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Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
[email protected]

Contact Information

Mailing Address: 513 Parnassus, HSE Room 1623, San Francisco, CA 94143
Practice Phone: 415-353-2566
Lab webpage: gawlab.ucsf.edu/

Research/Clinical Interests

Infections in pregnancy (malaria, Zika virus, COVID-19), maternal-fetal immunology, placental inflammation, fetal growth restriction, environmental exposures in pregnancy, global health

Education/Training

1998

University of California, Berkeley

B.A. BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology- Immunology (With Honors)
2009

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

M.D.
Ph.D.
Medicine
Microbiology and Immunology
2013

University of California at San Francisco

Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology
2016

University of California at Los Angeles

Fellowship Maternal-Fetal Medicine
2022 University of California at San Francisco   Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
2022 University of California at San Francisco   Inclusive Research Mentor/Manager Training

Achievements & Recognition

2009 Rudin Foundation Scholar, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2009 Dean's Recognition Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2012 Research Excellence Award, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine
2013 Consultant of the Year, Award by Nurse-Midwives of San Francisco General Hospital
2015-2017 Scholar, Reproductive Scientist Development Program, NIH/NICHD
2015 Best Poster Award, OB/GYN Assembly of Southern California Annual Meeting
2016 Best Scientific Presentation, Infectious Diseases Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting
2016 Queenan Fellowship for Global Health Research Award, Foundation for SMFM
2017 Career Development Award, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
2017-2019  Loan Repayment Program Award in Clinical Research, NIH/NICHD
2019-2021 Loan Repayment Program Award in Clinical Research, NIH/NICHD, renewal
2020 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF
2021 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF
2022 Exceptional Research Mentorship Award, UCSF
2022 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF

Selected Publications

Brasil P, Pereira Jr JP, Moreira ME, Ribeiro Nogueira RM, Damasceno L, Wakimoto M, Rabello RS, Valderramos SG, Halai UA, Salles TS, Zin AA, Horovitz D, Daltro P, Boechat M, Raja Gabaglia C, Carvalho de Sequeira P, Pilotto JH, Medialdea-Carrera R, Cotrim da Cunha D, Abreu de Carvalho LM, Pone M, Machado Siqueira A, Calvet GA, Rodrigues Baiao AE, Neves ES, Nassar de Carvalho PR, Hasue RH, Marschik PB, Einspieler C, Janzen C, Cherry JD, Bispo de Filippis AM, Nielsen-Saines K. Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro. N Engl J Med. 2016 12 15; 375(24):2321-2334. PMID: 26943629; PMCID: PMC5323261.

Wang L*, Valderramos SG*, Wu A, Ouyang S, Li C, Brasil P, Bonaldo M, Coates T, Nielsen-Saines K, Jiang T, Aliyari R, Cheng G. From Mosquitos to Humans: Genetic Evolution of Zika Virus. Cell Host Microbe. 2016 May 11;19(5):561-5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.04.006. Epub 2016 Apr 15. PMID: 27091703; PMCID: PMC5648540. (*Co-first author)

Pereira Jr JP, Nielsen-Saines K, Sperling J, Maykin MM, Damasceno L, Cardozo RF, Valle HA, Dutra BR, Gama HD, Adachi K, Zin AA, Tsui I, Vasconcelos Z, Brasil P, Moreira ME, Gaw SL. Association of Prenatal Ultrasonographic Findings With Adverse Neonatal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Zika Virus Infection in Brazil. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(8):e186529. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6529. PMID: 30646333; PMCID: PMC6324324

Quanquin NM, Barres LG, Aliyari R, Day NT, Gerami H, Fisher SJ, Kakuru A, Kamya M, Havlir D, Feeney M, Dorsey G, Cheng G, Gaw SL. Gravidity-dependent Associations Between Interferon Response and Birth Weight in Placental Malaria. Malar J. 2020 Aug 5;19(1):280. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03351-0. PMID: 32758231; PMCID: PMC7409479.

Blauvelt CA, Nguyen KC, Cassidy AG, Gaw SL. Perinatal Outcomes Among Patients With Sepsis During Pregnancy. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2124109. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24109. PMID: 34477848.

Matsui Y, Li L, Prahl M, Cassidy AG, Ozarslan N, Golan Y, Gonzalez VJ, Lin CY, Jigmeddagva U, Chidboy MA, Montano M, Taha TY, Khalid MM, Sreekumar B, Hayashi JM, Chen P, Warrier L, Song D, Jegatheesan P, Govindaswami B, Rincon M, Myatt L, Asiodu IV, Flaherman VJ, Afshar Y, Jacoby VL, Murtha AP, Ott M, Greene WC**, Gaw SL**. Neutralizing Antibody Activity Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Gestational Age-Matched Mother-Infant Dyads. JCI Insight. 2022 May 17:e157354. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.157354. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35579965. PMCID: PMC9309042. †Co-first authors; **Co-corresponding authors.

Prahl M**, Golan Y, Cassidy AG, Matsui Y, Lin L, Alvarenga B. Wu AHB, Chen H, Jigmeddagva U, Lin CY, Gonzalez VJ, Chidboy MA, Warrier L, Buarpung S, Murtha AP, Flaherman VJ, Greene WC, Lynch K, Rajan J, Gaw SL**. Evaluation of transplacental transfer of mRNA vaccine products and functional antibodies during pregnancy and early infancy. Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 30;13(1):4422. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32188-1. PMID: 35908075; PMCID: PMC9338928.**Co-corresponding authors