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• Discoveries by Dr. Winnifred Cutler
  
  
• A Bibliography of Dr. Cutler's Published Work
  
  
• Dr. Cutler's Professional Biography
  
  
• Employment Opportunities
  -- The Scientific Process: A Message to Interns from Dr. Cutler
  
  
• Athena Institute's Research Advisory Group
  
  
• Athena Institute is pleased to offer a guide to medical school applications available on pdf file for download. This manual Searching For Admission: The Smart PreMed Student's Guide to Applying for Medical School is a 'take-home' personal advisor to the admissions process.
  
  
• Athena Institute awards funding for Hospice Volunteer Project 2007-2008: research grant of $50,000 awarded to Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Foundation to encourage pre-med student volunteer service in local hospices.
  
  
• Athena Institute awards second installment of $175,000 Research Grant to Kinsey Institute for the Study of Hysterectomy and Sexual Deficits; 2006
  
  
• Athena Institute awards $3000 hospice grant to Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services to support med school students service to seniors in need.
  
  
• Recent Independent Study Published in The Journal of
  Sex Research: Nov. 2004 issue, independent double-blind, placebo-controlled study of pheromones and Postmenopausal women.
  
  
• Independent Study Published in the journal,
  Physiology and Behavior. March 2002 issue. independent double-blind, placebo-controlled study of pheromones and reproductive-aged women.
  
  
• Athena Institute awards first installment of $175,000 Research Grant funding for the Study of Hysterectomy and Sexual Deficits: 2000
  
  
• Athena introduces a science-based Workshop Program Searching for Courtship, to help women find healthy respectful relationships leading to marriage.
  
  
• Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Published Athena Science
  • Pheromones, Sexual Attractiveness and Quality of Life In Menopausal Women: Article published in peer-reviewed scientific journal, Climacteric, June 2002.
    
    
  • Current Problems in Obstetrics,Gynecology, and Fertility: Mosby Medical Journal reissues updated monograph "Wellness in Women After 40 Years of Age" in two parts. January and April 2000.
    
    
  • Human Sex-Attractant Pheromones: Discovery, Research, Development, and Application in Sex Therapy. Published in journal, Psychiatric Annals. January 1999.
    
    
  • Wellness in Women after 40 Years of Age: The Role of Sex Hormones and Pheromones. Monograph published in Mosby's Disease-a-Month, September 1998.
    
    
  • Pheromonal Influences on Sociosexual Behavior in Men: A double-blind, placebo controlled study published in the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. 1998
    
    
  • Women's Responses to Genital Stimulation: Evidence for the Functional Role of Timing. INABIS symposium. December 1998.
    
    
  • Oophorectomy at Hysterectomy: A practice that does not withstand scrutiny. Published by Menopause Management, the NAMS education publicaton. December 1996.
    
    
  • Sex during menstruation may be harmful (synopsis for a lay audience)
    The full scientific article ("Coitus and Menstruation in Perimenopausal women"
    Published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. December 1987)
    
    
  • Lunar Influences on the Reproductive Cycle in Women. Published in the journal, Human Biology, December 1987.
    Also read an excerpt from Love Cycles: The Science of Intimacy on Lunar Effects
    
    
  • The Medical Management of Menopause and Premenopause: Their Endocrinologic Basis. Drs. Cutler and Garcia published medical textbook in 1984 to positive journal reviews. J.B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia, PA. 275 pp.
    
