Past Projects
The Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center has awarded numerous pilot grants.
2023 awardees
- Suzette J. Bielinski, Ph.D., M.Ed.
- Improving cardiovascular disease risk prediction in women by incorporating breast arterial calcification
2023-2024
- Carmen J. Reynolds, Ph.D.
- Vitamin D sulfates in breast milk
- 2023-2024
- LaTonya J. Hickson, M.D.
- Examining the effects of estrogen on cellular senescence in diabetic kidney disease
- 2023-2024
- Cynthia S. Crowson, Ph.D.
- Long-term health outcomes in women with breast implants: A population-based investigation
- 2023-2024
- Jennifer St. Sauver, Ph.D.
- Healthcare concerns in women at midlife
- 2023-2024
- Kathy L. MacLaughlin, M.D.
- Validation and feasibility of HPV self-sampling with mailed test kits for cervical cancer screening
- 2023-2024
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
2022-2023
- Ping Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Characterize metabolomicwide 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