Research Interests
Dr. Schust has an active NIH-funded laboratory. His scientific research interests center around understanding human placental development, both normal and dysfunctional. The Schust laboratory uses 2D and 3D stem cell-derived models to study human implantation and placentation. HThese models have been leveraged to better understand viral infection of the placenta and vertical transmission (Zika Virus, SARS-CoV-2, chlamydia, HSV, HIV) basic placental biology and diseases of abnormal placentation, including preeclampsia. His laboratoty is currently collaborating to study the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on placental development and peri-implantation events in humans.
Clinically, Dr. Schust studies female reproductive system imaging using ultrasound and hysterosalpingography and recurrent early pregnancy loss.
Clinically, Dr. Schust studies female reproductive system imaging using ultrasound and hysterosalpingography and recurrent early pregnancy loss.
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029RSDP - American Society for Reproductive Medicine - Liz Rubin
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Society for Reproductive Medicine · 2024 - 2028Reproductive Scientist Development Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2023 - 2028Modeling Normal and Abnormal Trophoblasts
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Missouri - Columbia · 2023 - 2028Reproductive Scientist Development Program - ASRM Scholar
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Society for Reproductive Medicine · 2023 - 2027Reproductive Scientist Development Program - March of Dimes
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by March of Dimes · 2023 - 2026Endometrial Basis For Infertility in Women with Recurrent Implantation Failure and Pregnancy Loss
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Missouri - Columbia · 2023 - 2026Reproductive Scientist Development Program - GOG Foundation
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GOG Foundation · 2023 - 2025Reproductive Scientist Development Program - SRI
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Reproductive Investigation · 2023 - 2025Reproductive Scientist Development Program - ABOG
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology · 2023 - 2025Reproductive Scientist Development Program - BWF Meeting Support
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2023 - 2024Reproductive Scientist Development Program - BWF Scholars
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2023 - 2024Effect of Gestational Diabetes on Placenta Development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Missouri · 2022 - 2023External Relationships
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- Nihon University Tokyo Japan
- Univfy
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