Members

David Elad, DSc
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Phone: +972-3-640-8476
Fax: +972-3-640-5843
E-mail: elad@eng.tau.ac.il
Research interest: Uterine peristalsis, Embryo transfer, Cervical incompetence, Placental circulation, Testicular circulation.

Osnat Eytan, PhD
Ultrasound Unit in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
Phone: +972-3-692-5759
Fax: +972-3-692-5747
E-mail: osnate@post.tau.ac.il
Research interest: Placental blood flow, Embryo transfer, Uterine dynamics, Cervical incompetence, Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), Embryonic development pre-implantation

Ariel J. Jaffa, MD
Director, Ultrasound Unit in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Phone: +972-3-692-5758
Fax: +972-3-692-5747
Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
E-mail: drajaffa@netvision.net.il
Research interest: Feto-maternal blood flow, Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), Cervical dynamics, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), Fetal malformation, Fetal reduction, Invasive procedure in pregnancy

Roger C Young, MD, PhD
Division Director, General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth College
Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Phone: +1-603-653-9286
Fax: +1-603-650-0902
E-mail: Roger.C.Young@Hitchcock.org
Research interest: Uterine contractions in pregnancy, Calcium waves in myometrial smooth muscles.

Robert Garfield, Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Phone: +1-409-772-7590
Fax: +1-409-772-2261
E-mail: rgarfiel@utmb.edu
Research interest: Devices and procedures related to measurement and assessment of uterine contractility and cervical ripening.

Paolo Rinaudo, Professor
University of California, San Francisco
E-mail: prinaudo@obgyn.ucsf.edu
Research interest: In vitro fertilization, Preimplantation embyo development, Gene expression.

Amit Sengupta, Doctor
Central Health Service, India
Phone: 91-22-24904422
Mobile: 91-09820329861
E-mail: senguptaamit@hotmail.com
Research interest: Reproductive biomedical engineering, Placental blood flow and pre-eclampsia, Fluid dynamics, Modelling, Microelectronics, Doppler Technolgy and imaging, Endometrial blood flow mechanics.

Shamir Israel Lebovitz, Doctor
Bioterm Pharmaceuticals ltd
Phone: +972-50-8488824
Fax: +972-3-695-4711
E-mail: sibiotec@yahoo.com
Research interest: Collaboration in new product for Induction of labor as well as new product to treat preterm labor.

Abraham Nissenkorn, Doctor
Israel
Phone: +972-544645282
Fax: +972-35563725
E-mail: nissenk@zahav.net.il
Research interest: Pelvic floor

Alex Schoenfeld, Professor
Tel Aviv University Medical School
Phone: +972-99559888
Fax: +972-99509306
E-mail: pro_alex@bezeqint.net
Research interest: Bioengineering, Fetal, Infertility, Vehicles devices, Monitors.

Jackson Kirkman-Brown, Doctor
R&D Director, ACU, Birmingham Women's Hospital
Reserach Fellow in Reproductive Biology & Genetics, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, UK
E-mail: J.KirkmanBrown@bham.ac.uk
Research interest: Calcium signalling, Regulation of activation, Fertilisation and transport in human gametes, Infertility diagnosis and treatment.

Michelle Oyen, Doctor
University of Virginia
E-mail: oyen@virginia.edu
Research interest: Deformation and fracture of the fetal membranes in premature birth, Failure of the uterine-placental interface in placental abruption, especially following traumatic loading.

Virginia Ferguson, Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado
Phone: 303-735-5232
E-mail: virginia.ferguson@colorado.edu
Research interest: Obstetric/gynegological biomechanics, In vivo fetal monitoring.

Steve Calvin, Doctor
Dept of OB/GYN
University of Minnesota
Phone: +612-863-5030
E-mail: calvi002@umn.edu
Research interest: Biomechanics of the fetal membranes with a special interest in scanning EM of amnion and chorion.

David Smith, Doctor
School of Mathematics;
Reproductive & Child Health, School of Medicine,
University of Birmingham UK
E-mail: smithd@maths.bham.ac.uk
Research interest: Fluid mechanics of sperm motility and sperm/tract interaction.

Eamonn Gaffney, Doctor
University of Birmingham
Fax: +44 121 4143389
E-mail: eag@for.mat.bham.ac.uk
Research interest: Mathematical modelling of the microscale physics associated with sperm transport and sperm-egg interactions.

Mahmoood Jabareen, Doctor
Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
Haifa, Israel
Phone: +972-4-829-3460
Fax: +972-3-829-2065
E-mail: cvjmah@tx.technion.ac.il
Research interest: Biomechanics.

Pugatsch Rimma, Ms
MSc student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Phone: +972-3-640-8956
Fax: +972-3-640-7939
E-mail: rimma@eng.tau.ac.il
Research interest: Preterm labor

Bursztyn Limor, Ms
MSc student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Phone: +972-3-640-8956
Fax: +972-3-640-7939
E-mail: burszty@post.tau.ac.il
Research interest: Modelling of the Electro-mechano physiology of smooth muscle cells in the non-pregnant uterine wall.

Antony Jerome, Mr.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
E-mail: jerome210982@yahoo.com
Research interest: IVF