Publications + Awards
Our principal investigators and trainees have received a number of honors and awards for their leadership and accomplishments in research that advances the understanding of preterm birth and its complications, maternal obesity and fetal and neonatal genomic medicine. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers and the honors bestowed on us by international and national associations and institutions for our contributions.
Investigator honors, awards + accomplishments

Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD
2023, Appointed Permanent Executive Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2023, Awarded Liley Lectureship at the 2023 PAS Annual Meeting
2022, Received TMS Women in Medicine and Science Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Award
2021, Elected Chair of Tufts PO Women in Medicine and Science Committee
2021, Appointed Interim Executive Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2020, Joined Tufts Institute for Global Obesity Research (TIGOR) Steering Committee
2020, Appointed Chair-Elect of Tufts PO Women in Medicine and Science Committee
2019, Appointed member, Society of Reproductive Investigation Global Outreach Committee
2019, Elected Basic Science Representative of Perinatal Research Society Council
2016, Mary Hellerstein Junior Faculty Professional Development Award, sponsored by Women Faculty of the School of Medicine, CWRU. Cleveland, OH. 
2012, 5th Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research Course Travel Award, Little Rock, AK 
2011, Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award for oral presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 13th annual retreat. Portland, OR. 
2010, NIH-NICHD New Investigator Award at the Perinatal Biology Symposium, Aspen, CO 
2010, Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award for poster presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 12th annual retreat. Portland, OR. 
2007, Travel Award at the Perinatal Research Society Meeting. Savannah, GA 
2007, NIH Young Investigator Travel Award at the Perinatal Biology Symposium. Aspen, CO 
2006, Honorable mention for “Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award” for outstanding presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 9th annual scientist retreat. Portland, OR 
2006, Spring/Summer Thesis Completion Bursary, Queen’s University 
2006, Christopher Knapper Award for Excellence in Teaching, Queen’s University. Nominated for teaching in Gross Anatomy for Medical Students. This award honors Teaching Assistants who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the education of students. The selection process is entirely student-administered. 
2005, Travel Award at the Ontario Hypertension Society Annual Spring Meeting. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
2003 Travel Award at the Annual Meeting of the CAANCB. Ottawa, Canada (46th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies) 
2001, C.P. Leblond Research Presentation Award in recognition of the best poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology, and Cell Biology (CAANCB) Ottawa, Canada (44th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies) 
2001, Award for poster presentation at the Ontario Hypertension Society Annual Spring Meeting, Huntsville, Canada

Michael House, MD
2024, "Top Doctor", Boston Magazine
2023, Keynote Lecturer, International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Paris, France
2021, Appointed Member, Intramural - Extramural Collaboration for Drug Screening with Biofabricated 3-D Disease Tissue Models (UH2/UH3) NIH Study Section
2020, Appointed to the Board of the Perinatal Quality Foundation (ex-officio)
2016-2021, "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine
2013, Elected President of New England Perinatal Research Society
2012, Elected Vice-President of New England Perinatal Research Society
2012, Award for Best Poster at 32nd Annual Meeting, SMFM
2008, Elected member, Perinatal Research Society
2007, Reproductive Scientist Development Program, K12 Award, NICHD
2006, Best Oral Presentation at SMFM
2005, Best Oral Presentation at SMFM
2002, AAAOGF - SMFM Scholarship Award

Elizabeth Yen, MD
2024, Appointed Associate Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2023, Accepted to the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
2022, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Council member
2022, Tufts University School of Medicine Standing Academic Research Awards Committee
2022, Leadership Development Program for Physicians in partnership with Boston University Questrom School of Business
2022, Became Member of Reviewer Board for Advances in Drug & Alcohol Research, Frontiers Publishing Partnerships
2022, Received Tufts CTSI Blue Star Investigator Certificate
2021, WiMS Mentorship Seed Award 2021 Recipient
2020, Sydney Gellis Young Physician Award - awarded to an early career faculty who seeks to improve treatments, outcomes, and the quality of life of sick children.
2020, Member, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Planning Committee.
2020, Abstract reviewer, 2020 annual Pediatric Academic Society and Eastern Society for Pediatric Research meetings.
2020, Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Therapeutics, Respiratory Research 
2018-2020, Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Young Investigator Coaching Program 
2020, Selected participant, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research at the 2020 PAS Meeting
2019, Selected participant at the NICHD/NIH-funded 50th Anniversary of the Perinatal Research Society Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop 
2019, Newborn Medicine Excellent in Teaching Award 
2018, Saltonstall Travel Award to attend Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 
2018, National Institute of Drug Abuse scholarship to attend “Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction” at JAX (Jackson Laboratory). 
2017, Selected participant at the 29th Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Young Investigator Conference on Maternal-Fetal-Neonatal-Reproductive Medicine
2023 Publications

Ayala NK, Fain AC, Cersonsky TEK, Werner EF, Miller ES, Clark MA, Lewkowitz AK. Early pregnancy dispositional optimism and pregnancy outcomes among nulliparous people. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Nov;5(11):101155.  Epub 2023 Sep 19. PMID: 37734660.
 
Bengtson AM, Madlala H, Matjila MJ, Levitt N, Goedecke JH, Cu-Uvin S, McGarvey ST, Werner EF, Myer L. Associations of HIV and antiretroviral therapy with gestational diabetes in South Africa. AIDS. 2023 Nov 1;37(13):2069-2079. Epub 2023 Aug 2. PMID: 37534696; PMCID: PMC10538400.
 
Daw JR, Joyce NR, Werner EF, Kozhimannil KB, Steenland MW. Variation in Outpatient Postpartum Care Use in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. Womens Health Issues. 2023 Sep-Oct;33(5):508-514. Epub 2023 Jun 8. PMID: 37301723.
 
