Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University
Uma M. Reddy, MD, MPH is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Vice Chair of Research and Professor of Population and Family Health at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. As a practicing Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and clinical researcher for the past 20 years, Dr. Reddy is known throughout the field for her groundbreaking research in stillbirth, preterm birth, labor management and maternal health.
Prior to assuming the role of MFM Division Director at the Yale School of Medicine in 2018, Dr. Reddy worked as a Medical Officer in the NICHD Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch and served as the project scientist for multiple multisite collaborative studies, including the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network, Genomics and Proteomics Network for Preterm Birth Research and Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study Monitoring Mothers-to-Be.
At Columbia University, Dr. Reddy has been an active clinical researcher as the Principal Investigator for multiple NIH grants including as PI for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU), Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence NY Community-Hospital-Academic Maternal Health Equity Partnerships and Glycemic Observation and Metabolic Outcomes in Mothers and Offspring study.
Dr. Reddy has published extensively with over 300 peer reviewed articles, many of which have been published in high-impact journals such as NEJM and JAMA.