Ruth McChesney is a professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College. Professor McChesney has taught at Barnard College, where she served as a mentor in the Hughes Science Pipeline Project, a multi-faceted program that enhances all aspects of science education. She is an experienced researcher in epidemiology and a member of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Her research interests include reproductive and developmental biology, risk assessment of environmental effects on fertility and pregnancy. She has published several articles and papers in medical and science journals. Professor McChesney earned her PhD at the City University of New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Books and Publications:
Birken, S., McChesney, R., Yershova, O., Gaughan, J., Petterson, K.,
Rechenberg, G., Wu, C.H., Taliadouros, G.
Patterns of LHβcf among women in health and disease.
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 260-262:172-182 (2007). (Books and
Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Small, C.M., Manatunga, A.K., Klein, M., Feigelson, H.S., Dominguez, C.E.,
McChesney, R., Marcus, M.
Menstrual cycle characteristics: associations with fertility and spontaneous
abortion.
Epidemiology:17:52-60 (2006). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed
Article) 2006
McChesney, R., Wilcox, A.J., O'Connor, J.F., Weinberg, C.R., Baird, D.D.,
Schlatterer, J.P., McConnaughey, D.R., Birken, S., Canfield, R.E.
Intact HCG, freehCG subunit and HCG β core fragment: longitudinal patterns in
urine during early pregnancy.
Human Reproduction 20:928-935 (2005). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed
Article) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships:
PSC CUNY
Pregnancy Tests In Early Gestation
2007 - 2008 (Grants and Fellowships) 2007