Mala Mahendroo, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
Member, Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
Contact: Mala.Mahendroo@utsouthwestern.edu
Twitter: @mmahendroolab
Fellows
Yevgenia (Jane) Fomina, MD
MFM Clinical Fellow 2023-2025
Assistant Professor 2025 -
(Recipient of a Reproductive Scientist Development Program award)
Contact: Yevgenia.Fomina@utsouthwestern.edu
Govindkumar Balagannavar, PhD
Bethania Davila Ruiz, PhD
Tina Seidu, MD, MHS
Research Staff
Jason (JJ) Wilson
Caitlin McCracken
Alumni
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
ShanmugaPriyaa Madhukaran, PhD
2017-2026
Priyaa is an Instructor in Elizabeth Chen’s lab at UTSW
Yusuke Ueda, MD, PhD
2023-2026
Yusuke is an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University
Mariano Colon-Caraballo, PhD
2019-2025
Mariano is a Research Associate in the lab of Dr. Irina Burd at the University of Maryland
Sudeshna Tripathy, PhD
2015-2021
Sudeshna is an Assistant Staff Scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center
Shanmugasundaram (Sundar) Nallasamy, PhD, DVM
2012-2019
Sundar is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Univ of Vermont
Yucel Akgul, PhD, MD
2010-2017
Yucel is an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Plastic Surgery at UTSW
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Alexandra Wilcockson, PhD
2013-2018
Alexandra is a Senior Medical Science Liaison at Travere Therapeutics
Meredith Akins, PhD
2009-2014
Meredith is an Associate Professor of Physiology at Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
RESEARCH STAFF
Elizabeth Payne
2024-2026
Elizabeth is a graduate student at UTSW
Natasha Buxton
2019-2022
Tasha is a Research Coordinator at UNT Health Science Center at Forth Worth
Dina Abdulla
2019-2021
Asha Varghese
2018-2021
Asha is a Clinical Research Project Manager at UTSW
Cosette Taggart
2017-2019
Cosette is a Production Assistant at Wayfarer Vineyard
Carla De Cassia Villela
2016-2018
Carla is a Senior Research Associate at Shape Therapeutics
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Keisuke Noto
2025 Undergraduate International Scholar
Emma Unger
2025 Green Undergraduate Fellow
Ofeh-Oseh Uzumefune
2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Hosana Nguse
2022 AMGEN Fellow
Sabrina Gambini
2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow