Congratulations to the latest recipient of the Department of OB/GYN’s Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey (L.A.B.) Award named in honor of Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey—the enslaved women whose sacrifice, without consent, nearly 200 years ago, allows surgical repair for women with vesicovaginal fistulas today.
Rachel Crebessa, MD
Clinical Fellow, Complex Family Planning
Project: Improving contraceptive counseling in a large, academic internal medicine clinic
Mentor: Jennifer Reeves, MD, MPH
Mostafa Eyada, MD
Clinical Fellow, Gynecologic Oncology
Project: Dynamics of FOLR1 Expression and Impact on Mirvetuximab Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer
Mentor: Maggie Mullen, MD, MSCI
**The Ovarian Cancer Research Innovation Fund sponsors Eyada’s L.A.B. Award**
Next application cycle: Spring 2026
A meeting request with the DCR Manager must be made by Monday, February 16th, by 5 pm.
An email with your intent to submit is due Monday, March 23rd, by 5 pm.
Applications are due by, Monday, April 6th, by 5 pm.
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Read more about the application process.
If you have any questions or are interested in serving as a reviewer for a future L.A.B. Award Study Section (an excellent way to improve your own grant writing skills; trainee participation encouraged), please contact Rachel Paul (Research Specialist: paulr@wustl.edu)