The MOMS Study Group

The MOMS study is a rare international collaboration between volunteers from parental organizations and researchers from several universities. MOMS is sponsored by the MISS Foundation (MISS) www.missfoundation.org   and facilitated by the International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) www.stillbirthalliance.org.   Volunteers from these groups are heading the practical performance of the study through recruitment efforts and website design and development.

The scientific study group is responsible for the study design, database development, questionnaire and handling of the database, and will secure high scientific quality on the results in collaboration with The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of ISA. Together they comprise:

J.Frederik Frøen , MD, PhD (Main investigator and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of ISA), Perinatal Research Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Department of Pediatric Research, Rikshospitalet University Clinic, University of Oslo.

Harriet Akre , MD, PhD, (co-investigator) Omnia Sleep Laboratories, Oslo.

Michael Berman , MD, Ass. Prof. (SAC of ISA) Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Yale Medical School.

Susan E. Crawford , MD, Ass.Prof. (SAC of ISA) Department of Pathology, Northwestern University.

John DeFrain , PhD, Prof. (SAC of ISA) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MISS Foundation, Board of Directors

Malin Eberhard-Gran , MD, PhD, (co-investigator) The Norwegian Public Health Institute.

Ruth C. Fretts , MD, MPH, Ass. Prof. (SAC of ISA) Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Harvard Medical Scool.

Richard M. Pauli , MD, PhD, Prof. (SAC of ISA), Clinical Genetics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Babill Stray-Pedersen , MD, PhD, Prof. (co-investigator and SAC of ISA) Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rikshospitalet University Clinic, University of Oslo.