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Y. Katherine Bianco
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine
BioI am Latinx Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Medical Geneticist and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University. I direct the Maternal Heart Program at Stanford Children’s Hospital and Clinics, leading a multidisciplinary team caring for complex cardiac conditions in pregnancy. I am dedicated educator and mentor, that have trained more than 50 trainees spanning from high school students to junior faculty. I serve in the Dean’s Office for Faculty Professional Development and Engagement and oversees the OBGYN Advance and Promotions, where i support advances programs to support faculty growth, mentorship, and academic success. My work integrates genetics, cardiology, and maternal health to improve outcomes for women and families. My clinical interest in pregnancies complicated with birth defects has led my underlying research interests in genomic abnormalities in the human trophoblast carrying to faulty placentation. The latter began with initial work during K12 and KO8 funding. I took a great interest in the human placenta as it carries potential advantages over other tissues sources: first, this highly metabolically active organ is the potential source of many transcripts. Second, the placenta forms at a very early stage of embryonic development, potentially allowing detection of primary alterations as compared to secondary changes that may mask the underlying causal phenomena. Finally, studying early placentation may provide targets for development of novel molecular approaches, such as up-regulate or down-regulate genes, the protein products of which could potentially serve as molecular surrogates for diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy complication such as miscarriages, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy induced hypertension and intrauterine growth retardation. This work has led to the first Trisomy 21, Trisomy 18, trisomy 13 cell lines established from human placentas making it possible to apply gene editing in the early stages of human trophoblast development.
As my primary clinical responsibility involves treating patients needing medical care and support through their high risk pregnancies, I am interested in factors that may impact outcomes, such as prenatal screening and diagnosis, maternal heart conditions, labor and delivery management, and safety approaches for the second stage of labor.
With regards to my interest in fetal medicine, I have worked in collaboration with other specialists such as radiologists and pediatric cardiologists utilizing imagining studies to assess and determine successful perinatal care and fetal survival.
. My career has been defined by a commitment to addressing the most pressing drivers of maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly cardiovascular disease in pregnancy. I have led multidisciplinary maternal cardiac programs at UCSF and Stanford, impacting over 600 high-risk pregnancies and demonstrating how team-based care transforms outcomes.
Beyond clinical innovation, my work spans translational science and global health. I have contributed to advancing prenatal diagnostics—validating tools for non-invasive prenatal testing, improving detection of conditions like Down syndrome. Globally, I’ve led training initiatives in countries with high maternal mortality, such as India, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica, building capacity through education and simulation.
Equally central is mentorship. I have mentored over 50 trainees across all levels, fostering diversity and advancing women in medicine. My work goes beyond language access to cultural humility, improving care for diverse populations.
As a physician who bridges worlds—from my modest beginnings in a lower-middle-income country, through medical training in the U.S., to leading at Stanford—I know that diverse paths shape stronger futures. I believe that every mother’s life saved is a generation empowered—and through science, mentorship, and equity, -
Anna Bigelow
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
BioAnna Bigelow is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University. She received her MA from Columbia University (1995) and PhD in Religious Studies from UC Santa Barbara (2004) with a focus on South Asian Islam. Her book, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in Muslim North India (Oxford University Press, 2010) is a study of a Muslim majority community in Indian Punjab and the shared sacred and civic spaces in that community. Bigelow's current projects include a comparative study of shared sacred sites in India and Turkey and an edited volume on material objects in Islamic cultures.
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Adrien Gabriel Bilal
Assistant Professor of Economics, Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Environmental Social Sciences
BioAdrien Bilal is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is a macroeconomist who works on topics related to climate change, spatial and labor economics.
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Sarah Billington
The Gary Retelny and Family Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UPS Foundation Professor, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
BioMy group's research is driven by two questions: how do built environments impact human wellbeing, and how can human-centered engineering design improve and amplify these wellbeing impacts? We examine how built features shape wellbeing across diverse populations and settings. These features range from access to nature and material choices to the use of ambient intelligence systems. With this knowledge, we develop tools, methods, and design interventions to improve wellbeing. We pursue this work through direct collaboration with those most affected, from older adults and caregivers to residents, communities, and the workers and practitioners who shape the built environment itself. In the past, my group focused on the design and evaluation of sustainable, durable construction materials including bio-based composites and ductile cement-based composites.
