Active Scholars | Reproductive Scientist Development Program

Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS

2020

Associate Professor
Gynecologic Oncology
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Mentor(s): Manish Patankar, PhD

Chair: Laurel Rice, MD

Project: Repurposing Atovaquone for the Prevention of Ovarian Cancer

Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD

2020

Clinical Fellow
Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Utah

Mentor(s): Michael Warner, MD

Torri D Metz, MD, MS

Chair: Robert M. Silver, MD

Project: Place matters for maternal morbidity: Evaluating neighborhood and geographic drivers of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity in Utah

Erin George, MD

2020

Instructor
Gynecologic Oncology
University of Pennsylvania

Mentor(s): Fiona Simpkins, MD

Chair: Deborah Driscoll, MD

Project: Optimizing targeted therapies in Cyclin E over-expressing endometrial cancers

Christina Megli, MD, PhD

2020

Fellow
Maternal Fetal Medicine/Reproductive Infectious Disease
University of Pittsburgh

Mentor(s): Carolyn Coyne, PhD

Chair: Robert P. Edwards, MD

Project: Regulation of Macrophage Function by the Placenta

Sarah Wernimont, MD, PhD

2020

Fellow
Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Minnesota

Mentor(s): Peter Crawford, MD, PhD

Chair: John R. Fischer, MD, FACOG

Project: Mitochondrial macronutrient flux and regulation of syncytiotrophoblast differentiation and transport

Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD

2019

Clinical Fellow
Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentor(s): Deborah Krakow, MD

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD

Chair: Deborah Krakow, MD

Project: Maternal-fetal hemodynamics and genetic modifiers of single-ventricle congenital heart disease

Valerie Flores, MD

2019

Clinical Instructor
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Yale University School of Medicine

Mentor(s): Hugh Taylor, MD

Haifin Lin, PhD

Chair: Hugh Taylor, MD

Project: The Mechanisms of Inflammation-Mediated Progesterone Resistance in Endometriosis

Ai-ris Collier, MD

2018

Clinical Fellow
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Mentor: Dan Barouch, MD, PhD

Chair: Hope Ricciotti, MD

Project: Maternal immune tolerance at the utero-placental interface in preeclampsia and intrauterine fetal growth restriction

Leo Han, MD

2018

Assistant Professor
Family Planning
Oregon Health & Science University

Mentor: Jeffrey Jensen, MD, MPH

Chair: Aaron Caughey, MD

Project: Understanding progestogen effects on cervical mucus

David Owen, MD, PhD

2017

Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medicine Center

Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, PhD

Chair: Steven Bloom, MD

Project: An integrated genomic analysis of placenta development and susceptibility to Zika virus infection across gestation