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DIRECTOR, MFM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
SONIA S. HASSAN, M.D.

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Obstretrics Director, Sonia Hassan M.D.Title

  • Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship, Perinatology Research Branch/Wayne State University  
  • Associate Director, Combined Maternal-Fetal Medicine/Medical Genetics Fellowship
  • Director, Center for Advanced Obstetrical Care & Research, Perinatology Research Branch
  • Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education and Training

  • M.D. - Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Internship and Residency - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Hutzel Hospital
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Hutzel Hospital

Research Accomplishments

  • Children’s Research Center of Michigan Research Award: “Fetal Growth Impairment and Maternal Microchimerism
  • Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program of NICHD (2002-2006)

Principal or Alternate Investigator on the following projects

  • Principal Investigator for the North American Fetal Therapy Network at Wayne State University

Awards and Recognitions

  • Young Investigator's Award - The Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Certificate of Merit Award - The Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • J. Bay Jacobs 2007 American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF) Travel Award, The American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), Washington, DC
  • Academic Achievement Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, 2008
  • Chair of the Prematurity Interest Group of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2009-2010)

Research Interests

  • The uterine cervix transcriptome
  • Intra-uterine infection and its association with a sonographic short cervix
  • The uterine cervix and cervical biology in premature labor, cervical insufficiency, and labor at term
  • The use of progesterone in the prevention of preterm birth
  • Longitudinal studies of biomarkers to predict adverse pregnancy outcome