Email

rupak.thapa@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow PhD

Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Office)

S215
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Southern Illinois University

05/2023 - Carbondale, Illinois United States

Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Physiology

MSc from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

07/2015 - Surat, Gujarat India

Biotechnology

BSc from Kathmandu University

08/2011 - Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok Nepal

Biotechnology

Honors & Awards

F32 Individual Post Doctoral Award

Implications for iron homeostasis and ferroptosis in early pregnancy and endometriosis

NIH F32HD118693-01 (04/2025 - 04/2028)

Dean’s Award for Excellence

06/05/2025

Baylor College of Medicine

T32 Institutional Post Doctoral Fellow

NRSA-NIH (02/2024 - 02/2025)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Rupak Thapa, Logan Druessel, Liang Ma, Donald S Torry, Brent M Bany "ATOH8 Expression Is Regulated by BMP2 and Plays a Key Role in Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Decidualization." ; Pubmed PMID: 38060684
• Rupak Thapa , Kevin Marmo , Liang Ma, Donald S Torry , Brent M Bany "The Long Non-Coding RNA Gene AC027288.3 Plays a Role in Human Endometrial Stromal Fibroblast Decidualization." ; Pubmed PMID: 38727314
• "Atonal BHLH Transcription Factor 8 (ATOH8) Functions In Decidualization." ;
• "Mechanisms Driving Resistance to Oxidative Stress During Endometrial Stromal Cell Decidualization." 2025 Sep; Pubmed PMID: 40891509

Memberships

Society for the Study of Reproduction

Member