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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 […]
Dr. Mysorekar and Dr. Moley discussing their Zika research
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 […]
Findings help explain UTI link to sexual activity
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 […]
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 […]
Undeterred, researchers are tackling a global crisis from multiple directions
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 […]
A new NIH award to study how estrogen regulates the course of urinary tract infections and bladder recovery after infection
First intervention shown to prevent maternal-fetal transmission
Pregnant Woman’s High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet May Affect Future Generations
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 […]
Human studies needed to determine if men similarly affected
A new NIH award to study prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy in obese women
Membership is one of highest U.S. honors in health and medicine
Dr. Ramakrishna Kommagani joins the newly established Center
Scientists’ collaborations will include Zika virus, preterm birth, infertility
Obesity can predispose offspring in multiple generations to metabolic problems
Washington University med school’s discovery
Mice provide tool to test vaccines, therapeutics, understand Zika biology in pregnancy
Drug prescribed to treat gout, kidney stones may negate the sugar’s ill effects
Mouse study shows the sugar trehalose triggers liver cells to clean up their excess fat