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Research Studies

Below is a list of research studies by members of our department. If you would like to search by a topic that you may be interested in, hold down the Control (Ctrl) key while pressing F on your keyboard (will work in most browsers). This will bring up a find box. Type in the topic or word you are interested in and it will highlight which studies contain that information.

Vanessa M. Barnabei, MD, PhD             Resident Research
William H. Bradley, MD
Cresta W. Jones, MD
Timothy E. Klatt, MD
Sumana Koduri, MD
Randall S. Kuhlmann, MD, PhD
Paul M. Lemen, MD 
Michael R. Lund, MD
Raj Narayan, MD
Janet S. Rader, MD
Paul A. Robb, MD
Estil Y. Strawn, MD
Denise S. Uyar, MD

Faculty Research

PI: Vanessa Barnabei, MD, PhD
PI: William Bradley, MD
  • "GOG 136 Tissue Bank: Acquisition of Human Gynecologic Specimens to be used in Studying the Causes, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Cancer"  Publications
     
  • "GOG 263-Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial of Adjuvant Radiation Versus Chemoradiation in Intermediate Risk, Stage I/IIA, Cervical Cancer Treated with Initial Radical Hysterectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy"
PI: Cresta Jones, MD
  • "Working on ideas: Study on Cord-Plexus Cysts"
PI: Timothy Klatt, MD
  • "Stadol and Rhythms in Labor"
PI: Sumana Koduri, MD
  • "Prolapse Severity and Time of Day: The Effect of Time of Day on Severity of Pelvic Organ Prolapse"
     
  • "Bank for Prolapse Severity: Bank Created from PRO00008286, The Effect of Time of Day on Severity of Pelvic Organ Prolapse"
PI: Randall Kuhlmann, MD
  • "Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) in Pregnancy"
PI: Paul Lemen, MD
PI: Michael Lund, MD
  •  "Improving Pelvic Exam Skills for Students"
PI: Raj Narayan, MD
  • "Effect of Depo-Provera on Rates of Postpartum Depression"
  • "Correlation with Beta hCG & Ultrasound Ability to Detect Pregnancy"
PI: Janet Rader, MD
  • "HPV Assays for GOG 207: HPV Assays for GOG 207 (A Randomized Double-Blind Phase II Trial of Celecoxib, a COX-2 Inhibitor, in the Treatment of Patients with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 or 3 (CIN 2/3 or 3) (IND #69,656, Sponsor – GOG)"
     
  • "TCGA Cervical: RECOVERY - The Cancer Genome Atlas Project - Cervical Cancer"
     
  • "Molecular Characterization: Molecular Characterization of Cervical Cancer"
     
  • "CerGE-Genetic Susceptibility: Genetic Susceptibility to Cervical Cancer (Cervical Cancer Genetic Epidemiology)"
     
  • "Bank for Gynecologic Samples: Bank for Gynecologic Samples, Blood and Data"
PI: Paul Robb, MD
  • "Ovary Donation: Ovarian-Mimetic Polymeric Scaffolds for the Culture of Primary Ovarian Follicles"
     
  • "Follicular size and pregnancy outcome in intrauterine insemination: Follicular size and pregnancy outcome in ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate or letrozole, in cycles with intrauterine insemination."
     
  • "Cryopreservation: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation As A Means Of Preserving Ovarian Function In Females Undergoing Therapeutic Procedures That Will Potentially Lead To The Irreversible Loss Of Ovarian Function"
     
  • "Oncofertility Consortium: Ovarian Tissue Freezing for Fertility Preservation in Women Facing a Fertility-Threatening Medical Diagnosis or Treatment Regimen: A Study by the National Physicians Cooperative of the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University"
  • "Comparing Success Rates in Intrauterine Insemination Cycles using hCG trigger Injections vs LH Surge Monitoring for Ovulation"
PI: Estil Strawn, MD
  • "Retrospective review of medical student and resident ultrasound experience"
  • "A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of Sperm Strict Morphology on Pregnancy Rates Following Intrauterine Insemination"
  • "The Impact of Diminished Ovarian Reserve on IVF Delivery Rates"

 

  • "A Retrospective Review of the Impact of Body Mass Index on the Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization"
  • "Comparing Success Rates in Intrauterine Insemination Cycles using hCG trigger Injections vs LH Surge Monitoring for Ovulation"
PI: Denise Uyar, MD
  • "The Incidence of Lymphedema in Patients Undergoing Pelvic and/or Para-aortic Lymph Node Dissection with Laparoscopic or Total Abdominal Hysterectomy"
     
  • "Early Endometrial Cancer: T Regulatory Cells in Early Endometrial Cancer Before and After Treatment"
PI: Suzanne Walczak, MD

 

Resident Research

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology residents are required to complete a research project at the end of their third year of training. Each year resident projects are presented at the Resident Research and Alumni Day. Below, you will find a listing of the current resident research projects. Please see the past research projects.

Fourth Year Residents

Resident: Nicolette Deveneau, MD
Mentor(s): Estil Strawn, MD

  • "Evaluation of the Role of Sperm Morphology. Retro chart rev n=600"

Resident: Jason Foil, MD
Mentor(s): TBD

  • TBD

Resident: Jessica Gremp, MD
Mentor(s): Cresta Jones, MD

  • "Knowledge Base of Opiate Dependence in Pregnancy"

Resident: Brian Karre, MD
Mentor(s): Raj Narayan, MD

  • "Correlation of Beta hCG & Ultrasound Ability to Detect Pregnancy"

Resident: Matt Loichinger, DO
Mentor(s): Randall Kukhlmann, MD, Erika Peterson, MD, Caulkins, MD

  •  "Fetal Outcomes with Gastrocesisi"

Resident: Amanda Reed, MD
Mentor(s): Estil Strawn, MD

Resident: Vidhi Srivastava, MD
Mentor(s): Estil Strawn, MD

  • "Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) in In Vitro Fertlization (IVF) Outcomes - Retro Chart Review"
Third Year Residents

Resident: Allison Nelson (Balke), MD
Mentor(s): Allison Ring, MD, Elizabeth Hill-Karbowski, CNM, Cresta Jones, MD, Suzanne Walczak, MD

  • "Idetifying Women at Risk for Co-sleeping with Infants Survey"

Resident: Erin Chinnock, MD
Mentor(s): Allison Ring, MD (Columbia St. Mary's)

  • "Risks of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) while on Estrogen-Containing OCP's"

Resident: Stephanie Dvorak, MD
Mentor(s):Kathy King, MD

  • "Biases in Contraceptive Counseling based in Soci-economic Status"

Resident: Joshua Kapfhamer, MD
Mentor(s): Estil Strawn, MD and Paul Robb, MD

  • "Women with Primary Infertility on Self-reported Stress Level at the time of Initial Infertility Consultation with Reproductive Specialist"

Resident: Kristy Kapfhamer, MD
Mentor(s): Timothy Klatt, MD

  • "Effects of Stadol and Rhythms in Labor in Fetal Heart Tone Tracings"

Resident: Anna Livshits, MD
Mentor(s): Estil Strawn, MD and Paul Robb, MD

Resident: Nikki Wiepert, MD
Mentor(s): Paul Lemen, MD

  • "Effects of the 2011 Resident Work Hour Restrictions from the Perspective of Both Residents & Attendings"
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