Linda Giudice, MD, PhD

Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD is Distinguished Professor, Chair Emerita, and the Robert B. Jaffe MD Endowed Professor in the Reproductive Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a biochemist and reproductive endocrinologist specializing in endometriosis and infertility. Her research focuses on human endometrial function and regeneration, genetics and epigenetics of endometriosis, placental-uterine interactions relevant to pregnancy outcomes, and evaluating the evidence of environmental impacts on reproductive health and human development. She has mentored over 250 students, fellows and faculty, authored > 300 peer-reviewed publications, and is co-editor of 6 textbooks on women’s health, reproductive environmental health, endocrinology, endometrium and endometriosis. She is Past-President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, President of the World Endometriosis Society, President-elect of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, and Chair of the FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) Reproductive and Developmental Environmental Health Working Group. Dr. Giudice is on the UCSF Steering Committee on Women’s Precision Medicine, the March of Dimes Scientific Advisory Council, and is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the U.S. National Academy of Inventors.