Active Grants

(Updated October 1st 2025)

 

Title/Description Sponsor PI Amount Start Date End Date
Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program T32 Training Grant NIH Keith Latham, PhD
Asgi Fazleabas, PhD
$1,485,595 6/1/16 4/30/27
A Smartphone Intervention for Pregnancy Smoking Cessation with Peer Support NIH Cristian Meghea, PhD $751,923 8/6/20 8/31/26
Regulation of Endometriotic Lesion Development by NOTCH1 NIH Asgerally Fazleabas, PhD $2,757,437 4/1/21 2/28/26
Meeting women where they are: Multilevel intervention addressing racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality - Administrative Supplement NIH Jennifer Johnson, PhD & Cristian Meghea, PhD $219,090 5/1/21 4/30/26
Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities in endometriosis NIH Ronald Chandler, PhD $1,682,375 8/15/21 6/30/26
A Smartphone Intervention for Pregnancy Smoking Cessation with Peer Support NIH Cristian Meghea, PhD $567,744 9/1/22 8/31/25
Signaling Mechanisms that Modulate Uterine 3D Structure for Pregnancy Success NIH Ripla Arora, PhD $1,984,108 9/1/22 5/31/27
The role of cholesterol biosynthesis in metastatic and recurrent endometrial cancer Univ of Missouri - NIH Ripla Arora, PhD $204,209 9/23/22 1/31/27
Developing a clinically-relevant genetically engineered mouse model for Nut
carcinoma
NIH - NCI Bin Gu, PhD $2,145,235 1/5/23 12/31/27
Role of Cellular Senescence in Development of Endometriosis Society for Reproductive Investigation Yong Song, PhD $20,000 7/1/23 12/31/25
Maternal Health Multilevel Intervention/s for Racial Equity (MIRACLE) Center NIH - NICHD Cristian Meghea, PhD
Jennifer Johnson, PhD
$18,494,512 8/17/23 7/31/30
Strong Beginnings (Healthy Start Initiative – Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities) HRSA - Spectrum Health System LeeAnne Roman, PhD $91,667 5/1/24 3/31/26
Developing a baboon model for uterine fibroids NIH - NICHD Jose Teixeira, PhD $431,750 8/1/24 7/31/26
Noninvasive and early detection of endometriosis using a biological neural circuit-based novel gas sensor NIH - NICHD Asgerally Fazleabas, PhD $426,214 8/7/24 8/6/26
A Longitudinal Study of the Epidemiology of Endometriosis Department of Defense Madhavi Kulkarni, PhD $312,998 8/15/24 8/14/26
Understanding the functional role of fibroid subtype mutations for drug discovery NIH - NICHD Emmanuel Paul, PhD $235,934 9/1/24 8/31/26
MI CARES Expansion DHHS - SAMHSA Cara Poland, MD $900,000 9/30/24 9/29/27
State Opioid Relief for Use Disorders MDHHS Cara Poland, MD $1,200,000 10/1/25 9/30/26
Strong Beginnings: Reaching Black and Hispanic Women at Greatest Risk to Improve Outcomes MDHHS Lee Anne Roman, PhD $753,678 10/1/25 9/30/26
Role of the HTR3A serotonin receptor in high grade endometrial cancer Corewell Health - MSU Alliance John Risinger, PhD $165,027 2/1/25 7/31/26
Addiction Medicine Curriculum  MDHHS Cara Poland, MD $200,000 10/1/25 9/30/26
A Community-Clinical Partnered Care Model to Advance Maternal Health Equity MSU Health Equity Research Funding Opportunity Xiao Yu, PhD $75,000 4/15/25 4/14/26
Obesity-induced endometrial stromal cell fibrosis and immunosuppression leads to increased endometrial hyperplasia disease severity NIH - NICHD Hilary Skalski $127,398 5/16/25 5/15/28
Mechanisms underlying Developmental Lung Disease in a TBX4 Syndrome model Pulmonary Hypertension Association Ripla Arora, PhD $65,000 4/10/25 4/10/26
SIRT1 as a Therapeutic Target in Endometriosis NIH - Duke University Ripla Arora, PhD $59,353 8/1/23 7/31/26
Developing a Dre-rox Recombination-Based Genetically Engineered Mouse Model (GEMM) for NUT Carcinoma NIH - NCI Bin Gu, PhD $153,278 7/3/25 6/30/27
Developing humanized Nut Carcinoma mouse model for developing NUTM1 targeted therapies NIH  Bin Gu, PhD $157,000 1/1/24 12/31/25
Alternative Splicing Rewiring by Neurofibromin Isoforms Through ER-alpha and RAS Dependent Mechanisms NIH Patrick Dischinger, PhD $414,122 9/1/23 7/31/29
Disparities in maternal health and healthcare among Medicaid-insured mothers with disabilities Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Hannah Bolder, PhD $50,000 9/1/25 2/28/26
Understanding endometrial tissue field defects in obesity-related endometrial hyperplasia NIH  Ronald Chandler, PhD $1,394,304 9/1/25 8/31/27
Transcriptomic Changes during early endometriotic lesion development NIH  Asgerally Fazleabas, PhD $3,402,652 9/12/25 8/31/30