Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Projects

Projects per year 1985 2003 2006 2007 2024

• 3 Active
• 86 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  Impact of State and Federal Contraceptive Coverage Policies on Contraceptive Use, Costs, and Pregnancy Outcomes

  Chuang, C. H.

  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  7/1/22 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

• Impact of State and Federal Contraceptive Coverage Policies on Contraceptive Use, Costs, and Pregnancy Outcomes

  Chuang, C. H.

  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  9/1/20 → 6/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • contraceptive 100%
  • coverage 69%
  • pregnancy 59%
  • costs 37%
  • act 18%

• Randomized Controlled Trial of a Six-Month Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes

  Raja-Khan, N.

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  4/15/19 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 43%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 39%
  • Glucose 29%
  • Health Education 17%
• Finished

  Inositol Supplementation to Treat Reproductive and Metabolic Dysfunction in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Double Blind RCT (INSUPP-PCOS)

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

  9/1/18 → 8/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Inositol 100%
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 99%
  • Hyperandrogenism 84%
  • Androgens 23%
  • Testosterone 22%

• The Role of Executive Function in Mathematics and Science Learning Difficulties of Students with Disabilities

  Morgan, P., Farkas, G., Hillemeier, M. M. & Oh, Y.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/16 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • kindergarten 100%
  • disability 99%
  • student 79%
  • deficit 59%
  • longitudinal study 56%

• PILOT: EFFECT OF MATERNAL EXPOSURES ON FETAL GROWTH, METABOLISM, AND DEVELOPMENT

  Butts, S.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • maternal exposure 100%
  • fetal development 85%
  • exposure duration 46%
  • plasticity 45%
  • metabolism 44%

• Penn Center for Study of Epigenetics in Reproduction

  Bartolomei, M. S., Berger, S. L., Butts, S., Coutifaris, C., Shuda, J. & Wang, P. J.

  4/1/14 → 3/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • epigenetics 100%
  • assisted reproductive technologies 70%
  • conceptus 52%
  • animal models 38%
  • retrotransposons 32%

• Annual Meeting of the Androgen Excess Society

  Legro, R.

  9/8/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • androgen 100%
  • participation 20%
  • press release 19%
  • minority group 19%
  • child care 19%

• Pennsylvania State University Census Research Data Center

  Van Hook, J. L., Roberts, M. J., Jensen, L., Iceland, J. D. & Hillemeier, M. M.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • census 100%
  • social science 19%
  • health statistics 12%
  • graduate 11%
  • foreign countries 10%

• Control Systems Engineering for Optimizing a Prenatal Weight Gain Intervention

  Downs, D. S.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  8/15/13 → 4/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Gestational Weight Gain 100%
  • Weight Gain 58%
  • Pregnant Women 36%
  • Overweight 34%
  • Biomedical Technology 24%

• Using a Reproductive Life Planning Website and Action Plan to Help Women Choose and Use Birth Control

  Chuang, C. H.

  Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  1/1/13 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • life planning 100%
  • family planning 80%
  • action plan 63%
  • website 57%
  • Group 10%

• Mindfulness in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

  Raja-Khan, N.

  National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

  9/1/11 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Mindfulness 100%
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 91%
  • Psychological Distress 35%
  • Fish Skates 18%
  • Health Education 17%

• Penn Center for Study of Epigenetics in Reproduction

  Bartolomei, M. S., Berger, S. L., Butts, S., Coutifaris, C., Meyer, R. G. & Shuda, J.

  5/1/11 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • epigenetics 100%
  • spermatozoa 31%
  • metabolism 25%
  • animal models 25%
  • public schools 23%

• PILOT: EFFECT OF MATERNAL EXPOSERS ON PREDICTORS OF METABOLISM, GROWTH&REPRODUC

  Butts, S.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  5/1/11 → 3/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • maternal effect 100%
  • maternal exposure 97%
  • fetal development 83%
  • exposure duration 67%
  • plasticity 66%

• Poverty, Low Birth Weight and Early Cognitive Delay: A Population-Based Approach

  Morgan, P. P. L., Farkas, G. & Hillemeier, M. M.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  7/10/09 → 5/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • poverty 100%
  • etiology 49%
  • childhood 48%
  • Child health 48%
  • longitudinal study 37%

