ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2023
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Ahizechukwu C. Eke, MD, PhD, MPH received his medical degree from the University of Calabar Nigeria, and completed Obstetrics & Gynecology residencies at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria (2010) and Michigan State University (2016), Master of Public Health (MPH) at Harvard (2011), and Fellowships in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he received his PhD in Clinical Investigation.
Dr Eke is an Associate Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Gynecology & Obstetrics, and Director of Clinical Research within the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He specializes in maternal fetal medicine (high-risk pregnancies). His research focuses on the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacogenomics of drugs used during pregnancy. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of an NIH/NICHD K23 study titled “Understanding medication adherence benchmarks, safety and pharmacometrics of novel antiretrovirals in pregnant women living with HIV,” PI of a Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) study on “Tenofovir alafenamide pharmacokinetics in pregnancy and postpartum”, as well as co-PI with the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) network on the pharmacokinetics of several antiretrovirals used in pregnancy. His long-term professional goal is to establish an independent research program in pregnant women, with a particular emphasis on the discovery and elucidation of the pharmacology of novel medications used to mitigate pregnancy-related complications.
Dr Eke is an editorial board member of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM Evidence) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (the Green Journal). He is an active member of NIH study sections. He has served the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) in several capacities as Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. He currently serves on ACOG’s National Committee on Practice Bulletins (CPG). Dr Eke is a recipient of several honors and awards.