November 3 , 2006

2006 Women's Health Research Awards

Changes In Bone Mineral Density Across The Menopause Transition In A Multi-Ethnic Cohort Of Women From The Study Of Women's Health Across The Nation (SWAN)
Joel Finkelstein, MD, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology

Gender Differences in Stroke Risk Biomarkers
Karen Furie, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology

Risk of Recurrence in Pregnant Women with Bipolar Disorder who Discontinue or Maintain Mood Stabilizer: A Prospective Study
Adele C. Viguera, MD, MPH, Center for Women's Mental Health, Psychiatry

Trainee Awards
Regulation of Uterine Decidualization at the Maternal: Embryonic Interface
Carla DiGirolamo, MD, PhD, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Service

Susceptibility To Cortical Spreading Depression In Familial Hemiplegic Migraine-1 (R192Q) Knockin Mice: Gene-Dosage Relationship And Modulation By Female Sex Hormones
Katharina Haerter, MD, Radiology, Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Lab

Postpartum Depression: Differences in course and phenomenology among women with bipolar disorder vs. unipolar disorder
Alexia Koukopoulos, MD, Psychiatry, Center for Women's Mental Health

Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Anorexia Nervosa
Elizabeth Lawson, MD, Department of Medicine, Neuroendocrinology

From left: Elizabeth Lawson, MD; Joel Finkelstein, MD; Alexia Koukopoulos, MD; Carla DiGirolamo, MD, PhD; Vivian Pinn, MD; Katharina Haerter, MD; Adele C. Viguera, MD, MPH; and Karen Furie, MD, PhD.