Dr. David Abbott, Professor
Joined ERP Program: 1993

Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Wisconsin-National Primate Center
Mailing Address: 203 Primate Center, 1220 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715
Telephone: (608) 263-3583  FAX: (608) 263-4031
E-mail: abbott@primate.wisc.edu

Background:

Institution Degree Year Area of Study

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

B.Sc.

1975

Biological Sciences

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Ph.D.

1979

Zoology

University of WI-Madison

Postdoc

1981

Repro.Physisology

Professional Experience:

1981-1984

Research Associate, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, England.

1984-1990

Research Fellow and Unit Head, Institute of Zoology, MRC/AFRC Comparative Physiology Research Group, Zoological Society of London, England.

1990-present:

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

1990-1999

Chair, Physiological Ethology Research Group, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center

1991-present

Joint Chief, Assay Services, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center

1990-1992

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center

1992-1998

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center

1992-present

Faculty Member, Behavioral Interdisciplinary Affiliation

1993-present

Faculty Member, Endocrinology/Reproductive Physiology Training Program

1998-present

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center

2000-present

ERP Program Steering Commitee Member

Honors and Awards:

Co-recipient, Laurent-Perrier Champagne Award for Wild Game Conservation
(1990);

Member, Council and Captive Care Working Party, Primate Society of Great
Britain (1984-90);

Member, Committee for the Refinement of Blood Sampling from Laboratory
Animals, British Veterinary Association/Royal;

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1988-90);

Member, Institutional Biological Safety Committee, UW-Madison (1994-97);

Editorial Board of Zoo Biology (1990-96) and Psychoneuroendocrinology
(1995-present);

NICHD Site Visitor (1996). 

Research Statement:

Modulation of neuroendocrine function by social status in female primates; proximate mechanisms regulating female reproductive success; ovarian
dysfunction in prenatally androgenized and obese female rhesus monkeys.

Current Grant Funding:

Funding Period Project
07/01/07 to 06/30/10 Abbott (PI) Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. Early detection of disease onset: a systems approach using new metabolome phase portraits

Current ERP Graduate Students:

Beverly Hutcherson research_doc@hotmail.com M.S.

Former ERP Trainees:

  • Joel Eisner, PhD 5/02
    Dissertation: "The prenatally androgenized female rhesus monkey as a model for polycystic ovary syndrome"
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  • Rao Zhou, PhD 8/08
    Dissertation: "Association of insulin with aspects of adrenal and ovarian dysfunction in a nonhuman primate model of polycystic ovary syndrome"
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Publications from Dr. Abbott's Lab Search Pub Med