Faculty

Select a faculty member from the Division of Basic Reproductive Biology Research below, or visit our Faculty Directory to search all faculty at UT Southwestern.

W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pharmacology
Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chief, Division of Basic Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Director for Basic Research, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Reproductive Biology Sciences
Assistant Dean for Research Development

Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)
Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research

Cristel Camacho, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)

Haiqi Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)

Ed Grow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)

Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)

Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)
W.W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research

Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Professor

Carole Mendelson, Ph.D.
Professor (Primary appointment in Biochemistry)

David Owen, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Ben Sabari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Primary appointment in Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences)

Clifford Wai, M.D.
Professor
Distinguished Teaching Professor

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Research Focus

Mahendroo’s Research Aims to Eliminate the Unexpected

Determining why some women experience unexpected preterm labor and birth is the focus of Mala Mahendroo's lab in the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, thanks to a three-year, $100,000 competitive grant from the Hartwell Foundation.

Dr. Mahendroo, Professor, is looking at changes in the collagen structure of the cervix using noninvasive second harmonic generation (SHG) laser-based imaging in combination with endoscopy.

Her lab’s goal is to develop an SHG endoscope to be used in animal models and subsequently in women, to predict preterm birth, so that better strategies can be found to halt preterm birth and improve postnatal outcomes. She is collaborating with researchers in UT Southwestern’s Department of Cell Biology, at the University of Texas at Dallas, and at Johns Hopkins University.