Prebic Executive Council

Ram Menon, PhD
Executive
Director
The University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston
Galveston, TX, USA

Nanbert Zhong, MD, PhD
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities

Bo Jacobsson, MD, PhD
Sweden

Elizabeth Bonney, MD
University of
Vermont
Burlington, VT, USA
Prebic Board of Directors

Sam Mesiano, PhD
President
Case Western
Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA

Jaroslaw Kalinka, MD, PhD
Vice President
Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Head of the Department of Perinatology, Ist Chair of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Head of the Department of Obsttrics and Perinatology, Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University opf Lodz, Poland

Prof Hadijat Olaide Raji
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Tom McElrath
Treasurer

Brandie DePaoli Taylor, PhD, MPH
Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Oak Park, IL

Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD
Columbia
University
New York, USA

Lauren Richardson
Board At-Large member
Assistant
Professor
Division of Basic Science & Translational Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Bo Jacobsson, MD, PhD
Chair of The Board of EU PREBIC Branch
Sweden

Prof. Dilly OC Anumba
MBBS FWACS FRCOG MD LL.M (Medical Law)
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Natasha Singh, MBBS, MRCOG, MD(Res)
Branch Director (Prebic Europe)
Branch Secretary - Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, Imperial, United Kingdom

Yuan Shi ,MD PhD
Director, Prebic Australasia,
Chief Physician and Director, Neonatal diagnosis and treatment ctr, Chongqing Medical University, PR China
Our Vision and Values
The core beliefs of PREBIC are to advance scientific knowledge to prevent preterm birth through open, global collaborative research based on the principles of open communication, trust and honesty. Through our mission and vision, PREBIC aims to optimize newborn health and long-term development for mothers and childrens.
The values of PREBIC are to:
- Develop global collaborative research into preterm birth.
- Create a community of researchers to increase our understanding of the mechanisms leading to PTB.
- Stimulate scientific enquiry to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms leading to preterm birth.
- Create scientific guidelines for global collaborative research in preterm birth.
- Engage international collaborative research to prevent preterm birth.
- Facilitate collaborative using transdisciplary approaches to improve knowledge into preterm birth.
- To expedite preterm birth research by combining the resources of multiple research groups across multiple geographic populations.
- Encourage young researchers to work in international collaborative multidisciplinary teams to advance knowledge to prevent preterm birth.