Meet the Principal Investigator

Carole Mendelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of the North Texas March of Dimes Birth Defects Center
Current Lab Members
Youn-Tae Kwak, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Research Interest:
Genomic and epigenomic regulation in trophoblast differentiation and in myometrial quiescence and contractility

Ritu Mishra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest:
Mechanisms in fetal lung development, type II cell differentiation and function

Afshan Fathima Nawas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest:
Immune mechanisms in non-small cell lung cancer pathogenesis

Jo Smith
Lab Manager
