Current/Past Scholars
Current BIRCWH Scholars
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Medical School
Research: The role of androgen signaling in food allergy and allergen-specific Treg cells
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Research: Development of a Brief, Online Intervention to Address Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) in Women Taking Antidepressants
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Assistant Professor, Dept. Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School
Research: Sex-specific associations of one-carbon metabolism markers and cardiovascular kidney
metabolic (CKM) syndrome in CARDIA
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School
Research: Exposure To Metal Mixtures And Their Role In Sex-Related Differences In Kidney Disease
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Past Scholars
BIRCWH Scholars
Carolyn Porta, PhD, MPH, RN SANE-A, FAAN, FNAP, Population Health and Systems Cooperative, School of Nursing; Research: Coping intervention with Latina adolescents; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011
Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, LMFT, CFLE, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School; Research: Family and home environment in adolescent obesity: predictors and interventions; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011
Susanta Hui, PhD, MS, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical School; Research: A novel long-lived 41 CA marker to assess bone turnover for breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitor and bisphosphonate drugs; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011
Rahel Ghebre, MD, MPH, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Feasibility of home self-collection for cervical cancer screening utilizing human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, Physical Activity and Health Promotion, School of Kinesiology; Research: A tailored physical activity and health eating intervention for African-American girls; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2011
Kristine Talley, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, School of Nursing; Research: Disability Prevention in Frail Older Women; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2011-2014
Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Medical School; Research: The Role of Mitochondria in Determining Breast Cancer Susceptibility; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2013
Vishal Lamba, PhD; Research: Pharmacogenetic predictors of variability in expression of drug response (ADME) genes; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2011-2013
Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health; Research: Measuring Quality and Evaluating Strategies for the Care of Women with Diabetes in Pregnancy; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2013
Anne Blaes, MD, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical School; Research: Vascular Assessment in Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Aromatase Inhibitors; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2013-2016
Susan Mason, PhD, MPH, Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health; Research: Psychological and Behavioral Mechanisms Linking Abuse Victimization to Obesity; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2013-2017
Alicia Allen, PhD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Research: Effects of smoking on Stress-Induced Allopregnanolone responses in women by Menstrual Phase; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2014-2016
Rebekah Nagler, PhD, Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts; Research: Effects of Media Exposure to Cancer Screening Controversy: A Mixed-Methods Study; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2014-2017
Deanna Teoh, MD, MS, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Improving Adherence to the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Research Areas; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2016 - 2019
Britt Erickson, MD, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Moving beyond estrogen: The role of cooperating steroid hormone receptors (progesterone, androgen and glucocorticoid) in endometrial cancer; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2018-2021
Sarah Hoffman, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, Population Health and Systems Cooperative Unit, School of Nursing; Research: Intergenerational transmission of trauma between Karen women refugees who have survived torture and their children; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2018-2019
Linda Koehler,, PT, CLT-LANA, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School; Research: Axillary Web Syndrome Ongoing Medical Evaluation and Intervention; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2017-2019
Megan Paulsen, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; Research: Maternal-Fetal Programming of Energy Homeostasis in the Development of Obesity and Metabolic Disease; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2019-2021
Catherine Burrows, PhD, LP, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; Research: Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Examination of the Female Brain and Behavioral Phenotype; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2021-2023
Angie S Lobo, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School; Research: Menopause and Chronic Kidney Disease; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2023-2024; BIRCWH Post Doc Fellow Scholar Appointment Dates: 2023-2024
Junia Nogueira de Brito, PhD, MPH, MBA, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School; Research: The Positive Deviance Approach to Childhood Obesity: A Way Toward Health Equity; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2022-2024
Amy Noser, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School; Research: Understanding Modifiable Barriers to Treatment Adherence in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2022-2026
Mary Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN, FSVM, FAHA, School of Nursing; Research: Sex Differences in the Effects of Breaking Up Sedentary Behavior on Vascular Function Among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2023-2026
Women’s Health Research and Powell Center Endowment Scholars
Corjena Cheung, 2014-2016, School of Nursing, Award: Short and long term effects of Hatha Yoga in Older Women with Knee Osteoarthritis
Melanie Nicol , 2016-2018, College of Pharmacy, Award: Identifying determinants of efficacy in female genital tissues to optimize HIV prevention for women
Sarah Hoffman, 2017-2018, School of Nursing, Award: Interrupting trauma: Addressing the intergenerational transmission of trauma between women refugees who have survived torture and their adolescent children
Linda Koehler , 2017-2018, Medical School, Award: Axillary Web Syndrome Ongoing Medical Evaluation-2
Elizabeth Bradely, 2020-2021, Medical School, Award: Mechanisms of Age-Associated Osteoporosis in Females
Christina Camell, 2020-2021, College of Biological Sciences, Award: Estrogen signaling, immune cell identity, and viral infection
Manda Keller-Ross, 2020-2021, Medical School, Award: Sympathetic activity and baroreflex function in postmenopausal black females
Brandon Dougherty, 2021-2022, Medical School, Award: Changes in neuroplasticity and plasticity-related gene expression in aged and ovariectomized female rats.
Sima Patel, 2021-2023, Medical School, Award: Characterization of the use and extent of concentration fluctuation of lamotrigine in postmenopausal women with epilepsy
Mary Whipple, 2022-2023, School of Nursing, Award: Sex Differences in the Effects of Breaking Up Sedentary Behavior on Vascular Function Among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Robin Austin, 2023-2024, School of Nursing, Award: Examining Whole-Person Health and Resilience of Aging Women in the United States and Turkey
Masonic Cancer Center Women’s Health Research Scholars
Rachel Isaksson Vogel MS, PhD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School, Research: Cognitive Decline after Chemotherapy in Women with Ovarian Cancer; Award:2016-2019
Beshay Zordoky, PhD, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Research: Molecular mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in delayed doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy; Award: 2018-2020