Endometriosis Project end 2020 update

2020 highlights

The project has progressed well in its development of a method to predict time of cycle in endometrium expression data and normalisation. How this is applied clinically is yet to be clearly articulated but it is proving of interest to the field.

Publications

Holdsworth-Carson SJ, Chung J, Sloggett C, Mortlock S, Fung JN, Montgomery GW, Dior UP, Healey M, Rogers PA, & Girling JE (2020). Obesity does not alter endometrial gene expression in women with endometriosis. Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Another paper has been accepted for publication in 2021.

Grants

In 2020, the project team was awarded a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant for the Royal Women’s Hospital for improving diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis.