Emily S. Barrett, Ph.D.
Co-Director of ORA
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Dr. Barrett's research focuses on how early environmental exposures affect female reproductive development. Dr. Barrett first became interested this topic during her doctoral work in Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. Her dissertation focused on understanding variation in reproductive function, particularly ovarian hormone levels, in relation to ecological factors including prenatal environment. She has since expanded her work to examine how prenatal exposure to environmental chemicals can shape subsequent reproductive development. To that end, she has worked on several large pregnancy cohort studies, including the National Children’s Study and the multi-center The Infant Development and the Environment Study (TIDES). Most recently, Dr. Barrett has become a BIRCWH Scholar and will investigate these issues in several large existing cohorts including TIDES, the Study for Future Families, and the Women’s Reproductive Health Study (WRHS) and hopes to recruit for a new small-scale study as well. |
Rebecca Rowley
Research Administrator
Co-Director of ORA
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Rebecca A. Rowley is the Research Administrator for the department. Trained as a Biochemist, she has spent the last few years working in various academic support positions. She facilitates the grant process for all Ob/Gyn faculty from the first spark of an idea to the final document hand-off to the sponsor. She is enthusiastic about finding funding for all faculty interested in research. She is also responsible for the post-award management of grants, contracts, and clinical studies. Please feel free to stop by or call if you have any questions or concerns. |
Erin Driscoll-Brantley
Study Coordinator
Erin Driscoll-Brantley is a Study Coordinator for TIDES at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Study Center. She is responsible for managing the research study along with Lynda Kochman and Heather Fiore. Erin will follow up and communicate with women and infants who are participating in the study. |
Ken Edell
Database Administrator
Ken Edell is the Database Administrator for the department. He has been with the OB/GYN department for nine years and is responsible for managing the birth-related databases which are used for quality assessment and research purposes. |
Heather Fiore
Study Coordinator
Heather Fiore, RD, MS Ed is a Study Coordinator for TIDES at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Study Center. She is responsible for managing the research study along with Lynda Kochman and Erin Driscoll-Brantley. Heather will follow up and communicate with women and infants who are participating in the study. Heather is a Registered Dietitian. She completed her Nutrition/Dietetics training at Cornell University and also holds a Masters of Health Education from SUNY Brockport. In addition her position on the TIDES team, she works as a Clinical Nutrition Specialist in the Children’s Diabetes Center at Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong. |
Toni Heininger
Research Staff Accountant
Toni Heininger has a BA in Sociology from SUNY Geneseo and has been in a Health Project Coordinator role at the University for the last 3 years. Prior to that she held various support roles to the Pulmonary Hypertension Research program at the University. Invested in research, her interests lie primarily in the financial, regulatory and quality aspects of research. She will complete her MS in Medical Management from the Simon School in December and intends to use the finance and accounting education to contribute to a thriving research program. In her previous role a large portion of her time was dedicated to managing the financials for between 6-10 active clinical industry sponsored research projects, an NIH sub-contract study and several PI initiated industry funded budgets. She hopes to expand her knowledge base into NIH, foundation and grant funded research administration and fully delve into a role dedicated totally to the financial aspect of research. |
Lynda Kochman
Study Coordinator
Lynda Kochman, RN, CRCC is an experienced clinical coordinator of research studies in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has recruited regionally and coordinated numerous pediatric vaccine trials in the Rochester area since 1985. She joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2001 and has served as the regional site coordinator for several multi-site studies in the Department of OB/GYN. She brings 25 years of experience in study subject recruitment, subject follow-up and cross-site collaboration to the Rochester site. Research coordinating responsibilities include coordinating the recruitment, planning, implementation, on-going conduct, and documentation of clinical research trials sponsored by industry, government and private organizations. Supervision of staff assisting with study. Maintaining SOP’s, data quality and regulatory compliance.
Lynda is a registered nurse. She received her nursing degree in Montreal, Canada where she is from originally. She received her certification in clinical research coordinating (CCRC) in 2001. Lynda moved to Rochester in 1979 with her husband where they raised their three now grown children. |
Linda Closs Leoni
Study Coordinator
Linda Closs Leoni, RN, MS is a Study Coordinator for the Department of OB/GYN. She brings 40 years of OB experience to this role, the majority of those years spent in Obstetrics. She is a graduate of Keuka College and the University of Rochester and has worked for the University over the past 30 years in various roles including nursing leadership, staff nurse, fetal monitoring laboratory, clinical and classroom nursing instructor, Clinical Nurse Specialist on L&D and as the developer and coordinator of the Pregnancy Loss Support Service. |
Richard Stahlhut, MD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Rick Stahlhut, M.D., M.P.H. is Research Assistant Professor in the department and board-certified in preventive medicine. Formerly a medical informatics practitioner and educator, Rick now uses his data skills to investigate how exposures to common chemicals may be contributing to the epidemics of diabetes and obesity. |
