---
title: 'Dr Drucilla Roberts - Perinatal Pathologist'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/dr-drucilla-roberts-perinatal-pathologist'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2020-05-18'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3qpb94/DrDrucillaRoberts-51720549PM8zn2d.mp3'
---

# Dr Drucilla Roberts - Perinatal Pathologist

Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with perinatal pathologist Dr Drucilla Roberts. What we discuss with Dr Roberts:How she became involved with pathology outreach in sub-Saharan AfricaHer involvement with the Human Placenta ProjectCate...

## Summary

Today on the People of Pathology Podcast I speak with perinatal pathologist Dr Drucilla Roberts.

What we discuss with Dr Roberts:

- How she became involved with pathology outreach in sub-Saharan Africa

- Her involvement with the Human Placenta Project

- Categories of Placental Pathology PathCast

- The Placental and Gestational Pathology textbook

- The Amsterdam International Consensus Group

- Early research on the placenta and COVID-19

Links for this Episode:

Pathology: Functionality in Resource-Poor Settings article [here](https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.5858/arpa.2011-0559-ED)

Human Placenta Project [website](https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/HPP/default)

Categories of Placental Pathology PathCast [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7WoSRq_jzI)

Amsterdam International Consensus Group article [here](https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2015-0225-CC)

Pathology of the Placenta book [here](https://www.amazon.com/Pathology-Placenta-Practical-Yee-Khong/dp/3319972138/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EB7K1QCKAIDX&dchild=1&keywords=pathology+of+the+placenta&qid=1589757174&sprefix=pathology+of+the+placenta%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-2)

Placental and Gestational Pathology book [here](https://www.amazon.com/Placental-Gestational-Pathology-Diagnostic-Pediatric/dp/1316632539/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/144-4932330-0307711?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1316632539&pd_rd_r=001c151c-5223-4df3-bdff-3787b96aba97&pd_rd_w=3rOPe&pd_rd_wg=96aqL&pf_rd_p=7a6bc5c0-cfeb-4154-b2f9-fb32e87e9c63&pf_rd_r=5G39MCVTTJFCVS0VC8KA&psc=1&refRID=5G39MCVTTJFCVS0VC8KA)

Placenta and COVID-19 JAMA article [here](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765616)

Contact Dr Roberts [here](mailto:djroberts@mgh.harvard.edu)

People of Pathology Podcast links:

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.podbean.com)