Participating Faculty
Department of Animal and Food Sciences
Phillip Bridges, PhD, Assistant Professor
PhD: West Virginia University, 1999
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular regulation of ovarian health and ovulation
Department of Veterinary Science
Barry A Ball, DVM, PhD, Professor
Research Interests: equine research; reproductive health
Karen McDowell, PhD, Associate Professor
PhD: University of Florida, 1986
Research Interests: Embryonic/uterine physiology and in investigating causes of embryonic loss
Department of Biology
Edmund Rucker, PhD, Associate Professor
PhD:
Research Interests: autophagy and apoptosis
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thomas Curry, PhD, Professor
PhD: East Carolina University, 1983
Postdoc: University of Miami
Research Interests: Mechanisms of ovulation, specifically the role of proteolytic enzymes in follicular rupture, luteal formation, and regression
Misung Jo, PhD, Assistant Professor
PhD: Cornell University, 2002
Postdoc: University of Kentucky
Research Interests: Ovarian physiology
Department of Physiology
Sandra Legan, PhD, Professor
PhD: University of Michigan, 1974
Postdoc: Emory University, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Reproductive neuroendocrinology, specifically in the mechanisms whereby gonadal steroids feed back on the hypothalamo-pituitary axis to control gonadotropin secretion
Melinda Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor
PhD: Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
Research Interests: Neuroprotective effects of estrogen
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Michael Kilgore, PhD, Associate Professor
PhD: Texas Tech University, 1990
Research Interests: Effect of estrogen and environmental toxins in developing breast cancer