Overview
The WRHR Program was initiated in 1998 to provide the opportunity for obstetrician/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) who recently completed postgraduate clinical training to further their education and experience in basic, translational, and clinical research. Program sites provide obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) departments with an opportunity to create a talented pool of junior investigators with expertise in women's health research. The WRHR Program is funded by the NICHD, through its Gynecology Health and Disease Branch (GHDB) (formerly the Reproductive Sciences Branch), and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health using the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Program Award (K12) mechanism.
There are 17 active WRHR sites in OB/GYN departments throughout the nation. The primary goal of these sites is to increase the research capacity of clinically trained OB/GYNs. WRHR scholars represent a diverse group of physician-scientists from several subspecialties and emerging areas in OB/GYN; they pursue a broad range of basic science, translational, and clinical research topics and are often appointed to faculty positions. More than 190 scholars have been appointed to the WRHR Program since 1998.
Topic Areas
The Program's emphasis is on research relevant to OB/GYN and its subspecialties and related fields, including (but not limited to): maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and adolescent gynecology and urogynecology.
Investigators from established research programs, which address a broad range of basic and applied biomedical and biobehavioral science, in OB/GYN and collaborating departments form an intellectual and technical research base for mentoring WRHR Scholars.
Current Sites
2009-2010 WRHR Program Sites
2009 WRHR Program Sites
- Women's Reproductive Health Research at the University of Washington
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Contacts:
David Eschenbach, M.D. (Principal Investigator [PI]): eschen@u.washington.edu
Susan Reed, M.D., M.P.H. (Research Director): reeds@u.washington.edu
- Magee-Womens Basic and Translational Reproductive Health Training Program
Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Contacts:
W. Allen Hogge, M.D. (PI): whogge@magee.edu
Yoel Sadovsky, M.D. (Research Director): ysadovsky@mwri.magee.edu
- Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program at Washington University (St. Louis)
Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
Contacts:
George A Macones, M.D., M.S.C.E. (PI): maconesg@wustl.edu
Kelle H. Moley, M.D. (Research Director): moleyk@wustl.edu
- The Yale WRHR Career Development Center
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Contacts:
Charles J. Lockwood, M.D., M.H.C.M. (PI): Charles.lockwood@yale.edu
Richard B. Hochberg, Ph.D. (Research Director): richard.hochberg@yale.edu
- Detroit Reproductive Career Development Research Center
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Contacts:
Elizabeth Puscheck, M.D., M.S. (PI): EPuschec@med.wayne.edu
Michael P. Diamond, M.D. (Research Director): mdiamond@med.wayne.edu
- Women's Reproductive Health Research
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Contacts:
Linda C. Giudice, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. (PI): giudice@obgyn.ucsf.edu
Synthia Mellon, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): mellon@cgl.ucsf.edu
Leslee Subak, M.D. (Research Co-Director): subakl@obgyn.ucsf.edu
- WRHR: A Mentoring Program in Women's Reproductive Health Research at the University of Vermont
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Contacts:
Mark Phillippe, M.D., MHCM (PI): Mark.Phillippe@UVM.EDU
George Osol, Ph.D. (Research Director): George.Osol@UVM.EDU
Elizabeth Bonney, M.D. (Research Associate Director): Elizabeth.Bonney@UVM.EDU
- The Iowa Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Contacts:
Kimberly K. Leslie, M.D. (PI): kimberly-leslie@uiowa.edu
Mario Ascoli, Ph.D. (Research Director): mario-ascoli@uiowa.edu
- University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) WRHR Career Development Center of Excellence
UTMB, Galveston, Texas
Contacts:
Gary D.V. Hankins, M.D. (PI): ghankins@utmb.edu
Chandra Yallampalli, D.V.M, Ph.D. (Research Director): chyallam@utmb.edu
- The Penn Center for Career Development in Women's Health Research
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contacts:
Deborah A. Driscoll, M.D. (PI): ddriscoll@obgyn.upenn.edu
Christos Coutifaris, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Director): ccoutifaris@obgyn.upenn.edu
2010 WRHR Program Sites
- Brown/Women and Infants Hospital (WIH) Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program
WIH Rhode Island/Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Contact:
Maureen G. Phipps, M.D., M.P.H. (PI/Research Director): mphipps@wihri.org
- Research Career Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Contacts:
Sharon Dooley, M.D. (PI): sdo678@northwestern.edu
Serdar E. Bulun, M.D. (Research Director): s-bulun@northwestern.edu
- Colorado WRHR Career Development Center
University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, Colorado
Contacts:
Nanette Santoro, M.D. (PI): nanette.santoro@ucdenver.edu
James McManaman, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): Jim.McManaman@ucdenver.edu
Andrew P. Bradford, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): Andy.Bradford@ucdenver.edu
- University of Kansas Medical Center Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Contact:
Carl P. Weiner, M.D., M.B.A. (PI/Research Director): cweiner@kumc.edu
- Obstetrics/Gynecology Faculty Research Career Development Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Contacts:
William W. Andrews, Ph.D., M.D. (PI): wandrews@uab.edu
Ronald D. Alvarez, M.D. (Research Director): rdalvarez@uab.edu
- University of Michigan WRHR Career Development Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contacts:
Timothy R.B. Johnson, M.D. (P): trbj@umich.edu
Yolanda R. Smith, M.D., M.S. (Research Director): ysmith@umich.edu
- Reproductive Sciences Research Career Development Center
University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
Contacts:
Thomas R. Moore, M.D. (PI): trmoore@ucsd.edu
Pamela L. Mellon, Ph.D. (Research Director): pmellon@ucsd.edu
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