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Marianna Alperin, M.D., M.S. (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
San Diego, California, United States

Marianna Alperin, MD MS. Professor and Vice Chair for Translational Research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Professor of Urology at the University of California, San Diego; and a Faculty member of Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA. The mission of the Alperin lab ( https://alperinmlab.org ) is to discover scientifically rational treatment and prevention strategies for women’s health, with special focus on the disorders of pelvic floor and lower urinary tract. As a practicing urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery specialist, Dr. Alperin applies her clinical and surgical understanding to help guide the directions of her discovery science and translational studies to answer the most relevant clinical questions. Her NIH- and CIRM-funded laboratory uses a multi-pronged approach, including in vitro and in vivo experimental models, cadaveric tissues, biospecimens from living women, and computational modeling to study the impact of pregnancy, injury, radiation, menopause, and aging on the structure and function of pelvic soft tissues. Dr. Alperin is also actively engaged in the interdisciplinary translational studies focused on the application of acellular biomaterials to potentiate endogenous regeneration of pelvic and lower urinary tract soft tissues.

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