Dr. Gerald Schatten is a Professor and Vice Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Deputy Director at Magee-Womens Research Institute and Director of the Pittsburgh Development Center. He also has appointments in Cell Biology, Physiology and serves as Director of the Division of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Schatten holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in reproductive biology at the Rockefeller Foundation and cancer biology at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany.
Dr. Schatten's research focuses on understanding human reproduction and development and making contributions to molecular medical therapies by determining stem cell potentials and accelerating gene therapy. Utilizing gametes, embryos and stem cells, Dr. Schatten and his research colleagues are working to answer questions regarding:
- Human Reproduction (gametogenesis, contraception, assisted reproduction, genetic basis of infertility, male and female meiotic cell cycle regulation, and reproductive aging)
- Human Development (Pre- and post-implantation development, body axis specification, somitogenesis, organogenesis, imprinting, extra-embryonic membrane allocation, pluripotency, dynamic noninvasive imaging of transgenic reporters)
- Cloned Transgenic Disease Models (breast and ovarian cancers; inborn errors of metabolism; arteriosclerosis; infectious diseases; cognitive and mental disorders; Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases; polycystic kidney disease; blindness, deafness and sensory disorders; storage diseases; cystic fibrosis)
- Stem Cell Potentials (diabetes; liver and kidney cells; wound healing; muscles and nerves)
- Genetic versus Epigenetic (environmental causes) for human diseases
Dr. Schatten is a founding course director of "Frontiers in Human Embryonic Stem Cells," an intensive laboratory and lecture-based introduction for beginning investigators in the reproductive sciences. He is also the recipient of various awards and honors including selection as a Pioneer in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Biomedicine by Stanford University in 2005 and being named a Council Member by the National Institute of Aging in 2006. Dr. Schatten has authored or co-authored numerous publications on fertilization, cell biology, development, infertility, and assisted reproductive technologies.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Gerald P. Schatten
Phone: 412-641-1427
Email: pdc@pdc.magee.edu