BIRCWH Scholars

  • Alyssa Rae Bellini, M.D.
    This scholar is interested in sex and socioeconomic disparities that exist in access to bariatric surgery, and how this affects ongoing risk for breast cancer, particularly the subtype inflammatory breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is the most aggressive form of breast cancer and is thought to have an interactive relationship with obesity.
  • Hui (Amy) Chen, M.D.
    Effect of Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) on Quality of Life for Ovarian Cancer Patients on Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Nicole Cacho, D.O., M.P.H.
    Impact of human milk fortifiers on donor human milk or mom’s own milk: Comparison to early human milk and potential impact on premature infant outcomes
  • Adrienne Hoyt-Austin, D.O., M.A.S., IBCLC
    Ongoing Outpatient Lactation Care for Women at Risk for Lactation Failure: An Implementation Study
  • Angela Jarman, M.D., M.P.H.
    Dean's Scholars in Women's Health (DSWH Scholar)
    Evaluation of Clinical Guidelines and Sex-Specific D-Dimer Thresholds in ED Patients With Suspected PE
  • Victoria Lyo, M.D.
    Dean's Scholars in Women's Health (DSWH Scholar)
    Sex Differences in Response to Bariatric Surgery

  • Alicia Agnoli, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S.
    Dean's Scholars in Women's Health (DSWH Scholar)
    Understanding the Health of Women Who Use Opioids
  • Carolina Apesoa-Varano, Ph.D.
    Late-Life Depression Among Women: Socio-Cultural Factors Shaping Illness Experience and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Latina, Caucasian, and African-American Older Women
  • Lesley Butler, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
    Inflammation, Inflammatory Mediators, and Mammographic Density During the Menopausal Transition
  • Enkhmaa Byambaa, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
    Genetics and Inflammation: Relevance To Cardiovascular Risk in Women
  • Diana Cassady, Dr.P.H.
    Nutrition and Obesity: Working Women, Food Choices, and Overweight
  • Abhijit Chaudhari, Ph.D.
    Sex-Based Imaging Biomarkers of Function in Hand Osteoarthritis
  • Blaine Christiansen, Ph.D.
    Investigation of Gender-Based Differences in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Development Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
  • Julie Dang, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    University of California, Davis: Human Papillomavirus Cancer Free
  • Donna DeFreitas, M.D.
    Young Women and HIV Prevention
  • Lorena Garcia, M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
    Obesity, Diabetes and Health Related Complications Among Mexican-American Women
  • Nasim Hedayati, M.D.
    Dean's Scholars in Women's Health (DSWH Scholar)

    Percutaneous Catheter-Based Intervention Versus Open Surgical Bypass for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
  • Angela Jarman, M.D., M.P.H.
    Dean's Scholars in Women's Health (DSWH Scholar)
    Evaluation of Clinical Guidelines and Sex-Specific D-Dimer Thresholds in ED Patients With Suspected PE
  • Laura R. Kair, M.D.
    Telemedicine Breastfeeding Support Following Late Preterm Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Elizabeth Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
    Health Consequences of Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence
  • Candice Price, Ph.D.
    Applying Metabolomics To Investigate the Mechanisms That Mediate the Metabolic Effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Stress on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Premenopausal Women
  • Sumathi Sankaran-Walters, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
    Mucosal Immunology — HIV-1 Pathogenesis in Women
  • Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D., M.S.
    Predictors and Consequences of Maternal Nutrient and DNA Methylation Status During Pregnancy in High Risk Women
  • Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D.
    Psychology and Neuroimaging of Autism in Girls
  • Kimber Stanhope, Ph.D., R.D.
    Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism
  • Laura M. Tully, Ph.D.
    Neural Mechanisms Underlying Higher Rates of Psychotic and Mood Symptoms in Women With Schizophrenia
  • Barton Wise, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P.
    Effect Modification by Gender on Pain and Function as Predictors of Total Knee Replacement in Osteoarthritis
  • Wei Yao, M.D.
    Wingless Signaling and Its Relationship With Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis