Linda Giudice - F1000 Head of Faculty (since 16 November 2005)
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
ACADEMIC POSITION:Robert B Jaffe, MD Endowed Professor and Chair, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
EDUCATION:
1969 Columbia University, New York, BS Engineering
1971 Washington University, St Louis, Mo MSc
1976 University of California, Los Angeles PhD Biochemistry
1982 Stanford University, Stanford, CA MD Medicine
1982-83 Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Clara, CA Internship General Internal Medicine
1983-84 Stanford University Medical Center Residency Gynecology and Obstetrics
1984-86 Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St Louis, MD Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology
1986-87 Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA Fellow Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
AWARDS:
2002 Elected, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
2006-2007 President, Society for Gynecologic Investigation
2006 Academia Nazionale dei Lincei Arnaldo Bruno International Prize, Italian Academy of Sciences
2008 American Medical Women’s Association, Woman in Science Award
2008 SGI Distinguished Scientist Award
2008 American Fertility Society Illuminations Award
2008 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Distinguished Researcher Award
2009 NICHD, NIH, DHHS The Perinatology Research Branch Wall of Honor
MEMBERSHIPS:
Professor Giudice currently chairs the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network and continues to be an active member of various National Institutes of Health Committees and study sections, focusing on research into women's reproductive health.
Professor Giudice holds positions in a number of scientific societies. These include:
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists
Endocrine Society
Gordon Research Conference
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology
World Endometriosis Association
World Endometriosis Research Foundation
Society for Women's Health Research
She is currently associate editor of Endocrine Reviews, former associate editor of Human Reproduction Update (2003-2005) and is currently an editorial board member of Growth Hormone & IGF Research and Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for a number of general scientific and reproductive journals including Journal of Clinical Investigation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), New England Journal of Medicine and Science.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Linda Giudice specializes in endometriosis, implantation and ovulatory disorders, infertility and assisted reproduction. In her research, she focuses on endometrial biology and placental-uterine interactions as well as environmental impacts on reproductive health and human embryonic stem cells as a resource for research.