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Honors and Recognition

Vikki M. Abrahams, PhD

2019 American Journal of Reproductive Immunology Award for Outstanding Contributions to Reproductive Immunology

2017 NIH Senior Lectureship for the International Federation of Placental Associations

Clare Flannery, MD

2020 The Hal Berhman Award for Mentoring

2019 Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society, Full Member

2012-2017 NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Award

Gloria Huang, MD

2023 National Faculty Mentor for the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Bridges Research Initiative

2022 Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale Award

2020 GOG Foundation, GOG-3039 National Study Co-Chair and Translational Research Chair

2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Plenary Presentation

Harvey J. Kliman, MD, PhD

2019 Star Award Stillbirth Research, Star Legacy Foundation

Ramanaiah Mamillapalli, PhD

2020 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Best Basic Science Award

Kieran J. O’Donnell, PhD

2023 Society for Reproductive Investigation Early Career Visiting Lecturer

2022 Research Corporation for Science Advancement Scialog Fellow (Molecular Basis of Cognition)

2019 Child and Brain Development Program, Canada, Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) Fellow

2019 Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, NARSAD Young Investigator & The Pfeil Foundation Investigator

2019 Fonds de Recherche-Santé Quebec (FRSQ), Quebec, Canada, Research Scholars Award (Chercheurs Boursier)

2019 Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland, Young Scholars Award

2016 Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, Canada, CIFAR Azrieli Gobal Scholar

Alessandro Santin, MD

2019 Yale Cancer Center Clinical Science Research Prize

2019 American Society Clinical Oncology (ASCO Journal) Top Five Most Important Clinical Research Advances of Year 2019 in Oncology

Emre Seli, MD

2023 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Clinical Science Award Finalist Nola Herlihy (mentor).

2022 Lifetime achievement award – Turkish Society for Reproductive Medicine.

2022 Fertility and Sterility – Top ranking video article in 2020.

2021 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Prize Paper Candidate at the Annual Meeting, Mauro Cozzolino (mentor).

2021 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) In training award for research, Brent Hanson (co-mentor).

2021 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) President’s Presenter Award to Cynthia Scott (mentor).

2020 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Prize Paper Candidate at the Annual Meeting, Brent Hanson (co-mentor).

2020 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Star Award.

2020 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) President’s Presenter Award to Ashley Tiegs, as co-mentor

2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Prize Paper at the Annual Meeting, as presenter and co-PI

2019 SART (Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology) Prize Paper Awards at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Annual Meeting to Andres Reig Ruiz, as mentor

2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Corporate Member Council In-training Travel Grant Award to Ashley Tiegs, as co-mentor

2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Corporate Member Council In-training Travel Grant Award to Man Zhang, as mentor

2019 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Corporate Member Council In-training Travel Grant Award to Andres Reig, as mentor

2019 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) President’s Presenter Award to Richard Scott, III, as mentor

2019 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Travel Award to Amir Mor, as mentor

2018 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)/Pfizer President’s Presenter Award to Scott Morin, as mentor

2018 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)/Pfizer President’s Presenter Award to Man Zhang, as mentor

2017 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)/Pfizer President’s Presenter Award to Tianren Wang, as mentor

2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) In-training Award for Research to Tianren Wang, as mentor

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) President’s Achievement Award

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)/Pfizer President’s Presenter Award to Katie Lowther, as mentor

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI)/Pfizer President’s Presenter Award to Elnur Babayev, as mentor

Nina Stachenfeld, PhD

2023 The American Physiological Society Acknowledgement and Selection for American Journal Physiological Heart Circulation Physiology APSelect: “Testerone-associated Blood Pressure Dysregulation in Women With Androgen Excess Polycystic Ovary Syndrome”

2020 Selected Trainee for Data NCARnation Research Presentation Competition, Experimental Biology Conference Awarded to Tori Stone, as mentor

2020 APS Live Webinar: EB Featured Topics, Selected Trainee Presenter awarded to Tori Stone, as mentor

2020 Most Outstanding Dissertation Award to Tori Stone, as mentor

Reshef Tal, MD, PhD

2022 Doris Duke Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists Award

2020 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Prize Paper Award at the Annual Meeting

