Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
Research Description: 

The Gaw Lab studies infectious diseases in pregnancy. Leveraging prospectively collected pregnancy specimens, we study how maternal-fetal immune responses adapt over gestation. We also study how inflammation impacts placental function and pregnancy outcomes, such as fetal growth restriction. Diseases of interest include malaria, COVID-19, and syphilis.

Primary Thematic Area: 
Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Research Summary: 
We study maternal-fetal immunity to infectious diseases and the impact of placental inflammation on pregnancy outcomes.
Mentorship Development: 

10-11/2024 - UCSF Research Mentor/People Manager Training Series

Publications: 

Profiling the Cytotoxic Effects of Naled and Other Pesticides in Primary Human Placental Cytotrophoblasts.

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology

Li L, Chen H, Jigmeddagva U, Le N, Kapidzic M, Gee S, Ali A, Levan J, Person R, Chen J, Gutierrez A, Okorie CN, Wang M, Woodruff TJ, Fisher SJ, Gaw SL, Robinson JF

Psychosocial stress and associations with inflammation in mid-gestation maternal, fetal, and placental tissue.

Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)

Sehgal N, Li L, Goin DE, Chen J, Jigmeddagva U, Morello-Frosch R, Woodruff TJ, Gaw SL, Robinson JF, Eick SM

Placental malaria induces a unique methylation profile associated with fetal growth restriction.

Epigenetics

Ozarslan N, Mong C, Ategeka J, Li L, Buarpung S, Robinson JF, Kizza J, Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Gaw SL

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine and Nirsevimab Uptake Among Pregnant People and Their Neonates.

JAMA Network Open

Blauvelt CA, Zeme M, Natarajan A, Epstein A, Roh ME, Morales A, Bourdoud N, Flaherman VJ, Prahl MK, Gaw SL