Kristen Noble, MD, PhD

Dr. Kristen Noble, MD, PhD is a neonatologist and basic scientist who studies the intrauterine immune response to infection during pregnancy. Dr. Noble earned a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, followed by her MD/PhD degrees from Meharry Medical College. She matriculated through pediatric residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN and then returned to Vanderbilt for fellowship in Neonatology. She stayed as faculty at Vanderbilt prior to her recent move in 2024 to Indiana University where she is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Noble received a K08 career development award from the NICHD to focus on the placental host immune response to bacterial infection as a function of gestational age during pregnancy.