03/28/2022- ROSA Center Seminar: “Neuroendocrine pathways mediating the effects of stress on reproductive function”
Monday, March 28, 2022 | 12:00-1:00pm | Virtual | Registration Required
Neuroendocrine pathways mediating the effects of stress on reproductive function
Presenter:
Ursula Kaiser, MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology, BWH
Professor of Medicine, HMS
Director of the Brigham Research Institute
Dr. Kaiser has an active research program focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the neuroendocrine regulation of puberty and reproduction. Her research has received continuous NIH support for more than twenty-five years. She also serves as Program Director of the NIH-funded Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 program to train junior faculty in women’s health research, and the Principal Investigator of an NIH T32 training grant to train physicians and scientists in academic endocrinology. Dr. Kaiser is also an active clinician, focusing on neuroendocrinology and reproductive endocrinology.
Dr. Kaiser is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She is the recipient of the Ernst Oppenheimer Award and the Sidney H. Ingbar Award of the Endocrine Society and is President-Elect of the Endocrine Society.