University Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
msoares@kumc.edu
1043 Lied Building
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: (913) 588-5691
Fax: (913) 588-8287
Positions
- Vice Chair Research and Director, Division of Cancer and Developmental Biology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Director, Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology
Academic Department
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Specialty
- Regulation of cell differentiation, especially as related to trophoblast stem cells, and signaling pathways controlling their developmental fate
- Species-specific reproductive adaptations to physiological stressors and signaling events involved in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy; including investigations on the prolactin gene family, intrauterine inflammatory and immune cells, uterine vasculature, decidual cells, and the invasive trophoblast cell lineage
Awards
- Adriana & Luisa Castellucci Award (Recognition for outstanding achievement in placenta
- research), 1995
- Chancellor’s Club Research Award, University of Kansas, 2001
- Dolph C. Simons, Sr., Research Award in the Biomedical Sciences, Higuchi Research Achievement Award, University of Kansas, 2004
Professional Memberships
- American Physiological Society
- The Endocrine Society
- Society for the Study of Reproduction
- International Society for Stem Cell Research
Degrees
- B.A. in Psychology, 1976, California State University, Chico
- Ph.D. in Reproductice Biology, 1981, University of Hawaii
- Postdoctoral in Molecular Endocrinology, 1981-83, University of California-Santa Cruz
- Postdoctoral in Developmental and Cell Biology, 1983-84, Baylor College of Medicine
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