Affiliated Faculty
This list of affiliated investigators can help you identify potential research mentors at the University of Pittsburgh. PSTP students can, and do, work with mentors not on this list, but the investigators featured below have expressed interest in hosting PSTP students in their laboratories.
Research in the Brieño-Enríquez lab focuses on the regulation of gametogenesis and reproductive aging in mammals (human, mouse and naked mole-rat) and, more specifically, the fundamental mechanisms that are required to produce viable germ cells and maintain them along the lifespan.
Tumor microenvironment, Cancer stem cells, novel therapeutics for cancer
Stomal Interactions critical to the survival, growth, and spread of ovarian cancer
Molecular Regulation of Genomic Imprinting in Gametes and Early Embryos
Investigates how pregnancy modulates innate immunity and defines relevancy to infectious pathogenesis
Use of novel regenerative materials in repair of pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence
Hormone response and treatment resistance in breast and ovarian cancer, including the analysis of aberrant genetic and epigenetic changes
Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and male germ lineage development
Our current work addresses preeclampsia and it pathophysiology in high and low resource
Our lab focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying placental development and its function in supporting fetal growth and maternal-fetal communication.
Regulation of mammalian sperm
Pathways that control the maintenance of genome integrity across generations using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans