Women's Health Research Center

Past Projects

The Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center has awarded numerous Pilot Grants in the past.

Terence (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)

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)
Juliana (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., (original PI); Nathan D. Schilaty, Ph.D. (current PI) 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., Biological and therapeutic investigation of sex differences in valvular stenosis (2020-2022)

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)

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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