WRHRCDC Scholar positions provide research and salary support at the level of assistant professor for a minimum of two years and up to five years. Individuals are expected to spend a minimum of 75 percent of full-time professional effort conducting research and research career development.
Scholar candidates and their selected mentor will prepare an application detailing prior research and educational experiences, proposed research project and a mentoring plan for the WRHRCDC. All applicants will be reviewed the advisory committee.
To apply, contact Serdar E. Bulun, MD, with a brief statement of research and career plans and a curriculum vitae or biosketch.
If selected as a WRHRCDC Scholar candidate, further application will include:
- Research plan, including hypothesis and specific aims
- NIH biosketch
- Three letters of recommendation: One letter must be from the candidate’s chair; two letters of reference may be from director of residency/fellowship training program, previous mentors or other physician and scientists familiar with the candidate’s qualifications
- Selected mentor’s name and research focus
If mentor is not approved; a NIH biosketch, research summary and list of current and past trainees will be required for review.
To learn more information about these mentors, including federal funding, publications and research, please search Crisp database, Pubmed, and the Northwestern websites:
- Bulun, Serdar E., MD: Steroid biochemistry; estrogen biosynthesis; aromatase in endometriosis, leiomyomata and breast cancer; progesterone receptors in endometriosis and leiomyomas; COX-2 in endometrial cancer; use of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of endometriosis and leiomyomata.
- Crawford, Susan E., MD: Angiogenesis in placenta and fetus
- Dunaif, Andrea, MD: Maternal-Fetal Medicine/ Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility/ Reproductive Genetics
- Goldberg, Erwin, MD: Genetic regulation of spermatogenesis; immunocontraception
- Hendrix, Mary, PhD: Ovarian and breast cancer
- Jameson, Larry, MD, PhD: Ambiguous genitalia, role of nuclear receptors in sex determination, role of nuclear receptors in gonadal development
- Levine, Jon, PhD: GnRH neuronal function, Molecular basis for GnRH pulsatility
- Linzer, Daniel, PhD: Placental function; action of placental hormones on fetal and maternal tissues
- Mayo, Kelly, PhD: Regulation of ovarian gene expression by pituitary gonadotropins
- Metzger, Boyd, MD: Diabetes and pregnancy, diagnosis and long-term health hazards of gestational and pregestational diabetes
- Peaceman, Alan, MD: Preterm labor, intrauterine growth retardation, diabetes and pregnancy
- Rodriguez, Gustavo, MD: Ovarian cancer biology, role of steroid hormones, oral contraceptives and progestins in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer
- Turek, Fred, PhD: Hypothalamic function, circadian rhythms and regulation of reproductive function
- Stack, Sharon, PhD: Ovarian cancer, tumor biology, roles of matrix metalloproteinases in the pathogenesis and metastasis of ovarian cancer
Our current WRHRCDC scholar is Emma Barber, MD.
