Shannon Laughlin, M.D.
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Tel (919) 541-3781 Fax (919) 541-2511 laughlins@niehs.nih.gov Curriculum Vitae (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/women/staff/laughlin/laughlin-cv.pdf) P.O. Box 12233 Mail Drop A3-05 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 Delivery Instructions 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
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