Monica Laronda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Feinberg School of Medicine
Research Program
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Cancer-Focused Research
I have developed a strong research interest in basic reproductive biology and endocrinology to feed the underlying knowledge required to develop treatments that can protect or restore fertility and hormone function. My independent research laboratory at the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and jointly at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University strives to understand how the ovarian niche maintains and promotes gametogenesis; to use this information to generate in vitro models and implantable bioprosthetic ovaries as a regenerative means to support endocrine function and gamete production in endocrine deficient and infertile patients, and to engineer endocrine organs that support sex hormone production.