Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix

Professor & Endowed Chair for Pediatric Nursing @UAZNursing: bioanth, placenta, DOHaD, marmosets, birth outcomes, midwifery, health justice, #womb2womb 🏳️‍🌈

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Monster thread (with links and gifs!) hyping our new paper “#Womb2Womb: Maternal litter size and birth weight but not adult characteristics predict early neonatal death of offspring in the common marmoset monkey” out today in @PLOS: https://t.co/xJYo1o4ftH 1/

[Stefanie Boyles @stefanie_boyles]

As @JNRutherford said….HERE’S TO SEEING THINGS MORE CLEARLY.

Let’s go, PhD Year 2! @UAZNursing

#phdlife #nursescientist #research

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@slimhiney That’s my super cool big brother.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@robingnelson “certainly making an effort” is so very comforting.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@robingnelson The hottest of hot hot garbage.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@stefanie_boyles @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu #TeamPlacenta is always recruiting!

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Stoked to be in @TheAtlantic article by @KatherineJWu on #preeclampsia:
"...a clinical strategy that pushes for…long-term sexual monogamy puts medical professionals in the position of actively prescribing a very…limited vision of human sexuality"
https://t.co/rn3hlEoLcp

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@stefanie_boyles @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu I’ll send it to you!

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@elisecnm @birthcenters I wish I had known about this! My dear friend Karie Stewart of @UICnursing and Melanated Midwives was the closing keynote!

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Of course we are working on these projects outside of group but this has been a big part of keeping everyone motivated and and supported and the results speak for themselves!

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

WAG BRAG! I have been leading a faculty writing accountability group (WAG) since March 2023 at @uaznursing. In a total of 76 person-hours, 7 people have worked on 18 grants, 16 publications, 3 conference abstracts, and 2 presentations, leading to great outcomes!

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Reminder: @BiologicalAnth award
noms due 10/15! Nomination is a SINGLE document. One-page nom letter can be signed by multiple signatories, but additional letters of support are not necessary or encouraged. Have as many writers/signatories as you want! https://t.co/INxPbwE1Ps

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Nurses/Faculty: If you or your mentees are interested in pursuing a Nursing PhD to study maternal health/pregnancy/fetal development/placenta/birth outcomes/DOHaD please consider @UAZNursing! We’re doing some really exciting stuff (and it’s a remote program so max flexibility).

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@robingnelson *peak*

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@boyles_stefanie @HABrazeau When I was in grad school I worked at a vintage clothing store and fantasized about dropping out and doing that full time. But instead I stuck with the PhD AND my love for vintage fashion.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Correction and more facts:
Excitedly assigned whales one too many cervixes! 2 cervixes can theoretically occur in all mammals, a condition called uterus didelphys,but it’s rare. But our favorite weirdos, the marsupials (I don’t know if ALL marsupials), have 2 cervixes on the reg.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

Love that multiple people have sent me this. Fun whale placenta facts! They are not just a round disc that embeds in one spot in the uterus, like primates’ do. They are diffuse, which means the entire uterine surface is covered in placenta, sort of like an endocast! Also:

[Jules Howard @juleslhoward]

Things I recently learned: Occasionally, seasoned whale-watchers / tourists get the spectacular thrill of seeing a whale placenta floating in the water. Here's one the size of a bathtub. (This one was spotted by Blue Bay Whale Watching in Byron Bay, Australia).

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

In the original post you can see the placenta looks kind of like a croissant. That’s because the whale uterus is bicornuate (single vagina with 2 cervixes opening into 2 separate uterine horns) and this gorgeous placenta is shaped the same way because of its diffuse morphology.

[Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix @JNRutherford]

@robingnelson I haven’t started the newest season and I’m so excited. I love him.