David Weinberg, Ph.D.

David Weinberg, Ph.D., has been the project lead for NICHD's Human Placenta Project since 2014. The project's goals are to develop a deep understanding of human placenta development and function; accelerate the capability for safe, real-time assessment of these processes across pregnancy; utilize these methods to distinguish normal from atypical pregnancy trajectories; and ultimately facilitate development of interventions that may lead to better pregnancy outcomes. He joined NIH in 2009 as a scientific review officer, managing the review of applications on female reproduction and contraception. 

Before his time with NIH, Dr. Weinberg spent almost 20 years at the pharmaceutical company Merck, where he led projects focused on early stage drug discovery for the treatment of obesity and developed expertise in translational research. 

Dr. Weinberg earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.