    
  • Preservation of the Ovary:A Reevaluation. Dr. Celso-Ramon Garcia and Dr. Winnifred Cutler published paper in Ferility and Sterility, 1984. Routine ovariectomy at hysterectomy should not be common practice
    
    
  • Dr. Winnifred Cutler's and colleagues' published paper marks Discovery of Lunar and Menstrual Phase Locking. Study on Menstrual cycles and the Lunar Cycle published in American Journal Of Obstetrics and Gynecology.1980
    Also read an excerpt from Love Cycles: The Science of Intimacy on Lunar Effects
    
    
  • Age at First Coitus and Infertility: Dr. Cutler's paper excerpted, Infertility and Age at First Coitus: A Possible Relationship. (with Dr. Celso-Ramon Garcia and Abba M. Kreiger) 1979
    
    
• Dr. Cutler in the Scientific Community
  
  
  • Dr. Cutler presents poster to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine at their annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec Canada. October 16-19, 2005. "Evidence that Sex Attractant Pheromone Effects Strengthen with Continued Use."
  • Dr. Cutler presents to the American Psychiatric Association at their Annual Meeting in New York, May 1-6 2004. With Dr. Barbara Bartlik, her symposium titled: How Sexual Attractiveness, Pheromones, Fertility, and Hysterectomy are Related.
    
    
  • Pheromones and Sexuality: Winnifred Cutler publishes essay describing her scientific path to discoveries about sexual attraction, how sexual behavior affects a woman's overall health, and that women over 40 do not have to feel "invisible" to men.
    
    
  • Pheromones and the Female Patient: Dr. Winnifred Cutler's invited article on pheromones and clinical applications for the female patient.
    
    
  • A Farewell to Dr. Celso-Ramon Garcia: Dr.Winnifred Cutler's message to her mentor and coauthor of many publications on women's reproductive health, who passed away February 1, 2004. Dr. Cutler donated a contribution in his honor to the University of Pennsylvania Faculty Scholarship of Trustees.
    
    
  • Dr. Cutler's Invited Monograph on Human Pheromones for 2004 Science Encyclopedia: Dr. Cutler explains the history of human pheromone research from the initial 1980's experiments to current research publications.
    
    
  • Dr. Winnifred Cutler publishes essay on menstrual suppression: Dr. Cutler analyzes the negative effects of menstrual suppression to a woman's body in her essay "Menstrual Suppression by Contraception and Non cyclic regimens of Hormonal Replacement Therapy are Potentially Dangerous to a Woman's Health".
    
    
  • Presentation in April 2003, to The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Cutler poster; Sociosexual Behavior in Healthy Women.
    
    
  • Dr. Cutler publishes book review for Archives of Sexual Behavior: Book by Kathy Davis, Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 31, No. 2, April 2002, pp. 217-230
    
    
  • Winnifred Cutler Receives Outstanding Alumni Award from Ursinus College Oct. 12, 2001 -- Dr. Winnifred B. Cutler was given Ursinus College's Alumni Award for outstanding personal and professional achievement in the alumni awards ceremony at the Collegeville, Pennsylvania campus.
    
    
  • The Impact of Hysterectomy on Sexual Life of Women A Poster presentation presented by Dr. Winnifred Cutler and colleagues at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2001 meeting.
    
    
  • Sexual Response in Women. A Poster presented by Dr. Winnifred Cutler and colleagues at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2000 meeting-differences in sexual response between hysterectomized, intact women, and women with fibroids. Also looks at effects of childbirth on sexual response.
    More info about this meeting
    
    
  • WebMDHealth August 14, 2000-- Live Mind Matters Auditorium. Discussing Love Cycles: The Science of Intimacy with Winnifred B. Cutler, PhD. This interview was also posted on MSNBC.com
    
    
  • Pheromones as Sex Attractants: Their Role in Human Reproduction. A Seminar presented by Dr. Winnifred Cutler at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1999 meeting.
    
    
  • Human Sex Attractant Pheromones: Discovery, Research, and Development Poster Presentation at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology XXXth Congress held in Florida on August 1, 1999.
    
    

Other Athena Research and Information on Women's Health

• The Discovery of Pheromones in Humans
  
• Does Hysterectomy Impair Sexual Attractiveness?: Data suggest so
  Excerpts on 'hot topics' for women from Dr. Cutler's books:
• Sexuality in the Menopausal Years
• Menopause and Bone Health

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