Peter W. Nathanielsz MD, Ph.D., Sc.D., FRCOG
Peter Nathanielsz obtained his Medical degree, PhD and Sc.D. from Cambridge University in England.
Currently Distinguished Professor in Life Course Health at the University of Wyoming, and a Visiting Professor at the University of London, Peter Nathanielsz is also an Emeritus Professor at Cornell University.
Served six years as Director of the Laboratory of Fetal Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
Director of the Laboratory for Pregnancy and Newborn Research at Cornell University, New York for twenty years and remains an Emeritus Professor at Cornell
Directed the Center for Women’s Health at New York University School of Medicine
Among the many international and national awards, Peter Nathanielsz has received are: A Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award; Life-time achievement award of the International Society for Reproductive Investigation; Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy; Honorary Member - Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
The first edition of his book Life before birth: The challenges of Fetal Development was translated into 14 languages. Peter Nathanielsz’ other best-selling book Life in the womb: the origin of health and disease, published in 1999, was the first book for the general reader on developmental programming. The book was featured at The National Association of Biology Teachers in the USA. He has been interviewed on The Today Show, Fresh Air, the Diane Rehm Show and other national and international media outlets. He has addressed the American National Midwives Association and other nursing organizations. He has spoken with many high school groups in the USA, Canada, Holland, England, Australia and New Zealand about fetal development. He has served on national review bodies in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Holland, Australia and New Zealand.
Peter Nathanielsz’ research has been continuously funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and National Institute of Aging in the USA since 1976. He is currently the Principal Investigator on one of the largest research grants provided by the National Institute of Aging entitled From Womb to Tomb. Peter Nathanielsz and his colleagues have published nearly 600 peer reviewed papers.
“Peter Nathanielsz is an icon in his research field. His research team presented exciting work that helped get me ‘hooked’ on my lifelong passion. This new edition of Life before Birth: The Challenges of Fetal Development will draw the reader of every background, specialist and non-specialist, into the fascinating world of the fetus: an experience that we all had but don’t remember.
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