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Grant Recipients
Jennifer Gaddy, PhD Vanderbilt University The role of CovR in Group B Streptococcus perinatal infections and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Alison Gernard, PhD, MPH, RD Pennsylvania State University AI-driven placental imaging tool to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes through prediction of neonatal sepsis
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD Washington University in Saint Louis Deciphering Immune Cell Phenotypes in Chronic Chorioamnionitis to Develop Biomarkers for Preterm Birth
Lindsay Hayes, PhD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Promoting resilience against the effects of maternal inflammation on developmental programming of microglia in the offspring
Kieran O’Donnell, PhD Yale University Pregnancy-associated biological aging and postpartum recovery: associations with maternal cardiovascular health in an evidence-based intervention
Meghan Riddell, PhD University of Alberta Identifying the molecular regulation of syncytiotrophoblast programmed necrosis
Marisa Spann, PhD Columbia University Innovative techniques to understand maternal-fetal synchrony as a way to predict adverse fetal outcomes in a hypertensive environment
Melissa Bauman PhD University of California, Davis Epigenetic mechanisms underlying adverse outcomes associated with maternal infection.
Elizabeth Crouch, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco A vascular strategy to ameliorate germinal matrix hemorrhage in preterm infants
James Gardner, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco Extrathymic Aire-Expressing Cells are Novel Mediators of Fetal-Maternal Tolerance that Prevent Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Fetal Loss
Serena Gumusoglu, PhD The University of Iowa Prenatal programming of cerebrovascular health by preeclampsia exposure
Eldin Jasarevic, PhD University of Pittsburgh Maternal microbial metabolites in the intergenerational transmission of metabolic disease risk
Frank Lee, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania Genetic Protection Against Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Gabrielle Rizzuto, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Glycan-dependent mechanisms of fetomaternal tolerance
Yalda Afshar, MD PhD University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnostics for Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders
David R Archer, PhD Emory University Defining the Drivers of Poor Pregnancy Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease
Jacqueline Ho, MD Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Prenatal programming of long-term kidney health by in utero exposure to maternal diabetes
Lisa A. Joss-Moore, PhD University of Utah Uteroplacental Insufficiency Disrupts Placental-Fetal Lipid Regulation and Dynamics
Kellie A Jurado, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Immunological functions of fetal red blood cells during pregnancy
Vincent J. Lynch, PhD State University of New York-Buffalo Evolution of human specific pregnancy traits
Monica Ailawadi Mainigi, MD University of Pennsylvania The Role of Estrogen Metabolites in Abnormal Placentation Disorders
Elze Rackaityte, PhD University of California-San Francisco Antibody Surveillance of Human Development for Preterm Birth Diagnostics and Prevention Disorders
Jian Shu, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital Prediction of Preterm Birth through Single-Cell Genomics and Machine Learning
Chandrasekhar Yallampalli, DVM PhD Baylor College of Medicine Transcriptome and proteome profiling to evaluate role of placenta specific complement activation in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction
Vikki M Abrahams, PhD Yale University Mechanisms and prevention of preterm birth in pregnant individuals exposed to opioids during pregnancy
William Lee Kraus, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas A Multi-Omics Approach to Understanding Human Placenta Gene Expression
Diana Monsivais, PhD Baylor College of Medicine Endometrial signaling pathways during peri-implementation as determinants of pregnancy success
Katy Patras, PhD Baylor College of Medicine Characterizing the role of the vaginal microbiota in group B Streptococcus colonization and dissemination
Joan T. Price, MD University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Periconception evaluation of the vaginal microbiome and immune response to predict adverse birth outcomes in women with and without HIV
Mijo Simunovic, PhD Columbia University Dissecting the signaling and biomechanics of embryo implantation and failure using quantitative organoids of early human embryogenesis
Tamara Tilburgs, PhD University of Cincinnati The role of HLA-G+/C+ extra villous trophoblasts in placental inflammation
Yong Wang, PhD Washington University Noninvasive imaging of human myometrial microstructures and electrical contraction patterns during pregnancy
Nima Aghaeepour, PhD Stanford University Multiomics Modeling of the Immunological Clock of Pregnancy
Adrian Erlebacher, MD, PhD University of California-San Francisco Epigenetic regulation of labor onset
Joanna Halkias, MD University of California-San Francisco Harnessing immune regulatory mechanisms to target the fetal inflammatory response in preterm birth
