Jennifer Yamamoto, MD, MSc, FRCPC

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  • Assistant professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Internal Medicine
    Room 836 – John Buhler Research Centre
    15 McDermot Avenue
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P4

    Phone: 204-789-3697 
    jennifer.yamamoto@umanitoba.ca

Cross-appointment

  • Adjunct assistant professor, department of medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Research themes

  • Diabetes in pregnancy
  • Diabetes technologies in pregnancy
  • Thyroid disease in pregnancy

Keywords

  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Pregnancy
  • Continuous glucose monitoring
  • Neonatal outcomes

Research affiliations

  • Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)

Research summary

Women with diabetes in pregnancy continue to have poor pregnancy outcomes compared to women without diabetes. Strict blood sugar control before and during pregnancy can reduce pregnancy complications. Despite the hard work of women with diabetes and their healthcare teams, very few women achieve guideline recommended blood sugar targets. My research program is focused on improving the health of both mothers with diabetes and their babies.

Biography

Dr. Yamamoto is a clinician researcher and recently joined the department of internal medicine at the University of Manitoba in July 2020. She completed her medical school and internal medicine residency at UM. She subsequently completed her endocrinology training and MSc in clinical epidemiology at the University of Calgary and furthered a one-year research fellowship in diabetes in pregnancy at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Yamamoto’s main research and clinical interests include diabetes in pregnancy and thyroid disease in pregnancy. Specifically, her research program is interested in how we can leverage diabetes technology to improve outcomes in pregnancies complicated by diabetes.

Education

  • Masters of Science, University of Calgary (2019)
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Manitoba (2011)
  • Bachelor of Science in Medicine, University of Manitoba (2011)
  • Bachelor of Science, McGill University (2005)

Awards

  • Henry G. Friesen Professorship in Endocrinology, University of Manitoba (2021-2026)
  • Community Health Sciences Achievement Award, University of Calgary (2019)
  • Allen-Carey Scholarship in Women’s Health (2017)

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Contact us

Internal Medicine
Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada

intmed@umanitoba.ca
204-787-7772
204-787-4826