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Dr

Yasmin Jayasinghe

Winter And Glover Fellow
Obstetrics And Gynaecology Royal Women'S Hospital/Mercy
Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
female
adolescent
obstetrics & gynecology
oncology
adult
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Dr

Yasmin Jayasinghe

 
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Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Young Womens Health
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Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe (FRANZCOG, PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Melbourne, and a Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). She undertook research training at the Mayo Clinic in 2005, developing guidance for management of breast disorders in adolescent females published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

She completed a PhD on virology and risk factors for cervical cancers in young women, calling for HPV vaccination in forensic protocols. As part of the HPV VACCINE study group she demonstrated a reduction in vaccine related genotypes from 28% to 1.6% in young Australian women in the post-vaccine era. In 2013 she became Lead Investigator of the Fertility Preservation Taskforce, RCH translating oncofertility care for children with cancer. She was past president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology between 2011-2016. She was awarded an NHMRC TRIP Fellowship in 2017, and the Melbourne Medical School's Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women in 2019.

Projects

Displaying the 4 most recent projects by Yasmin Jayasinghe.

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Fertility preservation for children with cancer: A phase III clinical trial of a novel Decision Aid

2018 - 2018
Completed
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IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF ONCOFERTILITY CARE IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER: IMPLEMENTATION OF A NOVEL FERTILITY PRESERVATION DECISIONAL SUPPORT TOOL TO TRANSLATE EVIDENCE INTO BEST PRACTICE

International guidelines recommend the discussion about the impact of cancer treatment on fertility. Lack of information about fertility is ..

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Victorian Paediatric Adolescent and Young Adult Fertility Preservation Conference

2015 - 2016
Completed
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Fertility preservation measures in Victorian children and teenagers with cancer

2014 - 2017
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Yasmin Jayasinghe.

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Recurrent post-coital bleeding: Should colposcopy still be mandatory?

Jeffrey HJ Tan, Yasmin L Jayasinghe, Margot J Osinski, Julia ML Brotherton, C David H Wrede

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Colposcopy has been recommended for all women with recurrent post-coital bleeding (PCB) even if their cervical cytolog..

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Rates of Fertility Preservation Use Among Transgender Adolescents

Kenneth C Pang, Angus JS Peri, Hsu En Chung, Michelle Telfer, Charlotte V Elder, Sonia Grover, Yasmin Jayasinghe

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMA Pediatrics

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Exploring the Unmet Needs of Parents of Adolescent Girls with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Dysmenorrhea: A Qualitative Study

Emily K Bellis, Anna D Li, Yasmin L Jayasinghe, Jane E Girling, Sonia R Grover, Michelle Peate, Jennifer L Marino

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To provide insight into the unmet needs of parents of adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding or dysmenorrhea, ..

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Unmet Needs and Experiences of Adolescent Girls with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Dysmenorrhea: A Qualitative Study

Anna D Li, Emily K Bellis, Jane E Girling, Yasmin L Jayasinghe, Sonia R Grover, Jennifer L Marino, Michelle Peate

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify and examine the key areas of need and explore the experiences of adolescent girls with heavy menstrua..

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Ovarian tissue cryopreservation as standard of care: what does this mean for pediatric populations?

Leena Nahata, Teresa K Woodruff, Gwendolyn P Quinn, Lillian R Meacham, Diane Chen, Leslie C Appiah, Courtney Finlayson, Kyle E Orwig, Monica M Laronda, Erin E Rowell, Antoinette Anazodo, Olivia Frias, Julie Sroga Rios, Stacy Whiteside, Veronica Gomez-Lobo, Maggie Dwiggins, Krista J Childress, Holly R Hoefgen, Jennifer M Levine, Yasmin Jayasinghe, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

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Exploring the facilitators and barriers to using an online infertility risk prediction tool (FoRECAsT) for young women with breast cancer: a qualitative study protocol.

Zobaida Edib, Yasmin Jayasinghe, Martha Hickey, Lesley Stafford, Richard A Anderson, H Irene Su, Kate Stern, Christobel Saunders, Antoinette Anazodo, Mary Macheras-Magias, Shanton Chang, Patrick Pang, Franca Agresta, Laura Chin-Lenn, Wanyuan Cui, Sarah Pratt, Alex Gorelik, Michelle Peate

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: As cancer treatments may impact on fertility, a high priority for young patients with breast cancer is access to evi..

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Supportive oncofertility care, psychological health and reproductive concerns: a qualitative study

Y Wang, Shanna Logan, K Stern, CE Wakefield, RJ Cohn, F Agresta, Y Jayasinghe, R Deans, E Segelov, RI McLachlan, B Gerstl, E Sullivan, WE Ledger, A Anazodo

Journal article  |  2020  |  Supportive Care in Cancer

PURPOSE: Impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors of reproductive age (15-45 years) may lead to psychological distress ..

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Survey of Third-Party Parenting Options Associated With Fertility Preservation Available to Patients With Cancer Around the Globe

Alexandra S Rashedi, Saskia F de Roo, Lauren M Ataman, Maxwell E Edmonds, Adelino Amaral Silva, Anibal Scarella, Anna Horbaczewska, Antoinette Anazodo, Ayse Arvas, Bruno Ramalho de Carvalho, Cassio Sartorio, Catharina CM Beerendonk, Cesar Diaz-Garcia, Chang Suk Suh, Claudia Melo, Claus Yding Andersen, Eduardo Motta, Ellen M Greenblatt, Ellen Van Moer, Elnaz Zand, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Jco Global Oncology

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Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility

Lauren M Ataman, Jhenifer K Rodrigues, Ricardo M Marinho, Joao PJ Caetano, Mauricio B Chehin, Eduardo L Alves da Motta, Paulo Serafini, Nao Suzuki, Tatsuro Furui, Seido Takae, Yodo Sugishita, Ken-Ichiro Morishige, Teresa Almeida-Santos, Claudia Melo, Karen Buzaglo, Kate Irwin, W Hamish Wallace, Richard A Anderson, Roderick T Mitchell, Evelyn E Telfer, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Jco Global Oncology

Fertility preservation in the cancer setting, known as oncofertility, is a field that requires cross-disciplinary interaction betw..

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Long-term trends of Chlamydia trachomatis in a clinic population at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne

Suzanne Marie Garland, Asvini Kokila Subasinghe, Navera Ahmed, Yasmin Jayasinghe, Alex Marceglia

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) prevalence has been reported to be increasing. Whether this is a true increase ..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Clinical Sciences
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Public Health and Health Services
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Public Health
Religion and Ethics

News

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The ethics of a child’s future fertility

Ros McDougall, Lynn Gillam, Clare Delany, Yasmin Jayasinghe, Michael Sullivan

October 16, 2017

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women

Melbourne Medical School
2017

ASPOG New Investigator Prize
2001

FRANZCOG - Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Positions

Winter And Glover Fellow

Obstetrics And Gynaecology Royal Women'S Hospital/Mercy

Casual

Obstetrics And Gynaecology Royal Women'S Hospital/Mercy

Australian And New Zealand Society Of Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology

ANZSPAG

Royal Australian And New Zealand College Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists

RANZCOG

Education

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery

The University of Queensland

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