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Title:
Professor
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Role:
Faculty
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Office Location:
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Lewis Hall
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Research Interests:
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Research in my laboratory focuses on the role of factors produced within the ovary that are essential for ovulation to occur. In the hours just before follicle rupture, the follicle destined to ovulate produces prostaglandins, which act within the follicle to stimulate ovulatory events. Our experiments examine how ovarian prostaglandins are made, where prostaglandins act within the follicle, and which important ovulatory events are triggered by prostaglandins.
By studying prostaglandins and other ovarian factors, we hope our research will lead to better treatments for infertility as well as the development of new contraceptive options.
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Bio:
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Professor, Physiological Sciences, 2012-Present
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences, 2007-2012
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2001-2007
Affiliate Assistant Scientist/Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center/Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, 1997-2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon National Primate Research Center/Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, 1992-1997
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