Overview
Topic Areas
Current Sites
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Overview

The WRHR Program was initiated in 1998 to provide the opportunity for obstetrician/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) who recently completed postgraduate clinical training to further their education and experience in basic, translational, and clinical research. Program sites provide obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) departments with an opportunity to create a talented pool of junior investigators with expertise in women's health research.  The WRHR Program is funded by the NICHD, through its Reproductive Sciences Branch, and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health using the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Program Award (K12) mechanism.

There are 17 active WRHR sites in OB/GYN departments throughout the nation. The primary goal of these sites is to increase the research capacity of clinically trained OB/GYNs. WRHR scholars represent a diverse group of physician-scientists from several subspecialties and emerging areas in OB/GYN; they pursue a broad range of basic science, translational, and clinical research topics and are often appointed to faculty positions. More than 190 scholars have been appointed to the WRHR Program since 1998.

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Topic Areas

The Program’s emphasis is on research relevant to OB/GYN and its subspecialties and related fields, including (but not limited to): maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and adolescent gynecology and urogynecology.

Investigators from established research programs, which address a broad range of basic and applied biomedical and biobehavioral science, in OB/GYN and collaborating departments form an intellectual and technical research base for mentoring WRHR Scholars.

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Current Sites

2009-2010 WRHR Program Sites

2009 WRHR Program Sites

• Women’s Reproductive Health Research at the University of Washington
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  Contacts:
  David Eschenbach, M.D. (Principal Investigator [PI]): eschen@u.washington.edu
  Susan Reed, M.D., M.P.H. (Research Director): reeds@u.washington.edu
• Magee-Womens Basic and Translational Reproductive Health Training Program
  Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Contacts:
  W. Allen Hogge, M.D. (PI): whogge@magee.edu
  Yoel Sadovsky, M.D. (Research Director): ysadovsky@mwri.magee.edu
• Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program at Washington University (St. Louis)
  Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
  Contacts:
  George A Macones, M.D., M.S.C.E. (PI): maconesg@wustl.edu
  Kelle H. Moley, M.D. (Research Director): moleyk@wustl.edu
• The Yale WRHR Career Development Center
  Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
  Contacts:
  Charles J. Lockwood, M.D., M.H.C.M. (PI): Charles.lockwood@yale.edu 
  Richard B. Hochberg, Ph.D. (Research Director): richard.hochberg@yale.edu
• Detroit Reproductive Career Development Research Center
  Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  Contacts:
  Elizabeth Puscheck, M.D., M.S. (PI): EPuschec@med.wayne.edu
  Michael P. Diamond, M.D. (Research Director): mdiamond@med.wayne.edu
• Women’s Reproductive Health Research
  University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  Contacts:
  Linda C. Giudice, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. (PI): giudice@obgyn.ucsf.edu
  Synthia Mellon, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): mellon@cgl.ucsf.edu
  Leslee Subak, M.D. (Research Co-Director): subakl@obgyn.ucsf.edu
• WRHR: A Mentoring Program in Women’s Reproductive Health Research at the University of Vermont
  University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
  Contacts:
  Mark Phillippe, M.D., MHCM (PI): Mark.Phillippe@UVM.EDU
  George Osol, Ph.D. (Research Director): George.Osol@UVM.EDU
  Elizabeth Bonney, M.D. (Research Associate Director): Elizabeth.Bonney@UVM.EDU
• The Iowa Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Center
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  Contacts:
  Kimberly K. Leslie, M.D. (PI): kimberly-leslie@uiowa.edu
  Mario Ascoli, Ph.D. (Research Director): mario-ascoli@uiowa.edu
• University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) WRHR Career Development Center of Excellence
  UTMB, Galveston, Texas
  Contacts:
  Gary D.V. Hankins, M.D. (PI): ghankins@utmb.edu
  Chandra Yallampalli, D.V.M, Ph.D. (Research Director): chyallam@utmb.edu
• The Penn Center for Career Development in Women’s Health Research
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Contacts:
  Deborah A. Driscoll, M.D. (PI): ddriscoll@obgyn.upenn.edu
  Christos Coutifaris, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Director): ccoutifaris@obgyn.upenn.edu

2010 WRHR Program Sites

• Brown/Women and Infants Hospital (WIH) Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program
  WIH Rhode Island/Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  Contact:
  Maureen G. Phipps, M.D., M.P.H. (PI/Research Director): mphipps@wihri.org
• Research Career Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
  Contacts:
  Sharon Dooley, M.D. (PI): sdo678@northwestern.edu
  Serdar E. Bulun, M.D. (Research Director): s-bulun@northwestern.edu
• Colorado WRHR Career Development Center
  University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, Colorado
  Contacts:
  Nanette Santoro, M.D. (PI): nanette.santoro@ucdenver.edu
  James McManaman, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): Jim.McManaman@ucdenver.edu
  Andrew P. Bradford, Ph.D. (Research Co-Director): Andy.Bradford@ucdenver.edu
• University of Kansas Medical Center Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program
  University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
  Contact:
  Carl P. Weiner, M.D., M.B.A. (PI/Research Director): cweiner@kumc.edu
• Obstetrics/Gynecology Faculty Research Career Development Program
  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
  Contacts:
  William W. Andrews, Ph.D., M.D. (PI): wandrews@uab.edu
  Ronald D. Alvarez, M.D. (Research Director): rdalvarez@uab.edu
• University of Michigan WRHR Career Development Program
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Contacts:
  Timothy R.B. Johnson, M.D. (P): trbj@umich.edu  
  Yolanda R. Smith, M.D., M.S. (Research Director): ysmith@umich.edu
• Reproductive Sciences Research Career Development Center
  University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
  Contacts:
  Thomas R. Moore, M.D. (PI): trmoore@ucsd.edu
  Pamela L. Mellon, Ph.D. (Research Director): pmellon@ucsd.edu    

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More Information

• Latest Request for Application (RFA) for the WRHR Program: RFA-HD-09-026
• Reproductive Sciences Branch, NICHD, Report to the NACHHD Council, January 2007 (PDF - 696 KB) (please see page 22)
• NICHD Contact: Dr. Charisee Lamar

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Last Reviewed: March 21, 2012