Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Hadi Shafiee
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department: Na
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Firtility, Inc.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The primary goal of the research is to investigate the effects of environmental exposures on semen quality using both smartphone-based and lab-based diagnostic assays. Firtility was founded to develop and commercialize the smartphone-based diagnostic technology. Research that assesses or validates the phone-based technology against lab-based standard testing would be beneficial to the company and significantly overlaps with the objectives of the company. The investigator is a co-founder of Firtility and has private equity interest in the company.
The effects of environmental exposures on semen quality and the sperm epigenome
PROJECT NARRATIVE Infertility is a common condition affecting as many as 15% of couples in the United States, and male factors (abnormalities in semen quality parameters) are implicated in over half of cases where a cause can be determined. Exposures to air pollution and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during critical windows of sperm development may be an underexplored modifiable environmental risk factor. We will examine the association between high spatial and temporal resolution measures of ambient and indoor air pollution and personal measures of EDCs on semen quality and DNA methylation within sperm cells, to develop a comprehensive understanding of the potential impacts and pathways of these ubiquitous exposures.
Filed on July 08, 2019.
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