Faculty Education & Development

The Yale Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Center, Currently Seeking Qualified Candidates

Introduction
The Yale Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences has the goal of selecting outstanding novice or more experienced medical scientists for advanced training in basic, translational, or clinical science under the guidance of skilled scientific mentors. The Principal Investigator (PI; Charles J. Lockwood, MD) and Program Director (PD; Harold R. Behrman, PhD) monitor the scholar’s academic progress toward research independence. The PI/PD and Advisory Committee are directly involved in the training, evaluation and academic development of each WRHR Scholar.

Mentors are experienced in career development and are outstanding scientists in fields related to Women’s Reproductive Health. Core training in basic lab techniques and molecular biology along with a didactic program is required for all WRHR Scholars and includes instruction in the responsible and ethical conduct of research. Each Scholar is assigned departmental laboratory space with access to shared teaching and training cores. In addition, the Scholars have 75% time and salary directly covered by the Program Grant in order to pursue career development. Scholars receive research support for 2-5 years to underwrite costs while they obtain preliminary data and apply for grants.

The Yale WRHR Center is part of the overall Yale Medical Center Program in Women’s Health. Scholars enter the Department of Ob/Gyn as Assistant Professors, with appropriate office and support staff. Clinical duties and responsibilities relate directly to research interests. Career development spans two to five years, depending on the Scholar’s initial level of experience and particular training goals as a Scholar.

Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Yale WRHR Center aims to foster Scholars’ development into established, independent investigators. Yale shall seek to retain as faculty Scholars who successfully complete an individualized training program at Yale and who have made significant progress toward independent funding.

2004 Yale WRHR Scholars & Their Mentors:

• Scholar: Kathleen Connell, MD
• Mentor: Hugh Taylor, MD

• Scholar: Catalin Buhimschi, MD
• Mentor: Charles J. Lockwood, MD

• Scholar: Jessica Illuzzi, MD
• Mentor: Michael B, Bracken, PhD

Additional WRHR Mentors:

• Aydin Arici, MD
• Harold R. Behrman, PhD
• Joshua A. Copel, MD
• Antoni J. Duleba, MD
• Richard B. Hochberg, PhD
• Tamas Horvath, PhD
• Gabor Huszar, MD
• Csaba Leranth, MD, PhD
• Nita J. Maihle, PhD
• Gil Mor MD, PhD
• Anna Lee Tirado, MD
• Kimberly Yonkers, MD