Christine Blauvelt, MD
Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

415-476-5192

Dr. Christine Blauvelt is a perinatologist, a specialist in the care of patients experiencing high-risk pregnancies. Her role includes helping patients manage preexisting conditions that can affect pregnancy, including diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart disease, as well as complications that arise during pregnancy.

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She performs fetal ultrasound and prenatal diagnostic testing, and she cares for patients who are hospitalized with obstetric conditions. She has a particular interest in improving outcomes for patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, focusing on better blood pressure monitoring during pregnancy and the postpartum period and on ways to reduce the long-term risk of developing cardiovascular problems.

In research, Dr. Blauvelt investigates how infections during pregnancy affect the placenta and contribute to complications, such as fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia and preterm birth. To learn more about these complications and to develop strategies to avoid them, her work combines prospective clinical studies – which follow groups of patients over time – with advanced molecular techniques.

Awards

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  • Young Investigator Award, Perinatal Research Society, 2024
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2023-2024
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2022-2023
  • Medical Student Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2020-2021
  • Celso-Ramón Garcia Award for Outstanding Women’s Health Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018
  • Twenty-First Century Scholarship, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2018
  • Centennial Innovation Challenge Winner, Rockefeller Foundation, 2013-2014
  • Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholarship, Princeton University, 2011-2012

Education & Training

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  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 07/2025
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology University of California, San Francisco 06/2022
  • MD Medicine Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 05/2018
  • BA Anthropology, Global Health and Health Policy Princeton University 05/2012

Grants and Projects

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  • Multi-Omics Profiling of Maternal-Fetal Vascular Responses to Placental Malaria, University of California, San Francisco, 2025-2026
  • Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Among High-Risk Obstetric Patients to Decrease Unnecessary Inpatient Utilization, University of California, San Francisco, 2025-2026
  • Immune responses to urinary tract infection in pregnancy and impact on placental development, NICHD, 2024-2025

Publications (8)

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BetacoronavirusRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesMeningomyeloceleAntiviral AgentsCoronavirus InfectionsPregnancyAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHepatitis CStillbirthPremature BirthPrenatal CareInfant, NewbornPneumonia, ViralRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsPregnancy Complications, Infectious