What We Do
We are leaders in research that informs women’s health care all over the world. We are fighters for more women in clinical trials and more research dedicated to women’s health and reproductive biology. We are changemakers, transforming women’s lives and creating a better future for us all.
OUR RESEARCH SPANS A WOMAN’S LIFETIME, FROM THE FIRST 9 MONTHS TO 90-PLUS YEARS.
The understanding of the very beginning of life fuels and informs every area of our research — and will change lives and create a better future for us all.
Reproductive Development
Let's start at the very beginning.
WE ARE:
- Researching germ cell development and differentiation.
- Assessing reproductive aging and fertility.
- Uncovering clues to abiogenesis (the very beginning of life).
Pregnancy & Newborn Medicine
HEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES.
WE ARE:
- Studying the normal and abnormal processes that shape fetal health.
- Examining the effects of gene imprinting, environment, nutrition, drugs, and medication.
- Investigating pregnancy complications and their life-long effects on health.
Infectious Diseases
GROUNDBREAKING THERAPIES FOR STDs.
WE ARE:
- Studying the impact of STDs on infertility and pregnancy.
- Uncovering more accurate diagnoses and more effective drug delivery systems.
- Developing and evaluating new HIV prevention products among the world’s most vulnerable populations (Microbicide Trials Network).
Gynecology
FROM CONTRACEPTION TO POSTMENOPAUSAL HEALTH.
WE ARE:
- Investigating hormonal contraceptives and the risk of HIV.
- Studying pelvic floor dysfunction causes, treatments, and prevention.
- Enhancing women’s health and lives in developing countries.
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
SAFER, MORE EFFECTIVE INFERTILITY TREATMENTS.
WE ARE:
- Studying egg and sperm development.
- Investigating relevant diseases such as premature ovarian failure.
- Developing unique methods of restoring fertility.
Women's Cancers
FINDING CURES FOR CANCER.
WE ARE:
- Studying the role of the immune system in causing and fighting breast and reproductive tract cancers.
- Identifying biomarkers for risk, severity, and response to therapy.
- Conducting large-scale clinical trials of breakthrough therapies for cervical and ovarian cancers.
Women’s Wellness
HELP FOR WOMEN AT RISK.
WE ARE:
- Developing interventions for intimate partner violence.
- Improving health care and outcomes for expectant mothers with substance use disorders.
- Evaluating and treating women’s mental health issues, including postpartum depression.
“We think by using human tissue around the tumor in a mouse, that will change the paradigm of how we screen drugs. When you grow a human tumor in human tissue, it is much more resistant to most of those therapies.”
Dr. Ron Buckanovich: Getting to the Root of Ovarian Cancer