Irina Burd Explained

Alma Mater:	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title:	Crosslinked gonadotropin partial agonists
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703227176
Thesis Year:	2003

Irina Burd is the Sylvan Frieman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. She is known for her work on the mechanisms by which maternal infection and placental inflammation affect fetal neuroimmune and immune development.

Education and career

Burd graduated from Rutgers University in 1995, and then earned a Ph.D. and M.D. from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2003. In 2023 she was named the Sylvan Frieman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.^[1]

From 2021 until 2023 she was the president of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology,^[2] and in 2022 the society presented her with an award for distinguished service.^[3]

Burd's research examines the transmission of disease, including, for example, her investigation into the transmission of the Zika virus.^[4]

Selected publications

• Burd . Irina D. . Nevadunsky . Nicole . Bachmann . Gloria . 2006 . ORIGINAL RESEARCH—EDUCATION: Impact of Physician Gender on Sexual History Taking in a Multispecialty Practice . The Journal of Sexual Medicine . en . 3 . 2 . 194–200 . 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00168.x.
• Burd . Irina . Bentz . Amy I. . Chai . Jinghua . Gonzalez . Juan . Monnerie . Hubert . Le Roux . Peter D. . Cohen . Akiva S. . Yudkoff . Marc . Elovitz . Michal A. . 2010 . Inflammation‐induced preterm birth alters neuronal morphology in the mouse fetal brain . Journal of Neuroscience Research . en . 88 . 9 . 1872–1881 . 10.1002/jnr.22368 . 0360-4012 . 2895318 . 20155801.
• Elovitz . Michal A. . Brown . Amy G. . Breen . Kelsey . Anton . Lauren . Maubert . Monique . Burd . Irina . 2011 . Intrauterine inflammation, insufficient to induce parturition, still evokes fetal and neonatal brain injury . International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience . en . 29 . 6 . 663–671 . 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.02.011 . 0736-5748 . 3140629 . 21382466.
• Burd . Irina . Balakrishnan . Bindu . Kannan . Sujatha . 2012 . Models of Fetal Brain Injury, Intrauterine Inflammation, and Preterm Birth . American Journal of Reproductive Immunology . en . 67 . 4 . 287–294 . 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01110.x . 1046-7408.
• Vermillion . Meghan S. . Lei . Jun . Shabi . Yahya . Baxter . Victoria K. . Crilly . Nathan P. . McLane . Michael . Griffin . Diane E. . Pekosz . Andrew . Klein . Sabra L. . Burd . Irina . 2017-02-21 . Intrauterine Zika virus infection of pregnant immunocompetent mice models transplacental transmission and adverse perinatal outcomes . Nature Communications . en . 8 . 1 . 10.1038/ncomms14575 . 2041-1723 . 5321801 . 28220786.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irina Burd University of Maryland School of Medicine . 2024-01-01 . www.medschool.umaryland.edu.
2. Web site: The American Society for Reproductive Immunology - ASRI Past Presidents . 2024-01-01 . theasri.org.
3. Web site: The American Society for Reproductive Immunology - ASRI Service Award . 2024-01-01 . theasri.org.
4. News: 22 February 2017 . Zika virus can cause miscarriages, brain cell inflammation, reveals new study . The Hindustan Times; New Delhi . Proquest.