Assistant Dean for Laboratory Animal Resources
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Chris Keator, PhD, is a broadly trained reproductive biologist with a primary focus on Women's Health. He has almost 20 years of experience in reproductive physiology, conducting both basic science and biomedical translational research with a variety of different animal models. Since 2012 he's been heavily invested in medical education, and has promoted the use of novel strategies to help today's millennial student streamline learning in this modern digital age of information overload. In 2014 he was recruited to WMed, where he serves as the Basic Science Course Director for the Endocrine and Reproductive Course, and as the Director of Explorations. Since 2016, he's leveraged his animal science background to help build the PHS-assured WMed Animal Care & Use program.
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Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2011, Reproductive Biology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
- PhD 2006, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
- MS 2001, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
- BS 1997, Biology, SUNY College at Oneonta
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Publications
Rebar R.W., Keator C.S. Polycystic ovary syndrome: consider the entire spectrum Fertility and Sterility. 2024
Rebar R.W., Keator C.S. The history and future of in vitro fertilization in the United States: the complex interrelationships among basic science, human medicine, and politics F and S Science. 2023;4:102-113.
Rebar R.W., Keator C.S. Expanding our knowledge of premature ovarian insufficiency Fertility and Sterility. 2021;115:328-329.
Keator C.S. Taking an interest in small animal research programs Lab Animal. 2020;49(10):277-281.
Keator C.S., Jackson J.A., Strake J.G. No harm in picking up the phone and making the call Lab Animal. 2019;48(8):223.
Keator C., Dickinson B.L., Lackey W.L., Morris A., Quesnelle K.M., Riddle D.R., Sheakley M.L., Vanden Heuvel G.B., Vandre D.D. Explorations: a New Approach to Self-Directed Learning in a Competency-Based Curriculum Medical Science Educator. 2016;26:777-785.
Keator C., Vandre D.D., Morris A.M. The Challenges of Developing a Project-Based Self-Directed Learning Component for Undergraduate Medical Education Medical Science Educator. 2016;26:801-805.
Fritsch M., Schmidt N., Gröticke I., Frisk A.L., Keator C.S., Koch M., Slayden O.D. Application of a patient derived xenograft model for predicative study of uterine fibroid disease PLoS ONE. 2015;10(11)
Almeida-Francia C.C.D., Keator C.S., Mah K., Holden L., Hergert C., Slayden O.D. Localization and hormonal regulation of endometrial matrix metalloproteinase-26 in the rhesus macaque Human Reproduction. 2012;27(6):1723-1734.
Keator C.S., Mah K., Slayden O.D. Alterations in progesterone receptor membrane component 2 (PGRMC2) in the endometrium of macaques afflicted with advanced endometriosis Molecular Human Reproduction. 2012;18(6):308-319.
McCracken J.A., Custer E.E., Schreiber D.T., Tsang P.C.W., Keator C.S., Arosh J.A. A new in vivo model for luteolysis using systemic pulsatile infusions of PGF <inf>2α</inf> Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators. 2012;97(3-4):90-96.
Keator C., Mah K., Ohm L., Slayden O. Estrogen and progesterone regulate expression of the endothelins in the rhesus macaque endometrium Human Reproduction. 2011;26(7):1715-1728.
Keator C.S., Lindner J.R., Belcik J.T., Bishop C.V., Slayden O.D. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound reveals real-time spatial changes in vascular perfusion during early implantation in the macaque uterus Fertility and Sterility. 2011;95(4)
Keator C., Custer E., Hoagland T., Schreiber D., Mah K., Lawson A., Slayden O., McCracken J. Evidence for a potential role of neuropeptide Y in ovine corpus luteum function Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 2010;38(2):103-114.
Keator C., Schreiber D., Hoagland T., McCracken J. Luteotrophic and luteolytic effects of nitric oxide in sheep are dose-dependent in vivo Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 2008;35(1):74-80.
Keator C., Schreiber D., Hoagland T., McCracken J., Milvae R. Intrauterine infusion of BQ-610, an endothelin type A receptor antagonist, delays luteolysis in dairy heifers Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 2008;34(4):411-418.
Slayden O., Keator C. Role of progesterone in nonhuman primate implantation Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 2007;25(6):418-430.