Targeted treatment reduces number of disease-causing microbes in mice

Effects of high-fat, high-sugar diet on heart passed down three generations

No increased risks to newborns, study shows

Brooke Liang has been selected to receive mentored training through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Medical Research Fellows Program.

BME Senior Design Project Award

What can we do to be prepared for the next epidemic? What have we learned over the years from HIV work in pregnancy? What are the findings on vertical transmission of ZIKV? How can the rapid flow between murine findings help improve human health? These and other equally important findings will be presented and discussed […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]