"Today, CRS has more than 300 faculty members and trainees from across Northwestern participating in collaborative reproductive science research, formal educational training, and event programming, is led by co-directors Francesca Duncan, PhD, the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Reproductive Science, and Julie Kim, PhD, the Susy Y. Hung Research Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine."
""The great thing about Northwestern is that there are experts in every field that you can think of here," Kim said. "I can collaborate with them, go to the experts and ask why is this happening? How does this happen? How can we measure this most effectively?" The field of reproductive science is multidisciplinary at its core, encompassing endocrinology, gonad development, gametogenesis and embryogenesis, and reproductive tract biology."
"This research ultimately informs the understanding of fertility and infertility, contraception, infectious diseases, pregnancy, fetal origins of adult diseases, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, aging and reproductive diseases. The aim of CRS, according to Duncan and Kim, is to broaden the scope of reproductive science research and improve the understanding of how reproductive health plays a key role in overall health."
Neena Schwartz launched Northwestern’s Program for Reproductive Research in 1974 to catalyze reproductive biology research and collaboration. The program evolved into the Center for Reproductive Science (CRS) with Schwartz as founding director and later leadership from Kelly Mayo and Teresa Woodruff. CRS now engages over 300 faculty and trainees across Northwestern in collaborative research, formal training, and events, and is led by co-directors Francesca Duncan and Julie Kim. Reproductive science at CRS spans endocrinology, gonad development, gametogenesis, embryogenesis, and reproductive tract biology. Research informs fertility, contraception, infectious disease, pregnancy, fetal origins of adult disease, transgenerational inheritance, aging, and reproductive disorders.
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