Research Grants

The Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Research is composed of both clinical and basic science faculty and clinical research support staff that provides support to clinical research studies conducted within the department and also provide pre and post grant management.

Our department has an excellent reputation in clinical research, focused in Gynecological Oncology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Our basic scientists have received intermural and extramural grants including several federal grants to study ovarian and breast cancer.

Title
Principal Investigator
Sponsor
Award Date
Title:

A Window to Future Outcomes of Antihypertensive Therapy and Superimposed Preeclampsia for Mothers with Mild Chronic Hypertension (CHAP Maternal Follow-up Study)

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
UAB/NI
Award Dates:
09/01/2021 08/31/2025
Title:

Addressing Key Social-Structural Risk Factors for Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity in Southeastern Wisconsin

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (U54)
Award Dates:
09/01/2023 08/31/2030
Title:

Advancing Equity in Maternal and Child Health

Sponsors:
Wisconsin Doulas of Color Collective
Award Dates:
01/01/2023 12/31/2025
Title:

Bioethics: Drug Oversight – Public Health & Ethics (DOPE} Ensemble

Sponsors:
CTSI Ensemble Grant
Award Dates:
02/20/2020
Title:

Exosome Loaded eIF4A1 Dependent Translational Reprogramming in Macrophages

Sponsors:
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)
Award Dates:
03/01/2023 02/28/2025
Title:

Exploring the Oncogenic Mechanisms of NAT10 in Ovarian Ccancer

Sponsors:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Award Dates:
01/01/2024 06/30/2025
Title:

Food For Healthier Birth Outcomes

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Award Dates:
01/01/2024 06/30/2025
Title:

Gestational Diabetes and Pharmacotherapy (GAP)

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
NIH (R01)
Award Dates:
03/03/2022 02/28/2027
Title:

Growing Together: A Milwaukee-based Group Pregnancy Care Initiative (Mobile Clinic)

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
US Department of the Treasury
Award Dates:
10/01/2023 09/30/2025
Title:

Identification of Targeted Treatments for Adult-Type Granulosa Cell Tumors of the Ovary (AGCT) through I-Depth Multi-Omics Analysis

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Froedtert & MCW Cancer Center
Award Dates:
01/01/2024 12/31/2027
Title:

Intensive Postpartum Antihypertensive Treatment to Improve Women’s Cardiovascular Health

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
NIBLD (R34)
Award Dates:
05/01/2023 04/30/2026
Title:

Mechanisms of Improving Fecal Continence Muscles Motor Function in Health and Disease

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases Mechanism
Award Dates:
03/01/2025 02/28/2030
Title:

Molecular Markers for Tumors Associated with Extrachromosomal HPV

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Award Dates:
03/05/2024 02/28/2029
Title:

R- Enlisting HPV Integration Events to Illuminate Drivers and Target Treatment in Invasive Cervical Cancer

Sponsors:
NIH Cancer Institute
Award Dates:
07/01/2022 06/30/2027
Title:

R- RBMS1-Mediated Lineage Transition in Breast Cancer

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Froedtert & MCW Cancer Center
Award Dates:
03/01/2024 02/28/2025
Title:

R- Translational Mechanisms in Breast Cancer

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Award Dates:
02/01/2024 01/31/2025
Title:

RBP-Mediated MLO Formation in Chemoresistance and Cancer Recurrence

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Department of Defense (DoD)
Award Dates:
04/01/2023 03/31/2027
Title:

Reducing the Risk of Chronic Hypertension and Improving Vascular Function Following Preeclampsia

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (R01)
Award Dates:
07/01/2024 06/30/2029
Title:

Role of Exosomal SPHK1 in Ovarian Cancer Progression

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
NIH Cancer Institute (R01)
Award Dates:
02/01/2022 01/31/2027
Title:

Role of RNA activation in Tumor Progression and Metastasis

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
NIH (R01)
Award Dates:
09/01/2019 08/31/2025
Title:

Targeting Epigenomic Adaptations to Overcome Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Department of Defense (DoD)
Award Dates:
06/01/2021 05/31/2025
Title:

Translational Adaptations in Macrophage for Ovarian Cancer Progression

Principal Investigators:
Sponsors:
Department of Defense (DoD)
Award Dates:
07/01/2022 06/30/2025
Title:

Translational Regulation of Oncoproteins by FXR1 CNV in Ovarian Cancer

Sponsors:
Department of Defense (DoD)
Award Dates:
05/15/2021 05/14/2025