Dr. Sarah McDonald is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.  Her research as a Clinician-Scientist is supported by a Tier II Canada Research Chair. 

Her research focuses on prevention and prevention of preterm birth and its sequelae.

She is excited to be working with Canadian and Australian clinicians, researchers and parents to answer the question of whether one dose of betamethasone gives similar newborn outcomes as two doses in The Single Dose of Antenatal Corticosteroids (SNACS) Randomized Control Trial for Pregnancies at Risk of Preterm Delivery.

She has led 34 grants (as Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator) and published over 200 papers.