He is also an attending in Maternal-fetal Medicine at The Brigham & Women’s Hospital where he is the Director of the Preterm Prevention Clinic as well as the Principal Investigator of the Life Codes Birth Cohort. Dr McElrath has a PhD in mathematical demography. His research interests center on biomarker epidemiology for preterm birth and preeclampsia risk stratification. He is also has active interests in global women’s health with obstetrical development projects in Shangri and Haiti.