Former Scholars

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The following is a listing of all previous scholars and the years of their scholarship.

Year	Recipient	Institution	Award	Title of Research
1984-1986	Bonnie J. Dattel, MD	UCSF	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1985-1986	Vicki V. Baker, MD	University of Alabama	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1985-1987	Joshua A. Copel, MD	Yale University	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1986-1988	C. Anne Patterson Barnett, MD	Emory University	AAOGF Burroughs Wellcome Scholar
1986-1988	Daniel V. Landers, MD	UCSF	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1987-1989	Joseph A. Hill III, MD	Brigham & Women’s	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1987-1989	Bruce W. Kovacs, MD	LAC/UC Women’s Hospital	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1988-1990	Andrew Berchuck, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1988-1990	David Olive, MD	Duke University	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1988-1990	Karen Beckerman, MD	Washington University	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar
1989-1991	David Keefe, MD	Yale University	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1989-1991	Kimberley K. Leslie, MD	Georgetown University	AAOGF Burroughs Wellcome Scholar
1989-1991	Charles J. Lockwood, MD	Yale University	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1990-1992	Bruce B. Feinburg, MD	University of Texas- Houston	AAOGF Burroughs Wellcome Scholar
1990-1992	Donald J. Dudley, MD	University of Utah- School of Medicine	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1990-1992	Karen K. Smith-McCune, MD	NIH	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar
1990-1992	Ruth Ann Word, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1991-1993	Patricia M. Garcia, MD	Northwestern	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar
1991-1993	Wen-Hui Shen, MD	UCSF	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1991-1993	Daniel M. Lasser, MD	Columbia	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow
1992-1993	Hugh Taylor, MD	Yale University	AAOGF Post Doctoral Fellow	Modulation of Steroid Hormone Action by Growth Factors: Role of CSF-1
1992-1993	Donna O’Shea, MD	Washington University	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Site-Directed DNA Mutagenesis for the Study of the Structure/Function Relationship in 17B-Estradiol Dehydrogenase
1992-1994	Hoa N. Nguyen, MD	University of Miami	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Molecular Approach to Risk Factors of Cervical Cancers
1992-1994	Susan L. Sipes, MD	Thomas Jefferson University	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar	Cloning of Immunomodulatory Genes expressed in Trophoblast
1993-1995	Craig Best, MD	Harvard Medical School	AAOGF-James Kennedy Fellow	Cytokine Effects on Human Ovarian Steroidogenesis
1993-1995	Manju Monga, MD	University of Texas-Houston	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Regulation of Oxytocin-stimulated Phospholipase C Pathways
1993-1995	Susan Ramin, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF-J. Bay Jacobs Fellow	Fetal Neuron Differentiation and Heavy Metal Toxicity
1994-1996	Serdar E. Bulun, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF-Walter Dannreuther Fellow	Aromatase Enzyme and Breast Cancer
1994-1996	Lisa Halvorson, MD	Tufts University School of Medicine	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar	Cell-specific Expression of Follistatin mRNA in the Pituitary
1994-1996	Donna Johnson, MD	University of CA- San Diego	AAOGF-General Memorial Fellow	Atrial Natriuretic Factor Gene Expression in the Fetus
1994-1996	Phillip N. Rauk, MD	University of Pittsburgh	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Paracrine Regulation of Human Uterine Smooth Muscle Gap Junctions and Oxytocin Receptors
1995-1997	Gregory Reid, MD	Northwestern University	AAOGF-James Kennedy Fellow	The Molecular Regulation of Fetal and Placental Growth
1995-1997	Jan L. Shifren, MD	UCSF Change of site: Massachusetts General Hospital	AAOGF-J. Bay Jacobs Fellow	The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Regulation of the Human Menstrual Cycle and in the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis
1995-1998	Kee-Hak Lim, MD	UCSF	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Effect of HIV-1 Protein TAT on Trophoblast Expression of HLA-G
1996-1998	Carolyn Muller, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar	Genetic Alternations in the Progression of Dysplasia to Cervical Cancer
