Research

The North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology is committed to provide leadership and serve as a forum for research in the field of pediatric and adolescent gynecology.

About NASPAG Research Committee

The NASPAG Research Committee is committed to fostering the research interests of our members, creating opportunities for collaboration, and providing ongoing educational opportunities for members interested in research endeavors.

Members commit to a three year involvement, with opportunity to renew for a second consecutive 3-year term.  Membership entails attendance of regular conference calls, and active participation in one of five Work Groups: 

• Mentoring Work Group provides research mentor support to trainees and junior faculty
• Journal Club Work Group recommends high quality manuscripts that have been published in JPAG to the NASPAG membership each quarterly and provides accompanying discussion questions for use as independent learning or for facilitating journal club meetings
• Grants Work Group solicits and manages funding to support research conducted by trainees and faculty at all levels and disciplines relevant to the PAG field.
• Research Education Work Group manages a five-year rotating curriculum that provides education about research methodologies for NASPAG members, including sponsoring educational activities at the ACRM
• NASPAG Research Network (NRN) fosters collaborative, multi-institutional research among NASPAG members to advance rigorous multi-center studies, elevate NASPAG’s leadership in the field, and support trainee engagement and research education development.

 To contact the Research Committee please use [email protected]

2025-2026 Research Committee

Chair Melissa Parks, MD Phoenix Children's Phoenix, AZ	Chair Elect Frances Fei Nationwide Children's Columbus, OH
Kate O’Flynn-O’Brien, MD Children's Hospital of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Alla Vash-Margarita, MD Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
Andrew Lupo, MD Emory University Atlanta, GA	Ariel Cohen, MD Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Washington, DC
Claudia Borzutzky, MD Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Monica Rosen, MD University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI
Krista Childress, MD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, OH	Chelsea Kebodeaux, MD Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
Madeline Ross, MD Nationwide Children's Hospital Kansas City, MO	Maggie Dwiggins, MD Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Kellie Woodfield, MD Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, C	Sarah McQuillan, MD University of Calgary Calgary, CA
Stephanie Cizek, MD Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA	Stephen Scott, MD, MPH Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO
Amitha Ganti, MD Houston, TX	Amy DiVasta, MD Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA
Hayriye Sema Baghaki, Magee Women's Research Institute Pittsburgh, PA	Susan Kaufman, DO FACOG SPARC! Gynecology Westhampton, NJ
Akua Afriyie-Gray, MD University of Texas-Austin Dell Medical School, Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX	Maureen Baldwin, MD MPH PHSU Portland, OR
Deborah Winograd, DO Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, CO