“Having a healthy egg isn’t just about a healthy egg,” It’s about a healthy 90-year-old woman. What we as women provide into our developing eggs influences not just a happy, healthy baby being born, but a baby that has a long-term prognosis for health.”

“Our work is really trying to even the playing field — to give ALL women tools they control, that they use, that can empower them to take care of themselves.”

“It’s incredibly scary to realize that our germ cells are that sensitive to these exposures. But it’s more scary to think that we may have exposures today that aren’t impacting the fertility of our sons and daughters, but rather impacting our grandchildren’s ability to have children.”

“I felt that any risk of aborting a perfectly normal baby because of a diagnostic procedure was unacceptable. And that’s what really motivated me to explore alternatives.”

“Here we are, sort of in a new era of clinical chemistry. You think about your standard blood test that you have routinely at the doctor’s office, and the complexity of those tests, and the information content within the results is evolving rapidly. And a lot of the reason for that evolution is driven by this field.”

“Even though over 80% of pregnant women use drugs sometime during their pregnancy, 95% of drugs are never tested in pregnant women.”

“I’m one of ‘those’ people who tells them: The virus doesn’t care if you’re black or you’re white, rich or poor. It’s a virus.”

“Knowing that we can alleviate some of my patients’ symptoms to make their everyday life experiences richer, fuller — perhaps less burdened — is very gratifying.”

“There’s no question we’re going to discover the genetic predisposition to pelvic floor disorders, which may then help us identify at-risk women.”