Stuart Handwerger, MD
Title
Director, Division of Endocrinology
Appointment
Robert and Mary Shoemaker Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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
- Best Doctors in America, 2000-2009
- Merit Award NIH 1983-1993
- Guggenheim Fellow 1979-1980
Research Grants and Contracts
- Decidual Prolactin in Normal and Pathologic Pregnancy
- The Physiology of Placental Lactogen
- Pediatric Center for Gene Expression and Development
Funded Training Programs
- Training in Developmental and Perinatal Endocrinology
- Training in Pediatric Nephrology
- Training in Pediatric Rheumatology
Publications, Most Recent
View Stuart Handwerger's publications at Cincinnati Children's as listed by PubMed.
Kessler CA, Bachurski CJ, Schroeder J, Stanek J, Handwerger S, TEAD1 inhibits prolactin gene expression in cultured human uterine decidual cells, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 295 (1-2), 32-38, 2008
Robins J, Heizer A, Hardiman A, Hubert M, Handwerger S, Oxygen tension directs the differentiation pathway of cytotrophoblast cells, Placenta, 28:1141-1146, 2007
Kimura AP, Handwerger S, Liebhaber SA and Cooke NE, Epigenetic activation of the human growth hormone gene cluster during placental differentiation, Molecular and Cell Biology, 27:6555-6568, 2007
Schleiss MR, Aronow BJ, et al, Cytomegalovirus infection of human syncytiotrophoblast cells strongly interferes with expression of genes involved in placental differentiation and tissue integrity, Pediatric Research 61(5 Pt 1): 565-71, 2007
Eyal O, Jomain JB, Kessler C, Goffin V, Handwerger S Autocrine prolactin inhibits human uterine decidualization: a novel role for prolactin, Biology of Reproduction 76:777-783, 2007
Lomenick JP, Hubert MA and Handwerger S,Transcription factor FOXF1 regulates growth hormone variant gene expression, American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology Metabolism 291(5): E947-51 , 2006
Kong S, Aronow BJ and Handwerger S, Gene expression microarray data analysis of decidual and placental cell differentiation, Methods in Molecular Medicine 121:425-438, 2006
Kessler CA, Schroeder JK, Brar AK, Handwerger S, Transcription factor ETS1 is critical for human uterine decidualization, Molecular Human Reproduction 12:71-76,
KesslerCA, Moghadan K, Buckley A, Schroeder J and BrarAK, Cannabinoid receptor I activation markedly inhibits human decidualization, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 229: 65-74, 2005
Cheng Y-H and Handwerger S, Mitogen-activated protein kinase activation induces corticotrophin-releasing hormone gene expression in human placenta, Life Sciences 77:1263-1272, 2005
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
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