The current research group consists of thirteen laboratories directed by faculty from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, and Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine.
Each member of the Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology participates in the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Training fellowships are available on a competitive basis in the following laboratories:
Dr. Glen K. Andrews, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Zinc homeostasis during pregnancy.
Dr. Kenneth Audus, Dean, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. Drug transport across the placental barrier.
Dr. Patrick E. Fields, Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Immunobiology.
Dr. Alan R. Godwin, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Genetic control of morphogenesis.
Dr. Leslie L. Heckert, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Gene regulation in the developing reproductive system.
Dr. T. Rajendra Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Developmental genetics of the pituitary-gonadal axis.
Dr. Kenneth R. Peterson, Professor and Vice Chairman of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Gene regulation in developing red blood cells.
Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Petroff, Associate Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Immunology of placental cells.
Dr. Michael J. Soares, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Molecular endocrinology of pregnancy.
Dr. William E. Truog, Sosland Family Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Pulmonary developmental biology and mechanisms of lung injury.
Dr. Jay L. Vivian, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Genetics of embryonic signaling.
Dr. Michael W. Wolfe, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine. Gene regulation in the pituitary and placenta.
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