Pilot Grants
The mission of the UAB Center for Women’s Reproductive Health (CWRH) is to provide the most up-to-date and effective care to patients, to advance the scientific understanding of women’s health, and to translate this new knowledge into improved diagnoses, treatments, and prevention, as well as educating our future. In pursuit of this mission to innovate and improve women’s reproductive health and consistent with UAB’s strategic plan, CWRH wishes to grow the volume and diversity of extramural funding. To accomplish this, we must maintain and continue to foster additional research funding opportunities.
The purpose of the CWRH Pilot Grant program is to maintain and grow interdisciplinary research opportunities in women’s reproductive health while investing in our faculty and coinvestigators.
Earliest submission (via Red-Assist): January 3, 2024
Application closes: February 26, 2024 (midnight CT)
Awarded
CWRH-UWIRC Pilot Grant (Aug 2022)
Paige Porrett, PhD, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: “Characterization of Immune Cell Decidualization in Human Endometrium”
CWRH-UWIRC Pilot Grant (Aug 2022)
Isuzu Meyer, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: “Platelet Rich Plasma as an Adjunct Therapy at the time of Transvaginal Native Tissue Prolapse Surgery”
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Urogynecology (Nov 2021)
Russell Stanley, DO, Fellow
Project Title: RCT Comparing Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) in Combo w/Mirabegron to PTNS + Placebo
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Gynecologic Oncology (Nov 2021)
Rebecca Arend, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Project Title: WNT/b-catenin signaling axis regulates chemo-induced immune evasion
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (Oct 2021)
Ricardo Azziz, MD, Professor
Project Title: “A Novel epigenetic mechanism underlying adipose tissue dysfunction, inflammation, and insulin resistance in PCOS”
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine (Oct 2021)
Rachel Sinkey, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: “Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers Among Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 5 – 10 years Postpartum”
CWRH-UWIRC Pilot Grant (Oct 2021)
Jodie Dionne, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: A Rational Approach to the Identification of New Treatment Options to Prevent Congenital Syphilis: Pharmacokinetics of High Dose Amoxicillin with and without Probenecid in Pregnant Women
CWRH-UWIRC Pilot Grant (Jan 2021)
William Geisler, MD, MPH, Professor
Project Title: Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium Infection and Resistance in Pregnant Women in UAB OB Clinics
CWRH-UWIRC and HRC Pilot Grant (Jul 2020)
Rachel Sinkey, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: “Validation of a Remote Monitoring Blood Pressure Cuff”
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Women’s Reproductive Health (Oct 2019)
Janeen Arbuckle, MD, Assistant Professor
Project Title: Menstrual Suppression in the Myelosuppressed: A Retrospective Review
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Services (Oct 2019)
Jasmine Lee Chiang, MD, Instructor Fellow
Project Title: Reproductive aging and fertility in an inducible mouse model of mitochondrial
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Gynecologic Oncology (Oct 2019)
Haller Smith, MD, Assistant Professor
Project Title: Optimizing antibiotic prophylaxis for high-risk patients undergoing gynecologic surgery
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Oct 2019)
Rachel Sinkey, MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Following Aortic Valve Replacement
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Oct 2019)
Brian Casey, MD, Professor
Project Title: Decreased Neuraxial Morphine and Adjunctive Peripheral Nerve Blockade to Reduce Severity of Side Effects and Opioid Use after Cesarean Delivery
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Gynecologic Oncology (Dec 2018)
Margaret I. Liang, MD, MSHS, Assistant Professor
Project Title: "The costs that count: ovarian cancer patient perspectives in an era of rapidly changing therapies"
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Dec 2018)
Lorie M Harper MD, MSCI, Associate Professor
Project Title: "Data Extraction Validation Application"
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (Dec 2018)
Akila Subramaniam, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Project Title: "Evaluation of Nutritional Interventions to Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Class III Obesity (BMI >40)"
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Dec 2018)
Isuzu Meyer MD, Associate Professor
Project Title: "Pelvic floor disorders and Osteoporosis in postmenopausal Women Research"
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery (Dec 2018)
Kyle P Norris MD, Instructor Fellow
Project Title: "IMPLORE Study: Investigation of Microbiomes of Postmenopausal Women Looking for Outcomes and Response to Estrogen Therapy"
ObGyn Pilot Grant, Division of Women's Reproductive Healthcare (Dec 2018)
Tera Howard MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Project Title: "Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Discontinuation Among Women Who Deliver at a Baby-Friendly Designated Hospital"