Hi everyone it has been a while since I wrote anything. I hope everyone is keeping well and safe from COVID 19. I have been taking care of patients, writing grants and research papers. I am happy to share this great news with everyone which will help me help future couples understand more about miscarriage.

I am so excited, honored and thankful that I am receiving this research grant jointly from ASRM (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)/SREI (Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) so that I can do preliminary experiments to get the BIG NIH grant in the very near future.

What is my research project about? For many couples, the cause of their miscarriage is unknown. My project will recruit couples who have experienced a miscarriage and who will kindly donate a small part of the placenta from their pregnancy loss for this research. We will use this precious placenta to grow special cells called trophoblast stem cells which can be used potentially to understand if something went wrong in the development of the placenta, ultimately finding new causes for unexplained pregnancy loss. Wish me luck with this project! I hope to have good news on our progress by the end of the year.