Kristina Maria Adams Waldorf MD, FACOG

Kristina Adams Waldorf, M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor in Global Health at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is an actively practicing obstetrician-gynecologist with research interests in pregnancy infections, preterm birth and fetal injury related to Group B Streptococcus, E. coli and more recently, the Zika virus. Her laboratory is actively investigating the following areas virulence and host factors that contribute to bacterial and viral trafficking into the amniotic cavity and fetus, how activation of innate immune responses by pathogens within the placenta and fetus contributes to pregnancy complications and fetal injury, how disruption of maternal-fetal tolerance by pathogens contributes to preterm birth, and the role of novel therapeutics to prevent preterm birth and fetal injury due to pathogens. She is also working with investigators in Scandinavia to leverage population-based health registries to study long-term outcomes of infections in pregnancy.