1996-1998	J. Ricardo Loret de Mola, MD	Case Western Reserve University	AAOGF-Walter Dannreuther Fellow	Study on the Pathophysiology of Ovarian Disease
1996-1998	Susan P. Seligman, MD	New York University Medical Center	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	The Relationship between Hypoxia, Nitric Oxide and Preeclampsia
1996-1999	Donna S. Dizon-Townson, MD	University of Utah	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Isolation of Trophoblast and decidual gene
1997-2000	Paula Amato, MD	University of CA-San Diego	AAOGF-James Kennedy Fellow	The Role of Leptin in GnRH Regulation
1997-2000	Henry L. Galan, MD	University of Colorado Health Science Center	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide in the Feto-Placental Unit in an Experimental Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
1997-2000	Eileen Wang, MD	Northwestern University	AAOGF-ABOG Fellow	Roles of Activin and Follistatin in Labor and Delivery
1998-2001	Helen H. Kim, MD	Brigham & Women’s Hospital	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar	Regulation of Mouse GnRH Expression by Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1)
1998-2001	Douglas A. Woelkers, MD	University of Pittsburgh	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Oxidative Stress and Preeclampsia
1998-2001	Khaled Zeitoun, MD	University of Texas Southwestern	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Molecular Basis for Estrogen Biosynthesis in Endometriosis: A Target for Novel Treatment Strategies
1999-2002	J. Rebecca Liu, MD	University of Michigan	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Ovarian Cancer
1999-2002	Karen Lu, MD	MD Anderson Cancer Center	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Genetic Alterations in Ovarian Cancers Associated with Germline BRCA1 Mutations
1999-2002	Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD	Baylor College of Medicine	AAOGF-RSDP Scholar	Characterization and functional analysis of novel genes specifically expressed in ovaries
2000-2003	George Coukos, M.D., PhD	University of Pennsylvania	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy
2000-2003	Oliver Dorigo, MD	University of CA-Los Angeles	AAOGF-Burroughs Wellcome Scholar	Development of a Novel Gene Transfer System
2001-2004	Angeles Aleida Alvarez-Secord, MD	Duke University Medical Center	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Regulation of Angiogenesis in Ovarian Cancer & Development of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy
2001-2004	Wanda Kay Nicholson, MD	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	AAOGF-J. Bay Jacobs Scholar	Health Care Utilization & Health Status in Diabetic & Normal Pregnancy
2002-2005	Kristine Y. Lain, MD	University of Pittsburgh	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Intracellular Adhesion Molecule Concentrations in Women who Smoke During Pregnancy
2003-2006	Michael House, MD	Tufts-New England Medical Center	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	The Cervix as a Biomechanical Structure
2004-2007	Donna M. Neal, MD	Yale University	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Trophoblast Viability: Can It Be Used as a Predictor of Preeclampsia?
2004-2007	Virginia D. Winn, MD, PhD	UCSF	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	PG Effector Functions during Human Cytotrophoblast Differentiation
2005-2008	Janet Andrews, MD	University of Iowa	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Human Cytomegalovirus and Regulation of TRAIL in the Placenta
2006-2009	Francine Einstein, MD	Albert Einstein Medical Center	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Visceral Fat and the Metabolic Alterations of Glucose Homeostasis in Pregnancy
2006-2009	Laura J. Havrilesky, MD	Duke University Medical Center	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Primary Prevention and Reduction of Mortality from Ovarian Cancer
2007-2010	Emily J. Su, MD	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Regulation of 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 in Placental Endothelial Cells
2007-2010	Satu Kuokkanen, MD, PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medicine Center	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Modulation of the Human Endometrial Cell Cycle by Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMS)
2008-2011	William H Catherino, MD, PhD	Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Molecular Dissection of Retinoic Acid Function in Leiomyoma Development
