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William Ackerman, MD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Complicated Pregnancies, Placenta, Transcriptomics
Andre Balla, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Anatomic Pathology with special interest in gynecologic pathology and prostate cancer
Maria Barbolina, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Focus:
- Ovarian cancer
Julia Bauer, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Focus:
- Environmental exposures impact the nervous system across the life course
Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Focus:
- Health problems related to toxic substances
Catalin Buhimschi, MD, MMS, MBA
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Department Head (Interim), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
Tristesse Burton, PhD
Bridge to Faculty Scholar, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy
Focus:
- perinatal cardiometabolic health disparities as risk factors for maternal mortality
Rebecca Campbell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Focus:
- Maternal and child health epidemiology
Quetzal Class, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Research Director
Focus:
- Preconception stress, adverse birth outcomes, interpregnancy interval, and maternal infection
Melissa Fiffer, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI)
Focus:
- Environmental epidemiology
Nancy Freitag, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Focus:
- Infections during pregnancy
Steven A. Garzon, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
Pathology Residency Program Director
Focus:
- Placental pathology
Stacie Geller, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine
Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender
Director, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Focus:
- Women’s health, alternative medicine, and maternal mortality and morbidity.
Gelila Goba, MD, MPH, FACOG
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,College of Medicine
Director of the Global Women’s Health Fellowship
Focus:
- Obstetric care for moderate risk pregnancies
Frank Gonzalez, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Director of Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (Interim)
Director of the Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrine and Inflammation Research
Focus:
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Arden Handler, DrPH, MPH
Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Director of Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health
Focus:
- Reducing inequities and improving the health of women
Ayesha Hasan, MD, MS, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Director
Focus:
- High-risk pregnancies including gestational diabetes
Jeni Hebert-Beirne, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Founder, Collaboratory for Health Justice
Focus:
- Structural drivers of health inequities
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Improve patient experiences and health outcomes related to reproductive health and cervical cancer prevention
Aswathi Jayaram, MD, MS, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Ultrasound Unit Director
Focus:
- High risk pregnancies, fetal anomalies, preeclampsia, and pre-term birth.
Jeremy J. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy
Associate Head, Research and Pharmacy Practice
UICentre Technology Lead – Pharmacokinetics, UICentre (Campus Wide Drug Discovery Enterprise)
Focus:
- Development of experimental therapeutics with a focus on phytochemicals in the areas of cancer, fertility and inflammation
Mary Dawn Koenig, PhD, RN, CNM
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, College of Nursing
Focus:
- Maternal Child Nutrition
Kylea Laina Liese, PhD, CNM
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, College of Nursing
Focus:
- Reproductive justice, social drivers and repercussions of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Gail B. Mahady, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Chicago – Rockford
Focus:
- Botanical dietary supplement application in the treatment of women’s reproductive health disorders
Pauline Maki, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine
Director of Women’s Mental Health Research Program
Senior Director of Research, Center for Research on Women and Gender
Focus:
- Role of sex steroid hormones on cognition
Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN
Professor, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, College of Nursing
Focus:
- Preterm birth and cervical remodeling
Supriya Mehta, MHS, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Focus:
- Community-based research that improves HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health
Mahmoud Mima, MD
Visiting Clinical Associate, Department of Urology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Male infertility and male sexual health
Yamilé Molina, MS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Cancer Center
Focus:
- Health equity, with a focus on breast cancer and HIV
Craig Niederberger, MD
Clarence C. Saelhof Professor, Department of Urology, College of Medicine
Head. Department of Urology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Male infertility, andrology
Samuel Ohlander, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Male infertility, fertility preservation, hypogonadism
Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine
Focus:
- Systems Reproduction Biology
Gail Prins, PhD
Michael Reese Professor, Department of Urology and Physiology, College of Medicine
University Andrology Laboratory Director, Co-lead, The ChicAgo Center for Health and EnvironmenT (CACHET)
Focus:
- Prostate gland development, hormonal carcinogenesis, and endocrine disrupting chemicals
Robert Sargis, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Environmental contribution to obesity and diabetes
Lisa Tussing- Humphreys, PhD
Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition, College of Nursing
Focus:
- Nutrition interventions for mitigation of cancers and adverse perinatal health outcomes
Donald J. Vander Griend, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Prostate cancer
Donald P. Waller, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Focus:
- Reproductive pharmacology and toxicology
Emily White VanGompel, MD, MPH
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Focus:
- Health Services Research, Reproductive Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Equity
Nicola Winston, PhD, HCLD
Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
IVF Laboratory Director
Focus:
- Ovarian follicle and oocyte growth and maturation, IVF