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Teresa K Woodruff

Director of the Oncofertility Consortium

Teresa K. Woodruff Ph.D. is the Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Education in The Graduate School at Northwestern University. She is also the Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Vice Chair for Research and the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine. She is Professor of Molecular Biosciences in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. She is the Director of the Center for Reproductive Science (CRS), Founder and Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), and Director of the Oncofertility Consortium. She is an internationally recognized expert in ovarian biology and, in 2006, coined the term “oncofertility” to describe the merging of two fields: oncology and fertility. She now heads the Oncofertility...

Lauren Ataman-Millhouse

Administrative Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and Research Project Manager

Lauren is the Administrative Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and works closely with Clinical Director to provide administrative support for a variety of functions including comprehensive research administration for the Center for Reproductive Health After Disease in support of its administrative core activities for the Oncofertility Consortium.  Her portfolio also includes...

Brigid Martz Smith

Clinical Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and Research Project Manager

Brigid Smith is the Clinical Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and manages the National Physicians Cooperative (NPC).  Brigid is a certified clinical research professional responsible for performing regulatory oversight of Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation protocols open across national NPC sites.  She works closely with NPC Directors and Dr. Pavone to streamline protocols...

Kristin N Smith

Patient Navigator - Fertility Preservation

Kristin is the Fertility Preservation Patient Navigator at Northwestern.  She walks patients and providers through the fertility preservation process, explaining the options for each case. Kristin also works with the oncology teams to integrate fertility preservation into each treatment and provides insurance and financial guidance to patients and their families.

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