2020 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Star Award

2020 Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) Prize Paper Award

2018 Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) Scholarship Award

2018 Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI) President’s Plenary Presentation Award

Hugh Taylor, MD

2020-2021 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) – President

2020 European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Clinical Science Award Oral Presentation on “Efficacy and Safety of Linzagolix on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB) Due to Uterine Fibroids (UF): Results From a Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Phase 3 Trial”

2020 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Distinguished Scientist Award

2020 Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Stya Paul Oration Award

2018 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Plenary Session Presentation, mentor to Reshef Tal

2018 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Best Abstract Award

2018 American Society for Reproductive Medicine ASRM Star Award

2018 Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Honor Your Mentor

2017 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Endometriosis Special Interest Group Prize Paper - Best Clinical/Population Science

2017 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Endometriosis Special Interest Group Prize Paper – Best Basic Science

2017 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Prize Paper Award

2016 National Academy of Medicine

2016 American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Junior Fellow Research Day Oral Presentation Award, mentor to Trisha Kadakia

2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Prize Paper Award

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Presidents Presenter Award, mentor to Katie Lautner

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation Presidents Presenter Award, mentor to Fei Li

2016 Society for Reproductive Investigation Presidents Presenter Award, mentor to Levent Mutlu

2016 Society for Gynecologic Investigation Plenary Presentation

2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Star Award

2015-2016 Society for Reproductive Medicine (SRI) – President

2015 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Best Oral Presentation Award

2015 State of Connecticut Third Annual Residents Research Day Best Oral Presentation Award, mentor

Mancy Tong, PhD

2023 International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA) Burroughs Wellcome Fund Travel Award

2020 Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Pfizer President’s Presenter’s Award

2019 International Federation of Placenta Associations Elsevier Trophoblast Research New Investigator Award

2018 International Federation of Placenta Associations National Institutes of Health New Investigator Travel Award

2016 Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Pfizer President’s Presenter’s Award

2016 International Federation of Placenta Associations Charlie Y.W. Loke Travel Award

2016 Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (New Zealand) Travel Grant

Kutluk Oktay

2020 Yale University School of Medicine Albert McKern Scholar Award

2020 Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Distinguished Lecturer at the Arnold N. Fenton, MD Lectureship in Obstetrics and Gynecology

2020 Society of Reproductive Investigation Council Member Nominee

2018 American Society of Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting Prize Video Award

2017 Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI) Rogerio Lobo Achievement Award

2016 New York Medical College Doctors of Distinction Award Nominee

2016 New York Medical College Highest Impact Publication Award

2016 Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Award

2016 American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Editor’s Choice Award

2015 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Meeting Irvin M Kushner Memorial Lecturer

Shannon Whirledge

2021 Yale School of Medicine Harold Behrman Award

2020 The Endocrine Society Top 10% Articles Published “Glucocorticoid Signaling in Health and Disease: Insights from Tissue-Specific GR Knockout Mice.”

2019 The Endocrine Society Eugenia Rosemberg Abstract Award

2018 NIEHS Division of Intramural Research Paper of the Month “Neonatal Genistein Exposure and Glucocorticoid Signaling in the Adult Mouse Uterus.”

2017 Highly Cited Paper of 2017 “Stress and the HPA Axis: Balancing Homeostasis and Fertility”

2017 The Endocrine Society Global Leadership Academy

2017 Women in Endocrinology Young Investigator Award

2017 NIEHS Paper of the Year “Uterine Glucocorticoid Receptors are Critical for Fertility in Mice through Control of Embryo Implantation and Decidualization.”

2016 The Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award

Xiao Xu, PhD, MA

2022 Featured in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grantee Profiles (which highlight AHRQ grantees whose work has led to significant changes in health care policy and notably influenced research and practice)

2017 Carol Weisman & Gary Chase Gender-Based Research Award, AcademyHealth annual research meeting, New Orleans, LA

2017 Harold Behrman Mentoring Award, Yale Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, New Haven, CT