Mala S. Mahendroo, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Defining the Spatio-Temporal Drivers of Cervical Remodeling in Pregnancy and Parturition
Carole R. Mendelson, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Fetal-Maternal Signaling in the Initiation of Labor
Aleksandar Stanic-Kostic, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Novel Innate Lymphoid Cells in Preterm Birth
John Anthony Capra Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Integrating 'omics and electronic health records to elucidate the genetic architecture of preterm birth
Jonghwan Kim Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin Identifying genetic factors controlling normal and abnormal placental development
Tippi C. MacKenzie M.D. University of California-San Francisco A precision medicine approach to detect dysbiosis and immune activation in preterm birth
Kimani C. Toussaint Ph.D. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Investigating the mechanobiology of cervical remodeling using a novel combination of optical microscopy and nanoindentation
Ge Zhang M.D., Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Genomic study of gestational length and preterm birth
Senad Divanovic, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Role of type I IFNs/IFNAR axis in inflammation-induced preterm birth
Laura Marie Ensign, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University The role of vaginal progesterone delivery in cervical remodeling and preterm birth
John James Moore, M.D. Case Western Reserve University Determination of the Mechanisms of Preterm Premature Fetal Membrane Rupture Using a Novel in-vitro Model System
Mark Phillippe, M.D. Harvard Medical School Cell-free Fetal DNA - the Trigger for Spontaneous Parturition
Timothy York, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University Epigenetic mechanisms of preterm birth in a racially mixed sample of pregnant women
Trevor D. Burt, M.D. University of California-San Francisco Fetal immune activation and lineage switching in preterm labor
Kang Chen, Ph.D. Wayne State University The functions of B cells in pregnancy and the pathogenesis of preterm birth
David N. Cornfield, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine Myometrial smooth muscle cell TRPV channel activity modulates contractility
Stephen Lye, Ph.D. University of Toronto Targeting leukocyte activation to prevent preterm labor
Vincent Joseph Lynch, Ph.D. University of Chicago Evolutionary forward genomic insights into the casual mechanisms of preterm birth
George Scott Worthen, M.D. University of Pennsylvania Genetics of preterm birth
Francesco J. DeMayo, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Progesterone receptor regulation of gravid myometrium
Amanda L. Lewis, Ph.D. Washington University Mucus barrier degradation in bacterial vaginosis-associated preterm birth
Claire Chougnet, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Host-microbe cross-talk and pregnancy outcomes
Katharina Ribbeck, D.Phil., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Properties and functions of cervical mucus associated with preterm birth
Kjersti M. Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Contributions of maternal-fetal-mitochondrial genome and microbiome interactions to preterm birth
Julie Baker, Ph.D. Stanford University Genomic networks that guide trophoblast invasion and disease
Mala S. Mahendroo, Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Assessment of cervical ripening by sodium magnetic resonance imaging
Jeffrey C. Murray, M.D. University of Iowa Genomic signatures of gene expression and alternative splicing in preterm birth
Indira Mysorekar, Ph.D. Washington University Occult infections in the etiology of preterm birth
Kjersti M. Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Contributions of maternal-fetal-mitochondrial genome and microbiome interactions to preterm birth
Vikki M. Abrahams, Ph.D. Yale University The role of placental Nod-like receptors in infection-associated preterm labor
Julie Baker, Ph.D. Stanford University Genomic networks that guide trophoblast invasion and disease
Ronald W. Davis, Ph.D. Stanford University Unexplained Preterm birth
Michal Elovitz, M.D. University of Pennsylvania Targeting novel pathways in cervical remodeling for predicting prematurity: a combined biomarker and genomics approach
Michael Douglas House, M.D. Tufts Medical Center Beyond cervical length: development of a patient-specific model of cervical mechanical function in pregnancy pregnancy
Mala S. Mahendroo, Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Assessment of cervical ripening by sodium magnetic resonance imaging
Jeffrey C. Murray, M.D. University of Iowa Genomic signatures of gene expression and alternative splicing in preterm birth
Indira Mysorekar, Ph.D. Washington University Occult infections in the etiology of preterm birth
Carl P. Weiner, M.D., M.B.A. University of Kansas Initiator-effector gene sets regulating myometrial contractility during term and preterm labor
Award Timeline
Dec 05, 2023
Application Deadline
Apr 09 - 10, 2024
Finalist Interviews
May 31, 2024
Notice of Award
Jun 01, 2024
Award Start Date
Mar 31, 2028
Award End Date