Michal A. Elovitz

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Michal A. Elovitz

Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Attending, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Member, Center for Research in Reproduction and Women's Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Director, Maternal and Child Health Research Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Research Director, Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Award (K12), 21 University of Pennsylvania

Creator & Lead Mentor, Women for Women’s Health (W4W) 2d Mentoring group, University of Pennsylvania 7

Member, Executive Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, Department of OBGYN

Member, COVID Clinical Trials Group, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Member, Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee, University of Pennsylvania

Director, Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania

Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology

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a5 Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health Faculty
9b Website provides information on the bench to the bedside research in the Elovitz laboratory
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13 Education:
21 7 BA 1c (History/Pre-med) c
4b University of Texas at Austin, Texas (with honors), 1990.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
4c Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York, 1994.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 a5 Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University, New York Hospital, New York, New York, 1994-1998.
24 a4 Fellow/Clinical Instructor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1998-2001.
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Description of Research Expertise

8d Perinatal biology, reproductive immunology, translational research, microbiome, host-immune interactions, cervical remodeling
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Description of Clinical Expertise

64 High-risk obstetrics; medical complications of pregnancy (maternal cardiac disease);
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Description of Other Expertise

28 Mentor, advocate, leader
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Selected Publications

1a7 Njoroge WFM, White LK, Waller R, Forkpa M, Himes MM, Morgan K, Seidlitz J, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Parish-Morris J, Rodriguez Y, Riis V, Burris HH, Elovitz MA, Gur RE: Association of COVID-19 and Endemic Systemic Racism With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals. Jama Psychiatry 9(6):600-609, Jun 2022.

10a Headen IE, Elovitz MA, Battarbee AN, Lo JO, Debbink MP: Racism and Perinatal Health Inequities Research: Where we have been and where we should go. Am J Obstet Gynecol 227(4):560-570, Oct 2022.

12c 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.

16f Camunas-Soler J, Gee EPS, Reddy M, Mi JD, Thao M, Brundage T, Siddiqui F, Hezelgrave NL, Shennan AH, Namsaraev E, Haverty C, Jain M, Elovitz MA, Rasmussen M, Tribe RM: Predictive RNA profiles for early and very early spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 227(1):72.e1-72.e16, Jul 2022.

177 Lewey, J Murphy S, Zhang D, Putt ME, Elovitz MA, Riis V, Patel MS, Levine LD: Effectiveness of a Text-Based Gamification Intervention to Improve Physical Activity Among Postpartum Individuals With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiology 7(6):591-599, Jun 2022.

25a Rasmussen M, Reddy M, Nolan R, Camunas-Soler J, Khodursky A, Scheller NM, Cantonwine DE, Engelbrechtsen L, Mi JD, Dutta A, Brundage T, Siddiqui F, Thao M, Gee EPS, La J, Baruch-Gravett C, Santillan MK, Deb S, Ame SM, Ali SM, Adkins M, DePristo MA, Lee M, Namsaraev E, Gybel-Brask DJ, Skibsted L, Litch JA, Santillan DA, Sazawal S, Tribe RM, Roberts JM, Jain M, Høgdall E, Holzman C, Quake SR, Elovitz MA, McElrath TF: RNA profiles reveal signatures of future health and disease in pregnancy. Nature 601(7893): 422-427, Jan 2022.

10f Gerson K, Anton L, Fergusson B, Elovitz MA: Gardnerella vaginalis induces matrix metalloproteinases in the cervicovaginal epithelium through TLR-2 activation. J Reprod Immunol 152:103648, Aug 2022.

d6 Gerson K, Elovitz MA, Burris HH: Lipid metabolism in the cervicovaginal space during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 227(4):679-680, Oct 2022.

1d9 Atyeo C, Shook L, Brigida S, De Guzman R, Demidkin S, Muir C, Akinwunmi B, Medina Baez A, Sheehan M, McSweeney E, Burns M, Nayak R, Kumar M, Patel C, Fialkowski A, Cvrk D, Goldfarb I, Yonker L, Fasano A, Balazs A, Elovitz M, Gray K, Alter G, Edlow A : Maternal immune response and placental antibody transfer after COVID-19 vaccination across trimester and platforms. Nat Commun 13(1):3571, Jun 2022.

149 Gerson KD, Liao J, McCarthy C, Burris HH, Korem T, Levy M, Ravel J, Elovitz MA: A non-optimal cervicovaginal microbiota in pregnancy is associated with a distinct metabolomic signature among non-Hispanic Black individuals. Sci Rep 23;11(1):22794, Nov 2021.

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