Mona Loutfy
{{short description|Canadian clinician-scientist}}
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Mona R. Loutfy is a Canadian clinician-scientist and infectious disease specialist.
Early life and education
Loutfy earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario and her medical degree from the University of Toronto.{{cite web |title=Mona Loutfy |url=https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/faculty/mona-loutfy/ |website=ihpme.utoronto.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020}} Following this, she completed her Internal Medicine Residency in 1999 and her Infectious Diseases Fellowship in 2001 at the University of Toronto. Loutfy then did a Master's of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2002 and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at McGill University.{{cite web |title=MONA LOUTFY |url=https://www.mlmedical.com/MLM%20Researchers/Mona_Loutfy.html |website=mlmedical.com |access-date=December 28, 2020}}
Career
Upon leaving McGill, Loutfy joined the faculty at Women's College Hospital where she led the creation of the Women and HIV Research Program. She was also recognized by Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science with an Early Researcher Award in 2008.{{cite web |title=What does it take to build the future of women's health?|url=https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/assets/pdf/AnnualReports/WCH_2009annual.pdf |website=womenscollegehospital.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |page=13 |date=2009}} The following year, Loutfy and her research team began focusing on promoting reproductive health in HIV-positive women in Ontario. Her team found that out of nearly 4,000 HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, 69 per cent who are in their reproductive years want to get pregnant. They subsequently published the first accurate measurement of the need to help HIV-positive women in Ontario have children, including developing provincial and national pregnancy clinical planning guidelines for people with HIV.{{cite news |last1=Ogilvie |first1=Megan |title=HIV status no longer barrier to pregnancy |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2009/12/05/hiv_status_no_longer_barrier_to_pregnancy.html |access-date=December 28, 2020 |publisher=Toronto Star |date=December 5, 2009}}
In August 2016, Loutfy was appointed the leader of the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS). The study aimed at documenting the experiences of more than HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.{{cite journal |last1=Loutfy |first1=Mona |title=Establishing the Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS): Operationalizing Community-based Research in a Large National Quantitative Study |journal=BMC Medical Research Methodology |date=April 19, 2016 |volume=16 |issue=101 |page=101 |doi=10.1186/s12874-016-0190-7 |pmid=27543135 |pmc=4992236 |doi-access=free }} She also visited two First Nations communities four times a year to see patients and work with communities to address their HIV epidemic.{{cite web |title=Mona Loutfy: Healing with Heart and Science (2017 Clinical Sciences Winner) |url=https://www.cahr-acrv.ca/cahr-awards-and-grants/dr-mona-loutfy-healing-with-heart-and-science/ |website=cahr-acrv.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=2017}} While serving in this role, she was also the recipient of a Canadian Association for HIV Research and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS' Research Excellence in HIV Research Award.{{cite web |last1=Lindsay |first1=Jolivet |title=Dr. Mona Loutfy receives Excellence in HIV Research Award |url=https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-publications/Connect-2017/dr.-mona-loutfy-receives-excellence-in-hiv-research-award |website=womenscollegehospital.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=April 17, 2017}} The following year, Loutfy and her CHIWOS research team published a study finding that HIV-positive women felt their health needs were lacking in areas around pregnancy planning, Pap testing, mammograms and psychological well-being.{{cite web |title=Women-centred HIV care is lacking in Canada: study |url=https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-publications/Connect-2017/women-centred-hiv-care-is-lacking-in-canada-study |website=womenscollegehospital.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=December 4, 2017}}
In March 2018, Loutfy helped lead the revision of the Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning Guidelines which included "36 recommendations to provide clinical information and recommendations for health care providers' counselling and care."{{cite web |last1=Coffey |first1=Anne |title=New Canadian guidelines for HIV pregnancy planning |url=https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-publications/Connect-2018/new-canadian-guidelines-for-hiv-pregnancy-planning |website=womenscollegehospital.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=March 1, 2018}} On May 3, Loutfy was promoted to the rank of Full professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Medicine.{{cite web |title=U of T honours Dr. Mona Loutfy with Professor's Day to celebrate promotion |url=https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-publications/Connect-2018/u-of-t-honours-dr.-mona-loutfy-with-professor%E2%80%99s-day-to-celebrate-promotion |website=womenscollegehospital.ca |access-date=December 28, 2020 |date=May 14, 2018}}
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Category:University of Western Ontario alumni
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