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2023 ROSA Pilot Awardees
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Holly Crowe, PhD, MPH
Division of Women’s Health
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Migraine phenotypes and vasomotor symptoms across the menopausal transition”

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Delphine Franssen, PhD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“MKRN3 action on vasomotor symptoms in a menopausal mouse model”

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Encarnación Torres Jiménez, PhD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Deciphering the thermoregulatory response to estrogen decline during menopausal transition triggering vasomotor symptoms”

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Matthew Weaver, PhD
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Does sleep mediate relationships between environmental exposures and stress, mood, and wellbeing?”

2023 ROSA Scholar Program
Izzuddin Aris, PhD
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare

“Neighborhood Vulnerability and Menopause and Cardiovascular Health in Midlife Women in Project Viva”

2022 ROSA Pilot Awardees
Jessica Busler
Jessica Busler, PhD
Psychiatry Department
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Obesity in Women: The Role of Oxidative Stress and Relationship to Emotional Health”

Leilah Grant, PhD
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Time-restricted eating as a novel dietary intervention to improve sleep, mood and cardiovascular health in perimenopausal women”

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Alexandra Purdue-Smithe, PhD
Division of Women’s Health
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Reproductive risk factors for subjective cognitive decline in women”

2020 ROSA Scholar Program

ROSA Scholar

Carrie Mahoney, PhD
Department of Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

“Orexins as mediators of the effects of low estradiol on fragmented sleep and stress responses”

ROSA Associate Scholar

Jennifer Stuart, ScD
Division of Women’s Health
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Preeclampsia, mental health conditions, and cardiovascular health across the life course”

2020 ROSA Pilot Awardees
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Vera Spagnolo, MD, PhD
Connors Center for Women’s Health & Gender Biology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Interaction between Gonadal Steroids and the Endocannabinoid System as a Novel Mechanism Underlying Dysregulated Stress Response in Aging Women”

Rajae Talbi, PhD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Hypertension
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

“Deciphering the role of Tacr3POA neurons in the regulation of hot flushes in female mice”

Additional ROSA CEC Associate Scientists
Lydia Lynch, PhD
2021 WHISPR Awardee
Endocrinology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Lidia Minguez-Alarcon, PhD, MPH
2022 WHISPR Awardee
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Shanlin Ke, PhD
2023 WHISPR Awardee
Channing Division of Network Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Diana Soria-Contreras, MSc, PhD
Project 2 Post-Doc Fellow
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Liqin Wang, PhD
WHISPR Applicant
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Jessica Lipschitz, PhD
WBI Fellow
Psychiatry
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Jun Li, MD, PhD
2022 WHISPR Awardee
Division of Preventative Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Irene Gonsalvez, MD
2023 WHISPR Awardee
Neuropsychiatry Division
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Simin Lee, MD, MBA
2022 Pollin Awardee
Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sidney Alcantara Pereira, PhD
Project 3 Post-Doc Fellow
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Amy Nichols, PhD
Project 2 Post-Doc Fellow
Department of Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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