Winston E. Thompson

PROFESSOR & CHAIR
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Morehouse School of Medicine
United States of America

Academician Reproductive Medicine
Biography

Winston E. Thompson is Professor& Chair, Director of Research & Director for the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in Morehouse School of Medicine. Thompson completed her masters from Marine Biological Laboratory, Fellowship in Reproduction from Harvard Medical School. Thompson Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Frontiers in Stem Cells in Cancer, Advanced Lab, Course at Howard University. Elected to the Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Reproduction

Research Intrest

Regulation of Ovarian Follicular Development and Atresia, Human Ovarian Cancer Biology and Gene Therapy, Oncofertilty, Atlanta Center for Translation Research in Endometriosis (ACTRE)

List of Publications
Chowdhury I, Thompson WE, Welch C, Thomas K, Matthews R. Prohibitin (PHB) inhibits apoptosis in rat granulosa cells (GCs) through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and the Bcl family of proteins. Apoptosis. 2013 Dec 1;18(12):1513-25.
Chowdhury I, Thompson WE, Thomas K. Prohibitins Role in Cellular Survival Through Ras‐Raf‐MEK‐ERK Pathway. Journal of cellular physiology. 2014 Aug 1;229(8):998-1004.
Wu J, Williams D, Walter GA, Thompson WE, Sidell N. Estrogen increases Nrf2 activity through activation of the PI3K pathway in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Experimental cell research. 2014 Nov 1;328(2):351-60.