Funding Opportunities
Ground breaking research and access to information is what changes the course of human health, the health of our society, and improves our overall wellbeing. The Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education aims to provide financial support for innovation in reproductive science research, education and clinical translation to meet this critical need.
Current Fellowships
2024 Reproductive Health and Science Fellows
Elsie Jacobson
(Postdoctoral Fellow)
X chromosome inactivation and upregulation in placental development and disease
Gabrielle Rinne
(PhD Candidate)
Perinatal biopsychosocial processes influencing maternal and child health
Ariel Hart
(PhD Candidate)
Black midwives and birthing people participating in out of hospital births
Lior Kashani Ligumsky
(Fellow)
Placenta Accreta Spectrum disorders and the defect in decidual biology at the site of the uterine cesarean scar
Shirley Zhang
(Graduate Student)
Ancestry-associated germline mutations, fertility, and prostate development
Isaias Roberson
(Graduate Student)
Transgenic stem cells and mouse fetal tissue to engineer ovaries in the lab
Alexandra Smick
(Fellow)
Association of fallopian tube features in BRCA1 mutation carriers with carcinogenic pathways and targetable drivers of cancer progression.
Qiu Ya Wu
(PhD Candidate)
Development of the ovary and the building of in-vitro models for non-hormonal contraceptives
Aditiya Pimplaskar
(PhD Candidate)
EHR-linked biobanks to understand the clinical and genetic basis of psychiatric illness
Sisi Peng
(PhD Candidate)
Menstrual stigma on social media
2023 Reproductive Health and Science Fellows
Joni Brown
(PhD candidate)
Sexual socialization in adolescent Black girls
Ashley Appleton
(Medical Student)
Semen microbiome and fertility status
Sisi Peng
(PhD candidate)
Menstrual stigma on social media
Vida Zhang
(Postdoctoral Fellow)
Iron disorders during pregnancy
Max Levenson
(Graduate Student)
Ethanol consumption on the germline epigenome
Olivia Scott
(Medical Student)
Early diagnosis of Placental Accreta Spectrum Disorders
Charlotte Abel
(Graduate Student)
Study of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnoses
Tommy Jiang
(Medical Student)
Less invasive predictive factors for male infertility screening
Neema Pithia
(Fellow)
Anti-inflammatory factors, maternal-fetal morbidity, and pre-term birth
Sonia Raghuram
(Medical Student)
Hormones and muscle strength in female athletes
Isaias Roberson
(Graduate Student)
Uses stem cells to build ovarian tissue in the lab
Joanne Sarsam
(Undergrad Student)
Creates 3-D models to better understand congenital heart disease
Chelsea Stewart
(Fellow)
Genetic counseling and fertility preservation for women with ovarian cancer-causing mutation
Alec Szlachta-McGinn
(Fellow)
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and role of fungal burden