Tracy King, MD, MPH, earned a bachelor’s and a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at the Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. She also completed a research fellowship in general academic pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine while earning a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

As NICHD associate director for prevention, Dr. King oversees initiatives and programs related to the prevention of health problems among children and adolescents, pregnant, lactating, and postpartum women, and people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

As an NICHD CDBB medical officer, Dr. King manages the pediatric primary care research portfolio. She is a board-certified pediatrician with extensive research, clinical, and teaching experience. She also serves as NICHD’s liaison to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.