Especialidad en Obstetricia y Ginecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019).
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Immunobiology, Perinatology Research Branch, NIH/NICHD/DHHS y Wayne State University, Detroit, EE.UU. (2019–2021).
Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria, CEDEDOC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2025).
Docencia de pregrado en Medicina (5º año e internados), incluyendo simulación clínica, urgencias obstétricas y docencia tutorial.
Docencia de postgrado en programas de Doctorado, especialidad en Obstetricia y Ginecología y cursos de educación continua.
Actividad clínica asistencial en Hospital Clínico UC y Clínica UC San Carlos de Apoquindo, incluyendo urgencia obstétrica, procedimientos y consulta de especialidad.
Miembro del Comité de Investigación de la División de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Xu Y, Miller D, Galaz J, Gomez-Lopez N. Immunophenotyping of leukocytes in amniotic fluid. In: Maternal Placental Interface: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer, 2024.
Garcia-Flores V, Miller D, Galaz J, Gomez-Lopez N. Dissociation of placental tissues for single-cell techniques. In: Maternal Placental Interface: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer, 2024.
Autor y coautor de más de 70 publicaciones en revistas indexadas WoS/Scopus en las áreas de obstetricia, inmunología reproductiva y parto prematuro. Índice H: 26 (Google Scholar).
Selección de publicaciones:
Yan Y, Galaz J, Marvald J, Love T, Yellon S, Gomez-Lopez N, Mehrmohammadi M. Multi-parametric quantitative evaluation of murine cervical remodeling during pregnancy and postpartum. Scientific Reports. 2025 May 10;15(1):16359. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-98765-8.
Levenson D, Romero R, Miller D, Galaz J, Garcia-Flores V, Neshek B, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. The maternal-fetal interface at single-cell resolution: uncovering the cellular anatomy of the placenta and decidua. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2025 Apr;232(4S):S55–S79. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2024.12.032.
Feyaerts D, Diop M, Galaz J, Einhaus JF, Arck PC, Diemert A, Winn VD, Parast M, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Prins JR, Gomez-Lopez N, Stelzer IA. The single-cell immune profile throughout gestation and its potential value for identifying women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Reproductive Biology X. 2025 Feb 6;25:100371.
Carvajal JA, Galaz J, Villagrán S, Astudillo R, Garmendia L, Delpiano AM. The role of the RHOA/ROCK pathway in the regulation of myometrial stages throughout pregnancy. AJOG Global Reports. 2024.
Garcia-Flores V, Liu Z, Romero R, Pique-Regi R, Xu Y, Miller D, Levenson D, Galaz J, Winters AD, Farias-Jofre M, Panzer JJ, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N. Homeostatic Macrophages Prevent Preterm Birth and Improve Neonatal Outcomes by Mitigating In Utero Sterile Inflammation in Mice. Journal of Immunology. 2024.
Shaffer Z, Romero R, Tarca AL, Galaz J, Arenas-Hernandez M, Gudicha DW, Chaiworapongsa T, Jung E, Suksai M, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N. The vaginal immunoproteome for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth: A retrospective longitudinal study. eLife. 2024.
Garcia-Flores V, Romero R, Tarca AL, Peyvandipour A, Xu Y, Galaz J, Miller D, Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Berry SM, Awonuga AO, Bryant DR, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. Deciphering maternal-fetal cross-talk in the human placenta during parturition using single-cell RNA sequencing. Science Translational Medicine. 2024.
Galaz J, Romero R, Greenberg JM, Theis KR, Arenas-Hernandez M, Xu Y, Farias-Jofre M, Miller D, Kanninen T, Garcia-Flores V, Gomez-Lopez N. Host-microbiome interactions in distinct subsets of preterm labor and birth. iScience. 2023.
Farias-Jofre M, Romero R, Galaz J, Xu Y, Miller D, Garcia-Flores V, Arenas-Hernandez M, Winters AD, Berkowitz BA, Podolsky RH, Shen Y, Kanninen T, Panaitescu B, Glazier CR, Pique-Regi R, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N. Blockade of IL-6R prevents preterm birth and adverse neonatal outcomes. EBioMedicine. 2023.
Romero R, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N, Winters AD, Panzer JJ, Lin H, Galaz J, Greenberg JM, Shaffer Z, Kracht DJ, Chaiworapongsa T, Jung E, Gotsch F, Ravel J, Peddada SD, Tarca AL. The
Vaginal Microbiota of Pregnant Women Varies with Gestational Age, Maternal Age, and Parity. Microbiology Spectrum. 2023.
Motomura K, Galaz J, Romero R, Liu Z, Garcia-Flores V, Tao L, Xu Y, Done B, Arenas-Hernandez M, Kanninen T, Farias-Jofre M, Miller D, Tarca AL, Gomez-Lopez N. A key role for NLRP3 signaling in preterm labor and birth driven by the alarmin S100B. Translational Research. 2023.
Galaz J, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Farias-Jofre M, Motomura K, Liu Z, Kawahara N, Demery-Poulos C, Liu TN, Padron J, Panaitescu B, Gomez-Lopez N. Clarithromycin prevents preterm birth and neonatal mortality by dampening alarmin-induced maternal-fetal inflammation in mice. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Jun 20;22(1):503. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04764-2. PMID: 35725425
Garcia-Flores V, Romero R, Xu Y, Theis KR, Arenas-Hernandez M, Miller D, Peyvandipour A, Bhatti G, Galaz J, Gershater M, Levenson D, Pusod E, Tao L, Kracht D, Florova V, Leng Y, Motomura K, Para R, Faucett M, Hsu CD, Zhang G, Tarca AL, Pique-Regi R, Gomez-Lopez N. Maternal-fetal immune responses in pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 18;13(1):320. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27745-z. PMID: 35042863
Galaz J, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Panaitescu B, Para R, Gomez-Lopez N. Betamethasone as a potential treatment for preterm birth associated with sterile intra-amniotic inflammation: a murine study. J Perinat Med. 2021 Apr 20;49(7):897-906. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2021-0049. PMID: 33878254.
Galaz J, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Levenson D, Para R, Varrey A, Hsu R, Tong A, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N. Cellular immune responses in amniotic fluid of women with a sonographic short cervix. J Perinat Med. 2020 Sep 25;48(7):665-676. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2020-0037. PMID: 32716907
Galaz J, Romero R, Slutsky R, Xu Y, Motomura K, Para R, Pacora P, Panaitescu B, Hsu CD, Kacerovsky M, Gomez-Lopez N. Cellular immune responses in amniotic fluid of women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. J Perinat Med. 2020 Mar 26;48(3):222-233. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2019-0395. PMID: 32083453
Galaz J, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Slutsky R, Levenson D, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N. Cellular immune responses in amniotic fluid of women with preterm clinical chorioamnionitis. Inflamm Res. 2020 Feb;69(2):203-216. doi: 10.1007/s00011-019-01308-x. PMID: 31912179