Professor In Residence
M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics
[email protected]

Dr. Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski is an Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and a senior faculty member in the Institute of Global Health Science and with the California Preterm Birth Initiative in the UCSF School of Medicine. She was previously Chief of the Division of Lifecourse Epidemiology, a Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and of Global Health Sciences, and was Director of Precision Health and Discovery with the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative before moving to NYU where she currently serves as a Professor. She is the Lead and Founder of the UCSF HOPE Research Consortium, the Primary Investigator of the HOPE Study, and a Primary Investigator (multi-PI) of the PROMPT Study.

Throughout her professional roles, Dr. Jelliffe-Pawlowski's work has focused on uncovering the causes of adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes and identifying interventions through the development of novel tools and tests applicable globally. Her research has received funding from prestigious sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the March of Dimes, and the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (funded by Marc and Lynn Benioff). She has authored over 150 scientific papers on pregnancy and infant health and holds patents for blood tests and algorithms predicting preterm birth, preeclampsia, and mortality/morbidity in preterm infants. Her work has been featured in various media outlets, including the New York Times, the Atlantic, WIRED Magazine, CNN, NPR, BBC, the Today Show, the CBS Evening News, and many others.

Dr. Jelliffe-Pawlowski has served as an adviser on state, national, and international committees and task forces dedicated to the early detection and prevention of preterm birth and developmental disabilities. She possesses extensive expertise in researching racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes.

Publications

Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis.

The American journal of clinical nutrition

Monangi NK, Xu H, Fan Y, Khanam R, Khan W, Deb S, Pervin J, Price JT, Kaur L, INTERBIO-21st Study Consortium, Al Mahmud A, Thanh LQ, Care A, Landero JA, Combs GF, Belling E, Chappell J, Chen J, Kong F, Lacher C, Ahmed S, Chowdhury NH, Rahman S, Kabir F, Nisar I, Hotwani A, Mehmood U, Nizar A, Khalid J, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Ali SM, Aftab F, Juma MH, Rahman M, Ahmed T, Islam MM, Vwalika B, Musonda P, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Hallman M, Goodfellow L, Gupta JK, Alfirevic A, Murphy SK, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Murray JC, Bahl R, Litch JA, Baruch-Gravett C, Sopory S, Chandra Mouli Natchu U, Kumar PV, Kumari N, Thiruvengadam R, Singh AK, Kumar P, GARBH-Ini study team, Alfirevic Z, Baqui AH, Bhatnagar S, Hirst JE, Hoyo C, Jehan F, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Rahman A, Roth DE, Sazawal S, Stringer JSA, Ashorn P, Zhang G, Muglia LJ

Development of a risk prediction score for acute postpartum care utilization.

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Wen T, Baer RJ, Oltman S, Sobhani NC, Venkatesh KK, Friedman AM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Association of maternal prenatal selenium concentration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis.

BMJ global health

Monangi N, Xu H, Khanam R, Khan W, Deb S, Pervin J, Price JT, INTERBIO-21st Study Consortium , Kennedy SH, Al Mahmud A, Fan Y, Le TQ, Care A, Landero JA, Combs GF, Belling E, Chappell J, Kong F, Lacher C, Ahmed S, Chowdhury NH, Rahman S, Kabir F, Nisar I, Hotwani A, Mehmood U, Nizar A, Khalid J, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Ali S, Aftab F, Juma MH, Rahman M, Vwalika B, Musonda P, Ahmed T, Islam MM, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Hallman M, Goodfellow L, Gupta JK, Alfirevic A, Murphy S, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Murray JC, Bahl R, Litch JA, Baruch-Gravett C, Alfirevic Z, Ashorn P, Baqui A, Hirst J, Hoyo C, Jehan F, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Rahman A, Roth DE, Sazawal S, Stringer J, Zhang G, Muglia L

The risk of preterm birth among women with a history of leukemia or lymphoma.

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Anand ST, Chrischilles EA, Baer RJ, Charlton ME, Breheny PJ, Terry WW, McLemore MR, Karasek DA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Ryckman KK

Examining the Impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Pandemic-Related Hardship on Adverse Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: Design and Launch of the HOPE COVID-19 Study

Reprod. Med.

Jelliffe-Pawlowski, L.L.; Oltman, S.P.; Rand, L.; Scott, K.A.; Kuppermann, M.; Baer, R.; Bell, A.; Bandoli, G.; Costello, J.; Diamond-Smith, N.; Epel, E.; Jackson, R.; Jiang, F.; Karasek, D.A.; Lindan, C.; O’Leary, A.; Olgin, J.; Pantell, M.; Paquette, A.; Parikh, N.; Peyser, N.; Piao, X.; Prather, A.; Rutherford, G.; Ryckman, K.K.; Steurer-Muller, M.; Stookey, J.; Srinivasa, G.; Wright, H.; McCulloch, C.E.; Piening, B.; Rogers, E.E.; Chambers, C.

A genome-wide association study identifies only two ancestry specific variants associated with spontaneous preterm birth.

Scientific reports

Rappoport N, Toung J, Hadley D, Wong RJ, Fujioka K, Reuter J, Abbott CW, Oh S, Hu D, Eng C, Huntsman S, Bodian DL, Niederhuber JE, Hong X, Zhang G, Sikora-Wohfeld W, Gignoux CR, Wang H, Oehlert J, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Gould JB, Darmstadt GL, Wang X, Bustamante CD, Snyder MP, Ziv E, Patsopoulos NA, Muglia LJ, Burchard E, Shaw GM, O'Brodovich HM, Stevenson DK, Butte AJ, Sirota M

Recurrence of Preterm Birth and Early Term Birth.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Yang J, Baer RJ, Berghella V, Chambers C, Chung P, Coker T, Currier RJ, Druzin ML, Kuppermann M, Muglia LJ, Norton ME, Rand L, Ryckman K, Shaw GM, Stevenson D, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Reply.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Norton ME, Kuppermann M, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Inflammatory biomarkers and spontaneous preterm birth among obese women.

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Wallenstein MB, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Stevenson DK, Ryckman KK, Shaw GM