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RESEARCH. RESEARCH. Linda Vona-Davis, Ph.D. Michael W Vernon, PhD, HCLD Barbara Ducatman, M.D. R. Turner Goins, Ph.D. Kimberly Horn, Ed.D. Firyal Khan-Dawood, Ph.D. Mary Zeppuhar, Ed.D. Work Group. RESEARCH.
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RESEARCH • Linda Vona-Davis, Ph.D. • Michael W Vernon, PhD, HCLD • Barbara Ducatman, M.D. • R. Turner Goins, Ph.D. • Kimberly Horn, Ed.D. • Firyal Khan-Dawood, Ph.D. • Mary Zeppuhar, Ed.D. Work Group
RESEARCH • A multi-disciplinary research agenda on women's health issues, fostering collaborations across academic departments and promoting strategies to encourage women to participate in clinical research trials. One of the Primary Objectives of the CoEWH
WVU CoEWH Research • Accomplished • Documented all current campus wide gender specific research • Regular meetings of working group • Developed a WVU database of Women’s Health researchers • In process • Stimulate new gender specific research • Initiate a Women’s Health seminar series • Coordinate clinic patients with CoEWH researchers • Establish a WVU CRC
WVU CoEWH Research Goals • Document all current campus wide gender specific research • Stimulate new gender specific research • Develop a WVU database of Women’s Health researchers • Initiate a Women’s Health seminar series • Coordinate clinic patients with COEWH researchers • Establish a WVU CRC
Current Gender Specific Research • More than 17 clinical researchers at WVU are working on gender specific research and are interested in participating in the WV CoEWH • More than 8 basic science researchers working on gender specific research in non-humans that may be interested in doing human work if tissue were available
Gender Specific Research Initiatives • Obesity hormone leptin in breast cancer. Linda Vona-Davis, Ph.D. and David McFadden, M.D. • Hormonal receptors in breast cancer in Hardy County women with possibly exposed to endocrine disruptors. James Coad, M.D., Alan Ducatman, M.D. and WV Bureau of Public Health • HPV prevalence and subtypes in indigent Appalachian women. Eddie Reed, M.D., Barbara Ducatman, M.D., Weixan Wang, Ph.D., Pamela Brown, M.S., A. Patrick Soisson, M.D., Stephanie Kennedy, M.S., Lesley-Ann Miller, Ph.D., Gerry Hobbs, Ph.D. • AFAP-expression in breast disease. Daniel Flynn, Ph.D., Barbara Ducatman, M.D., and James Coad, M.D.
Current Gender Specific Research • Kimberly Horn, EdD and Geri Dino, PhD • Teen smoking in girls and boys • Carl Palmer, MD • Menopausal hot flashes • Firyal Khan-Dawood, PhD • Fibroids • R. Turner Goins, PhD • Barriers to health care for rural elders • Leah Hammer, Ph.D. • Effect of gender and age on skeletal muscle blood flow
Current Gender Specific Research Dentistry (Periodontal Disease & Pregnancy) • Richard Crout, DDS Human Nutrition (Obesity) • Cindy Fitch, PhD • Kristen Matak, PhD • Janet Tou, PhD Nursing (Cardio-Vascular Disease) • Susan McCrone, PhD • June Lunney, PhD • Nan Leslie, PhD
Current Gender Specific Research • Jorge Flores, PhD (Biology) • Keith Inskeep, PhD(Animal Science) • Bob Dailey, PhD (Animal Science) • Bob Goodman, PhD (Physiology) • Stan Hileman, PhD (Physiology) Reproductive Physiology
Gender Specific Research WVU CoEWH Research Plan Cancer Cardiovascular Sciences & Vascular Biology Immunology & Infectious Disease CoEWH Gender- Based Studies Neurosciences Exercise, Diabetes and Metabolic Lung Cell Biology & Pulmonary Disease Obstetrics & Gynecologyand Reproductive Physiology
WVU CoEWH Research Goals • Document all current campus wide gender specific research • Stimulate new gender specific research • Develop a WVU database of Women’s Health researchers • Initiate a Women’s Health seminar series • Coordinate clinic patients with COEWH researchers • Establish a WVU CRC
CoEWH Research • The SOM Office of Research and Graduate Education and the WVU Women’s Studies Program have promised $2-3K to support a CoEWH seminar series
WVU CoEWH Research Goals • Document all current campus wide gender specific research • Stimulate new gender specific research • Develop a WVU database of Women’s Health researchers • Initiate a Women’s Health seminar series • Coordinate clinic patients with COEWH researchers • Establish a WVU CRC
Linking Patients with Researchers CoEWH Research Plan HSCCenters School of Medicine School of Nursing CoEWH ClinicCareCenter School ofDentistry School ofPharmacy School ofPhysical Ed College of Arts & Sciences ExtramuralInstitutions