Awards

In January 2018, The Boston Center for Endometriosis awarded four research grants to investigators undertaking promising research in the field:  

Dr. Kathryn Terry, ScD

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Metabolomic signatures of pain and progression among women with endometriosis”

Dr. Kevin Elias, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Deriation of a serum miRNA test for endometriosis using a cross-species model”

Dr. Christine Sieberg, PhD, EdM, MA

Attending Psychologist, Pain Treatment Service, Boston Children’s Hospital
“Elucidating the psychophysical factors contributing to chronic pelvic pain in adolescent and young adult women with endometriosis”

Dr. Naoko Sasamoto, MD, MPH

Research Fellow in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Plasma protein biomarker discovery for early diagnosis of endometriosis”


In December 2021, The Boston Center for Endometriosis awarded research grants to investigators undertaking promising endometriosis research.

Dr. Stacey Missmer, ScD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University

“Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain, and COVID Immunologic Response”

Dr. Amy Shafrir, ScD, Research Scientist, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

“Differences in Facilitators and Barriers of an Endometriosis Diagnosis Among Latina and non-Latina Adolescent and Adult Women: A Qualitative Assessment”

Dr. Naoko Sasamoto, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Oral Microbiome Profiling and Adolescent Endometriosis”

Dr. Katie Terry, ScD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Systemic immune dysfunction assessed by methylation and endometriosis”

Dr. Ray Anchan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Transcriptional analysis of patient-specific neuropathic pain marker expression”