Throughout Michigan Medicine, there are remarkable stories of discoveries and achievements in basic science, clinical, and translational research that need to be shared. The Frontier Seminar Series, hosted by Bishr Omary, Special Advisor on Research to the Dean, provides a platform for storytelling. Dr. Omary invites you to attend as many seminars in the series as you can. The Frontier Seminar Organizing Committee includes Drs. Rodica Busui, Gabriel Corfas, Asma Nusrat, and John Traynor.
Our aim is to provide an outstanding experience for all attendees. If you require reasonable accommodations in order to attend, please contact the organizer at least two days before the event.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and the Department of Urology
Dr. Moravek serves as the Director of the Fertility Preservation Program at Michigan Medicine, as well as the IVF Medical Director at the Center for Reproductive Medicine. In addition to seeing patients with reproductive concerns, she also provides gender affirming hormone therapy and fertility care to transgender patients. Much of her research is focused on the effects of long-term gender affirming hormones on future reproduction. Along with collaborators in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, she has developed a mouse model to study the effect of testosterone therapy on fertility. She is also currently developing a multi-institutional database to track IVF outcomes in transgender men in the United States and Canada.
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Carol Elias received her postdoctoral training at Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School in Neurosciences and Neuroendocrinology. She then returned to Brazil to establish her research program at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Sao Paulo. She then joined the University of Texas Southwestern and moved to the University of Michigan in 2012, where she is now Professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and co-Director of the Reproductive Sciences Program. Her primary research interests are neuroendocrinology and reproductive physiology. Her laboratory is supported by NIH/NICHD, and aims to determine the neural and molecular mechanisms by which the metabolic imbalance disrupts reproductive function.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at U-M Medical School; Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Director, MICHR Community Engagement
Dr. Erica E. Marsh joined U-M from Northwestern in 2016. She is the founder and director of the Women’s Health and Reproductive Disparities (onWHARD!) Collaborative. Her work, currently funded by the NICHD, NIMHD, and PCORI, covers comparative reproductive health across populations, with focus on uterine fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding, and ovarian reserve. She seeks to understand their pathophysiology, social determinants and clinical impact, and understand the patient experience and community impact of these diseases from symptoms and diagnosis to treatment. In recognition of her work, Erica received the Ira and Esther Rosenwaks New Investigator Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Her scientific and community-based work have been recognized by numerous organizations and awards including the Chicago Urban League STEM Innovator Award, the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Physician Community Service Excellence Award, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, and the Community Health Volunteer Specialist of the Year Award.
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants wishing to claim CME credits should login to MiCME.medicine.umich.edu, to claim credit for the Dean's Frontier Seminar Program (2019) program.