• SURFACTANT PROTEINS AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

  Floros, J.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/09 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • distress 100%
  • surfactant proteins 83%
  • etiology 19%
  • surfactants 17%
  • haplotypes 15%

• Hyperandrogenism and Insulin Resistance in the Ontogeny of PCOS

  Legro, R.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  4/1/09 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Hyperandrogenism 99%
  • Insulin Resistance 60%
  • Hyperinsulinism 21%
  • Metformin 14%

• Mode of First Delivery and Subsequent Child-Bearing

  Kjerulff, K. & Kjerulff, K. H.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  5/1/08 → 2/28/14

  Project: Research project

  • Medical records 100%
  • longitudinal study 99%
  • deficit 69%
  • knowledge 54%
  • pregnant women 46%

• Career Development Program in Women's Health Research at Penn State

  Weisman, C. S. & Weisman, C.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  9/26/07 → 7/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • Career development 100%
  • health 45%
  • applicant 22%
  • medicine 20%
  • mentoring 20%

• CLINICAL TRIAL: A RANDOMIZED PHASE III TRIAL OF ABVD VS STANDFORD V+/- RADIATION

  Legro, R. & Rybka, W. B.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • funding 65%
  • resources 41%

• CLINICAL TRIAL: PHASE 3 AML:DAUNORUBICIN DOSE INTENS &G-O CONSOL PRIOR AUTO STEM

  Legro, R. & Rybka, W. B.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • daunorubicin 100%
  • funding 73%
  • blood cells 71%
  • clinical trials 70%
  • automobiles 67%

• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PREGNANCY

  Latash, M. M. L. & Downs, D. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Exercise 100%
  • Gestational Diabetes 66%
  • Pregnancy Complications 40%
  • Mothers 37%
  • Pregnancy 35%

• A LONGITUDINAL OBSERVATIONAL FOLLOW-UP OF THE PRECEPT STUDY COHORT (POSTCEPT)

  Legro, R. & Subramanian, T.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Parkinson's Disease 100%
  • Cohort Study 85%
  • Resources 60%

• GENOTYPING FAMILIES OF WOMEN WITH PCOS

  Legro, R. & Legro, R. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Phenotype 26%
  • Research Personnel 20%
  • Genetic Linkage 19%
  • Organized Financing 17%

• SURFACTANT PROTEIN-LIPID BALANCE: MODULATING LOWER GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION

  Vgontzas, A. A. N. & Macneill, C.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • funding 82%
  • resources 52%

• VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF EXERCISE MEASURES DURING PREGNANCY

  Dong, C. C. & Downs, D. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Exercise 100%
  • Low Birth Weight Infant 65%
  • Pregnancy Outcome 46%
  • Pregnancy 37%
  • Research Personnel 32%

• OBESITY INTERVENTION BIOMARKER FOLLOW-UP STUDY IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA FAMILIES

  Legro, R. & Wilson, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Food 100%
  • Meals 85%
  • Appalachian Region 75%
  • Obesity 66%
  • Research Personnel 66%

• TRIALNET NATURAL HISTORY STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TYPE 1 DIABETES PHASE 1

  Legro, R. & Ulbrecht, J. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 100%
  • natural history 18%
  • at-risk population 9%
  • funding 9%
  • pathogenesis 7%

• ATORVASTATIN FOR TREATMENT OF PCOS WOMEN WITH ELEVATED LDL CHOLESTEROL

  Legro, R. & Legro, R. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Research Personnel 41%
  • Lipids 39%
  • Atorvastatin 36%
  • Organized Financing 35%

• EFFECTS OF PARTIAL SLEEP DEP &/OR RECOVERY SLEEP ON SLEEPINESS&CYTOKINE SECRETI

  Legro, R. & Vgontzas, A.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Sleepiness 100%
  • 1-(2-(dodecyloxy)ethyl)pyrrolidine hydrochloride 75%
  • Sleep 73%
  • Research Personnel 65%
  • Cytokines 58%

• CLINICAL TRIAL: OGF &GEMCITABINE: NOVEL TREATMENT FOR PANCREATIC CANCER

  Legro, R. & Smith, J. P.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • gemcitabine 100%
  • Biological Therapy 42%
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms 33%
  • Drug Therapy 31%
  • Toxicity Tests 25%

• COMPARE STRAIN GAUGE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY &DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IN OBESE &TRAINED

  Legro, R. & Ray, C. A.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • strain gauges 100%
  • funding 40%
  • blood flow 34%
  • methodology 9%

• NATURAL HISTORY STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TYPE 1 DIABETES TRIALNET

  Legro, R. & Ulbrecht, J. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/07 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 100%
  • natural history 18%
  • at-risk population 9%
  • funding 9%
  • pathogenesis 7%

• ACTIVE MOMS: Physical Activity Intervention for Women with Gestational Diabetes

  Downs, D. S.

