Jeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., has become vice chair of clinical research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The appointment was announced by George A. Macones, M.D., the Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Professor and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Macones also serves as chief of obstetrics-gynecology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
“Jeff Peipert has the ideal combination of expertise and vision for this position,” Macones said. “We are very lucky to have him lead our department’s efforts in this exciting area of research.”
In his new position, Peipert will develop a clinical research division with a focus on patient-oriented research. The division will be based in a 9,785-square-foot facility located at 4533 Clayton Road.
The goal of the division is to provide new knowledge to improve women’s health. It will foster interdisciplinary research by collaborating with other departments and divisions at Washington University, support efforts to increase clinical research in the department and the community, and train new investigators in women’s health research.
Peipert comes to Washington University from Brown University, where he served as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and community health for 13 years and as director of the department’s research division. He also was the program director for the Brown Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Program and the Women’s Reproductive Health Research Program. Additionally, he was the principal investigator for the Women & Infants/Brown Epidemiology/Clinical Trials training program (T32 grant) for obstetricians-gynecologists.
Peipert’s research focuses on clinical epidemiology, infectious diseases and contraception. He recently completed a National Institutes of Health-funded study to evaluate behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy.
He has published more than 100 publications and book chapters and has edited a textbook, Primary Care for Women. He also has served on numerous national and international grant review panels, as a reviewer for a number of medical journals and as a member of the editorial board of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
As an educator, Peipert has led courses on the national level in clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine. He also received numerous teaching awards at Brown.
Peipert earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Brown University in 1982 and a medical degree from Emory University in 1986. He completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia in 1987 and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Yale University School of Medicine from 1990 to 1992. Peipert also earned a master’s degree in public health from Yale University School of Medicine in 1992 and a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota in 2000.
Washington University School of Medicine’s full-time and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. The School of Medicine is one of the leading medical research, teaching and patient care institutions in the nation, currently ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.