Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Lisa M. Pastore, PhD              Lisa Patore

Field of Study: Epidemiology

Title: Assistant Professor of Research

Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology

EDUCATION

Ph.D. - Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MSPH- Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BS - Mathematics, Fairfield University

EXPERIENCE  

Dr. Pastore joined the Obstetrics & Gynecology Department as an Assistant Professor of Research in early 2003.  Her postdoctoral fellowship (at UNC) was funded by the National Cancer Institute and was focused on vaginal infections in both postmenopausal and pregnant women.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Pastore’s research experience spans clinical, environmental, occupational and infectious disease epidemiology in women.  Her current projects are (1) genetic risk factors for early menopause and infertility-related ovarian dysfunction, (2) postpartum sexuality informational needs, and (3) complementary-alternative medicine applications in OB/Gyn.

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Pinkerton JV, Pastore LM.  Perspective on menopausal vasomotor symptoms, CAM, and the SWAN. Menopause. 2007;14(4):601-605.

Pastore LM, Owens AF, Raymond CAL.  Postpartum Sexuality Concerns Among US First-time Parents.  Journal of Sexual Medicine 2007;4:115-23.

Pastore LM, Karns L, Pinkerton J, Silverman L, Williams CD, Camp T.  Acceptance of Fragile X Premutation Genetic Screening in Women with Ovarian Dysfunction.  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006 Mar:194(3):738-43.

Pastore LM, Carter RA, Hulka BS, Wells E; Self-reported urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women aged 50-79: WHI. Maturitas 2004; 49-292-303.

Pastore LM, King TS, Dawson IJ, Hollified A, Thorp JM; Prospective Validation of a Perinatal Bacterial Vaginosis Screening Risk Score. Journal of Perinatology 2004; 24(12):735-42.

Pastore LM, Thorp JM Jr., Royce RA, Savitz DA, Jackson TP. Risk score for antenatal bacterial vaginosis: BV PIN Points. Journal of Perinatology 2002;22:125-32.

Pastore LM, Savitz DA, Thorp JM, Jr., Koch GG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Irwin DE. Predictors of symptomatic urinary tract infections after twenty weeks gestation. J Perinatol 1999;19(7):488-93.

Pastore LM, Savitz DA, Thorp JM, Jr. Maternal predictors of urinary tract infection at the first prenatal visit. Epidemiology 1999:10:282-7.

Pastore LM, Hertz-Picciotto I, Beaumont JJ. Risk of stillbirth from residential and occupational exposures. Occup Environ Med 1997;54:511-8.

Savitz DA, Andrews KM, Pastore LM. Drinking water and pregnancy outcomes in central North Carolina: source, amount and trihalomethane levels.  Environ Health Perspect 1995:103(6);592-6.

CURRENT GRANTS

Principal Investigator, Fragile X Premutations Among Women with Diminished Ovarian Reserve, NIH 2007-2009)

Principal Investigator, The Influence of Acupuncture on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, NIH (2005-2008).

Co-Investigator, Time to Conception and Metformin Use, Berlex Foundation