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
2025 The Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship Award
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