2023 Johns Hopkins SCORE Pilot Grant Awardee, Johns Hopkins
Kamaria C. Cayton Vaught, M.D. is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist in the Baltimore area who specializes in managing disorders related to infertility and the endocrinopathy of female reproductive stages. She has undergone training in the management and evaluation of reproductive disorders such as male and female infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, premature ovarian insufficiency, recurrent pregnancy loss, and advanced surgical techniques in hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. In addition, her unique training also includes genetic counseling, genetic data analysis and interpretation, and preimplantation genetic testing.
Dr. Cayton Vaught completed her combined undergraduate and medical doctor degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She then completed her residency at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in reproductive sciences and reproductive endocrinology, infertility, medical genetics, and genomics (REI/MGG) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cayton Vaught is the first fellow to complete the combined REI/MGG program at Johns Hopkins and one of only a handful of fellowship-trained REI geneticists in the United States.
Awarded $50,000
What is Dr. Kamaria C. Cayton Vaught studying?
Doctor Vaught is studying reproductive endocrinology and its relationship to infertility.
Why study infertility?
Approximately 1 in 6 adults worldwide experience infertility; women aged 35-39 are most affected. Female infertility rates are rising fastest in high-income countries while male infertility increases most in low- and middle-income regions.
What did Dr. Cayton Vaught find?
This awardee is at the beginning of her career, but has studied the role of a new anti-fibrotic agent, Tranilast, in modifying scarring in human tissue, including the uterus. She has also helped construct a plan for a global webinar to teach medical students and OB-GYN residents in the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive endocrinology and infertility.
How did The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine’s grant help Dr. Cayton Vaught’s research?
The foundation grant is a significant aid for Dr. Vaught to continue and extend her work in this important field.
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Doctor Vaught is the first fellow to complete the combined reproductive endocrinology and medical genetics program at Johns Hopkins. She is one of only a handful of similarly trained individuals in the U.S.