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Research Faculty & Staff

Welcome to the Yale University Perinatal Research Program. 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.

Faculty Investigators

  • Associate Professor Term; Director, Placenta Accreta Spectrum Center, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Director, Obstetric Simulations, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Director, Patient Safety and Quality, Midwifery Services, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Research Interests
    • Fetal Distress
    • Inflammation
    • Multiple Organ Failure
    • Pregnancy Complications
    • Shock
    • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
    • Sepsis
  • Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and of Pediatrics; Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs, Yale Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Congenital Abnormalities
    • Fetal Diseases
    • Heart Defects, Congenital
    • Pregnancy Complications
  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Director of Across the Lifespan Mastercourse, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Interim Vice Chair Medical Education, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Medical Education Coordinator, Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit; Director of Residency Ultrasound Curriculum , Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Director of Sub internship , Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit; Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology Course, Physician Associate Program; Interim Vice Chair for Medical Education , Obstetrics, Gynecological and Reproductive Sciences; Director, Yale INTEC Practice Based Elective, International Medical Student Education

  • Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Associate Director, Fetal Care Center; Medical Director, Outpatient Services, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Fetal Diseases
    • Obstetric Labor Complications
  • Associate Professor Adjunct

    Research Interests
    • Cesarean Section
    • Epidemiologic Methods
    • Postpartum Hemorrhage
    • Labor, Obstetric
    • Obstetrical Forceps
    • Vaginal Birth after Cesarean
    • Evidence-Based Medicine

Research Faculty

  • Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Director, Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Co-Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Research Interests
    • Autoimmune Diseases
    • Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
    • Immunity, Innate
    • Placenta
    • Pregnancy Complications
    • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
    • Pregnancy in Diabetics
    • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
    • Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
    • MicroRNAs
    • Toll-Like Receptors
    • Nod Signaling Adaptor Proteins
    • Exosomes
    • Inflammasomes
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Division Chief, Obstetric & Gynecological Anesthesiology

    Research Interests
    • Anesthesiology
    • Plethysmography
    • Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
  • Senior Research Scientist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Director, Gyn/Endocrine Laboratory

    Research Interests
    • Gynecology
    • Obstetrics
    • Placenta Diseases
    • Pre-Eclampsia
    • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Deputy Dean for Education and Harold W. Jockers Professor of Medical Education and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

    Research Interests
    • Cesarean Section
    • Education, Medical
    • Midwifery
    • Obstetrics
    • Streptococcus agalactiae
    • Analgesia, Epidural
    • Vaginal Birth after Cesarean
  • Associate Professor Adjunct of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Research Interests
    • Costs and Cost Analysis
    • Health Services Research
    • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
    • Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry

    Research Interests
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
    • Mood Disorders
    • Substance-Related Disorders
    • Sexual and Gender Disorders