Principal Investigator
Sarah England, PhD
Vice Chair, Research
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences
- Phone: 314-286-1798
- Email: englands@wustl.edu
Valene Garr Barry, PhD
Instructor
- Email: valene@wustl.edu
Principal Investigator
PhD in Nutrition Sciences
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD
Professor of Ob & Gyn
Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Associate Director, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences
- Email: nardhy@wustl.edu
Celia Santi, MD, PhD
James P. Crane Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Phone: 314-747-3306
- Email: santic@wustl.edu
Yong Wang, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Electrical and System Engineering, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 314-747-4463
- Email: wangyong@wustl.edu
Other Faculty
Fellows
Rand El Sharaiha, MD
Clinical Fellow
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Fellow
Joined since 2026
Staff
Erin Brozek, BS
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
- Email: erinb@wustl.edu
Joined since 2022, Rejoined 2023
B.S. in Biological Sciences
University of Missouri, 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associates/Scholars
Juan Jose Ferreira, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Phone: 314-273-0120
- Email: juanferreira@wustl.edu
Magdaleena Mbadhi, MBBS, MMed
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Email: mbadhi@wustl.edu
I was born and raised in Namibia but moved to China to pursue my medical school...
Students
Evia Della Valle
Undergraduate Researcher
Bachelor’s in Anthropology: Global Health and Environment + Biology , ‘27
Washington University in St. Louis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evia-della-valle-0a5a7b204/
Hansong Gao, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Email: g.hansong@wustl.edu
Joined since 2020.
B.E. Mechanical Design & Manufacturing and Their Automation
Dalian University of Technology, 2013
MEng. Robotics
Washington University in St. Louis, 2018
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
Puja Ghosh, BS
Graduate Research Fellow
- Email: g.puja@wustl.edu
Joined 2024
B.S -United International University
PhD -Washington University in Saint louis (ongoing)
Alumni
Postdoctoral/Clinical Fellows:
| Mallika Anand, MD | 2010-2011 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, Boston University School of Medicine |
| Molly Stout, MD | 2011-2013 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, WUSM |
| Graziella Mendonsa, PhD | 2009-2011 | Product Manager at Corning |
| Kyle Bauckman, PhD | 2014-2016 | Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University |
| Bin Cao, PhD | 2012-2016 | Assistant Professor at Xiaomen University |
Graduate/Medical Students:
| Kristina Stemler, Developmental Biology | 2009-2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX |
| Iris Lee, MD/MA student | 2011-2013 | 3rd year Resident, Internal Medicine, WUSM |
| Jane Symington, MSTP; Microbiology | 2010-2014 | PSTP Fellow in Pediatrics, UCSF |
| Nana Owusu-Boaitey, Immunology | 2013-2016 | Technical Science Writer, Lonza, MD |
| Laura Bliss, MD student | 2014-2015 | Neurology Resident, Northwestern University |
| Catherine Briggs, MS, Biostatistics | 2016-2016 | SAS/R Programmer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute |
Undergraduate Students:
| Rina Matsuda | 2016-2017 | PhD student, UPenn School of Medicine |
| Emily Ma | 2011-2016 | MSTP student, Loyola University School of Medine |
| Adam Ross | 2014-2016 | Medical student, Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Amanda Harris | 2013-2015 | FullBright Fellow, Chile |
| Akhil Kumar | 2014-2015 | MPH student, Washington University |
| Colin Macones | 2012-2015 | DePaul University |
| Joy Twentyman | 2012-2015 | Technician, Washington University |
| Gael Scholtes | 2013-2014 | PhD student at Northwestern University |
| Charles Moley | 2013-2014 | DVM student, University of Missouri, Columbia |
| Jacob French | 2010-2013 | PhD student, Arizona State University |