Pouya Dini

Pouya Dini

Associate Professor
John P. Hughes Endowed Chair in Equine Reproduction

Population Health & Reproduction


Licenses
Diplomate of European College of Animal Reproduction
Diplomate of American College of Theriogenologists
Education
2020, Visiting Scholar, Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
2020, PhD, Gent University and Gluck Equine Research Center, Belgium-USA
2013, Visiting Scientist, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Gent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
2013, PhD, Azad University and Gent University, Iran-Belgium
2009, DVM, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Karaj Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, Unraveling the role of nerve growth factor in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in cattle, Fabio Lima (Principal Investigator), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/ USDANIFA
Co-Principal Investigator, Effects of FSH on development of ovarian preantral follicles- Accepted for funding, Anna Denicole (Principal Investigator), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/ USDANIFA
Principal Investigator, X-chromosome inactivation in the equine placenta and fetal tissues, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Do Endometrial Organoids Resemble In Vivo Conditions? Effects of Steroids on Equine Endometrial Organoids, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Unveiling Pregnancy loss in the horse: first mitotic division derived aneuploidy and its underlying mechanisms, (Principal Investigator), Morris Animal Foundtion
Principal Investigator, Impact of abnormal cleavage on equine embryonic chromosomal stability and pregnancy loss, (Principal Investigator), Foundation for the Horse
Principal Investigator, From Lab to Stable: Generating an Equine Ascending Placentitis Model using Placental Organoids, (Principal Investigator), Foundation for the Horse
Principal Investigator, Investigating the role of the first mitotic division in equine early pregnancy loss, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Hormone Synthesis in Equine Pregnancy: Insights into Fetal and Placental Contributions, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Equine Placental Organoid Model to Study Placentitis, (Principal Investigator), Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation
Honors and Awards
2020 Laureate PhD Thesis Prize AY 2019-2020
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Daels P, Dini P: Chapter 195, Fostering a Foal onto a Nurse Mare, Dascanio J, McCue P, (ed), Equine Reproductive Procedures, Second Edition, . 723-724.
2021 Dini P, Daels P: Chapter 101, Induction of Lactation to Create a Nurse Mare, Dascanio J, McCue P, (ed), Equine Reproductive Procedures, Second Edition, . 383-384.
Research Focus
  • Equine placenta development and its pathologies
  • Host-pathogen interaction during equine placentitis
  • Effects of assisted reproductive techniques on placenta
  • Assisted reproductive techniques
Specialty Focus

Equine placenta and biotechnology of reproduction