Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation

Trans-basic research and clinical trials: ovarian cancer stem cells, ovarian cancer therapeutics and clinical trials: WRHR Advisory Committee

Trans-basic research: regulation of gametogenesis in human and mouse, fundamental mechanisms required to produce viable germ cells, ovarian reserve

Clinical research and clinical trials: pregnancy complications including preterm birth, pregnancy pharmacotherapy, opioid use disorder

Trans-basic research: Ovarian cancer immunology and immunotherapy, intercellular communication between stroma, tumor cells and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment

Clinical and population health: women’s health before, during and after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes and preterm birth: WRHR Research Director

Qualitative research methods: behavioral interventions, patient-provider communication: WRHR Advisory Committee

Clinical research and clinical trials: contraceptive and microbicide research and development, intrauterine devices, contraceptive rings and patches, oral and topical antiretroviral agents, multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs)

Clinical research: ovarian cancer treatment, intraperitoneal chemotherapy and new combinatorial chemo-immunotherapy approaches. WRHR PD/PI

Clinical research and clinical trials: Sleep physiology during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, WRHR Advisory Committee

Health services research: health system research, disparities in health system utilization among vulnerable populations, particularly women with physical disabilities and people with severe obesity

Microbiology and clinical trials: diagnosis, treatment and prevention of reproductive tract infections including HIV using translational and clinical research and clinical trial approaches

Clinical research and clinical trials: patient, provider and system-level factors affecting health among women with substance use disorders: Director Pregnancy Recovery Center: WRHR Advisory Committee

Trans-basic research: epigenetic, genomic imprinting and assisted reproductive technologies: molecular mechanisms that regulate gene expression during embryo development

Translational research and clinical trials: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor disorders, bioengineering approaches to vaginal biofabrication for women with massive tissue loss: WRHR Advisory Committee

Trans-basic research and clinical trials: stem cells, germ lineage development, fertility and infertility, stem cell and gonadal tissue transplant therapies to treat infertility

Trans-basic research: translational genomics, development of non-invasive molecular approaches for screening and phenotyping in complex human disease, preterm delivery prediction, endometriosis

Trans-basic research: pharmaceutical product development, delivery systems for small molecule protein, peptide and biological drug candidates, safety pharmacokinetics, transport and drug targeting in the female reproductive tract

Translational and clinical research: advances in virtual care, population health and patient engagement, genetics of preterm birth and preeclampsia

Basic research: genome integrity in the germ line, including meiosis crossover formation, double-strand break repair, telomere maintenance and replicative repair and defects leading to infertility, loss of ovarian reserve, and miscarriage

Psychiatry: neurocognition, aging, health equity

Medicine: contraceptive decision making, reproductive health and justice

Nursing: genetics of neurocognitive decline, traumatic brain injury

Pharmacology: molecular pharmacology, steroid hormone receptor biology

Nursing: interventions to promote uptake, duration and intensity of lactation

Public health: health services research, Medicaid policy

Nursing: quality of life among women with cancer and their family caregivers

Medicine: mitochondrial function, cellular metabolism, oxidative stress, aging

Pediatrics: molecular mechanisms of reproductive and somatic aging

Psychiatry: stress biology and impact on pregnancy health

Public health: health services research, Medicaid policy, reproductive health

Medicine: endocrinology, metabolism, diabetes, adipocyte biology

Medicine: cardiology, health services research, rural health, hypertension

Public health: maternal health equity, reproductive justice, community partnership

Pediatrics: adolescent health, violence prevention, community prevention trials

Cancer: invasive lobular breast cancer, translational breast cancer research

Medicine: sleep medicine, pulmonology, obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy

Public health: neuroimaging and aging, pregnancy and early markers of aging

Medicine: cardiology, pharmacology, nitrous oxide signaling during and after pregnancy

Psychiatry: menopause, cardiovascular health, cerebrovascular health

Medicine: cardiology, non-invasive cardiovascular imaging, novel therapeutics delivery

Bioengineering: regenerative medicine, tissue engineering of tubular tissues and organs

Gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy management, pharmaceutical interventions

Pelvic floor disorders, novel devices and treatments

Maternal-fetal immunity, immune cell response of the placenta

Gynecologic cancer, development and implementation of early-phase trials