Past Grant Recipients

Past Grant Recipients

  • Heidi Cook-Andersen, M.D., Ph.D./Louise Laurent, M.D., Ph.D. (co-PI’s), University of California, San Diego; "Defining the Molecular Basis of Successful Implantation and Pregnancy of the Human Embryo to Improve IVF Success"
     
  • Werner Neuhausser, M.D., Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; "Identification of Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Coordinates for Post-implantation Human Embryonic Development"
     
  • Gary D. Smith, Ph.D., HCLD, University of Michigan; "Human Embryo Mosaicism: Towards Understanding Longitudinal and Developmental Genetic Concordance Between Embryonic Trophectoderm, Inner Cell Mass, and Stem Cells"
     
  • Joseph Letourneau, M.D., University of Utah, “Effect of Alkylating Agent Chemotherapy on the Uterus of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Exploring the Uterus as a New Frontier for Fertility Preservation”
     
  • Rachel Weinerman, M.D., Case Western Reserve University, “Impact of Repeated Blastocyst Vitrification and Trophectoderm Biopsy on Embryonic Gene Expression and Embryonic Development in a Mouse Model”
     
  • Eve Feinberg, M.D./Elaine Cheung, Ph.D. (co-PI’S), Northwestern University, “Characterizing Fertility Concerns among Women in Academic Medicine and Evaluating the Economic Impact of Fertility Preservation for Deferred Reproduction”
     
  • Lynae M. Brayboy, M.D., Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, “Dysfunctional MDR-1 Disrupts Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Oocyte and Ovary”
     
  • Amanda Kallen, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, “Novel, Noncoding-RNA-Mediated Mechanisms for Regulation of Follicular Quantity and Quality”
     
  • Gustavo Mostoslavsky, M.D., Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, “iPSC-derived Trophoblasts: A Novel Model for Infections at the Maternal Fetal Interface”
     
  • Marina Pryzhkova, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Human Gonad Development using Pluripotent Stem Cells”
     
  • Reshef Tal, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, “The Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Recurrent Implantation Failure”
     
  • Karen Berkowitz, M.D., University of Iowa, “CHTF18 Regulates Meiotic Cohesion and DNA Crossover formation to Safeguard the Quality of the Ovarian Reserve”
     
  • Rachel Mejia, D.O., University of Iowa, “Randomized Controlled Trial of Combined Letrozole and Clomiphene (CLC II) Versus Letrozole Alone for Women with Anovulation”
     
  • Ahmed Balboula, Ph.D., University of Missouri, “Determining if Reduced Autophagic Activity is Responsible for DNA Damage-induced Aneuploidy in Aged Oocytes”
     
  • Tracy Harrison, M.D., University of California San Diego, “Effects of Androgen on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Transgender Men”
     
  • Winifred Mak, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Austin, “Establishment and Characterization of Miscarriage-specific Human Trophoblast Stem Cells”