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Professor Eli Y Adashi is presently tenured Professor of Medical Science and former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAM), the Association of American Physicians (AAP), and…

New research conducted by scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU, in Portland, Oregon, gives new hope to those seeking infertility treatments. The initial studies were funded by the Jones Foundation via the Young  Investigators Award. Their findings published in the journal Genome Research. The study, led by Shawn L. Chavez, Ph.D., is the first…

Dr. Howard W. Jones III, a longtime clinician, teacher and leader at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a member of the Board of Directors of The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine died Saturday, March 9, 2019.  He was 76. Dr. Jones served as Director of Gynecologic Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center…

The Jones Foundation Young Professional Board met for a Board Meeting in New York on October 15, 2018. Members in the photo who attended in person are: Kelly Davies, Virginia Beach VA, Paige Davies, Washington DC, Heather Smith, Virginia Beach VA, Grace Blackwell, Crownsville MD, Alissa Yost, Natick MA, Dr. Ashley Signorino, Herndon VA, Samantha…

The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine (“Jones Foundation”) today announced that four prominent leaders have joined the organization’s Board of Directors: David H. Brockway, JD, Partner, Linklaters LLP, Washington, DC Susan L. Crockin, JD, Crockin Law & Policy Group, PLLC, Scholar, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University…

Virginia Beach, VA – As part of its mission to advance knowledge of human reproductive medicine through support of research and education, The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine (“The Jones Foundation”) is pleased to announce the formation of a Young Professional Board, a committee of young professionals serving under the governing Board…

Virginia Beach, Virginia – Robert W. Jones has been elected to be Chairman of the Board of The Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine (“The Jones Foundation”). Mr. Jones has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Jones Foundation since 1996, where he has also served as the Treasurer and…

As part of its mission to educate the general public in reproductive medicine, and in an attempt to improve the human condition, the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine (“Jones Foundation”) announced that it has awarded a three-year grant to Principal Investigator Susan Crockin, JD and Co-Investigator Dr. Maggie Little.

Memoir of a Medical Breakthrough by Howard W. Jones, Jr., M.D., Foreword by Elizabeth Jordan Carr Comeau

The story of a medical program in Norfolk, Virginia, which resulted in the birth of the first IVF baby in the Americas and led to an evolution in the care of patients with infertility.