Reproduction & Healthy Pregnancy

Key Areas of Research Activity
Major research areas in the Reproduction & Healthy Pregnancy research cluster focus on reproduction across the lifespan including:

• Reproductive endocrine and ovarian function in relation to ovulation, fertility, sex hormone-dependent cancers and the menopause
• Normal and abnormal pregnancy from the genetic and cellular processes involved in implantation and placentation to the role of maternal physiological and psychological health on fetal development and pregnancy outcome.

There are currently 22 investigators who work with the Reproduction & Healthy Pregnancy research cluster, covering a breadth of medical and scientific expertise. On site members manage over $3,500,000 annually in peer-reviewed research grants. Recently, we were successful at obtaining a large collaborative five-year grant on Epigenetics and Human Reproduction that includes six RHRP investigators.

Researchers
Fourteen investigators have primary membership with the Reproduction & Healthy Pregnancy research cluster. Researcher names are linked to full profiles:

Keith Choi
Ovarian cancer biology; transgenic animal models for human cancers; reproductive endocrinology

Marie-France Delisle
Prenatal diagnosis; multifetal gestation

Geoff Hammond
Steroids in growth and development

Peter Leung
Endocrinology; GnRH

Ken Lim
Prenatal diagnosis; fetal physiology; fetal therapy

Sai Ma
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART); genetic and epigenetic aspects of male factor infertility; outcome of ART pregnancies

Colin MacCalman
Implantation; cadherins

Douglas Matsell
Childhood kidney disease; kidney development

Deborah McFadden
Triploidy; fetal growth and development; early pregnancy loss

Pratibha Reebye
Preschool ADHD; postpartum depression and anxiety and maternal infant interactions; autism

Wendy Robinson
Genetics/cytogenetics of infertility; pregnancy loss and placental complications of pregnancy

Amanda Skoll
Fetal growth restriction; preterm labour; multidisciplinarity in medical education

Other Researchers
Other researchers affiliated with the Reproductive Health Research Program include:

Jehannine Austin
Genetic risks for postpartum psychopathology

Carolyn Brown
Human X chromosome inactivation; epigenetics and development

Helene Bruyere
Chromosome abnormalities, especially those detected prenatally

Leanne Dahlgren
Perinatal health; population health; c-section morbidity; infant mortality; health care access and disparity

Judith Hall
Clinical genetics; Human congenital anomalies; Syndrome identification; and non-traditional mechanisms of genetic disease

Susan J. Harris
Maternity care; new models of care; quality of care

Diane Juriloff
Mammalian development; cleft lip and palate; anencephaly

Sylvie Langlois
Clinical cytogenetics; prenatal diagnosis

Robert Liston
Pregnancy outcomes; population health in obstetrics

Deborah Money
Pathogenesis of viral infections (HIV, HCV, HSV) in pregnancy

Peter von Dadelszen
Translational research on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, esp. pre-eclampsia

Last update: 06/28/2010

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