Michael Soares
- University Distinguished Professor
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Biography —
Dr. Soares joined the University of Kansas Medical Center's Department of Physiology in 1984. He holds dual appointments in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and serves as Director of the Institute for Reproduction and Perinatal Research at the University of Kansas, and Director of the Center for Perinatal Research at the Children’s Research Institute, Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Dr. Soares’ research program focuses on regulatory processes associated with pregnancy, especially events controlling the development of the hemochorial placenta. Internationally recognized in the field of developmental and regenerative biology, Dr. Soares’ research program focuses on regulatory processes associated with pregnancy, especially events controlling the development of the hemochorial placenta. His laboratory investigates specialized survival strategies used by the embryo as it grows within the mother's womb, including the formation of the placenta and how early stem cells develop into the placenta.
He is a distinguished fellow of the Society for the Study of Reproduction.
Learn more about Michael Soares on the KU Medical Center website.