JACKSONVILLE - Key Persons
D. Yang, consultant for our program, has been with the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine over the last seventeen years. Dr. Yang has a Medical Doctorate from China, he is board certified by the American Board of Bioanalyst as a highly complex Lab Director (HCLD). Dr. Yang has over 22 years experience as an Embryologist/Andrologist. Dr. Yang is internationally known as one of the pioneers in the area of intracytoplasmic sperm injection as well as egg freezing. Dr. Yang is responsible for the first baby born in the world to a cancer patient who froze her eggs.
We can't say enough great things about Dr. Winslow and the entire staff at FIRM! From day 1 we felt more than just patients; we felt like part of a family. I'll still love them even at 3am when our triplets (!!!) are keeping us awake!
M. Goodwin earned her Masters in Animal Science with a concentration in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her graduate research focused on oocyte maturation and in vitro production of bovine embryos. Megan has been a clinical Embryologist/Andrologist since 2015.
B. Jordan, MS has recently joined our lab working in the embryology/andrology/Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) departments. She has earned a Bachelors in Forensic Chemistry from Hampton University and a Masters in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Central Florida. Brandi has chemical, blood banking, clinical and microbiology laboratory experience with past research experience involving prostate cancer, Crohn's disease and early stage drug development assays.
N. Loos has a Bachelors in Biochemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Natalie has previous experience working in undergraduate research in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Before beginning her journey into embryology Natalie worked for the Florida Department of health as a chemist.
X. Xiang is our embryology lab director. Dr. Xiang holds a PhD in Reproductive Biology from Arizona State University, as well as a Medical Doctorate Degree from China, she is board certified by the American Board of Bioanalyst as a highly complex Lab Director (HCLD). Dr. Xiang has worked as a lab manager, senior embryologist, and technical supervisor since 2006. Dr. Xiang's area of research includes sperm/egg interaction, sperm chemotaxis and embryo development. Dr. Xiang's research papers are published in the National Academy of Science and Journal of Developmental Biology.
F. Xue is our Embryology Supervisor. She has a Masters and PhD in Regenerative Biology from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Xue has extensive experience in all aspects of animal assisted reproduction. She has a special interest in stem cell research as well as gene specific expression and functional regulation during embryonic pre-implantation development.