Dr Erlidia F. Llamas-Clark is a Professor V and University Scientist I. She serves as a Research Professor at the University of the Philippines, the National Institutes of Health–Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the UP Resilience Institute. She is an Attending Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and an OBGYN ultrasound subspecialist at the Philippine General Hospital and several major private hospitals in Metro Manila. Dr Llamas-Clark specialises in women’s reproductive health, and maternal and child health. Her work explores the intersections of health with climate change, disaster resilience, food security, gender, and the environment.

She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health from the Australian National University.

She was the Principal Investigator of the landmark Philippine research project on COVID-19 and women, supported by the Australian Alumni Engagement Award, the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Unified Research Agenda’s First Flagship Project (2020–2022), and the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD). Dr Llamas-Clark also leads the Philippine team in the WHO COVID-19 Pregnancy Cohort Study and the DOST-PCHRD research project on endocrine disruptors and their links to maternal and child health and polycystic ovarian syndrome.