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Geeta Krishna Swamy

Haywood Brown, MD Distinguished Professor of Women's Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Box 3967 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
Pavilion East At Lakeview, 2608 Erwin Road, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27705

Research Interests


Perinatal infection, maternal immunization, preterm birth, disparities in maternal health

Selected Grants


Duke University Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network Clinical Center

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2023 - 2030

CISA 2023 Clinical Contributing Task 1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2028

CISA 2023 Clinical Contributing Task 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2028

CISA 2023-03 Task 3 Lead - HAI assays

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2026

CISA 2023-03 Task 2 Lead - Single IRB work

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2026

CISA 2023-03 Task 4 Lead - COVID immunogenicity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2026

CISA 2023-03 Task 1 Lead - Enrollment/Follow up

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2026

Testing a Clinician and Patient Intervention to Promote smoking Cessation Among Pregnant Women

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Population Health Research Support IDIQ Base

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2025

ADEPT - An adaptive prenatal intervention to increase childhood vaccinations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2022 - 2025

Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 2025

CISA Maternal COVID Immunogenicity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024

2020 CISA 04-COVID Maternal Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2024

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

CISA Consult 2022 Contributing Task 3

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023

CISA Consult 2022 Contributing Task 2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023

Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEU)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2023

VTEU TO #132 Base - Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 2.A

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

VTEU HHSN272201300017I/75N93019F00132-FY2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 Task Order #17 16-0076 Task C Option 3 & Task D Option 6 Extension

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

CISA 2021-2022- Clinical Consult CLIN 4002 - Optional Task 1, Option Year 4

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

CISA 2018-2019- Clinical Consult - Opt 1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2017 - 2022

RTOP 2018 CISA 01 Flublok Lead Task 3

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

RTOP 2018 CISA 01 Flublok Lead Task 4

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

RTOP 2018 CISA 01 Flublok Lead Task 2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

RTOP 2018 CISA 01 Flublok Lead Task 1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2018 - 2022

RTOP 2018 CISA 01 Flublok Lead Base

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2018 - 2022

"An adaptive prenatal (ADEPT) intervention to encourage childhood vaccinations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021 - 2022

Pulmonary Complications in a Birth Cohort after a Randomized Trial of Exposure to Antenatal Corticosteroids: the ALPS Follow-Up Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2016 - 2022

Affecting Culture Change: Building Unit-Level Infrastructure to Mitigate Research Integrity Risk

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Health and Human Services · 2020 - 2021

Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2021

VTEU Task Area C Option 2-3 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

VTEU Protocol Implementation Option 1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

The relationship between maternal ZIKV-specific and ADE antibodies and fetal outcome

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

MFMU Network Study - ALPS FSN

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2018 - 2021

NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2021

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Base-A

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

Rapid, Near Patient Nucleic Acid Testing for Infant Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Baebies, Inc · 2017 - 2020

RSV- M-301

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Novavax, Inc. · 2015 - 2020

VTEU Task Area C Option 2-2 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

VTEU RTOP FY.2019.A1B1C1D1.0103 - Task A - Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

MFMU Network Studies

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by George Washington University · 2013 - 2018

CISA: 2015 CISA 03 - Lead Site Base Task: Maternal Tdap and IIV Study (Lead)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2015 - 2018

Duke Research Training Program for Pediatricians

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2018

Duke CTSA (UL1)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

CISA Task Order No. 3 Tdap Safety in Pregnant Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2013 - 2016

DMID 09-0005 Safety and Immunogenicity

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Maryland · 2010 - 2012

Effectiveness of a Vaccination Program in the Community ObGyn Setting

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2008 - 2011

A randomized double-blind trial on the safety and immunogenicity of inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in pregnant women.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Maryland · 2009 - 2010

Prevention of Influenza in Infants by Immunization of Their Contacts in the Household (PIIITCH study)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2006 - 2009

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Relationship Between Maternal Humoral Immunity and Fetal Outcome of Maternal Zika Virus Infection · September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018 Co-Principal Investigator · Awarded by: Duke University & Duke-National University of Singapore · $200,000.00

External Relationships


  • American College of Ob-Gyn
  • Dynavax Technologies Corporation
  • Medscape ( WebMD HLTH Corp.)
  • Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Northwell Health
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Sanofi
  • UpToDate, Inc

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