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September 19, 2003|Volume 32, Number 3



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Three new recipients of
Donaghue grants announced

Three Yale scientists have received grants through the Ethel F. Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program, part of Women's Health Research at Yale (WHR).

The recipients, who will all pursue innovative studies focusing on the health of women, are:

Akiko Iwaski, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. She will investigate gender differences in infection and immunity to genital herpes, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. Genital herpes is both more common and more severe in women than in men. Iwaski will study role of the HSV-2 virus that causes the disease. Her work will help further the design of preventative measures such as vaccines and anti-viral gels that are specifically tailored by gender.

Dr. Donna M. Neale, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Neale will study how cells called trophoblasts affect preeclampsia, a disease unique to pregnancy. This disorder is heralded by the onset of hypertension after the 20th week of pregnancy and is one of the leading causes of maternal and infant death. Neale will look at the difference in trophoblast cells and the proteins in the blood of pregnant women with and without preeclampsia. This work could provide the basis for a screening test for the prediction of preeclampsia.

Julie K. Staley, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Staley will explore how the brain's nicotine receptors change with variations in ß-estradiol and progesterone levels in women who are non-smokers. The results from this research will guide future studies of women smokers and the severity of side-effects associated with cessation of smoking during different phases of the menstrual cycle in order to understand the biological mechanisms that would underlie smoking cessation treatments for women smokers.


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale women engineers named among world's 100 Top Young Innovators

Bulldogs open season with special events

Popular International Studies major strengthened

A cappella group Shades' music proved to be fit for a king

Dr. John Krystal is appointed as the McNeil Jr. Professor

Mark Gerstein is named the Williams Associate Professor

In Focus: Women's Health Research at Yale

Leading biologists will share research . . .

Weekend festival will showcase films from around the world

Event will explore the impact of colonization on women

SCIENCE & MEDICAL NEWS

Remembering 9/11

Memorial Services

Books in Brief

United Way's Virtual Volunteer Center links agencies and individuals

Campus Notes


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