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Dr. Kaitlin Fogg is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 2016, where she focused on tissue engineering for bone and wound repair applications under the mentorship of Dr. Kent Leach. Following her Ph.D., she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer systems biology with Dr. Pamela Kreeger at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she combined in vitro models with computational modeling approaches to explore the immune system's role in ovarian cancer progression. Dr. Fogg’s training was supported by a pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association and a Scientific Scholar award from the Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.
At Oregon State University, Dr. Fogg leads a research program dedicated to women's health issues. Her research focuses on developing 3D models of gynecological tissues, helping to better understand disease progression and improve treatments for conditions like cervical cancer and endometriosis. Supported by grants from NIGMS and NIEHS, her work examines how the menstrual cycle affects drug delivery and how tampon nanoplastics impact gynecological health. By combining experimental design with computational analysis, Dr. Fogg is advancing new methods to study gynecological diseases more efficiently and accurately.