Program:
Start Year:
2025
Why did you choose Duke for your residency training?
I loved everything about my Duke interview day, especially the focus on health equity for all and how both residents and faculty were incredibly friendly, down-to-earth and genuinely cared for one another. Residents described how the program leadership truly has their best interests at heart and is responsive to their experiences as the curriculum is continuously perfected. I also chose Duke Ob/Gyn for the broad exposure to high volume, complexity and acuity within a diverse patient population and within the community that raised me.
What excites you about the residency program at Duke Ob/Gyn?
I am beyond excited to join the Duke Ob/Gyn community! I can't wait to meet my co-residents and faculty mentors! I am also very much looking forward to the unique training opportunities such as menopause clinic, pelvic pain clinic and rotations at the VA and in rural areas.
What are your career goals?
I envision a career as either a generalist or in maternal-fetal medicine, partnering with patients, families and communities to provide care consistent with their values and priorities.
Describe your research interests/goals:
My research focuses on people's multifaceted experiences of reproductive transitions across the lifespan and works to lift these narratives into academic literature to drive change in public policy and clinical practice. My primary focus areas include the experiences of menopause among people involved in the carceral system and the ethical inclusion of pregnant individuals in clinical trials.
What are your hobbies?
I am an amateur but dedicated "DIY" house project-er! I also spend my time running, cooking and doing yoga.
Education & Training
Undergraduate school & graduation year:
Brown University, 2016
Medical school & graduation year:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2025
Awards & Honors
The Cecil G. Sheps Award, 2025
UNC School of Medicine Medical Alumni Class of 1981 Loyalty Fund Scholarship, 2024-2025
Meritorious Oral Presentation Award, 2024 SASGOG Annual Meeting, 2024
UNC School of Medicine Medical Alumni Class of 1981 Loyalty Fund Scholarship, 2023-2024
Scott Neil Schwirk Fellowship, 2023
UNCG/NCCE Engaged Scholarship Prize, 2023
Women’s Health Research Multidisciplinary Consortium Cohort, 2023-2024
Master’s Research Award, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2020
Community Engagement Fellowship, Carolina Center for Public Service, 2020
Publications
Brotkin EJ, Vega B, Beckham AJ. Robotic-assisted evacuation of retained placenta in a patient with a fibroid uterus. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Jul 9:S0002-9378(24)00748-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.07.005. Epub ahead of print.
Siegel MR, James KE, Jaffe E, L'Heureux MM, Kaimal AJ, Goldfarb IT. Provider confidence in counseling preconception, pregnant, and postpartum patients regarding COVID-19 vaccination: A cross-sectional survey study. Health Sci Rep. 2023 May 14;6(5):e1163. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1163. PMID: 37197087; PMCID: PMC10183650.
Jaffe EF, Spach NC, Sullivan KA, Lyerly AD, Goldfarb IT. Experiences Navigating the Pregnancy Care Continuum During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Womens Health Issues. 2023 May- Jun;33(3):235-241. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2022.11.002. Epub 2022 Nov 8. PMID: 36496341; PMCID: PMC9640408.
Zavala E, Krubiner CB, Jaffe EF, et al. Global disparities in public health guidance for the use of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy. BMJ Global Health 2022;0:e007730. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh- 2021-007730
Wonodi, C, Obi-Jeff C, Adewumi F, Keluo-Udeke SC, Gur-Arie R, Krubiner C, Jaffe E, Bamiduro T, Karron R, Faden R. Conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 in Nigeria: implications for vaccine demand generation communications. Vaccine. 2022 March;40(13):2114-2121
Jaffe, E; Rosen, D ; Palmquist, A; Knittel, AK. Menopause Related Medication Use among Women age 45-75 Experiencing Incarceration in North Carolina 2015-2016. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 2022;18 (2):176-184. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-07-2021-0068
Lyerly AD, Beigi R, Bekker LG, Chi BH, Cohn SE, Diallo DD, Eron J, Faden R, Jaffe E, Kashuba A, Kasule M, Krubiner C, Little M, Mfustso-Bengo J, Mofenson L, Mwapasa V, Mworeko L, Myer L, Penazzato M, Rid A, Shapiro R, Singh JA, Sullivan K, Vicari M, Wambui J, White A, Wickremsinhe M, Wolf L. Ending the evidence gap for pregnancy, HIV and co- infections: ethics guidance from the PHASES project. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Dec;24(12):e25846.
Spach, NC, Jaffe, EF, Sullivan, KA, Goldfarb, IT, Anderson, JR, Coleman, J, Gilbert, SZ, Gross, MS, Rahangdale, L, Faden, RR, Lyerly, AD. Pregnant Individuals' Views on Fetal Tissue Research in the United States, Obstetrics & Gynecology: November 2021 - Volume 138 - Issue 5- p 755-761 doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004576
Crane MA, Jaffe E, Beigi RH, et al. Prioritization of Pregnant Individuals in State Plans for COVID-19 Vaccination. Am J Obstet Gynecol. March 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.03.015
Jaffe EF, Palmquist AEL, Knittel AK. Experiences of menopause during incarceration. Menopause. 2021 Mar 11;28(7):8, 29-832. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001762.
