Professor Giudice is a biochemist and gynaecologist/reproductive
endocrinologist whose research has focused for nearly
two decades on endometrial biology and placental-uterine
interactions and who has clinical interests in endometriosis,
implantation and ovulatory disorders, infertility, and
assisted reproduction.
Dr. Giudice received
her BS from Columbia University and her PhD in Biochemistry
from the University of California at Los Angeles. She
was a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University,
working under Nobel Laureate Gunter Blobel. She also
did post-doctoral research at the National
Institutes of Health.
She subsequently received her MD from Stanford University
and did her residency in OB/GYN at Stanford and Washington
University in St. Louis and her fellowship in Reproductive
Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) at Stanford.
She was on the
Stanford University faculty for 19 years and was the
Director of the REI Division, the Center for Research
on Women’s Health and Reproduction, and the Women’s
Health @ Stanford Program. Professor
Giudice has trained more than 90 undergraduate and graduate
students, and post-doctoral fellows.
Since 1990, her
laboratory has been continuously funded by the NIH for
research on human endometrium, and she is a co-editor
of the textbook, The Endometrium.
At the national
level, Professor Giudice has been a member of two NIH
study sections and the March of Dimes study section
C, and chaired the NIH Population Research Committee
and the Steering Committee of the NIH Specialised Cooperative
Centers Program for Reproductive Research. She currently
chairs the NIH Reproductive Medicine Network and is
the Chair of the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory
Committee to the FDA.
She is past President
of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
and sits on the Executive Board of the Reproductive
Scientist Development Program and on the Frontiers in
Reproduction Board of Scientific Counselors. She was
Chair of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Reproductive
Tract Biology and was on the Council of the GRC. She
was recently elected President of the Society for Gynecologic
Investigation and sits on its Executive Council. She
is on the Board of Directors of the Society for Women’s
Health Research and the Board of Directors of the American
Society for Reproductive Medicine. She also sits on
the editorial boards and is associate editor of numerous
professional journals. In 2002 Professor Giudice was
elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Professor Giudice
is a sought-after lecturer and consultant for issues
related to research, mentoring, education, and policy
in women’s health and reproduction. She joined
the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco,
as the Robert B. Jaffe Professor and Chair of the Department
of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
in October 2005.
Professor Giudice
was appointed vice president of the World Endometriosis
Research Foundation in October 2006.
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