Irina Burd, MD, PhD
Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Isabella Caniggia, MD, Ph.D
Senior Scientist
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology
University of Toronto

Maged Costantine, MD
Frederick P. Zuspan Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
The Ohio State University Medical Center

Laura Ensign, PhD (Co-Chair)
Vice Chair for Research
Marcella E. Woll Professor of Ophthalmology (Nanomedicine Division)
Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University
BWF Preterm Birth Initiative – 2015

Adrian Erlebacher, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Carlos Guardia, PhD
Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health

Winifred Mak, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
REI Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Amy Murtha, MD (Co-Chair)
Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rutgers University

David Natale, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Science
Queen’s University

Carole Ober, PhD
Blum-Riese Professor and Chair
Department of Human Genetics
Committee on Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
University of Chicago

Hyagriv Simhan, MD, MS
Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Rima Slim, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
McGill University Health Center Research Institute

Digna Velez Edwards, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University

Additional members may be added to the committee.