Stuart Handwerger, MD
Title
Director; Scientific Director, Perinatal Research Institute
Appointment
Robert and Mary Shoemaker Professor of Pediatrics
Email
stuart.handwerger@chmcc.org
Phone
513-636-4209
Fax
513-636-7486
Credentials
MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1964.
Residency: Pediatrics, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1965 to 1966.
Fellowship: Endocrinology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1968 to 1969.
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1969; subspecialty Boards, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1978.
Awards and Honors
Research Grants and Contracts
- Decidual Prolactin in Normal and Pathologic Pregnancy
- The Physiology of Placental Lactogen
- Pediatric Center for Gene Expression and Development
- Perinatal Emphasis Research Center
- Lipid Transport and Metabolism in Mammalian Development
Funded Training Programs
- Training in Developmental and Perinatal Endocrinology
- Training in Pediatric Nephrology
- Perinatology Training Grant
Publications, Most Recent
View Stuart Handwerger's publications at Cincinnati Children's as listed by PubMed.
Johnson W, Albanese C, Handwerger S, Williams T, Pestell RG, Jameson JL. Regulation of the human chorionic gonadotropin
face=Symbol>a - and b - subunit promoters by AP-2.Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 272(24): 15405-15412, 1997.
Jikihara H, Handwerger S, Poisner AM. Beta-adrenergic regulation of renin expressionin undifferentiated U-937 monocytic cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, June, 53 (12):1883-1888, 1997.
Shah M, Stanek J, Handwerger S. Differential localization of heat shock proteins 90, 70,60 and 27 in human decidua and placenta during pregnancy. Histochemical Journal, 30(7):509-518, 1998.
Kanda Y, Richards RG, Handwerger S. Apolipoprotein A-I stimulates humanplacental lactogen release by activation of MAP kinase. Molecular Cellular Endocrinology, 143(1-2):125-131, 1998.
Handwerger S, Datta G, Richardson B, Schmidt CM, Siddiqi T, Turzai L, Anantharamaiah GM. Pre-beta-HDL stimulates placental lactogen release from humantrophoblast cells.American Journal of Physiology, 276(2) Pt 1):E384-E389, 1999.
Kanda Y, Jikihara H, Markoff E, Handwerger S. Interleukin-2 inhibits the synthesisand release of prolactin from human decidual cells.Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,
84(2):677-681, 1999.
Richards RG, Handwerger S. The physiology and molecular biology of placentallactogen during human pregnancy. In: Handwerger S, editor. Molecular and cellular pediatric endocrinology. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; page 253-270, 1999.
Handwerger S. Placental and decidual protein hormones, human. In: Encyclopedia of reproduction. San Diego: Academic Press; page 855-863, 1998.
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Society for Clinical Investigation
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Association of Physicians
- Society for Pediatric Research
- American Pediatric Society
- Perinatal Research Society
- Endocrine Society
- Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Medical Association
Special Interests
Regulation of gene expression in human placenta and uterine decidua during differentiation
Related Areas
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