Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth

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Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth

 
 

  • Building a Transdisciplinary Investigative Team

    The Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth builds upon the long and rich history at Cincinnati Children’s of advancing perinatal health. It also joins major initiatives that have identified prevention of prematurity as an area of focus for the next decade.

    We have a robust, integrated effort across several institutions − Cincinnati Children’s, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the UC McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth in Cleveland, Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Iowa and Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.

    More than 60 scientists pursue the five critical research areas listed below.

  • Research Areas

    Evolutionary Synthesis of Human Pregnancy

    LeadersDivision or DepartmentInstitution
    Patrick Abbot, PhDBiological SciencesVanderbilt
    Kenneth Petren, PhDBiological SciencesUniversity of Cincinnati
    Antonis Rokas, PhDBiological Sciences Vanderbilt
    Co-Investigators and Collaborating Faculty
    Danielle Bessett, PhDSociologyUniversity of Cincinnati
    Mark Chance, PhDCenter for Proteomics and BioinformaticsCase Western
    Emily DeFranco, DO, MSCRObstetrics and Gynecology UC College of Medicine
    James Greenberg, MDPerinatal Institute
    Pediatrics    		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Joshua Gross, PhDBiological SciencesUniversity of Cincinnati
    Lin Liu, PhDGeographyUniversity of Cincinnati
    Charles Lockwood, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Brian Mercer, MDObstetrics and GynecologyCase Western / MetroHealth
    Raymond Redline, MDPathologyCase Western
    Katherine Whitcome, PhDAnthropologyUniversity of Cincinnati

    Genetics of Unique Human Populations

    LeadersDivision or DepartmentInstitution
    John Harley, MD, PhDCenter for Autoimmune Genomics and EtiologyCincinnati Children’s
    Louis Muglia, MD, PhDPerinatal Institute
    Pediatrics    		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Jeffrey Murray, MDPediatricsUniversity of Iowa
    Scott Williams, PhDCenter for Integrative Biomedical SciencesDartmouth
    Co-Investigators and Collaborating Faculty
    Justin Fay, PhD Center for Genome Sciences Washington University
    John Hutton, MD Biomedical Informatics Cincinnati Children’s
    Jay Iams, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Farrah Jacquez, PhD Psychology University of Cincinnati
    Douglas Kniss, PhDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Lin Liu, PhD Geography University of Cincinnati
    Jennifer Malat, PhD Sociology University of Cincinnati
    Rita Pickler, PhD, RN Center for Professional Excellence Cincinnati Children’s
    Raymond Redline, MDPathologyCase Western
    Ge Zhang, PhD Human Genetics
    Pediatrics     		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine

    The Molecular Developmental Biology of Pregnancy

    LeadersDivision or DepartmentInstitution
    Kenneth Campbell, PhDDevelopmental Biology
    Pediatrics    		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    SK Dey, PhD Reproductive Sciences
    Pediatrics     		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Jeffrey Whitsett, MD Perinatal Institute
    Pediatrics     		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Christopher Wylie, PhD Developmental Biology Cincinnati Children’s
    Co-Investigators and Collaborating Faculty
    Mark Chance, PhDCenter for Proteomics and BioinformaticsCase Western
    Takiko Daikoku, PhD Reproductive Sciences Cincinnati Children’s
    Senad Divanovic, PhD Molecular Immunology Cincinnati Children’s
    Ken Greis, PhD Cancer and Cell Biology UC College of Medicine
    Mounira Habli, MD Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati Cincinnati Children’s
    Beena Kamath-Rayne, MD, MPH Perinatal Institute
    Pediatrics     		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Douglas Kniss, PhDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Charles Lockwood, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Sam Mesiano, PhD Obstetrics and GynecologyCase Western / University Hospitals Case Medical Center

    Progesterone Signaling in Pregnancy Maintenance and Preterm Birth

    LeadersDivision or DepartmentInstitution
    Douglas Kniss, PhDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Charles Lockwood, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Sam Mesiano, PhDReproductive BiologyCase Western / University Hospitals Case Medical Center
    Frederick Schatz, PhD Obstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Co-Investigators and Collaborating Faculty
    William Ackerman, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Mark Chance, PhDCenter for Proteomics and BioinformaticsCase Western
    SK Dey, PhDReproductive SciencesCincinnati Children’s
    Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli, PhDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Jay Iams, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Umit A Kayisli, PhDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Brian Mercer, MDObstetrics and GynecologyMetroHealth / Case Western
    John Moore, MDNeonatologyMetroHealth / Case Western
    Louis Muglia, MD, PhD Perinatal Institute
    Pediatrics    		Cincinnati Children’s
    UC College of Medicine
    Raymond W. Redline, MDPathologyCase Western
    Honor Wolfe, MDObstetrics and GynecologyCase Western / University Hospitals Case Medical Center

    Sociobiology of Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth

    LeadersDivision or DepartmentInstitution
    James Greenberg, MD Perinatal Institute Cincinnati Children’s
    Jennifer Malat, PhD Sociology University of Cincinnati
    Jay Iams, MDObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Brian Mercer, MDObstetrics and GynecologyMetroHealth / Case Western
    Co-Investigators and Collaborating Faculty
    Danielle Bessett, PhD Sociology University of Cincinnati
    Lisa Christian, PhDPsychiatry and PsychologyOhio State
    Eric Hall, PhDPerinatal Institute
    Biomedical Informatics    		Cincinnati Children’s
    Farrah Jacquez, PhD Psychology University of Cincinnati
    Elizabeth Kelly, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology UC College of Medicine
    Mark Klebanoff, MD MPHCenter for Perinatal ResearchNationwide Children’s
    Lin Liu, PhDGeographyUniversity of Cincinnati
    Courtney Lynch, PhD, MPHObstetrics and GynecologyOhio State
    Michael Marcotte, MDObstetrics and GynecologyGood Samaritan Hospital
    Ardythe L. Morrow, PhDPerinatal InstituteCincinnati Children’s
    Louis Muglia, MD, PhD Perinatal Institute Cincinnati Children’s
    Honor Wolfe, MDObstetrics and GynecologyCase Western / University Hospitals Case Medical Center
 
 
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