Jaffe E, Goldfarb IT, Lyerly AD. The Costs of Contradictory Messages About Live Vaccines in Pregnancy. Am J Public Health. 2021 Mar;111(3):498-503. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306045.
Jaffe E, Lyerly AD, Goldfarb IT. Pregnant women's perceptions of risks and benefits when considering participation in vaccine trials. Vaccine. 2020 Oct 14; 38(44): 6922– 6929.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.059
Naqvi M, Jaffe EF, Goldfarb IT, Bryant AS, Wylie BJ, Kaimal AJ. Prolonged Second Stage of Labor and Anal Sphincter Injury in a Contemporary Cohort of Term Nulliparas. Am J Perinatol. 2022 Jul;39(9):937-943. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718878. Epub 2020 Oct 20.
Sawyer MR, Jaffe E, Naqvi M, Sarma A, Barth W, Goldarb I. Establishing Better Evidence On Remote Monitoring for Postpartum Hypertension: A Silver Lining of the Coronavirus Pandemic? Am J of Perinatol Reports. 2020 Jul; 10(3): e315–e318.
Sullivan KA, Mtande T, Jaffe E, Rosenberg, NE, Zimba C, et al. Views among Malawian Women about Joining HIV Prevention Clinical Trials When Pregnant. AIDS Research and Therapy. May 27 2020. 17, 27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-020-00271-6
Sullivan KA, Little MO, Rosenberg NE, Zimba C, Jaffe E, et al. Women’s views about contraception requirements for biomedical research participation. PLOS ONE. 2019; 14(5): e0216332.
Goldfarb IT, Jaffe, E, James, K, Lyerly AD. Pregnant women’s attitudes toward Zika virus vaccine trial participation. Vaccine. 2018; 36(45):6711-6717.
Sullivan KA, Little M, Rosenberg NE, Mtande T, Zimba C, Jaffe E, Anderson J, Coleman JS, Gilbert S, Gross Wolf MS, Hoffman I, Rahangdale L, Faden R, Lyerly AD. Women's Views About a Paternal Consent Requirement for Biomedical Research in Pregnancy. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2018;13(4):349-362.
Goldfarb IT, Jaffe E, Lyerly AD. Responsible Care in the Face of Shifting Recommendations and Imperfect Diagnostics for Zika Virus. JAMA. 2017;318(21):2075-2076.
Lyerly AD, Jaffe E, Robin SG. Rubella Vaccine-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jan 1;172(1):96
Lyerly AD, Robin SG, Jaffe E. Rubella and Zika Vaccine Research — A Cautionary Tale About Caution. JAMA Pediatr. 2017;171(8):719–720.
Brotkin, EJ, Patel SP, Palmquist AE, Emerson A, Hemberg J, Lorvick J, Ramaswamy M, Knittel AK.How menopause symptoms shape experiences of the criminal legal system: A qualitative study across the United States. Social Science in Medicine, Under review.
Roberts ET, Quist-Nelson J, Brotkin EJ, Salehi M, Chauhan SP, Sibai BM, Fishel Bartal M. Postpartum Diuretics for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis. Obstetrics & Gynecology, Under Review.
Wise, MK. Raghunathan, S, Upputuri, Jaffe Brotkin, E, Thorne, TD, Conklin, J, Knittel, AK. Gynecologic Conditions in the Context of Incarceration: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Under Review.
Presentations
Jaffe, E, Patel, S, Palmquist AE, Knittel, AK. “It's almost like your body's against you:” Experiences of menopause in the criminal legal system Accepted as Oral Presentation. Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics & Gynecology. May 2024. San Francisco, CA.
Jaffe, E, Patel, S, Palmquist AE, Knittel, AK. “We don’t pick when we bleed:” Experiences of menopause in the criminal legal system Poster presentation. University of North Carolina Department of OB/GYN Research Day. May 2024.
Jaffe, E, Patel, S, Palmquist AE, Knittel, AK. “I couldn’t cool myself off”: Experiences of the menopause transition in the context of criminal legal system involvement. Accepted as Oral Presentation. Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health Annual Conference. April 2024. Phoenix, AZ.
Jaffe EF, Thomas EY, Baron HC, Bula AT, Slack CM, Sullivan KA, Masese R, Day S, Lyerly AD. A Systematic Review of Pregnant Adolescents’ Eligibility to Enroll in HIV/Co-infection Prevention and Treatment Trials. Poster. Society for Humanities, Social Science, and Medicine annual conference. April 2024. Chapel Hill, NC.
Jaffe, E, Patel, S, Palmquist AE, Knittel, AK. “It's almost like your body's against you:” Experiences of menopause in the criminal legal system Accepted as Oral Presentation. Society for Humanities, Social Science, and Medicine annual conference. April 2024. Chapel Hill, NC.
