Dr. Chambers is a professor of pediatrics at University of California (UC) San Diego, Chief of the Division of Environmental Science & Health in the Department of Pediatrics, and Director of Clinical Research for Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. She is a perinatal epidemiologist whose research is focused on environmental exposures and their impact on pregnancy, breastfeeding, and child health outcomes, including birth defects.

Dr. Chambers co-directs the Center for Better Beginnings, which houses the Mommy’s Milk research program. In addition to her leadership role on Mommy’s Milk, she is the Program Director of MotherToBaby California, a service that provides evidence-based information about environmental exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding to the general public and healthcare providers in the State of California and several other U.S. states and territories.

She is the lead investigator for MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies, a series of observational studies evaluating the effects of medications, vaccines, and maternal medical conditions on pregnancy and infant outcomes. Dr. Chambers is a founding principal investigator for the Vaccines and Medications in Pregnancy Surveillance System (VAMPSS), which is the first national system to evaluate medication and vaccine safety in human pregnancy, currently funded by the US DHHS, CDC, FDA and the National Vaccine Program Office. Finally, Dr. Chambers has conducted extensive research on improved diagnosis, prevention and treatment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and is also co-lead investigator on the administrative coordinating center for the Healthy Brain and Child Development Study, a nationwide study examining infant and early childhood brain development from pregnancy to age 9.