Preterm Birth Initiative
Advisory Committee
Jay D. Iams, M.D.
Frederick P. Zuspan Professor and Endowed Chair,
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ohio State University Medical Center
Louis J. Muglia, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Edward Claiborne Stahlman Professor
Vice Chair for Research Affairs
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Child Health Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jerome F. Strauss, III, M.D., Ph.D. (BWF Board Liaison)
Dean, School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jenny Ting, Ph.D.
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, M.D.
Chief, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology
University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

