American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) scholarship awards

so during the postpartum period. Future research, exam-ining the biologic, affective, and cognitive changes asso-ciated with reproduction will be better served if these 2periods are considered as potentially different and sepa-rate until the evidence suggests otherwise.

Laura M. Glynn, PhD, and Curt A. Sandman, PhDDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Califor-nia, Irvine, 2501 Harbor Blvd, #7, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Pathik D. Wadhwa, MD, PhDDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California,Irvine, 3117 Gillespie Neuroscience Building, Irvine, CA 92697-4260

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American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) scholarship awardsThe American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society have announced the recipients of the American Association

of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) Scholarship awards. The awards, which began July 1, 2001,are new for the first- and third-year scholars and are continuing for the second-year scholars.

2001-2004 (First-Year Scholars)Angeles Aleida Alvarez, MDDuke University Medical Center. Project: Regulation of angiogenesis in ovarian cancer and development of anti-

angiogenesis therapy. Primary mentor: Andrew Berchuck, MD. Comment: AAOGF–American Board of Obstetrics andGynecology Scholar.

Wanda Kay Nicholson, MDJohns Hopkins School of Medicine. Project: Health care utilization and health status in diabetic and normal-

pregnancy. Primary mentor: Neil R. Power, MD, MPH, MBA. Comment: AAOGF–J. Bay Jacobs Scholar.2000-2003 (Second Year Scholars)George Coukos, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania. Project: Ovarian cancer immunotherapy. Primary mentor: Carl June, MD. Comment:

AAOGF–American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Scholar.Oliver Dorigo, MDUCLA School of Medicine. Project: Development of a novel gene transfer system using a gutless hybrid adeno-

Epstein-Barr virus for prolonged transgene expression. Primary mentor: Arnold J. Berk, MD. Comment: AAOGF–Burroughs Wellcome Scholar.

1999-2002 (Third-Year Scholars)J. Rebecca Liu, MDUniversity of Michigan. Project: Ovarian cancer. Primary mentor: Gabriel Nunez, PhD. Comment: AAOGF-

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Scholar.Karen Lu, MDMD Anderson Cancer Center. Project: Genetic alterations in ovarian cancers associated with germline BRCA1

mutations. Primary mentor: Robert C. Bast, Jr, MD. Comment: AAOGF–Burroughs Wellcome Scholar.Aleksandar Rajkovic, MDBaylor College of Medicine. Project: Characterization and functional analysis of novel genes specifically expressed

in ovaries. Primary mentor: Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD. Comment: AAOGF-RSDP Scholar.