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Edith Amponsah, MD, MPH
Mentor: Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE
Title of Project: The Relationship Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM)

Abigail Bernard, MD
Mentors: Danny Schust, MD; Liping Feng, MD; Steven Young, MD, PhD
Title of Project: Evaluating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Effects on Endometrial Health: From Decidualization to Dysfunction

Morgan Brown, MD
Mentor: Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Associations between ARID1A status, prognostic outcomes, predictive efficacy of progestin therapy, and obesity in endometrial cancers and endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia

Emile Gleeson, MD
Mentor: Elizabeth Thomason, MD, MPH
Title of Project: Development of a Pain Control Options Menu for IUD Insertion

Elizabeth Howell, MD
Mentor: Nazeema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Optimizing Probiotic Colonization of the Genitourinary Microbiome

Sara Jones, MD
Mentor: Jerome Federspiel, MD, PhD
Title of Project: Standardized IV iron dextran administration for low ferritin to improve outcomes in patients with cardiac disease in pregnancy

Hannah Kelly, MD
Mentor: Rachel Wood, MD
Title of Project: Timing of Physician Rounds on Hospital Experience for High-Risk Antepartum Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mary Katherine Anastasio, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Cryocompression versus cryotherapy to reduce sensory peripheral neuropathy in gynecologic cancer: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial

Jasmine Arrington, MD, MPH
Mentors: Jeff Federspiel, MD, PhD, Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE; Corey Bolac, MD
Digital Pregnancy Journey for Low-Risk Pregnancy Quality Improvement Project

Aya Bashi, MD, MPH
Mentors: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc; Evan Myers, MPH
Effects of biomarker-based strategies for the treatment of advanced stage uterine cancer on cost, effectiveness, and equity

Shelby Davis-Cooper, MD
Mentor: Jonas Swartz, MD, MPH
This is my sign to get off it!

Katie Fitch, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Surgical safety checklist performance in early versus late start scheduled surgery: A remote assessment using the Operating Room Black Box

Friederike Jayes, DVM, PhD
Title of Project: Developing a new treatment for uterine fibroids - local injection of purified Clostridial collagenase

Isabel Josephs, MD
Mentors: Kelly Acharya, MD; Tara Streich-Tilles, MD, MPH; Caroline Dorfman, PhD
Title of Project: Patient, family, and provider views of fertility preservation in pediatric patients with cancer before and after implementation of an Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC) program at Duke Health System

Joseph (Joe) Lafferty, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Patient Centered Education about Hormone Replacement Therapy After Risk Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy

Margeaux Marbrey, PhD
Transcriptomic Evaluation of how Compounding Lifestyle Factors Contribute to Uterine Receptivity

Tahireh (Tara) Markert, MD
Mentor: Andrew Berchuck, MD
ETAA1 Expression Effect on ATR Activation Signaling in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Cells

Kelsey McNew, MD, PhD
Mentor: Sarahn Wheeler, MD, MHSc
Identifying Optimal Timing for Cesarean Delivery Consent on Labor and Delivery

Susan Murphy, PhD
Prenatal Exposure to Cannabidiol: Effects on Neurodevelopment

Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc
Estrogen receptor expression of advanced stage endometrial cancers with wild-type p53 protein expression and associations with survival outcomes and race: Ancillary analysis of GOG-0258

Hilary Friedlander, MD
Mentor: Steven Young, MD, PhD
Title of Project: The effect of premature progesterone elevation on the endometrium: a single cell ribonucleic acid sequencing analysis

Maxwell Edmonds, MD, PhD
Mentor: Liping Feng, MD
Title of Project: Intravital photoacoustic imaging of developing mouse placenta after uterine injury: probing the placenta accreta murine model

Anne Ford, MD
Title of Project: Surveillance of Joint Pain in Menopause: Pilot Registry

Zhiqing Huang, MD, PhD
Title of Project: Age Effects on Chemotherapy Targeting Cells Causing Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

Friederike Jayes, DVM, PhD
Title of Project: Developing a new treatment for uterine fibroids — local injection of purified Clostridial collagenase

Jessie Li, MD
Mentor: Haley Moss, MD, MBA
Title of Project: Sexual function after pelvic floor physical therapy among female cancer survivors who have undergone primary pelvic radiation therapy

Margeaux Marbrey, PhD
Title of Project: Evaluating the Epigenetic Repercussions of Maternal E-Cigarette Use in Placenta

Susan Murphy, PhD
Title of Project: Cross-Generation Heritability of Cannabis-Induced Sperm DNA Methylation Changes

Alexandra Norton, MD, MPH
Mentor: Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE; Nicole E. Warren, PhD, MSN, MPH, BS, RN
Title of Project: Standardized education tools to increase trainee competence in caring for patients who have experienced female genital cutting: a prospective cohort study

