Faces Behind OTIS…
Christina D. Chambers, PhD, MPH, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Family and Preventative Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She received her Masters Degree in Public Health from San Diego State University, and her PhD in Public Health/Epidemiology from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University.
Dr. Chambers is the program director of OTIS’ California affiliate, the CTIS Pregnancy Health Information Line. Her interests are in the areas of birth defects epidemiology and perinatal epidemiology, with a special focus on human teratogens. She is currently funded to conduct research on the prevention of alcohol related birth defects and to study safety in pregnancy of several new medications used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
She has been a member of OTIS since 2005 and has served on both the research committee and the board of directors.
