Office of Research on Women's Health

Specialized Centers of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health (SCORs): 2007-2012

Centers, Directors and Abstracts

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jill Goldstein, Ph.D.
Fetal antecedents to sex differences in depression: a translational approach

Medical University of South Carolina
Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Role of sex and gender differences in substance abuse relapse

Northwestern University
Andrea Dunaif, M.D.
Excess male hormones (androgens) as the key to explaining polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

University of California, Los Angeles
Emeran Mayer, Ph.D.
A coordinated study of stress, pain, emotion, and sexual factors underlying the pelvic visceral disorders of irritable bowel disorder and interstitial cystitis

University of California, San Francisco Jeanette Brown, M.D.
Lower urinary tract function in women

University of Chicago
David Ehrmann, M.D.
Sex steroids, sleep, and metabolic dysfunction in women

University of Miami
Emmalee Bandstra, M.D.
Sex and gender influences on addiction and health: a developmental perspective

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
John DeLancey, M.D.
Birth, muscle injury, and pelvic floor dysfunction

University of Missouri, Kansas City
Hong-Wen Deng, Ph.D.
Identifying the genes that put women at risk for osteoporosis

Washington University
Scott Hultgren, Ph.D.
Molecular and epidemiologic basis of acute and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women

Yale University
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D.
Sex, stress, and substance use disorders

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The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases provides administrative oversight for the centers.
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