Centers and Programs

Women's Health Research Center

Past Projects

The Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center has awarded numerous pilot grants.

2024 awardees

Patricio Escalante, M.D., M.S.
Effect of Estradiol in the Immunopathology of MAC Infection

Anushka Irani, B.M., B.Ch., Ph.D.
Individualized Women's Healthcare in Fibromyalgia

Barbara K. Bruce, Ph.D., L.P.
A Randomized Controlled Trial To Determine the Efficacy of a Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program for Treating Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Musculoskeletal Symptoms (AIMSS) in Women Who Have Had Breast Cancer

Alyssa M. Larish, M.D.
Determination of Chorionic Villi DNA Methylation Profile and Intrauterine Biomarkers in Patients With First Trimester Pregnancies

Burcu Zeydan, M.D.
Sex-Specific Disparities in Black Versus White People in the United States with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Aoife M. Egan, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.
Harnessing Spatial Transcriptomics To Understand the Factors Mediating Pancreatic Islet Cell Adaptation in Human Pregnancy

2023 awardees

Suzette J. Bielinski, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Improving Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in Women by Incorporating Breast Arterial Calcification

Carmen J. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Vitamin D Sulfates in Breast Milk

LaTonya J. Hickson, M.D.
Examining the Effects of Estrogen on Cellular Senescence in Diabetic Kidney Disease

Cynthia S. Crowson, Ph.D.
Long-Term Health Outcomes in Women With Breast Implants: A Population-Based Investigation

Jennifer St. Sauver, Ph.D.
Healthcare Concerns in Women at Midlife

Kathy L. MacLaughlin, M.D.
Validation and Feasibility of HPV Self-Sampling With Mailed Test Kits for Cervical Cancer Screening

2022 awardees

Andy Abril, M.D.
Genetic Evaluation of Hand Erosive Osteoarthritis
2022-2023

Demilade A. Adedinsewo, M.B., Ch.B.
Development of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Tool for Noninvasive Detection of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Women
2022-2023

Sarah C. Baumgarten, M.D., Ph.D.
A Randomized Controlled Trial To Assess the Effect of Music Therapy on the Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination
2022-2023

Josh M. Bock, Ph.D.
Sex Differences in Immuno-Inflammation With Sleep Apnea
2022-2023

Emma Fortune Ngufor, Ph.D.
A Remote Mindfulness-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Postmenopausal Women
2022-2023

Maria Daniela Hurtado Andrade, M.D., Ph.D.
Differences in Postprandial Satiety Among Pre- and Postmenopausal Women With Obesity

Ping Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Characterizing Metabolomic-Wide and Genome-Wide Biomarker Signatures for Appalling Female Preponderance of Gallstone Disease
2022-2023

2021 awardees

Terry C. Burns, M.D., Ph.D.
Exogenous Hormone Use in Women With Intracranial Meningiomas: Incidence, Recurrence and Progression
2021-2022

LaTonya J. Hickson, M.D.
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Function and Senescence in Experimental and Human Diabetic Kidney Disease: Effects of Sex
2021-2022

Amanika Kumar, M.D.
Prehabilitation in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
2021-2022

Yiyi Yan, M.D., Ph.D.
The Impact of Cancer Immunotherapy on Ovarian Function in Young Women With Cancer
2021-2022

2020 awardees

Colleen M. Bartman, Ph.D.
Estrogen and the Circadian Clock in Women with Asthma
2020-2022

Naima Covassin, Ph.D.
Assessment of Sleep Disruption in Women With Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
2020-2022

Ali A. Duarte Garcia, M.D.
Preventing the Transition of Cutaneous to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2020-2022

Emma Fortune Ngufor, Ph.D.
Understanding Sex-Specific Effects of Abrupt Endocrine Disruption on Physical Activity and Bone and Muscle Health
2020-2022

Jewel M. Kling, M.D., M.P.H.
Cognitive Effects of Pituitary-Ovarian Hormones in Menopause
2020-2021

Essa Mohamed, Ph.D., and Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D.
Evaluating the Prevalence and Implications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Pre- and Postmenopausal Women of Somali Origin
2020-2022

Nagai Takashi, M.D., and Nathan D. Schilaty, Ph.D.
Mayo Posture Positivity Power Program (MayoP4) for Active and Aging Women in Communities: A 15-Minute Multimodal Intervention To Prevent Frailty
2020-2021

Jennifer J. Westendorf, Ph.D.
The Role of PHLPP Protein Phosphatases in Sex-Specific Progression of Osteoarthritis
2020-2021

Bin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Biological and Therapeutic Investigation of Sex Differences in Valvular Stenosis
2020-2022

2019 awardees

Sarah E. Baker, Ph.D.
Sex Steroids and Autonomic Regulation of the Vascular Tone
2019-2022

Aoife M. Egan, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.
Determining the Effect of Pregnancy on Pancreatic Islet Structure and Function To Understand Women's Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
2019-2020

Frank Porreca, Ph.D.
Prolactin and Pain
2019-2020

Mark E. Sherman, M.D.
Development of Novel Early Detection Test To Reduce Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Mortality
2019-2021

Kristin R. Swanson, Ph.D.
Image-Based Assessment of Sex Differences in Glioblastoma Therapeutic Response
2019-2020

2017 awardees

Kathleen R. Bartemes, Ph.D.
Role of Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Sex Differences in Asthma
2017-2018

Mariza de Andrade, Ph.D.
Understanding the Role of Hormones in Venous Thromboembolism-Related Pregnancy
2017-2018

Michael J. Joyner, M.D.
Neurovascular Control and Blood Pressure During Sympathoexcitatory Stress in Postmenopausal Women
2017-2018

Emily Voight, Ph.D.
Sex Differences in Older Adults' Immune Responses to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
2017-2018

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