FERRING RESEARCH GRANT AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to the following 2 NEFS member recipients of the 2011 Research Grant Award sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals: Joseph B. Davis, DO
Montefiore Medical Center, New York
"Effect of intrauterine Vitamin D deficiency on female reproductive physiology"
Kathryn C. Humm, MD
BIDMC/Boston IVF
“A Prospective Study of Celiac Disease and its Influence on Pregnancy Outcomes among
Women with Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss”
Research Grant Award winners were announced on December 7, 2011 at the 4th quarterly meeting of the NEFS. Thank you to all those members who participated in this research grant opportunity. The research will be completed by December 31, 2012 and will then be presented at the Annual Meeting held in the Spring of 2013 (location TBA at a later date). ****************************************************************** 2010 Research Grant Award sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals: Zaher Merhi, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
"Anti-Mullerian Hormone and its Receptor Gene Expression in Granulosa Cells of Obese Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization" Khanh-Ha Dan Nguyen, MD
BIDMC/Boston IVF
“Influence of chronic leptin exposure on estrogen-mediated beta-endorphin secretion in hESC-derived proopiomelanocortin-specific hypothalamic stem cells”
Wendy S. Vitek, MD
Women & Infants Hospital
“Determining the influence of anti-Mullerian hormone on theca cell androgen production through a novel 3-D microtissue model” Research Grant Award winners were announced at the December 1st quarterly meeting of the NEFS. Thank you to all those members who participated in this research grant opportunity. The research will be completed by December 31, 2011 and will then be presented at the Annual Meeting held in the Spring of 2012 at the Cliff House in Ogunquit, ME on April 27-28, 2011. | 
