About

Dr. Jeff Stringer, MD is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine, and Director of UNC’s Global Women’s Health. His research focuses on PMTCT, preterm birth, and HIV/AIDS in women and children. He is experienced in science leadership, having led large interventional, observational, translational, and implementation research efforts, and having held leadership roles within the DAIDS HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks. Dr. Stringer has served as PI for over $200 million in federal and foundation grant and contract funding. His current portfolio includes funding from NIH/NIAID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.In 2001, Dr. Stringer and his colleagues established the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ). Over the following decade, he led the growth of CIDRZ and a diverse faculty of obstetricians, pediatricians, internists, and epidemiologists. Since its inception, CIDRZ has reached over 1,400,000 women with services to protect their infants from HIV infection. The organization also works in cervical cancer screening (more than 100,000 women served) and in safe obstetrics. Dr. Stringer returned to the US in 2012 to lead UNC’s Global Women’s Health. He continues to travel to Africa at least quarterly.