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Two OBGYN clinical fellows receive project funding

Two OBGYN clinical fellows receive project funding
Congratulations to Julia Burd, MD, and Bridget Huysman, MD, MPH, Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellows in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, who are both recipients of grants from the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Burd’s project is titled “Mode of cervical assessment in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes,” and Dr. Huysman’s is titled “Racism and discrimination on L&D: Birth […]

“Dr. Gomez-Lopez on “Deciphering maternal-fetal cross-talk in the human placenta during parturition using single-cell RNA sequencing”

“Dr. Gomez-Lopez on “Deciphering maternal-fetal cross-talk in the human placenta during parturition using single-cell RNA sequencing”
On the weekly Science Podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with researcher Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, a professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and pathology and immunology in the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The two discuss signaling between fetus and mother during childbirth and how understanding this crosstalk may one […]

Dr. Kuroki and Dr. Omurtag on Podcast: “Fertility and Cancer: What to Expect When You’re (Not) Expecting” (Links to an external site)

Dr. Kuroki and Dr. Omurtag on Podcast: “Fertility and Cancer: What to Expect When You’re (Not) Expecting”
Diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 28, Mindy faced the emotional turmoil not just of surviving her diagnosis but also of how treatment could affect her plans for making a family. In this episode, she sits down with her Washington University Physicians, gynecologic oncologist Lindsay Kuroki, MD, MSCI and reproductive endocrinologist Kenan Omurtag, MD, to […]