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Shannon Laughlin, M.D.

Women’s Health

Shannon Laughlin, M.D.
Shannon Laughlin, M.D.
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow



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As a recent graduate of an obstetrics and gynecology residency, Shannon Laughlin, M.D., learned first hand the burden that uterine fibroids have on a woman's health, pregnancy and fertility. Under the direction of Donna Baird, Ph.D., her research focuses on the effect of pregnancy on the size and number of uterine fibroids. Previous outcomes from the Uterine Fibroid Study (Baird et al., 2003) and animal models (Walker et al., 2001) show that parity is protective. The prospective trial following a cohort of women with fibroids through pregnancy and up to three months postpartum tests the hypothesis that postpartum remodeling could clear existing fibroids. In addition, the fibroid growth study looks at the variation and biological differences between growing and stable myomas. Laughlin hopes the results will help find new therapies for the treatment of fibroids.

Studies

  • Fibroid Growth Study
    (http://niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/studies/fgs/index.cfm) The Fibroid Growth Study examines the variation in fibroid growth, the biological differences between growing and non-growing fibroids and the relationship between fibroid growth and symptom severity.
  • Postpartum Uterine Regression Study
    (http://niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/studies/postpartum/index.cfm) The Postpartum Uterine Regression Study documents any fibroids present in early to mid-pregnancy and measures fibroid size after postpartum uterine regression. Investigators hypothesize that small fibroids will have disappeared, and large fibroids will remain essentially unchanged in size.

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