RESEARCH TOPICS
Current Research Topics:
Mentor: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Effect of Chronic Hypoxemia on Type I Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Fetal Heart and Kidney Cortex in Late Gestation Fetal Sheep.
Supported by: NIH HD32524
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Prolonged Mild Fetal Hypoxia Upregulates Type I Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) Expression in Discrete Area of the Late Gestation Fetal Sheep Brain.
Supported by: NIH HD32524
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Does Pregnancy Affect Carotid Blood Flow Volume?
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Does Preeclampsia Affect the Response of the Maternal Middle Cerebral Artery to 2% Carbon Dioxide Administration?
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentors: James C. Rose, Ph.D. and Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Fetal Renin Secretion in the Late Gestation Lamb.
Supported by: NIH HD37885
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: James C. Rose, Ph.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Effect of Cox-2 Inhibitor Administration In Vivo on Renin mRNA Expression in Ovine Fetal Renal Cortical Cell.
Supported by: NIH HD37885
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Increased Response of the Maternal Middle Cerebral Artery to 2% CO2 Administration During Pregnancy and Postpartum.
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentors: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D. and Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Effect of Mild Chronic Hypoxia on Late Gestational Fetal Sheep Physiologic Responses.
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentors: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D. and James C. Rose, Ph.D.
Fellow: Shawn P. Stallings, M.D. Title: The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Development of the Renin-Angiotensin System.
Mentor: Paul J. Meis, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: The Role of Early Dietary Supplementation with Antioxidants in the Prevention of Pre-eclampsia.
Mentor: Paul J. Meis, M.D.
Fellow: Shawn P. Stallings, M.D. Title: The Association Between Smoking, Bacterial Vaginosis and Race in an Obstetrical Population.
Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Mentor: Paul J. Meis, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Ethnicity Does Not Alter Likelihood of Success of Tocolysis.
Submitted for 2002 Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Past Research Topics:
Mentor: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Effect of Mild Hypoxia on Type I and Type II No Synthase (NOS) Expression in Left (LV) and Right (RV) Ventricles of Late Gestation Fetal Sheep.
Supported by: NIH HD32524
Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Heather L. Mertz, M.D. Title: Longitudinal Study of the Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Blood Flow Velocity (BFV) in Infants of Diabetic Mothers (IDM).
Supported by: NIH RO1-HL38296
Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Short-Term Effects of Glucocorticoids (STGC) on Fetal Right and Left Ventricular Early and Late Diastolic Filling.
Supported by: NIH HL38296
Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Short-Term Effects of Glucocorticoids (STGC) on Fetal Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) and Umbilical Artery (UA) Hemodynamics.
Supported by: NIH HL38296
Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellow: Elizabeth C. Pryor, M.D. Title: Recurrent Unexplained Elevated Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (MSAFP): Association with Poor Perinatal Outcome (PPO).
Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jean-Claude Veille, M.D.
Fellows: William A. Block, M.D. and Michael L. Draper, M.D. Title: Hemodynamic Effects of Induced Fetal Anemia in Cynomolgus Monkeys.
Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Charles P. Mirabile, M.D. Title: Effect of Indomethacin on Uterine Blood Flow in Chronically Estrogenized Nonpregnant Ewes in Vivo.
Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mentor: Jorge P. Figueroa, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow: Charles P. Mirabile, M.D. Title: Regulation by Estrogen of Type I Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) mRNA and Protein Expression in Kidney Cortex of Nonpregnant Sheep.
Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Mentor: James C. Rose, Ph.D.
Fellow: Michael L. Draper, M.D. Title: The Effect of Renal Denervation on Renin mRNA in Dispersed Renal Cortical Cells from the Late Gestation Ovine Fetus.
Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation