Affinity Group III: Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Development Affinity Group (READ)
Affinity Group Leader: Dr. George Gerton
Group Description
Aim: The mission of the READ affinity group is to elucidate the effects of environmental stressors and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in windows of susceptibility from conception through to adulthood. This group has a substantial interest in the developmental basis of adult-disease. The READ affinity group facilitates collaboration with the Center for Research on Reproduction & Women’s Health (CRRWH) and the Clinical Services of OB/GYN in Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and the Department of Pediatrics.
Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Development Affinity Group Members
George Gerton (Group Leader)
Research Interest: Sperm and Egg Interactions and Infertility
Marisa Bartolomei
Research Interest: DNA Methylation and Gene Imprinting
Mary Regina Boland –Affiliate Member
Research Interest: Prenatal/perinatal Development and Environmental Exposures
Heather Burris
Research Interest: Social and Environmental Influences on Birth Outcomes
Samantha Butts
Research Interest: Environmental Stressors and Reproductive Aging
Edward Emmett
Research Interest: Community-Based Participatory Research and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
J. William Gaynor
Research Interest: Exposure of Neonates to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the NICU
Jianghong Liu
Research Interest: Environmental Exposures and Childhood Development
Katherine Nathanson
Research Interest: Genetic Susceptibility Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Sam Parry
Research Interest: Environmental Triggers of Preterm Birth
Trevor Penning
Research Interest: Role of Human Aldo-Keto Reductase (AKR) Genes in Hormonal and Chemical Carcinogenesis
Sara E. Pinney
Research Interest: Developmental Origins of Adult Diseases Such as Diabetes and Obesity
Rebecca Simmons
Research Interest: Developmental Origins of Adult Diseases
Research Interest: Exposure Science and Environmental Contributions to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Jerome Strauss
Research Interest: Pre-term Birth and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Research Interest: Lead and Sleep Disorders
