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Ei Terasawa is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. She holds additional affiliations with the Neuroscience Training Program, Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Program, and Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
Dr. Terasawa earned her B.S. from University of Tokyo (1961) and Ph.D. in Medical Physiology from Yokohama City University (1966), followed by postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley and UCLA. She joined the Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Program in 1997 and teaches Special Topics in Neuroendocrinology.
Her research laboratory focuses on elucidating GnRH neuron function and puberty onset mechanisms. She developed innovative non-human primate models with primary cell culture systems and direct GnRH measurement techniques, and established methods to generate human GnRH neurons from stem cells. Current research investigates neuroestradiol's role in preovulatory GnRH surge regulation and developmental changes in neurocircuitry involved in pubertal GnRH release.
Dr. Terasawa has demonstrated that accelerated body weight increases impact puberty timing through epigenetic modification of the GnRH neurosecretory system. Her approaches provide unique tools to study GnRH pulse-generation mechanisms, rapid steroid hormone actions, and epigenetic control of GnRH neuronal maturation.
She serves on the ERP NIH Predoctoral Training Grant Steering Committee and ERP Admissions Committee. Her laboratory has mentored numerous doctoral students including James P Garcia, Katie Guerriero, Brian Kenealy, Sekoni Noel, and Michael Woller.
