Sonia S. Hassan

This study identifies Spag17 as a key modulator of female reproductive aging, showing its role in maintaining fertility and preventing age-related complications.

The paper characterizes the urinary microbiota of pregnant women using catheter urine, clean catch urine, and vaginal swabs, finding that Foley catheter urine better captures low-abundance bladder microbes.

The paper develops predictive models for preterm birth using maternal blood multi-omics data, finding transcriptomic and proteomic markers can predict gestational age and spontaneous preterm birth with high accuracy.

The paper uses scRNA-seq to analyze placental tissues from term and preterm births, identifying cell type differences and transcriptional signatures associated with labor.