Jaffe EF, Baron HC, Bula AT, Slack CM, Thomas EY, Sullivan KA, Lyerly AD. A Systematic Review of Pregnant Adolescents’ Eligibility to Enroll in HIV/Co-infection Prevention and Treatment Trials. International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence 2022. Cape Town, South Africa.
Jaffe EF, Rosen DL, Palmquist AEL, Knittel AK.Menopause Related Medication Use among Women age 45-75 Experiencing Incarceration in North Carolina 2015-2016. Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, April 2021.
Jaffe, EF, Palmquist, A, Knittel, AA. “Experiences of Menopause During Incarceration” Oral Presentation. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. October 2020.
Jaffe, EF, Sullivan, KA, Spach NS, Munson AJ, Sawyer MR, Goldfarb IT. “Coronavirus has changed everything”: Experiences of pregnancy and birth among people impacted by COVID-19. Poster presented at the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting, August 2020.
Sullivan, K, Little, M, Jaffe, E, Wickremsinhe, M, Lyerly, A. Ending the Evidence Gap for Pregnant Women: Preventing and Treating HIV and Its Co-infections. World Congress of Bioethics 2020. Philadelphia, PA.
Kasule, M, Jaffe, E, Wickremsinhe, M, Lyerly, A. Solidarity Through North-south Research Collaborations in Advancing the Evidence Base for HIV Prevention and Treatment During Pregnancy in Botswana: Reflections from a Range of Stakeholders. World Congress of Bioethics 2020. Philadelphia, PA.
Jaffe, E, Sullivan, K, Lyerly, A. Approaching gendered decision-making norms with cultural humility in the context of research with pregnant women. Paper presented at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting 2019. Pittsburgh PA.
Sullivan, K, Jaffe, E, Lyerly, A.. “I would not agree to join something that tells me when I can have my child.” Rethinking contraception requirements for clinical trial participation: Disproportionate and unintended effects in African American communities and a proposal for ethical alternatives. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting 2019. Pittsburgh, PA.
Sullivan, K, Jaffe, E, Lyerly, A. Increasing women's equitable representation in PrEP research: Lessons from CABs. United States Conference on AIDS 2019. Washington, DC.
Sullivan, K, Jaffe, E, Lyerly A. Women’s approaches to involving others in making HIV trial enrollment decisions while pregnant in the US and Malawi. HIV & STI World Congress 2019. Vancouver, Canada.
Sullivan, K., Little, M., Jaffe, E, Wiskremsinhe, M. N., Kasule, M., Faden, R, Lyerly, A D. “Prototype checklist for informed consent in clinical trials with pregnant women: An engagement-informed tool to support ethical inclusion.” Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Advancing Ethical Research Conference, November, 2018: San Diego, CA.
Kasule, M., Jaffe, E., Sullivan, K., Lyerly, AD. “Advancing responsible research with pregnant women in Botswana: Respecting bioethics principles, human rights and culture.” UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 13th World Conference: Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Health Law, November, 2018: Jerusalem, Israel.
Jaffe E, Sullivan K, Lyerly AD. “Decisions to conceal pregnancy to enroll in HIV prevention clinical trials: implications for understanding fair access.” Paper presented at American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 2018: Anaheim, CA.
Sullivan, KA, Kasule M, Jaffe EF, Little M, Faden RR, Lyerly AD. “Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Research Ethics Committees Reviewing Clinical Trial Protocols with Pregnant Women: Perspectives of Southern African Stakeholders.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 2018: Anaheim, CA.
Sullivan, K.A., Little, M., Jaffe, EF., Mtande, T., Gilbert, S.Z., Zimba, C.C. Faden, R.R., Lyerly, A. D. “Women’s views about participating in HIV treatment trials while pregnant: How context shapes perceptions of risk”. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October, 2018: Anaheim, CA.
Sullivan KA, Zimba CC, Gilbert SZ, Mtande T, Jaffe EJ, Gross M, Coleman J, Hoffman IF, Rahangdale L, Rosenberg NE, Anderson J, Faden RR, Lyerly AD. “Participating In Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials While Pregnant: Women’s Views About Enrolling In Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Vaginal Ring, And Randomized Comparison Trials.” International AIDS Conference, 2018; Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Goldfarb I, Jaffe E, James K, Lyerly A. “Pregnant Women's Attitudes Toward Zika Virus Vaccine Trial Participation.” Poster presented at American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting, 2018: Austin, TX.
Krubiner, C., Jaffe, E., Faden, R. “Forging a New Paradigm for Public Health Emergency Research that Includes Pregnant Women in the Response: What We Can Learn from HIV, Ebola, and Zika”. Panelist at American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 2017: Kansas City, MO.
Jaffe, E., Krubiner, C., Lyerly, A.“Conflicting Narratives Around Live Vaccines: Intention, Evidence, and Theoretical Risk.” Paper presented at American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 2017: Kansas City, MO.