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Kjersti M. Aagaard, MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of MFM
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

Since her initial faculty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Childrens in 2007, Dr. Aagaard has worked to “live the physician scientist dream” through research, clinical care, education/mentorship, and public health advocacy. She is a practicing Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist, Vice Chair of Research, and holds the Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Her highly collaborative laboratory and clinical research programs are dedicated to (1) discovering the genomic, epigenomic, and metagenomic mechanisms underlying perinatal health and disease, and (2) executing clinical trials to bring these discoveries to the bedside of pregnant women and their infants. She is currently funded by, or recently completed funded work with, the NIH, the Burroughs Welcome Fund, the Gates Foundation/USAIDS (Malawi), Thrasher Foundation, and March of Dimes. Dr. Aagaard has been previously recognized with receipt of the NIH Directors New Innovator Award (2007), the Michael E. Debakey Medal for Excellence in Research (2015), the Nature Award for Scientific Mentorship (2018), was elected to the Smerican Society of Clinical Investigators (2019), and received the SRI Presidents Award for Scientific Achievement (2020). She has been recognized annually as a Texas “Superdoc”, and received the Houston “Maximum Mom” Award as “a woman who has been an extraordinary mother to her children and mentor to others in providing strong moral character and serving as a role model”.

You can find Dr. Aagaard caring for patients at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women and Ben Taub Hospital, leading her basic science and clinical research teams, teaching in the medical or graduate school, or volunteering in the community. You may also see her running the trails around Houston with her husband and their two dogs (Sadie and Zoe), or spot Aagaard in the middle back of the pack at any one of several marathons around the globe.

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