Active Scholars
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
Erin.George@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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