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Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has active basic and clinical
research in the Divisions of Maternal Fetal medicine, Gynecology, Gynecological
Oncology, and Reproductive Endocrinology. Our mission is to create a center of
excellence in women’s health to serve the people of Arkansas. Our goal is to
expand our research activities by utilizing supportive internal resources and
collaboration, and continue to seek external funding. Current research interests
are listed below:
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Maternal-fetal medicine
Placental Physiology and Pathology
Fetal monitoring and Uterine contractions in Term and Preterm Pregnancy and
labor
Birth defects and Diabetes
Depression, drug abuse, smoking cessation during antenatal and neonatal
development.
Preeclampsia Obesity HPV & Pregnancy
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Gynecological Oncology
Immunotherapy and ovarian cancer
Biomarkers for early detection of ovarian cancer
Pharmaceutical clinical trials
Clinical Trials in Gynecology Oncology
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Reproductive Endocrinology
Embryo culture conditions
Factors affecting in Vitro fertilization outcome
Oocyte physiology, fertility and smoking
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Laboratory of Molecular Medicine
HPV in Cervical cancer, breast cancer and miscarriages
AAV-based Immuno-gene therapy for HPV: cervical, breast and prostate
cancers, CMV, Hepatitis
Skin and CD34+ stem cell based gene therapy
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