsia CC, Nichols M, Chin-Yee I, Patriquin CJ

EJHaem2025

DOI: 10.1002/jha2.70179 PMID: 41268092

Guidance for Prenatal, Postnatal and Neonatal Immunohematology Testing in Canada: Consensus Recommendations from a Modified Delphi Process

Lieberman L, Walsh CM, Barty R, Callum J, Yan MTS, VanderMeulen H, Robitaille N, Kee Fung KF, Ng E, Hume H

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2025.103088

T2* Mapping of Placental Oxygenation to Estimate Fetal Cortical and Subcortical Maturation.

Nichols ES, Al-Saoud S, de Vrijer B, McKenzie CA, Eagleson R, de Ribaupierre S, Duerden EG

JAMA network open2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0456 PMID: 38411965

Sex- and age-based differences in fetal and early childhood hippocampus maturation: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.

Nichols ES, Grace M, Correa S, de Vrijer B, Eagleson R, McKenzie CA, de Ribaupierre S, Duerden EG

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2024

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad421 PMID: 37950876

Assessing the impact of pregnancy and birth factors on the maternal and infant microbiota.

Al KF, Allen L, Bedell S, Burton JP, de Vrijer B

Microbiome research reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.20517/mrr.2023.32 PMID: 38045923

Decreased left heart flow in fetal lambs causes left heart hypoplasia and pro-fibrotic tissue remodeling.

Reuter MS, Sokolowski DJ, Javier Diaz-Mejia J, Keunen J, de Vrijer B, Chan C, Wang L, Ryan G, Chiasson DA, Ketela T, Scherer SW, Wilson MD, Jaeggi E, Chaturvedi RR

Communications biology2023

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05132-2 PMID: 37481629

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Barbra De Vrijer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Complicated type B aortic dissection in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Quality of recovery after cesarean delivery in patients with Class III obesity: a prospective observational cohort study.

Early functional organization of the anterior and posterior hippocampus in the fetal brain.

Placental Morphology and Metabolomic Profile in Uncomplicated Metabolically Healthy Obese Pregnancy.

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria in Pregnancy Treated With Pegcetacoplan: Case Report and Pharmacokinetic Analysis.

Guidance for Prenatal, Postnatal and Neonatal Immunohematology Testing in Canada: Consensus Recommendations from a Modified Delphi Process

T2* Mapping of Placental Oxygenation to Estimate Fetal Cortical and Subcortical Maturation.

Sex- and age-based differences in fetal and early childhood hippocampus maturation: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.

Assessing the impact of pregnancy and birth factors on the maternal and infant microbiota.

Decreased left heart flow in fetal lambs causes left heart hypoplasia and pro-fibrotic tissue remodeling.

Frequent collaborators

Genevieve Eastabrook

Sandrine De Ribaupierre

Roy Eagleson

Debbie Penava

Jason Gilliland

Charles McKenzie

Jeannie Callum

Jeannie Callum

Liang Li

Vivian Ng

Isabelle Giroux

Lani Lieberman

Marilyn Evans

Harrison Banner

Janine Hutson

Audra Duncan

Oonagh Scallan

Shane Smith

Benjamin Chin-Yee

Matthew Nichols

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Nadine Shehata

Edgar Jaeggi

Eu-gene Ng

Catherine Taillefer

Menaka Pai

Rita Kandel