Samantha B. Schon

INTRODUCTION: Retained products of conception (rPOC) are a common complication following early pregnancy loss (EPL) and may contribute to infertility and delays in subsequent fertility treatment. Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are frequent…

BACKGROUND: Prior studies show that people with larger bodies experience pervasive weight stigma, which is often directly perpetuated by healthcare providers. This pattern has also been observed in women receiving prenatal and postpartum ca…

PURPOSE: Spermatozoa centriolar defects can result in abnormal zygote functions. Recently, a method to quantify spermatozoa centriolar defects was developed named Fluorescence-Based Ratiometric Analysis of Sperm Centrioles (FRAC). However, …

Fallopian tube (FT) homeostasis requires dynamic regulation of heterogeneous cell populations and is disrupted in infertility and ovarian cancer. Here, we applied single-cell RNA-seq to profile 59,738 FT cells from four healthy, pre-menopau…

OBJECTIVE: Despite obesity's significant impact on reproduction, its influence on the physiology of the human endometrium is largely understudied. We hypothesized that endometrial proteomic differences exist between obese (OW; body mass ind…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the proteomic composition of follicular fluid from women with normal weight vs. women with obesity but without a history of polycystic ovary syndrome or known ovarian dysfunction undergoing in vitro fertilization. DES…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the implications of an incidentally noted subchorionic hematoma on pregnancy outcomes in the infertile population. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study at a tertiary care, university-based facility. All patients with…

PURPOSE: To report experience designing and establishing a reproductive registry and sample biorepository and to describe initial subject characteristics and biospecimens. METHODS: Beginning in December 2017, patients presenting for reprod…