INNOVATIONS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH SEED GRANT PROGRAM

1. 2011 Seed Grant Recipients Title: Pilot study of a physical activity intervention for antenatal depression PI: Cynthia Battle, PhD, Psychiatry & Human Behavior Collaborators: Ana Abrantes, PhD, Psychiatry & Human Behavior David Williams, PhD, Community Health Susanna Magee, MD, Family Medicine Amy Salisbury, PhD , Pediatrics Deborah Riebe, PhD, Kinesiology – University of RI Title: A negative BRCA gene test does not exclude the Portuguese founder mutation PI: Maureen Chung, MD, Surgery Collaborators: Natasha Shur, MD, Pediatrics Cindy Benson, MS, Pediatrics Zhenglong (Paul) Yuan, MD, Surgery Manuel Teixeira, MD, PhD, Medical Genetics/Oncology, Portuguese Oncology Institute INNOVATIONS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH SEED GRANT PROGRAM The purpose of the Innovations in Women’s Health Research Seed Grant Program is to foster new interdisciplinary research leading to significant advances in women’s health. Title: Anal cytology and HPV genotyping in women with lower genital tract neoplasia PI: Katina Robison, MD, OB/GYN Collaborators: Steven Schechter, MD, Medicine Erna Kojic, MD, Medicine Sarah Fox, MD, OB/GYN Mohammad Quddus, MD, Pathology Support for this Center of Excellence in Women’s Health grant initiative is from the Brown Medical School Office of the Dean, Department of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Department of Surgery, Community Health and the Program in Public Health.