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Rankin, Tracy L
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Title: | Program Director |
Phone: | 301-435-6979 |
E-mail: | rankint@mail.nih.gov |
Address: |
6100 Executive Blvd Room 8B01, MSC 7510 Bethesda Md 20892-7510 For FedEx use: Rockville Md 20852 |
Fax: | 301-480-2389 |
Organization: | Reproductive Sciences (RS) Branch |
Specialty: |
Andrology
Male Fertility/Infertility
Male Reproductive Health
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Biosketch:
Tracy L. Rankin, Ph.D., joined the RSB in the fall of 2001, and is serving as the Director for the Male Fertility, Infertility and Andrology Program. Her portfolio encompasses research into the mechanisms of spermatogenesis and sperm maturation, as well as testicular and accessory gland functions in male reproduction. She also serves as a research coordinator of the Mouse Mutagenesis and Phenotyping Program: Developmental and Infertility Defects. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Virginia and her Ph.D. in cell biology from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Rankin held post-doctoral positions at Tufts University, the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, and at the NIH before joining the RSB. Her research background includes epididymal sperm maturation, spermatogenesis, fertilization, and the structure and function of the mammalian zona pellucida.
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