Keywords: women's health, epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, family planning, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases
Jeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., Ph.D. is the Robert J. Terry Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Peipert’s research interests include clinical epidemiology, sexually transmitted infections, and contraception. He recently completed a National Institutes of Health-funded study to evaluate behavioral interventions to promote dual contraceptive use to prevent sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy. Dr. Peipert is beginning a large, $10-12 million cohort study of 10,000 women in the St. Louis region, the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, to promote reversible long-term methods of contraception (e.g. subdermal implants and intrauterine devices) and to assess satisfaction and discontinuation rates with various contraceptive methods. Dr. Peipert is in his sixth year of a NIH-funded Midcareer Award in Women’s Health Research; this award allows Dr. Peipert to mentor junior investigators and to further his career in patient-oriented research.
