Alison El Ayadi, ScD MPH is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF, and scientist within UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. She conducts translational research at the intersection of perinatal epidemiology and quality of intrapartum care with the overall goal of identifying evidence and theory-based approaches for the prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality and comprehensive treatment approaches for maternal morbidity in lower-resource settings.