Dr. Sarah Boudova, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Director of Perinatal Global Health
BIRCWH Scholar
About
Dr. Sarah Boudova, MD, PhD is a board-certified Ob/gyn, Assistant Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Director of Perinatal Global Health at UIC. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Boudova’s work has focused on global health, pregnancy, sickle cell disease vaccines and infectious diseases. She has over a decade of experience collaborating with international colleagues in clinical and research settings including sites in Botswana, Cameroon, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda, American Samoa, Kenya and Ghana. During her PhD at the University of Maryland School of Medicine she was awarded an F30 grant from NIAID for her work in Malawi researching the impact of malaria during pregnancy on the development of the fetal immune system and the risk of malaria in infancy. As an Ob/gyn resident at Indiana University she completed a certificate in global health and conducted clinical work in American Samoa and Kenya. As a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow at Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Boudova received a Merck Investigator Studies Program Grant for her work on patient and provider attitudes surround HPV vaccination in pregnancy, a Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award for her research on the relationship between iron-deficiency anemia and malaria during pregnancy, and a Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Queenan Global Health Fellowship where she worked at the WHO and helped to develop the guidelines for managing sickle cell disease during pregnancy. Dr. Boudova is actively involved with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Global Health Committee and Infectious Diseases and Emerging Threats Committee. Currently Dr. Boudova is working on projects to understand the overlapping pathophysiology of placental malaria, pre-eclampsia and sickle cell disease during pregnancy, and develop clinical and public health interventions that can improve the health of women and children globally.
Education
Fellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Medical Doctor - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
PhD Molecular Medicine and Immunology - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD