UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education on LinkedIn: Bats as a Model for Ovarian Aging: An Interview with Dr. Karen Sears (2024)

A huge congratulations to Isaias Roberson on being selected as one of our 2024 Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows! Isaias is a two-time award winning fellow as he was also selected in 2023 🌟 Isaias uses stem cells to build ovarian tissue in the laboratory. Isaias' work can be used as a diagnostic screening tool to uncover the cell and molecular basis of reproductive disorders in people with ovaries.

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Congratulations to Gabrielle Rinne on being selected as one of our 2024 Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows! Gabrielle's research broadly focuses on the perinatal biopsychosocial processes influencing maternal and child health. In this work, she has investigated how maternal stress hormones (e.g., cortisol, placental corticotropin-releasing hormone) and inflammation relate to maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum. Additionally, her work also examines how maternal stress hormones and mental health during pregnancy shape children's early developmental trajectories and health-relevant outcomes, like telomere length and cortisol regulation. We look forward to sharing more of her research and findings with you!

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Congratulations to Lior Kashani Ligumsky on being selected as one of our 2024 Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows! Lior aims to develop preventative strategies and to improve maternal health outcomes through her work on placenta accreta spectrum disorders. She focuses on the defect in decidual biology at the site of the uterine cesarean scar, which is responsible for the PAS phenotype. We look forward to sharing more of her research and findings with you!

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We are delighted to announce our 2024 Reproductive Health and Science Research Fellows! With topics ranging from placenta accreta spectrum disorders to menstrual stigma on social media, we have another incredible group of students and fellows this year.Congratulations to the following: Elsie Jacobson, Gabrielle Rinne, Ariel Hart, Lior Kashani Ligumsky, Shirley Zhang, Isaias Roberson, Alexandra Smick, Qiu Ya Wu, Aditya Pimplaskar, and Sisi Peng. Stay tuned as we begin to share more details of each fellow's research in subsequent posts!

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A behind the scenes look of the making of Abyssal by Saskia Baden! Now on the 4th floor of the Biomedical Sciences Research Building at the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education. Artist: Saskia BadenInstallation: Wilson Cetina GroupVideography: Damon Cirulli

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CRSHE Director, Dr. Amander Clark, attended the Presidents Reception for the International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Meeting this July. The reception was hosted by the city of Hamburg Senate Chancellery. Highlights of the week: spending time in the glorious setting at City Hall and meeting Katharina Fegebank, Senator for Science, Research and Equality. Pictured: The Senator and Dr. Clark standing together, with our German colleagues and leaders from ISSCR.

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In addition to there being more resources to enable OB/GYNs to specialize in reproductive technologies, the Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education calls for a rethinking of the workforce itself, including the need for more doulas in order to improve reproductive and maternal and child health outcomes in the United States.UCLA CRSHE's Director Dr. Amander Clark alongside Savannah Sellers and Tammy Sun, Founder and CEO of Carrot Fertility, at this Summer's 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Event (Panel on the Future of Fertility).Curious to learn more? Watch the Future of Fertility session here: https://lnkd.in/gFXHaw7T

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