Research
Our world-recognized faculty drive a collaborative research enterprise that’s building knowledge and advancing care.
Vice Chair: Sarah K. England, PhD
Supported by the department’s Division of Clinical Research Division and Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, nearly 40 full-time faculty members are leading research focused on reproductive health. Our scientists and physicians are identifying factors as diverse as molecular contributors to preterm birth, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery procedures and public health measures that reduce unwanted pregnancy rates.
Explore ob/gyn research at Washington University
Use the filters below to find research centers, teams and projects.
Research: Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
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Biobank: Women & Infants Health Specimen Consortium (WIHSC)
Providing researchers unique access to banked and prospective biospecimens and data, WIHSC helps investigators at Washington University and beyond with research related to pregnancy and women and infants health.
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Moley Lab
Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS)
Research by Kelle H. Moley, MD, and her team focuses on the developmental origins of adult diseases, as well as gamete, endometrial and glucose transporter biology.
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Active Projects in Basic Science Research
Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS)
Our scientists are pursuing discoveries that will fill critical gaps in the medical community’s knowledge and treatment of women’s and reproductive health. Basic science labs are organized under the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS).
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Active Clinical Trials
Our ob/gyn specialists lead and oversee dozens of clinical studies that are honing the medical community’s knowledge and treatment of issues in women’s and reproductive health, including assisted reproductive technologies, preterm birth, gynecologic cancers, and unwanted pregnancy prevention.
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Biobank: Women’s Genitourinary Tract Specimen Consortium (WGUTSC)
Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS)
WGUTC provides investigators access to genitourinary tract samples, including endometrial samples, fibroids, vaginal swabs and urine, from non-pregnant women from different age groups.
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Kommagani Lab
Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS)
Ramakrishna Kommagani, PhD, and his team aim to address important questions concerning nuclear receptor (NR) and coregulator functions in normal physiological processes and disease states, such as endometriosis and endocrine-related cancers.
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Santi Lab
Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRepHS)
Celia Santi, MD, PhD, and her team are focused on aspects of sexual reproduction that involve membrane excitability and control of membrane voltage in spermatozoa which are essential for the sperm to fertilize the egg.
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Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Research
Investigators and research highlights:
See research summary for reproductive endocrinology and infertility »