Professor
The University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Kimberly K. Leslie, M.D. is very pleased to have recently returned to her native state of New Mexico as a Research Professor in the Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She was recruited from the UNM faculty 12 years ago to serve as the tenth Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa and has completed her mission in the Hawkeye State.
Dr. Leslie is an active physician scientist, former American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Examiner, member of multiple NIH study sections and a member of the NIH NICHD Council and the NIH Director’s Council of Councils. In addition to her work as a clinical obstetrician and subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dr. Leslie has been continuously funded by NIH since 1991 for basic and translational research relating to the molecular mechanisms of disease in reproductive tissues. As a junior faculty member, she was the recipient of NIH K-12 funding through the Reproductive Scientist Development Program (RSDP) and was awarded a major scholar grant from the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation (AAOGF). These early training grants matured into funded R01s that have been maintained for over 20 years. Dr. Leslie has collaborated with her husband and gastroenterologist/hepatologist, Dr. Jeffrey Dunkelberg, in the study of liver diseases in pregnancy and will present an update on Hepatitis in Pregnancy at this year's post graduate course at the SMFM meeting, 2023.
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Monday, February 6, 2023
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM