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Robert Garfield is an American academic and author with formal training in pharmacology (PhD, University of Alberta, Canada). I have collaborated globally with leading scientists and clinicians and trained many exceptional young scientists. I have held positions as a full professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario), University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas), St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix, Arizona), Creighton University and recently completed four years of study in obstetrics at Guangzhou Women and Children’s Hospital (Guangzhou, China). Presently, I am a professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. I maintain an active research program focused on pregnancy from conception to delivery, including extensive studies of the electrical activity of uterine muscle which controls uterine contractions during term and preterm labor, and dilation of the cervix. I have published 365 peer-reviewed papers, textbooks, and about 1000 published abstracts at international meetings, and hold many patents on drugs and medical devices. I am most noted for my discoveries on the structure and function of the uterus and cervix, methods and devices to diagnose true labor at term and preterm, and treatment of premature labor. I have also mentored over 300 young investigators and received many awards, honors, and grant funding during my career. I am healthy, active, and very happy to contribute to science in obstetrics. I intend to continue my work on uterine contractility and cervical function during term and preterm birth.