Baylor WRHR Research Mentors

Faculty	Research Interest
Reproductive Endocrinology
Colin Bishop, Ph.D.	Sex differentiation, Gene Knock-out (Male/Female)
Lawrence Chan, M.D.	Gene therapy, metabolism, infertility
Orla M. Conneely, Ph.D.	Hormone receptors and co-activators
Francesco De Mayo, Ph.D.	Hormone receptors; uterine receptivators
Martin Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.	Germ cell differentiation
Bert W. O'Malley, M.D.	Hormone Receptors and co-activators
Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D.	Female germ cell differentiation
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Alexander Agoulnik, Ph.D.	Relaxin, gene knockout
Dennis Bier, M.D.	Nutrition and fetal programming
Farideh Bischoff, Ph.D.	Fetal DNA in Maternal Blood
Lawrence Chan, M.D.	Diabetes mellitus
Scott Goode, Ph.D.	Cell migration using genetic approaches
Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D.	Fetal DNA in maternal blood; maternal serum analytes
Ignatia Van den Veyver, M.D.	Imprinting; genetics of Rh(D)
Gynecologic Oncology
Alexandar Agoulnik, Ph.D.	Gene expression in ovarian cancer; caveolin
Farideh Bischoff, Ph.D.	Cell-free tumor DNA
Malcolm Brenner, Ph.D.	Tumor immunology, Gene therapy
Karen Lu, M.D.	Genetic risks of ovarian and endometrial cancer
Anil K. Sood, M.D.	Molecular mechanism of cancer invasion
Michele Follen,M.D., Ph.D.	Gene therapy of cervical cancer
Urogynecology
Alexander Agoulnik, Ph.D.	Relaxin
Colin Bishop, Ph.D.	Role of Y chromosome gene in male infertility
Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.	Connective tissue disorders
Delores Lamb, Ph.D.	Genetics of male infertility
Reproductive Genetics
Arthur Beaudet, M.D.	Inborn errors of metabolism, imprinting
Colin Bishop, Ph.D.	Sex differentiation, Gene knock- out
James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.	Prokaryotic molecular biology
Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D.	PGD of endometriosis; fetal DNA in maternal plasma
Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D.	Female germ cell differentiation
Ignatia Van den Veyver, M.D.	Imprinting
Huda Zoghbi, M.D.	Genetic of normal neuro-development

Secondary (Clinical/Academic) Mentors

Faculty	Research Interest
Reproductive Endocrinology
Sandra A. Carson, M.D.	IVF, spontaneous abortion; preimplantation genetic diagnosis
John E. Buster, M.D.	IVF, ectopic pregnancy
Alfred N. Poindexter, M.D.	Fertility regulating methods
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D.	Prenatal genetic diagnosis
Gynecologic Oncology
David Gershenson, M.D.	Serous border-line tumors, ovarian cancer
Robert L. Coleman, M.D.	Novel therapies for ovarian, uterine & cervical cancers
Diane Bodurka, M.D.	Ovarian cancer and health services research
Urogynecology
Paul Fine, M.D.	Female incontinence and prolapse
Reproductive Genetics
Joe Leigh Simpson, M.D.	Premature ovarian failure; genetics of pregnancy loss