Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH
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A native of Utah, Dr. Stanford graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1988. He completed a Family Medicine Residency and an academic fellowship at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri. He joined the University of Utah faculty in 1993 and is Professor in the Division of Public Health and Director of the Office of Cooperative Reproductive Health. He also holds adjunct appointments in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics. Dr. Stanford teaches and serves as a research mentor for public health students, medical students, and residents and fellows. He currently holds the George D. and Esther S. Gross Endowed Professorship in DFPM.
Dr. Stanford is board-certified in Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is also certified as a FertilityCare Medical Consultant through the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals. He provides clinical care in maternal and child health, with particular focus on treating infertile couples with natural procreative technology ("NaProTechnology"), and treating gynecologic problems in ways to restore or support normal reproductive function (i.e., treatment alternatives to birth control pills and artificial hormones).
Dr. Stanford is the principal investigator or co-investigator on several large clinical and epidemiologic studies related to fertility, infertility treatment and human development. He is a co-investigator for the University of Utah Vanguard Site of the National Children's Study. Past work has focused on day-specific probabilities of conception, the clinical and demographic implications of fertility awareness and natural family planning, and improving the understanding and measurement of pregnancy intendedness. He has served on national scientific advisory committees for the NICHD (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National institute of Child Health and Human Development) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Dr. Stanford is the recipient of many honors, including the Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.