Annika Sinha, MD
Mentor: Cindy Amundsen, MD
Title of Project: At Home Diaphragmatic Interventions for Voiding Abnormalities (DIVA): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mary Katherine Anastasio, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Cryocompression wraps to reduce sensory peripheral neuropathy in gynecologic cancer: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial

Stephanie Lim, MD
Mentor: Brittany Davidson, MD
Title of Project: Expansion of an opioid use predictive calculator to benign gynecology post-operative patients

Jaxon Olsen, MD
Mentor: Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc
Title of Project: Pain outcomes in the immediate post-partum period after OASIS lacerations: a pre and post analysis after a universal implementation of pudendal nerve block

Jennifer Cate, MD
Mentor: Sarahn Wheeler, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: The Impact of a Quality Improvement Initiative on Equitable Labor and Delivery Substance Use Screening

Angela Nolin, MD
Mentor: Laura Havilesky, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Performance of ultrasound in the assessment of postmenopausal bleeding among women of different racial and ethnic backgrounds

Virginia Watkins, MD
Mentor: Brenna Hughes, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: The association between postpartum aspirin use and NT-proBNP levels as a marker for maternal health outcomes: a randomized controlled trial

Abbigail Woll, MD
Mentors: Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc; Cindy Amundsen, MD
Title of Project: AUGS-PERFORM Response to Change

Alice Darling, MD
Mentor: Emma Rossi, MD
Title of Project: Patterns of Adjuvant Therapy for Endometrial Cancer with Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Bobby May, MD
Mentor: Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: FRα, NaPi2b, and B7-H4 Expression in Endometrial Cancer: Assessing the Promise of Antibody Drug Conjugate Therapies

Zhiqing Huang, MD, PhD
Mentor: Jadee Neff, MD, PhD
Title of Project: Single Cell Spatial Transcriptomics in Highly Aggressive and Less Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

Lauren Farmer, MD
Mentor: Beverly Gray, MD
Title of Project: Patient Experience with Gender Affirming Hysterectomy, A Qualitative Study

Kristen Carrillo-Kappus, MD, MPH
Mentor: Haley Moss, MD, MBA
Title of Project: Impact of Medicaid expansion on hospitalization of uninsured gynecologic surgery admissions

Jenny Wu, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for analgesia during outpatient endometrial biopsy: a randomized controlled trial

Colleen Judge-Golden, MD, PhD
Mentor: Jonas Swartz, MD, MPH
Title of Project: Patient Perspectives on Abortion Provision

Anna Shvygin, MD
Mentor: Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc
Title of Project: Expedited Versus Restrictive: Limitations on Activity Following Surgical Treatment of Prolapse (EVeRLAST) Study: Two-Year Follow Up

Alejandro Gómez-Viso, MD / FPMRS Fellow
Mentor: Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc
Title: AUGS PERFORM (Prolapse Performance Measure) as a Concise and Comprehensive Tool to Assess Patient Reported Outcomes after Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment

Amanda Craig, MD / MFM Fellow
Mentor: Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc
Title: COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy

Rebecca Previs, MD, MS / Faculty
Mentors: Donald McDonnell, PhD, and Andrew Berchuck, MD
Title: Metabolic profiling of resistance in ascites from patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer

Liping Feng, MD / Faculty
Title: The role of progesterone receptor membrane component 2 (PGRMC2) in placentation and pregnancy complications

Zhiqing Huang, MD, PhD / Faculty
Title: The Functions of Complement C7 in the Progression of Ovarian Cancer

Meagan Kelly, MD / Resident
Mentor: Sarah Dotters-Katz, MD, MMHPE
Title: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Postpartum Psychological Birth Trauma in a High-risk Population

Sloane Mebane, MD / Resident
Mentor: Shelby Addison Neal, MD
Title: A survey study evaluating patient satisfaction and cost of securing donor gametes according to desired ethnicity

Thao Nguyen, MD / Resident
Mentor: Andrew Berchuck, MD, and Rebecca Previs, MD, MS
Title: Role of endometrial sampling in the work-up of patients with advanced gynecologic malignancy

Carmen Avram, MD / Resident
Mentor: Evan Myers, MD, MPH, and Laura Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
Title: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Postpartum Bilateral Tubal Ligation versus Salpingectomy after Vaginal Delivery

