Alexandra Sundermann, MD, PhD | Center for Women's Health Research

Dr. Alex Sundermann is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Quantitative and Clinical Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has a secondary appointment in the Institute for Medicine and Public Health and is a member of the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center. She completed her medical and doctoral degrees through Vanderbilt's Medical Scientist Training Program. Her doctoral work targeted the development and application of epidemiologic methods for studying risk relationships involving time-varying exposures in pregnancy. She then completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center. She returned to Vanderbilt as faculty in 2024 in a physician-scientist position with the aim to leverage the insight afforded by caring for patients to conduct pertinent and timely research for the advancement of reproductive health.

SELECTED HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2018 Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award
2019 Inductee of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
2020 First author paper selected as Article of the Year by American Journal of Epidemiology
2020 Lonnie S. Burnett Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2023 SASGOG Resident Award
2024 Peter Cartwright, MD, Humanism Award, Duke University Medical Center

Reproductive epidemiology, miscarriage, adverse pregnancy outcomes, fibroids, maternal morbidity