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Douglas Joe Raburn

Douglas Joe Raburn

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
rabur001@mc.duke.edu
Box 3144 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
5601 Arringdon Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560
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Research Interests

(SPAN) Study of Pregnancy and Neonatal Health
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation, Epigenetics, Comparison of Cryopreservation Methods
Imprintome of Human Oocytes - DNA methylation sequencing
Sperm Epigenetics


Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research

Paternal Transgenerational Epigenetic Legacy from Use of Cannabis · July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2022 Co-investigator · John Templeton Foundation · $4,311,970.00 Investigation of how Cannabis affects the sperm epigenome and if these effects are heritable.
Correlation of sperm chromatin structure and pre-embryo pronuclear morphology in patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization · 2003 - 2003 Co-PI · Organon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · $44,171.73 Investigation of the correlation between Sperm Chromatin Structure assay and IVF outcomes and investigation of the predictive ability of pre-embryo pronuclear morphology on IVF outcomes.
The Laboratories for Reproductive Biology - Trainee Award · 1993 - 1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow · NIH / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NIH Training Grant at The Laboratories for Reproductive Biology - UNC. Research related to defining the role of the antiproliferative factor, B-cell translocation gene - 1 in spermatogenesis.
Regulation of Reproductive Processes - Trainee Award · 1991 - 1992 Postdoctoral Research Fellow · NIH / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Studies related to regulation of testicular macrophage population and relationship with Leydig cells. TTUHSC Departments of Cell and Molecular Biology