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ABOUT US

For the past decade, EGG HP investigators and partners have been working to develop new tools, tests, and technologies to help better understand pregnancy and infant health. We strive to put information from these innovations into the hands of expectant and new mothers and their healthcare providers everywhere. 

PREGNANCY.
EMPOWERED.

OUR MISSION

TREATING PEOPLE AS THEIR OWN BEST HEALTH EXPERTS

We believe that all expectant and new mothers deserve the best information possible about their own health, and that with more information comes more empowerment.

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Our mission is to put as much information as possible into the hands of expectant and new mothers and their healthcare providers so they can choose what is best for their pregnancy.

 

Our focus on information as empowerment continues into early motherhood when we work to help new parents in partnership with their healthcare providers to better understand their own health and that of their baby more deeply.

TEAM EGG HP

We are mothers, fathers, scientists, clinicians, technology experts, and business leaders with a shared commitment to turning knowledge into solutions in partnership with expecting and new mothers, their families, and their healthcare providers.

Mike Pawlowski​

Founder and Chief

Technology and Platform 

Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD

Founder, Chief Advisor

Science and Content

Will Jelliffe

Director of Systems and Applications

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Larry Rand, MD

Clinical and Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

UCSF

Akila Subramaniam, MD

Clinical and Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

The University of Alabama

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Elizabeth Rogers, MD

Clinical and Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

UCSF

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Karen Tabb Dina, PhD, MSW

Clinical and Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Kelli Ryckman, PhD

Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

Indiana University at Bloomington

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Ribka Amsalu, MD

Clinical and Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

UCSF

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Rebecca Baer, MPH

Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation:

UCSF, UCSD

Scott Oltman, MS

Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation: UCSF

Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, PhD

Scientific Advisor

Academic Affiliation: 

Stanford University

Kate Monihan

Advisory Board Member

Affiliation: Seva Foundation

Noah Nasser

Advisory Board Member

Affiliation: Datma

Christopher Whitfield

Executive Advisory Board Member

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Key Moments in Our Journey (So Far)

2015

FIRST RESULTS REPORTED SHOWING THAT MID-PREGNANCY IMMUNE MARKERS CAN BE USED TO PREDICT EARLY SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH

In 2015 EGG HP experts were some of the first to identify a constellation of mid-pregnancy immune biomarkers that could be used to predict preterm birth. Results were presented at the 2014 Annual meeting of the Society for Maternal and Fetal Medicine. See this first abstract.

2017

BLOOD TEST TO PREDICT PRETERM BIRTH WITH AND WITHOUT PREECLAMPSIA BASED ON IMMUNE MARKERS DEVELOPED: MOVES TO PATENT

In 2017 EGG HP experts first reported on the creation of a prediction test for preterm birth occurring with and without preeclampsia that uses maternal characteristics and immune markers with > 80% accuracy (> 90% for early preterm birth with preeclampsia). Results were published in 2018 in the Journal of Perinatology. Patent filed. See related coverage in WIRED Magazine and on CNN. 

More About Our Founders:
MIKE PAWLOWSKI AND
LAURA JELLIFFE-PAWLOWSKI, PHD

MIKE AND LAURA are proud parents of a daughter born preterm after Laura developed preeclampsia. Mike has a deep experience in technology and software development and implementation, Laura is a global expert in the study of pregnancy and newborn health.

 

Despite Laura’s expertise in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Public and Global Health Sciences—specifically related to preterm birth—she struggled to get reliable information about her own condition. While her doctors were professional and helpful, they often couldn’t provide detailed explanations due to time and resource constraints. Online information was confusing and often not from reliable sources.

 

If Laura felt uninformed during her own pregnancy despite her expertise, how were those without her background in pregnancy and related complications supposed to feel? Were they getting the information they needed to have their healthiest pregnancies possible? What about after birth? Was information about health and wellness for mother and baby easy to find? Supportive?

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After years of speaking with parents who experienced preterm birth and other conditions like preeclampsia, the answer was a resounding "no." Most mothers and families expressed a need for more information about their risks, how to manage them, and about early signs of labor. Many expressed a need for more information after birth too -- related to their own health and that of their baby.

 

This led to the creation of EGG Health Pregnancy (EGG HP), which is driven by Mike's technology and software expertise, Laura’s academic and research experience, and the EGG team's knowledge in building digital platforms, conducting epidemiological studies, and caring for pregnant people and their infants.

 

Laura was a highlighted Innovator on the Forbes 2023 50/50 list.

See a talk from one of our founders, Dr. Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, at the 2022 Precision Medicine World Conference: "Pregnancy Health: Treating Women as Their Own Best Experts"

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