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Laura Hernandez, PhD Manish Patankar, PhD
Program Director Associate Program Director
The Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Graduate Program is an interdisciplinary endocrine program with a longstanding focus on reproduction. Our faculty’s research spans from disordered metabolism (such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes) to reproductive biology (such as sexual differentiation, fetal programming, pregnancy complications, and cancers of the reproductive tract.) We use a variety of multidisciplinary approaches in our research, from stem cells and cellular/molecular biology, to comparative physiology, to translational work in humans. We are able to provide such diversity in research opportunities thanks to the varied backgrounds more than 50 faculty trainers, drawn from 15 departments across 5 schools and colleges.
ERP News
Congratulations to the Award Winners – ERP Symposium ’24 !!
Congratulations to ERP’s Annual Research Symposium Awardees Manish Patankar, Faculty of the Year Teresita Valdes Arciniega, Best Oral Presentation by a Junior Student Shelby Fertal, Student Service Award Alissa Hofmann, Best Poster Presentation by a …
September 3, 2024Beverly Hutcherson and David Abbott’s latest publication
Congrats to ERP co-authors Beverly Hutcherson, and her advisor, David Abbott, on their latest paper titled, “Anti-Müllerian Hormone: A Molecular Key to Unlocking Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?” published in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine.
August 16, 2024- For More News
Recent ERP Milestones
- 09/04/2024: Cora Thompson (Lab of Joanie Jorgensen) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 08/20/2024: Si-yan Zhang (Lab of Jing Zheng) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 07/17/2024: Erin Miners (Lab of Francisco Pelegri) MS thesis successfully defended.
- 07/12/2024: Soma Banerjee (Lab of Aleks Stanic-Kostic) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 05/31/2024: Matthew Wagner (Lab of Barak Blum) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 05/07/2024: Ryan Trevena (Lab of Francisco Pelegri) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 04/29/2024: Marcela Ambrogi (Lab of Chad Vezina) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 04/24/2024: Caroline Barry (Lab of Francisco Pelegri) MS thesis successfully defended.
- 04/24/2024: Alysia Vang (Lab of Laura Hernandez) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 04/29/2024: Emily Greinwald (Lab of Jon Levine) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 04/15/2024: Robbie Manuel (lab of Chad Vezina) MET PhD with ERP minor dissertation successfully defended.
- 04/12/2024: Bayley Waters (lab of Barak Blum) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 04/3/2024: Sri Dangudubiyyam (lab of Sathish Kumar) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 3/20/2024: McKenna Crossen (Lab of Fei Zhao) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 12/13/2023: Logan Keding (Lab of Aleks Stanic-Kostic) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 11/28/2023: Gabriela Oliveira (Lab of Anthony Auger) PhD dissertation successfully defended.
- 11/15/2023: Sejal Sharma (Lab of Manish Patankar) preliminary exam successfully passed.
- 10/18/2023: Sena Field (Lab of Jimena Laporta) PhD dissertation successfully defended.