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Donald James Alcendor, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Bacterial Vaginosis and HIV Risk, cytomegalovirus congenital disease and fetal fibronectin and pre-term labor |
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Ayman Al-Hendy, M.D., Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CWHR
Research Interests – Patient-based clinical trials for hormonal and non-hormonal treatment of uterine fibroid tumors which are 3-4 times more common in African-American women. |
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Anthony Archibong, Ph.D.
Endocrine Core Director |
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Michelle Townsend Bruce, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Environmental Containment Exposure, Investigating the association between Type II Diabetes and absenteeism, Investigating the relationship between having a regular exercise program and absenteeism
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Yong Cui. Ph.D.
Research Interests – Lifestyle risk factors and breast cancer in African-Americans, mammography screening in low-income women and racial disparities in preterm labor and delivery
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John Thomas Clark, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Aging, HRT and estrogen/phytoestrogens and blood pressure |
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Gloria Richard Davis, M.D.
Research Interests – Menopausal health, female sexual dysfunction, uterine fibroids, ovulation induction, reproductive disruptors, and assisted reproductive technologies.
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Anthony Disher, M.D.
Radiology Core Director |
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Vanessa Elliott, Ph.D.
Behavioral Core Director |
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Sakina Eltom, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Breast cancer, environmental endocrine disruptors and estrogen metabolism |
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Alecia Malin Fair, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Breast screening behaviors and breast cancer etiology, insulin resistance hormones/energy balance breast cancer risk and the role of vitamin D exposure on mammographic breast density
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Guo-Huang Fan. Ph.D.
Research Interests – Role of chemokine receptors in neurodegeneration |
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Ruth Garrett, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Interventions for apathy in the elderly and midlife motivational strategies
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James E. K. Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests – Role of proteins that regulate intracellular cholesterol levels in HIV replication.
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Dineo Khabele, M.D.
Research Interests – Inflammatory genes and ovarian cancer and cervical cancer |
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Ada P. Knight, Ph.D.
Director, Nutrition Core |
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Gwinnett Ladson, M.D.
Fitness Core Director
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Stephania Miller-Hughes, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Clinical behavioral support for women with Type II Diabetes |
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Sukhbir Mokha, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Sex related differences in pain and analgesia, mechanisms underlying the higher prevalence of pain syndromes in women 2, and estrogen-induced regulation of genes in pain and analgesia circuits |
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Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D.
Research Interests – Include role of gonadotropins in ovarian cancer, multi-center trials evaluating new therapies for reproductive disorders and most recently focusing on the development of vaginal microbicide for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Africa. |
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Bogden Nowicki, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Relationships and underlying mechanisms linking uterine infection and pre-term labor and delivery. |
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Stella Nowicki, DDS
Research Interests – Infection and immunology of the uro-genital tract |
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Josiah Ochieng, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Breast Cancer, HIV/AIDS |
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Henry Okafor, M.D.
Research Interests – Sudden Cardiac death prevention and prevention of Atrial Fibrillation |
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Flora Ukoli, Ph.D.
Research Interests – Cardiovascular risk factors in men and women, family size and family planning behaviors, body fat distribution in black and white women, bone density in black and white women.
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Roger J. Zoorob, M.D.
Research Interests – Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention in women, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention, Immunization practice and women’s health |
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