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Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), School of Medicine
Stephanie Gaw, MD PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF. She completed her medical degree and PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York through the Medical Scientist Training Program. She completed her residency training in OB/GYN at UCSF, and fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at UCLA. She has a long-standing interest in global infectious disease and maternal-child health, which started from her service as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Honduras and has led to her current research in perinatal infections. Her laboratory group conducts translational research on placental infections, including malaria in pregnancy, Zika virus, and more recently, SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and lactation. She has global collaborations with researchers in Uganda, Brazil, and Kenya. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Reproductive Scientist Development Program, the Foundation for SMFM, the CDC Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the California Health Care Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Yellow Chair Foundation.