University of Kentucky
Forum For Reproductive
Sciences and Women's Health

College of Agriculture

• Department of Animal and Food Sciences

  • Phillip Bridges, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
  • PhD: West Virginia University, 1999
  • Research Interests: Cellular and molecular regulation of ovarian health and ovulation
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  • William Silvia, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: Colorado State University, 1985
  • Research Interests: Regulation of uterine prostaglandin production by ovarian hormones and the conceptus

• Department of Veterinary Science

  • Barry A Ball, DVM, PhD, Professor
  • PhD:
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  • Karen McDowell, PhD, Associate Professor
  • PhD: University of Florida, 1986
  • Research Interests: Embryonic/uterine physiology and in investigating causes of embryonic loss
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  • Edward L Squires, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: University of Wisconsin, 1974
  • Research Interests: Maternal recognition of pregnancy, early embryonic development
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  • Mats Troedsson, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACT, DECAR, Professor
  • PhD: University of California Davis, 1991
  • Research Interests: 1) Maternal recognition of pregnancy 2) Importance of seminal proteins for sperm transport, elimination and fertilization 3) Endometritis

College of Arts and Science

• Department of Biology

  • Edmund Rucker, PhD, Associate Professor
  • PhD:
  • Research Interests: Autophagy and Apoptosis

College of Medicine

• Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

  • Marilyn Duncan, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, 1984
  • Postdoc: Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University
  • Research Interests: Neuroendocrine regulation of seasonal reproduction cycles, especially the role of the pineal
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  • Lothar Jennes, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: Paris Lodron University, 1978
  • Postdoc: INSERM, University of Lille, France; University of North Carolina
  • Research Interests: Control of GnRH secretion and mechanisms of GnRH action

• Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

  • Kevin Sarge, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: North Carolina State University, 1989
  • Postdoc: Northwestern University
  • Research Interests: Genomic regulation of heat shock proteins in the testis.

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Thomas Curry, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: East Carolina University, 1983
  • Postdoc: University of Miami
  • Research Interests: Mechanisms of ovulation, specifically the role of proteolytic enzymes in follicular rupture, luteal formation, and regression
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  • Misung Jo, PhD, Assistant Professor
  • PhD: Cornell University, 2002
  • Postdoc: University of Kentucky
  • Research Interests: Ovarian physiology
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  • Ken Muse, MD, Associate Professor
  • MD: University of Kentucky, 1978
  • Residency: University of Kentucky, 1982
  • Fellowship: University of California at San Diego, 1984
  • Research Interests: Premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, infertility

• Department of Physiology

  • Sandra Legan, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: University of Michigan, 1974
  • Postdoc: Emory University, University of Michigan
  • Research Interests: Reproductive neuroendocrinology, specifically in the mechanisms whereby gonadal steroids feed back on the hypothalamo-pituitary axis to control gonadotropin secretion
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  • Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, PhD, Associate Professor
  • PhD: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989
  • Research Interests: Genomic regulation of progesterone receptor expression
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  • Melinda Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor
  • PhD: Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
  • Research Interests: Neuroprotective effects of estrogen

• Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology

  • Michael Kilgore, PhD, Associate Professor
  • PhD: Texas Tech University, 1990
  • Research Interests: Effect of estrogen and environmental toxins in developing breast cancer

• Department of Toxicology

  • Mary Vore, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: Vanderbilt University, 1972
  • Postdoc: Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, Hoffmann-LaRoche
  • Research Interests: Effects of estrogen, pregnancy, and prolactin on hepatic function

College of Pharmacy

• Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Patrick McNamara, PhD, Professor
  • PhD: State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979
  • Research Interests: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, with a particular emphasis on drug transfer into milk, including transporter gene expression at the blood mammary epithelial barrier