DIRECTOR – TINNAKORN CHAIWORAPONGSA, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Section Head of Biomarkers for the ‘Great Obstetrical Syndromes’, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS Director, DMC/WSU/PRB Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program Associate Director, Combined Maternal-Fetal Medicine / Medical Genetics and Genomics Program Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine EDUCATION M.D., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Clinical Fellowship – Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Residency – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Research Fellowship – Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Detroit, Michigan Research Fellowship – Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, St Mary’s Health Center, St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri Residency – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pramongkutklao Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Research Excellence Award (Co-Investigator), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2003) Young Investigator Award (Co-Investigator), 70th Annual Meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. La Jolla, California (2003) Outstanding Contributions to the Manuscript Review Process of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (2004) Excellence in Academic Achievement Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (2004-2005) Excellence in Academic Achievement Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (2005-2006) Excellence in Academic Achievement Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (2006-2007) Research Excellence Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (2008) Jacqueline and Marshall Lindheimer Award (Co-Investigator), International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (2008) Frederick P. Zuspan Award (Co-Investigator), International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (2008) Research Excellence Award, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (2009) Research Excellence Award, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Detroit, Michigan (2009) March of Dimes Award for Best Research in Prematurity (Co-Investigator). 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (2010) Outstanding Contributions to the Manuscript Review Process of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010) Frederick Zuspan Award (Co-investigator) for the Most Outstanding Basic Science Work in the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. 19th International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy World Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana (2014) RESEARCH INTERESTS Angiogenic/anti-angiogenic factors and obstetrical diseases Biomarkers in obstetrical syndromes Fetal death Preeclampsia Preterm labor Massive perivillous fibrin deposition, angiogenesis, and recurrent pregnancy loss