 Sharon
Voyer Lavigne, Incoming OTIS President CT
Pregnancy Exposure Information Service
Ms.
Voyer Lavigne serves on the faculty in the School of Medicine as
a clinical Instructor in the Division of Human Genetics, Department
of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the University of Connecticut
Health Center in Farmington, CT. She graduated from Northeastern
University and went on to receive a Master’s of Science in
Human Genetics/Genetic Counseling from Sarah Lawrence College.
She has worked for the CT Pregnancy Exposure Information Service
for more than 15 years; the last nine of which she has served as
the Coordinator of this program. She has been active in OTIS for
many years, including Co-Chair of Education Committee, member of
Public Affairs committee, former Executive Council member, Meeting
planning committee member, Isotretinoin committee and the Abstract
committee. She is currently the Research Coordinator representing
her service. She is also a member of the Teratology Society.
Ms Voyer Lavigne’s research interest lies in psychiatric diseases
in pregnancy and their treatment, and prevention of prenatal isotretinoin
exposures. As a genetic counselor, the counseling aspects of teratogen
counseling services are also a primary focus for her.
 Christina
D. Chambers, Ph.D. OTIS President
CTIS Pregnancy
Risk Information
Dr. Chambers is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics
at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She
graduated from California State University, received a Masters in
Public Health from San Diego State University, and a PhD in Public
Health/Epidemiology from the University of California and San Diego
State University. She has worked as an epidemiologist with CTIS
Pregnancy Risk Information for the last 8 years. Dr. Chambers' interests
are in the areas of birth defects epidemiology and perinatal epidemiology,
with a special focus on human teratogens. She is currently funded
to conduct research on the prevention of risky alcohol consumption
among pre-pregnant Latinas. She serves as the chairperson of the
Teratology Society's Public Affairs Committee, and has been an active
member of the Research Committee for the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists.
 Janine
E. Polifka, Ph.D. OTIS Past President
Care
Northwest
Dr. Polifka serves on the faculty in the School of Medicine and
is Clinical Instructor in the School of Pharmacy at the University
of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She has been coordinator of
the TERIS (Teratogen Information System) Database for the past 15
years. She is also co-Director of CARE Northwest, a teratogen information
service in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Polifka is a member of the Teratology
Society and is currently the Book Review Editor for the Birth Defects
Research Journal, the official journal of the Teratology Society.
Her research interest is in clinical teratology, especially risk
assessment and communication.
Dr.
Polifka received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from
the University of Louisville and served a three-year postdoctoral
fellowship in teratology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
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