Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research
Welcome to the Yale University Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research group. For the last several decades our Department has been at the forefront of conducting and teaching research in the field of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and developmental biology. Our faculty and fellows promote, coordinate, and conduct cutting-edge clinical, basic science, epidemiologic and translational research.
As a testimony to our intellectually stimulating environment, several members of the MFM section have been awarded federal and private foundation research grants. This played an important role in building a unique expertise of the Perinatal Research group in designing studies targeted to discover new biomarkers with biological and clinical relevance for preterm birth, preeclampsia, coagulation disorders, and neonatal sepsis. We understand the importance of educating the next generation of MFM leaders, and we are determined to maintain a high standard of training as a goal of our research mission.
Faculty Investigators
Uma Reddy, MD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Division Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Research Interests
Health Care; Pregnant Women
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.688.2806
- Email uma.reddy@yale.edu
Sonya Abdel-Razeq, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Research Interests
Fetal Distress; Inflammation; Multiple Organ Failure; Pregnancy Complications; Sepsis; Shock; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- Office 203.737.1982
- Fax 203.785.6885
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Email sonya.abdel-razeq@yale.edu
Mert Ozan Bahtiyar, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Yale Fetal Care Center
- Office 203.785.3091
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.785.6885
- Email mert.bahtiyar@yale.edu
Joshua Copel, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and of Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Yale Medicine
Research Interests
Congenital Abnormalities; Fetal Diseases; Heart Defects, Congenital; Pregnancy Complications
- Office 203.785.2671
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.688.2806
- Email joshua.copel@yale.edu
France Galerneau, MD, FRCS(C)
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Across the Lifespan Mastercourse, YSM
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email france.galerneau@yale.edu
Heather Lipkind, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Director of Postpartum Services
- Office 203.688.2800
- Appt 203.688.2800
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email heather.lipkind@yale.edu
Urania Magriples, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Research Interests
Anxiety; Cognitive Therapy; Delivery, Obstetric; Gynecology; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Office 203.785.3091
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email urania.magriples@yale.edu
Christian Pettker, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Chief of Obstetrics, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital
Medical Director, Labor & Birth Unit and Maternal Special Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests
Cesarean Section; Delivery, Obstetric; Epidemiologic Research Design; Evidence-Based Medicine; Labor, Induced; Labor, Obstetric; Obstetrics; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Office 203.785.3091
- Fax 203.785.6885
- Appt 203.688.2800
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email christian.pettker@yale.edu
Anna Sfakianaki, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and of Comparative Medicine
Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound Program
- Office 203.785.2671
- Fax 203.785.6885
- Appt 203.688.6018
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email anna.sfakianaki@yale.edu
Michelle Silasi, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
- Appt 203.785.5682
- Appt Fax 203.785.3419
- Email michelle.silasi@yale.edu
Research Faculty
Vikki Abrahams, PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Research Interests
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; Antiphospholipid Syndrome; Autoimmune Diseases; Exosomes; Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture; Immunity, Innate; Inflammasomes; MicroRNAs; Nod Signaling Adaptor Proteins; Placenta; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Toll-Like Receptors
- Office 203.785.2175
- Fax 203.785.4883
- Email vikki.abrahams@yale.edu
Seth Guller, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Gyn/Endocrine Laboratory
Research Interests
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Placenta Diseases; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy Outcome
- Office 203.737.2532
- Fax 203.737.2327
- Email seth.guller@yale.edu