2009-2012	Irina Burd, MD, PhD	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Excitotoxicity as a Mechanism of Neuronal Damage in Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth
2009-2012	Antonette T. Dulay, MD	Yale University, New Haven, CT	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	A Role for Soluble Modulators of Innate Immunity in Regulating the Intra-Amniotic Inflammatory Response to Infection
2009-2011	Mark Alanis, MD	Medical Center of South Carolina, Charleston, SC	SMFM Scholar	Risk of Neuro-inflammation and Programmed Cognitive Impairment as a Result of In Utero Exposure to Trans-Unsaturated Fatty Acids Through Maternal Diet
2010-2013	Sara Morelli, MD	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Cellular origins of endometrial cells
2010-2013	Jacob Larkin, MD	Magee Women’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	The Role of NDRG1 in Placental Injury
2012-2015	Lydia Lee, MD	University of California, Los Angeles	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Placental Vascularization and Hematopoiesis
2012-2015	Joy Vink, MD	Columbia University	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Evaluating the Biochemical and Biomechanical Etiologies of Cervical Insufficiency
2013-2016	Leslie Randall, MD	University of California, Irvine	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Preclinical Validation of 1231-Bevacizumab as a Potential Pharmacodynamic Marker of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Activity and Predictive Marker of Bevacizumab Response
2013-2016	Hilary Roeder, MD	University of California	AAOGF-SMFM Scholar	Treating Prediabetes in the First Trimester: A Randomized Controlled Trial
2015-2018	Rebecca Arend, MD	University of Alabama	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Treatment of Ovarian Cancer with WNT/B-catenin Inhibitors
2015-2018	Malgorzata Skaznik-Wikiel, MD	University of Colorado	AAOGF-ABOG Scholar	Obesogenic Lipid Alterations as a Mechanism of Impaired Fertility
2015-2018	K. Joseph Hurt, MD PhD	University of Colorado	SMFM-AAOGF Scholar	Hydrogen Sulfide Regulation of Myometrial Contactility and Parturition
2016-2019	Jennifer Bushman Gilner, MD PhD	Duke University	SMFM-AAOGF Scholar	The Role of Regulatory T Cells in the Maternal Fetal Rejection Phenotype of Preterm Birth
2016-2019	Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain, MD	MD Anderson	ABOG-AAOGF Scholar	Trends in First-line Treatment and Spending on Care for Women with Elithelial Ovarian Cancer
2017-2020	Anne Van Arsdale, MD, MSc	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	ABOG-AAOGF Scholar	Mapping HPV Integration in Precancerous Cervical Lesions
2017-2020	Adetola Louis-Jacques, MD	University of South Florida	SMFM-AAOGF Scholar	Lactation and Association with Maternal Gut Microbiome and Epigenetic Programming
2019-2022	Rebecca Previs, MD	Duke University	GOG Foundation/ AAOGF Scholar	Immune Modulation of CaMKK2 in the Ovarian Tumor Microenvironment
2018-2021	Nandini Raghuraman, MD MS	Washington University	SMFM-AAOGF Scholar	Risks of Intrapartum Maternal Oxygen Supplementation: Mechanism for Harm in the Mother and Neonate
2018-2021	Lauren Theilen, MD	University of Utah Health/Intermountain Healthcare	American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology/AAOGF	Modifiable cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular morbidity following recurrent hypertensive disease of pregnancy
2020-2022	Dr. BJ Rimel	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	2020 GOG Foundation/AAOGF Clinician Scientist Award	Olaparib and Durvalumav in Recurrent Progressive Endometrial Cancer: A proposal for a Novel Arm of the Platform Study, NRG GY012
2020-2022	Dr. Floor Backes	The Ohio State University	2020 GOG Foundation/AAOGF Mentored Clinician Scientist Award	Phase I/II study of Lenvatinib, Pembrolizumaband weekly Paclitaxel for recurrent Endometrial, Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian tube and primary Peritoneal cancer
2019-2022	Mark Clapp, MD	Massachusetts General Hospital	American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology/AAOGF Scholar	Development of an EHR-based Obstetric Risk Score
2019-2023	Jacqueline Parchem, MD	University of Texas	SMFM/AAOGF Scholar	Modulation of Neural Tube Closure by Amniotic Fluid Exosomes
2020-2023	Kristin D. Gerson, MD, PhD	University of Pennsylvania	AAOGF/SMFM Scholar	Unknown, PTD and Microbiome as Biomarkers
2020-2023	Bradley Corr, MD	University of Colorado	AAOGF/ABOG	Classification of CTNNB1 Mutation for Biomarker Driven Treatment of Endometrial Cancer