Departmental homepageSferruzzi-Perri is Professor of Fetal and Placental Physiology at the University of Cambridge and a Research Fellow at the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine.
She teaches Physiology and Human Reproduction to Natural Sciences (Biological) students and Medical Sciences students.
Professor Sferruzzi-Perri's research is focused on understanding the role of genetic and environmental factors in determining maternal health, and placental and fetal development during pregnancy. This is to identify how pregnancy complications, including abnormal birth weight, gestational diabetes and preeclampsia arise, so that effective treatments can be devised to improve the health and wellbeing of women and their families.
Candia ACA, Lean SC, Zhang CXW, McKeating DR, Cochrane A, Gulacsi E, Herrera BJ, Sferruzzi-Perri AN (2024) Obesogenic diet in mice leads to inflammation and oxidative stress in the mother in association with sex-specific changes in fetal development, inflammatory markers and placental transcriptome. Antioxidants 13:411.
Musa E*, Salazar-Petres E*, Arowolo A, Levitt N, Matjila M†, Sferruzzi-Perri AN† (2023) Obesity and gestational diabetes independently and collectively, induce specific impacts on placental structure, inflammation, and endocrine function in a cohort of South African women. Journal of Physiology 601:1287-1306.
Lopez-Tello J*, Yong HEJ*, Sandovici I, Dowsett GKC, Christoforou ER, Salazar-Petres E, Boyland R, Napso T, Yeo GSH, Lam BYH, Constancia M†, Sferruzzi-Perri AN† (2023) Fetal manipulation of maternal metabolism is a critical function of Igf2 imprinting. Cell Metabolism 35:1195-1208.e6.
Napso T, Zhao X, Ibañez Lligoña M, Sandovici I, Kay RG, Gribble FM, Reimann F, Meek CL, Hamilton RS, Sferruzzi-Perri AN (2021) Unbiased placental secretome characterization identifies candidates for pregnancy complications. Nature Communications Biology 4:701.
