Professor and Chair
University of California, San Diego
Dr. Gyamfi-Bannerman is the Samuel SC Yen Endowed Chair, tenured Professor, and Department Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Diego. She is the current President of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine. Her research is on obstetric complications with a primary focus on preterm birth prevention. Her clinical practice includes caring for high-risk patients, performing detailed ultrasounds and prenatal diagnosis.
Dr. Gyamfi-Bannerman is also a proficient, NIH-funded researcher working on various clinical trials. She is currently the Steering Committee Chair for 2 randomized trials: 1) the ENRICH trial, an NHLBI-funded study that randomizes home visitors to enriched content versus usual contact for pregnant people through 2 years postpartum to assess cardiovascular health, and 2) the Gates-funded PEARLS trial, a randomized trial of aspirin dosing to prevent preterm preeclampsia in LMIC. She also conducts research in the areas of preterm birth, antenatal corticosteroids, maternal morbidity, and health disparities and has over 230 publications.
