Linda Giudice

Biography

Dr. Linda Giudice is the Robert B. Jaffe MD Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She is also Director of the UCSF Laboratory of Human Endometrial Biology, Functional Genomics, and Stem Cell Research.A noted obstetrician, gynecologist and reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Giudice specializes in endometriosis, implantation and ovulatory disorders, infertility and assisted reproduction. Her research focuses on endometrial biology and placental-uterine interactions as well as environmental impacts on reproductive health. Clinical interests include endometriosis, infertility, assisted reproduction, and implantation and ovulatory disorders.Dr. Giudice has served on numerous NIH study sections, is former Chair of the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee to the FDA, and chaired the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network and Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research Steering Committees. Dr. Giudice was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2002; she served on the board of directors of the Society for Women’s Health Research; and is a past President of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI). She served on the board of directors of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and was President of the ASRM in 2013.The author of over 250 publications, Dr. Giudice earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry at UCLA and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University, working under Nobel Laureate Gunter Blobel. She earned a medical degree at Stanford University and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford and Washington University in St. Louis as well as a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Stanford. She served as director of the reproductive endocrinology and infertility division at Stanford before joining UCSF in 2005.Dr. Giudice is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2008 SGI President’s Distinguished Scientist Award, the 2008 Women in Science Award from the American Medical Women’s Association, and the ASRM 2008 Distinguished Researcher Award. She was honored as one of the NIH Great Teachers and the NIH Perinatology Branch Wall of Honor. She is also the recipient of the American Infertility Association “Illumination Award” for her work on the environment and reproductive health. In 2011, Dr. Giudice was elected Co-Chair of the NICHD Director’s Reproduction Vision Workshop and named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

Research Interest

 His research interest in Business and Management