Dr. Palatnik is the Patrick J. and Margaret G McMahon Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal-Medicine (MFM) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Dr. Palatnik’s research focuses on reducing health disparities in preeclampsia and gestational diabetes and improving health outcomes for birthing people during and after pregnancy. She has broad training and experience with clinical trials. She runs a large clinical research division in the MCW OBGYN department and is the PI for several NIH-funded clinical trials involving birthing people. She has over 80 peer reviewed publications, with 32 of them having a mentee as a first author.