Meredith Kelleher is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). Dr. Kelleher graduated from the University of Newcastle, Australia with a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Hons) and a PhD in Experimental Pharmacology, receiving an Australian Postgraduate Award for her Ph.D. studies on the effect of neurosteroid replacement therapy on perinatal brain development following premature birth. Dr. Kelleher has continued her studies of pregnancy and perinatal physiology, with a focus on intrauterine Ureaplasma infection, premature birth, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. Dr. Kelleher was awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NICHD in order to study the early stages of intrauterine infection that lead to preterm labor and perinatal neurodevelopmental injury. Dr. Kelleher also has ongoing collaborations examining potential therapies to prevent cerebral palsy and investigating perinatal brain injury associated with Zika virus infection during gestation.