Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH

Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. She received her PhD and MPH in the environmental health sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a Pew Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies. Previously she was a senior scientist and policy advisor in the Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Woodruff has conducted extensive research and policy development on environmental health issues, with particular emphasis on early-life exposures and development. Her research areas include adverse perinatal health effects from air pollution, characterizing exposures to chemicals during pregnancy, developing the first national characterization of air toxics across the United States, children’s health risks, and environmental health indicators.