2024 CRSHE Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows
Elsie Jacobson
(Clinical Fellow)
X chromosome inactivation and upregulation in placental development and disease
Gabrielle Rinne
(Graduate Student)
Perinatal biopsychosocial processes influencing maternal and child health
Ariel Hart
(Graduate Student)
Black midwives and birthing people participating in out of hospital births
Lior Kashani Ligumsky
(Clinical 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
(Clinical Fellow)
Association of fallopian tube features in BRCA1 mutation carriers with carcinogenic pathways and targetable drivers of cancer progression.
Qiu Ya Wu
(Graduate Student)
Development of the ovary and the building of in-vitro models for non-hormonal contraceptives
Aditiya Pimplaskar
(Graduate Student)
EHR-linked biobanks to understand the clinical and genetic basis of psychiatric illness
Sisi Peng
(Graduate Student)
Menstrual stigma on social media
2023 CRSHE Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows
Joni Brown
(Graduate Student)
Sexual socialization in adolescent Black girls
Ashley Appleton
(Medical Student)
Semen microbiome and fertility status
Sisi Peng
(Graduate Student)
Menstrual stigma on social media
Vida Zhang
(Clinical 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
(Clinical 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
(Clinical Fellow)
Genetic counseling and fertility preservation for women with ovarian cancer-causing mutation
Alec Szlachta-McGinn
(Clinical Fellow)
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and role of fungal burden