OBGYN & RS Research Retreat led by Dr. Mellon and Dr. Alperin with talks from Drs. Alperin, Eskander, Pantham, Gyamfi-Bannerman, Kauffman, Lukacz, Tan, Alvarado, and Wen. Photography by Fernando Martinez and Lindsey Welch.
Congratulations to Hannah Manoochehri after a successful Masters defense!
From the OBGYN & RS Good News – October 2025 Newsletter
Tatyanna Henderson, MD, a third year URPS fellow who conducts mechanistic research in the Alperin lab, presenting her findings of the aging effects on the pelvic skeletal muscle morphological properties and stem cell reservoir at AUGS Basic Science Symposium.
Registration for the 2024 San Diego Glycobiology Symposium is now open!
Join us for the 26th Annual San Diego Glycobiology Symposium!!! Amazing science presented by the thought leaders in the field as well as our incredible trainees! Register at sdgs.ucsd.edu.

Congratulations to Francesca Boscolo, PhD for winning the second place among Postdocs for her groundbreaking work exploring autonomous function of pelvic muscle stem cells across pregnancy continuum at the 2022 Sanford Center Symposium
Congrats to all PFD winners, looking forward to your great discoveries! And of course very proud of our talented fellow, Dr. Julie Suyama, and her novel project exploring noninvasive bio markers of Interstitial cystitis
A few photos of Dr. Burnett, Dr. Henderson, and Dr. Routzong during their presentations at AUGS in June. Well done!



Congratulations to Dr. Lindsey Burnett on graduating from the FPMRS fellowship! The lab is excited that she is staying on as Assistant Professor and RSDP scholar at UCSD.
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Duran on her successful thesis defense and graduation!
Congratulations to Emmy Do on successful defense of her Master Thesis, titled “The effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the female rat pelvic floor muscle regeneration after birth injury”
