RDSP News | Office of Research and Innovation

OBGYN Ranked 7th Nationally in NIH Funding by Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research

Apr 17, 2019

The 2018 BRIMR Rankings of NIH Funding reveal which medical schools secured the most competitive NIH awards — and which departments dominated by discipline.

The Source of Stem Cells Points to Two Proteins

Dec 11, 2018

Mammalian embryos are unlike those of any other organism as they must grow within the mother’s body. Mammalian embryos must first choose between forming the placenta or creating the baby. New research at Michigan State University and published in the journal eLife has pinpointed two proteins that are the keys to this decision making.

WKAR – Researcher Working to Learn How Embryos Interact With the Maternal Environment

Nov 19, 2018

Ripla Arora is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology within the College of Human Medicine and is the Chief of the Division of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology in the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on embryo uterine interactions at the time of implantation and uterine development.