Elise Courtois, Ph.D.

Elise Courtois is a molecular biologist, director of Single Cell Biology laboratory and senior research scientist at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX)  in CT, and one of the co-directors of the Connecticut Endometriosis Tissue & Data Repository. Her research program at JAX focuses on women’s health and reproductive biology, with a strong emphasis on endometriosis. Endometriosis’ etiology, pathobiology and disease recurrence mechanisms remain meaningly unknown, and Courtois is using advanced molecular technologies such as single cell and spatial ‘omics approaches to better understand the key components of the endometriosis microenvironment leading to lesion growth, diversity in presentation, recurrence and impact at the systemic level. Courtois is also a leading advocate for increasing awareness and funding for endometriosis, and she works with the state of Connecticut legislators to promote endometriosis research & education.