Anne-Marie Rick, MD, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
Co-Director, Newborn Research Support Services, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Biography Summary

Dr. Rick is an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

She completed her master’s degree in public health and medical school training at Johns Hopkins University, followed by her pediatrics internship, residency, and global health fellowship at University of Colorado. She later obtained her PhD in Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and her General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship at UPMC Children’s.

Dr. Rick is trained as a pediatrician. Her passion for newborn health began during her pediatric residency when she worked for several months over the course of three years in a rural clinic on a banana plantation in Guatemala. While there, she worked with local midwives to ensure healthy deliveries in the community and co-developed a small labor and delivery unit at the clinic. It was there that she first witnessed the power of maternal vaccinations – seeing how vaccines administered during pregnancy could prevent neonatal tetanus and whooping cough.

It was also there that she first recognized the unique vulnerability to infections pregnant women can experience when the Zika epidemic broke out. This experience set her on the path to studying the safety and effectiveness of vaccines during pregnancy.

Since then, Dr. Rick has led numerous clinical studies in maternal-infant health.

Dr. Rick is also involved in vaccine clinical trials studying which vaccines work best and are safest for pregnant women and infants.

Research Interests

• Epidemiologic studies on the prevalence of Group B Streptococcus, a bacteria that can cause serious bacterial infections in newborns.
• Studies on the long-term antibodies after COVID-19 infection or vaccine during pregnancy or lactation.
• Studies on the effectiveness of the flu and RSV vaccines in protecting infants from those infections.

View Dr. Rick’s lab website.

View Dr. Rick’s full list of publications from PubMed.

View Dr. Rick’s Find a Doctor profile.

Location

The Rick Lab
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital Office Building
3414 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213