2nd annual CRepHS Symposium

The Long Road to Fertilization: From the Bench to the Bedside and Back Again

Award flash news: Dr. Carmel Martin-Fairey

Carmel Martin-Fairey, PhD, postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a research fellowship award entitled “Role of peripheral oscillators in the timing of birth” funded by the National Institutes of Health – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Prematurity is the greatest contributor to infant […]

Award flash news: Dr. Yong Wang

Yong Wang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a new $3.75 million award entitled “Quantification of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease using Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging” funded by the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Aging. Alzheimer’s disease is preceded by at least a decade of clinically silent […]

Award flash news: Dr. Celia Santi

Celia Santi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a new award entitled “SLO3 K Channel: A Novel Target for Contraception” from the National Institutes of Health. In this one-year-long study, Dr. Santi aims to acquire a deeper understanding of the role of ion channels in sperm fertility. Her […]

Award flash news: Dr. Yong Wang

Yong Wang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a new $300,000 award entitled “PET-MRI Imaging of White Matter Damages and Inflammation in AD” from the BrightFocus Foundation. The 3-year study aims to develop and validate a novel PET-MRI imaging method by integrating amyloid PET and diffusion basis spectrum imaging […]

Award flash news: Dr. Katherine Fuh

Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a new $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Foundation entitled “Predictive Kinome for Treatment of Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer”. The project uses a new therapy to inhibit an exciting new protein, DDR2, and improve response to chemotherapy. It also looks at […]

Award flash news: Chinwendu Amazu

Chinwendu Amazu,  the Medical Scientist Training Program student working toward her MD/PhD degree under the direction of Dr. Sarah England, has been awarded the 2017-2018 Porter Physiology Development Fellowship. The Porter Physiology Development Program aims to encourage diversity among students pursuing full-time PhD studies in the physiological sciences and their participation in the American Physiological […]

Award flash news: Grace Y. Lee

Grace Y. Lee, undergraduate student and a member of the England Lab, received the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award and the David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award from the American Physiological Society for her outstanding work on “Novel genetic variants in the oxytocin receptor predict oxytocin non-responsiveness […]

Award flash news: Dr. Indira Mysorekar & Dr. Michael Diamond

Indira Mysorekar, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Associate Director of CRepHS, has received a new $3.04 mil. grant entitled “Mechanisms of Zika Virus Maternal-Fetal Transmission” in collaboration with Michael Diamond, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted […]

Welcome note

We are happy to announce that CRepHS has welcomed several new members: Sangappa Chadchan, PhD – has joined Dr. Kommagani’s lab at the end of March 2017. Dr. Chadchan completed his PhD studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Previously, he worked at CSIR – Central Drug Research Institute, Division of Endocrinology, in […]

CRepHS welcomes new postdoctoral research associates

CRepHS has recently welcomed two postdoctoral research associates – Eryk Andreas joined the Moley Lab in December 2016 and Jeremie Ferey joined the Moley lab in January 2017. Dr. Eryk Andreas earned his BSc and MSc in Animal Production and Technology/Animal Breeding and Genetics from Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia. In 2016 he completed his doctoral degree at the […]

Award flash news: Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS

Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS, clinical fellow in maternal and fetal medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of the England Lab, has received the Thrasher Research Fund’s Early Career Award. Dr. Raghuraman’s study entitled “Oxygen for category II intrauterine fetal resuscitation: a randomized, noninferiority trial” aims to test the hypothesis that […]

Award flash news: Kelle H. Moley, MD

Kelle H. Moley, MD, the James Crane professor of obstetrics & gynecology and director of the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received $1.98 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a renewed five-year study on “Molecular and Metabolic Aspect […]

CRepHS welcomes Hollie Beck

Ms Hollie Beck joined Dr. Katherine Fuh’s laboratory on November 1, 2016. Beck earned her BS in Biochemistry from University of Missouri – Columbia. She has an extensive background in various laboratory techniques and laboratory management. She is passionate about science and eager to contribute to Dr. Fuh’s projects. Read more about Dr. Fuh’s research […]