Katherine Baumann, MD, MPH / Resident
Mentor: Alison Weidner, MD, MMCi, and Evan Myers, MD, MPH
Title: Cost-effectiveness of Pre-procedural Pregnancy Test Administration
Elizabeth Howell, MD
Mentor: Brittany Davidson, MD
Title: Prognosis and Outcomes in Gynecologic Malignancy-associated Bowel Obstruction: Validation of a Novel Scoring System
Pamela Peters, MD
Mentor: Brittany Davidson, MD
Title: Characterizing palliative care referral in gynecologic-oncology: who, when and why?
Annalies Denoble, MD, MSc
Mentor: Chad Grotegut, MD, MHSc, MBA
Title: Predicting Adverse Pregnancy-Related Events in a Retrospective Cohort of Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease
Jerome Federspiel, MD, PhD
Mentor: Andra James, MD, MPH
Title: Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following cesarean delivery: Current US practice and associations with outcomes
Courtney Mitchell, MD, PhD
Mentor: Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc
Title: Treatment of Persistent Non-Severe Postpartum Hypertension
Michele O’Shea, MD
Mentor: Megan Huchko, MD, MPH
Title: Development of a pictoral scale to assess symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in Kisumu, Kenya
Catherine Watson, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD and Jennifer McNally, MD
Title: A pilot study of a collaborative screening program for HPV-related dysplasia and malignancy in gynecologic oncology and colorectal patients
Miriam Estin, MD, PhD
Mentor: Rebecca Previs, MD, MS
Title: Alterations in the Endometrial Immune Microenvironment after Placement of a Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device for Treatment of Low Grade Endometrial Cancer
Stephanie Lim, MD
Mentor: Rebecca Previs, MD, MS
Title: Utilization of Irreversible and Reversible Electroporation for management of gynecologic cancer
Kateena Addae-Konadu, MD, PhD, MSc
Mentor: Jennifer Gilner, MD, PhD
Title: Investigation of placenta-derived exosome bound sFlt-1:PlGF as a predictor of preeclampsia in women with rheumatic disease in pregnancy
Benjamin Albright, MD, MS
Mentor: Haley Moss, MD, MBA
Title: Impact of Medicaid expansion on utilization and disparities in surgical management of benign and malignant gynecologic disease: evidence from state databases
Benjamin Harris, MD, MPH
Mentor: Anne Steiner, MD
Title: Markers of Ovarian Reserve as Predictors of Future Fertility
Caledonia Buckheit, MD
Mentor: Jennifer Gilner, MD, PhD
Title: Outpatient cervical ripening with Foley catheter balloon prior to elective induction of labor in low-risk nulliparous women: Patient and provider satisfaction and cost analysis
Esther Chung, MD
Mentor: Kelly Acharya, MD
Title: Development of a fertility risk calculator to predict individualized chance of ovarian failure after chemotherapy
Mary Katherine Montes De Oca, MD
Mentor: Laura Havrilesky, MD
Title: Use of cryocompression to reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in gynecologic cancer: a randomized controlled trial
Benjamin Peipert, MD
Mentor: Thomas Price, MD
Title: Home Fertility Testing: Utilization and Perceived Utility Among Infertility Patients and Reproductive Endocrinologists
Julia Salinaro, MD
Mentor: Brittany Davidson, MD
Title: Aspirin for prevention of venous thromboembolism among ovarian cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Tatiana Acosta, MD, MPH
Mentor: Kara McElligott, MD, MPH and Evan Myers, MD, MPH
Title: Screening and detection of pre-diabetes and diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes: a cost effectiveness study
Paige Cisa, MD
Mentor: Brittany A. Davidson, MD
Title: Comparison of a predictive model for post-operative opioid requirements versus standard of care in gynecologic surgery
Esther Chung, MD
Mentor: Brittany A. Davidson, MD
Title: Improving OB/GYN Trainees’ Skills in Disclosing Peri-operative Adverse Events: A Pilot Study
Kerry Drury, MD
Mentor: Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc
Title: The Impact of the Microbiome on HIV Infectivity Among Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women
Jill Hagey, MD, MPH
Mentor: Megan Huchko, MD, MPH
Title: Clinical Knowledge of Essential Maternal and Child Health Services in Kenya
Shelun Tsai, MD
Mentor: Jennifer Eaton, MD, MSCI
Title: Fertility awareness and attitudes towards oocyte cryopreservation among resident physicians across different specialties
Annalies Denoble, MD, MSc
Mentor: Mentor: Chad Grotegut, MD, MHSc, MBA
Title: Comparison of Amino-Terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Healthy Obese and Non-Obese Pregnant Women
Whitney Hendrickson-Cahill, MD
Mentor: Eric Jelovsek, MD, MMEd, MSDS
Title: Model for Predicting Efficacy of Treatment and Complications in Women after Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA for Urgency Urinary Incontinence
Kathryn Shaia, MD, MHA
Mentor: Thomas Price, MD
Title: The role of progesterone in preimplantation human embryo metabolism
Rafael Gonzalez, MD
Mentor: Brittany A. Davidson, MD
Title: A qualitative assessment of end of life options among caregivers of women with ovarian cancer following the patient's death
Daniel Spinosa, MD
Mentor: Rebecca Previs, MD, MS
Title: Comparison of Mismatch Repair Deficiency between Primary and Metastatic Sites of Uterine Cancers