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  9/15/06 → 6/30/09

  Project: Research project

  • Gestational Diabetes 100%
  • Exercise 66%
  • Mothers 22%
  • Pregnancy 21%
  • Pregnancy Complications 16%

• Unintended Pregnancy in Women with Chronic Medical Conditions

  Chuang, C. H. & Chuang, C. H.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  9/11/06 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • pregnancy 100%
  • Independent investigators 39%
  • contraceptive 21%
  • health 20%
  • chronic condition 14%

• SURFACTANT PROTEINS AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

  Floros, J.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • distress 100%
  • surfactant proteins 83%
  • etiology 19%
  • surfactants 17%
  • haplotypes 15%

• CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Glucose 75%
  • Gestational Diabetes 66%
  • Research Personnel 41%
  • Fetal Weight 37%

• EFFECTS OF MEALS OF VARYING FAT&FIBER CONTENT ON POSTPRANDIAL TESTOSTERONE CONC

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • polycystic ovary syndrome 100%
  • fiber content 45%
  • insulin 39%
  • testosterone 39%
  • test meals 38%

• A PILOT STUDY COMPARING REACTIVE HYPEREMIA IN WOMEN WITH PCOS & CONTROLS

  Raja-Khan, N.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • cardiovascular disease 100%
  • funding 54%
  • resources 34%
  • Group 23%

• EFFECT OF LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION & METFORMIN IN POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • Life Style 100%
  • Metformin 82%
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 34%
  • Placebos 31%
  • Therapeutics 30%

• EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS ADMIN OF A MONOPHASIC ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE ON BLEEDING DAYS

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • oral contraceptives 100%
  • hemorrhage 47%
  • funding 26%

• EFFECT OF MEALS OF VARYING FAT & FIBER CONTENT ON POSTPRANDIAL TESTOSTERONE

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • testosterone 100%
  • polycystic ovary syndrome 95%
  • funding 64%
  • fiber content 57%
  • lipid content 43%

• TRIAL OF CLOMIPHENE CITRATE, METFORMIN & COMBINED CLOM/METF IN INFERTILITY PCOS

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • metformin 100%
  • citrates 62%
  • polycystic ovary syndrome 53%
  • birth rate 40%
  • insulin resistance 39%

• PHENOTYPING KINDREDS OF FAMILIAL PCOS

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Phenotype 43%
  • Research Personnel 25%
  • Anovulation 24%
  • Hyperandrogenism 23%

• VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF EXERCISE MEASURES DURING PREGNANCY

  Downs, D. S.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • pregnancy 100%
  • monitoring 24%
  • health consequences 19%
  • public health 12%
  • funding 11%

• PHENOTYPING KINDREDS OF FAMILIAL PCOS

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Phenotype 43%
  • Research Personnel 25%
  • Anovulation 24%
  • Hyperandrogenism 23%

• GENOTYPING FAMILIES OF WOMEN WITH PCOS

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 100%
  • Phenotype 26%
  • Research Personnel 20%
  • Genetic Linkage 19%
  • Organized Financing 17%

• RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN CIRCULATING SEX STEROIDS: MECHANISMS AND EFFECT ON BONE

  Legro, R.

  National Center for Research Resources

  4/1/06 → 3/31/07

  Project: Research project

  • menstrual cycle 100%
  • steroids 71%
  • bone density 67%
  • blood serum 53%
  • insulin resistance 40%

• Clinical Research Curricula for Physicians/Med Students

  Lloyd, T. & Lloyd, T. A.

  National Center for Research Resources

  9/19/05 → 5/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • curriculum research 100%
  • physician 64%
  • medical student 30%
  • Clinical Research 28%
  • student 22%

• A PILOT STUDY COMPARING REACTIVE HYPEREMIA IN WOMEN WITH PCOS & CONTROLS

  Raja-Khan, N.

  National Center for Research Resources

  6/7/05 → 3/31/06

  Project: Research project