Faculty

Kristin D. Gerson, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Graduate Group Affiliations

Cell and Molecular Biology

Contact information

Maternal Fetal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Education:
B.A.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2004.
MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.
Ph.D. (Cancer Biology)
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2014.

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Description of Research Expertise

Dr. Gerson is a Maternal Fetal Medicine physician scientist conducting fundamental and translational research in reproductive biology with a specific focus on microbiome-metabolome interactions governing cervical remodeling and preterm birth.

Selected Publications

Sanchez L, Escobar FA, Finn LS, Gerson KD, Janssen M, Acord MR: In utero torsion of an accessory hepatic lobe mimicking a congenital tumor. Pediatr Radiol 53(6):1211-1215, May 2023.

Gerson KD, Yang N, Landau Z, Ravel J, Elovitz ME, Burrus HH: Tyramine paradoxically suppresses immune output of the cervicovaginal epithelium: potential mechanisms promoting a Lactobacillus-deplete microbiota. Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, San Francisco, CA Feb 2023.

McCoy J, Bromwich KA, Gerson KD, Levine LD: Association between Group B Streptococcus positivity and maternal infectious morbidity. Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, San Francisco, CA Feb 2023.

Gerson KD, Landau Z, Anton L, Elovitz ME: Xenobiotic metabolites modify immune output of the cervicovaginal epithelium: potential mechanisms underlying barrier disruption. Oral presentation in the Opening Plenary of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, San Francisco, CA Feb 2023.

Gerson KD, Yang N, Ravel J, Elovitz ME, Burrus HH: Microbes common in a Lactobacillus-deplete microbiota are negatively correlated with lipid metabolite abundance in pregnancy. Poster presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, San Francisco, CA Feb 2023.

Burris HH, Gerson KD, Woodward A, Redhunt AM, Ledyard R, Brennan K, Baccarelli AA, Hecht JL, Collier AY, Hacker MR: Cervical microRNA expression and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 5(1):100783, Jan 2023.

Gerson KD, Elovitz MA, Burris HH: Lipid metabolism in the cervicovaginal space during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 227(4):679-680, Oct 2022.

Gerson KD, Anton L, Ferguson B, Ravel J, Burris HH, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella vaginalis induces matrix metalloproteinases in the cervicovaginal epithelium through TLR-2 activation. J Reprod Immunol 152:103648, Aug 2022.

Anton L, Ferguson B, Friedman ES, Gerson KD, Brown AG, Elovitz MA.: Gardnerella vaginalis alters cervicovaginal epithelial cell function through microbe-specific immune responses. Microbiome 10: 119, Aug 2022.

Gerson KD, Yang N, Anton L, Levy M, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH: Second trimester short cervix is associated with decreased abundance of cervicovaginal lipid metabolites. Am J Obstet Gynecol 227(2):273.e1-273.e18, Aug 2022.