Ronald R. Magness, PhD is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology who joined the faculty of University of South Florida in March 2016 as a tenured full professor and Director of the newly developed Perinatal Research Vascular Center. Prior to that, he’s been instrumental in establishing a world-class department research program focused on Perinatal Research and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lists over 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and books and has been continuously funded since 1985 holding numerous funded NIH grants including a Program Project Grant from NICHD and several grants for the inclusion of underrepresented minorities to succeed in science and medicine. He has built a research group and pioneered work on vascular biology changes during pregnancy with a particular emphasis on endothelial NO and angiogenesis via ATP, placental growth factors (VEG/FGF-2), and shear stress. My expertise is in uterine, fetal and placental physiology and cardiovascular function and my lab have developed numerous in vivo physiological and in vitro models centered on uteroplacental and fetoplacental vascular biology. The Magness lab has also made major models contributions and provided extensive experience in studying uterine, systemic and placental vascular modeling, and blood vessel development as it relates to placental derived steroid and angiogenic growth factor regulation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle function.
Research Keywords & Expertise
estrogen
Placenta
preeclampsia
leptin
Progesterone
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preeclampsia
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Short Biography
Ronald R. Magness, PhD is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology who joined the faculty of University of South Florida in March 2016 as a tenured full professor and Director of the newly developed Perinatal Research Vascular Center. Prior to that, he’s been instrumental in establishing a world-class department research program focused on Perinatal Research and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lists over 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and books and has been continuously funded since 1985 holding numerous funded NIH grants including a Program Project Grant from NICHD and several grants for the inclusion of underrepresented minorities to succeed in science and medicine. He has built a research group and pioneered work on vascular biology changes during pregnancy with a particular emphasis on endothelial NO and angiogenesis via ATP, placental growth factors (VEG/FGF-2), and shear stress. My expertise is in uterine, fetal and placental physiology and cardiovascular function and my lab have developed numerous in vivo physiological and in vitro models centered on uteroplacental and fetoplacental vascular biology. The Magness lab has also made major models contributions and provided extensive experience in studying uterine, systemic and placental vascular modeling, and blood vessel development as it relates to placental derived steroid and angiogenic growth factor regulation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle function.
