Category: Research

Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD, Named Director of CRePHS  (Links to an external site)

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and a secondary appointment in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, became Director of the Center for Reproductive Health Sciences (CRePHS) effective July 1, 2026. She previously served as Associate Director of the Center. Dr. Gomez-Lopez succeeds Sarah K. England, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine, who served as […]

WashU Researchers Lishko and Santi Receive NIH R01 Grant (Links to an external site)

WashU Medicine researchers Polina Lishko, PhD, and Celia Santi, MD, PhD, have been awarded a five-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant to support collaborative research focused on defining mechanisms important for regulating male fertility. The award recognizes the investigators’ longstanding leadership in reproductive physiology and translational fertility research. The R01 grant project titled “Temperature and Polyamines: […]

R00 grant for ovarian aging research

Farners Amargant i Riera, PhD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was awarded an R00 for her project titled, “Mechanotransduction mechanisms of ovarian aging.” Dr. Amargant i Riera will examine how the increase in the biomechanical properties of the ovary with age are spatially and hormonally regulated and […]