Gnecco JS, Brown A, Buttrey K, Ives C, Goods BA, Baugh L, Hernandez-Gordillo V, Loring M, Isaacson KB, Griffith LG. Organoid co-culture model of the human endometrium in a fully synthetic extracellular matrix enables the study of epithelial-stromal crosstalk. Med. 2023 Aug 11;4(8):554-579.e9. PMID: 37572651.
 
Grossman CA, Schlichting LE, Werner EF, Vivier PM, Reilly-Chammat R, Ayala NK. Third-Grade Educational Outcomes of the Children of Adolescent Women. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Mar;27(3):508-515.. Epub2023 Jan 7. PMID: 36622537.
 
Hostage J, Kolettis D, Sverdlov D, Ludgin J, Drzymalski D, Sweigart B, Mhatre M, House M. Increased Scheduled Intravenous Ketorolac After Cesarean Delivery and Its Effect on Opioid Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Apr 1;141(4):783-790. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 36897140.
 
Kole-White MB, Saha S, Werner EF, Chawla S, Keszler M, McGowan EC, Wyckoff MH, Laptook AR; Generic Database Subcommittee of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Maternal hypertensive disorders and survival without major morbidities among extremely low gestation newborns. J Perinatol. 2023 Apr;43(4):430-436. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36813902; PMCID: PMC10107366.
 
Maitin-Shepard M, Werner EF, Feig LA, Chavarro JE, Mumford SL, Wylie B, Rando OJ, Gaskins AJ, Sakkas D, Arora M, Kudesia R, Lujan ME, Braun J, Mozaffarian D. Report of a Meeting Food, Nutrition, and Fertility: From Soil to Fork. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Dec 13:S0002-9165(23)66301-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38101699.
 
Mathew V, Mei A, Giwa H, Cheong A, Chander A, Zou A, Blanton RM, Kashpur O, Cui W, Slonim D, Mahmoud T, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Mager J, Draper I, Wallingford MC. hnRNPL expression dynamics in the embryo and placenta. Gene Expr Patterns. 2023 Jun;48:119319. Epub 2023 May 4. PMID: 37148985;
 
Ng SW, Lee C, Ng A, Ng SK, Arcuri F, House MD, Norwitz ER. Ferroportin expression and regulation in human placenta/fetal membranes: Implications for ferroptosis and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Reprod Biol. 2023 Dec;23(4):100816. Epub 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 37890398.
 
Ramos SZ, Has P, Gimovsky AC, Danilack VA, Savitz DA, Lewkowitz AK. Outcomes among Neonates after a Diagnosis of Persistent or Transient Fetal Growth Restriction Delivered at Term. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Apr 10:10.1055/a-2051-3859. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36894159; PMCID: PMC10562520.
 
Ramos SZ, Kulkarni A, Oliver M, Danilack VA, Mathews C. Frailty as a predictor of delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2023 Jan 3;33(1):57-65. PMID: 36423959.
 
Ramos SZ, Lewkowitz AK, Lord MG, Has P, Danilack VA, Savitz DA, Werner EF. Predicting primary cesarean delivery in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Nov;229(5):549.e1-549.e16. Epub 2023 Jun 7. PMID: 37290567; PMCID: PMC10700654.
 
Rasool A, Mahmoud T, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Lipid Aldehydes 4-Hydroxynonenal and 4-Hydroxyhexenal Exposure Differentially Impact Lipogenic Pathways in Human Placenta. Biology (Basel). 2023 Mar 30;12(4):527. PMID: 37106728; PMCID: PMC10135722.
 
Shook LL, James KE, Roberts DJ, Powe CE, Perlis RH, Thornburg KL, O'Tierney-Ginn PF, Edlow AG. Sex-specific impact of maternal obesity on fetal placental macrophages and cord blood triglycerides. Placenta. 2023 Sep 7;140:100-108. Epub 2023 Aug 6. PMID: 37566941.
 
Sikka P, Madan N, Yen E. Early white matter tract changes in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: a pilot study. J Perinatol. 2023 Mar;43(3):390-391. Epub 2022 Jun 18. PMID: 35717459; PMCID: PMC9759619.
 
Stone J, House M. Measurement of cervical softness before cerclage placement with an aspiration-based device. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Apr;5(4):100881. Epub 2023 Jan 29. PMID: 36724813.
Sun S, Pellowski J, Pisani C, Pandey D, Go M, Chu M, Ruan J, Werner EF. Experiences of stigma, psychological distress, and facilitative coping among pregnant people with gestational diabetes mellitus. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Sep 7;23(1):643.
 
Whelan AR, Gimovsky AC, Jao NC, Werner EF, Vergara-Lopez C, Stroud LR. Waterpipe Tobacco (Hookah) Use in Pregnancy: Associations with Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Jul;40(10):1033-1039. Epub 2023 Feb 1. PMID: 36724874; PMCID: PMC10483021.
 
Yen E, Gaddis N, Jantzie L, Davis JM. A review of the genomics of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Front Genet. 2023 Feb 10;14:1140400.  PMID: 36845389; PMCID: PMC9950123.
 
Yen E, Madan N, Tarui T, Kaneko-Tarui T, Breeze JL, Davis JM, Maron JL. Sex-specific inflammatory and white matter effects of prenatal opioid exposure: a pilot study. Pediatr Res. 2023 Feb;93(3):604-611. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PMID: 36280708; PMCID: PMC9998341.
 
Yen E. Early career investigator biocommentary: Elizabeth Yen. Pediatr Res. 2023 Feb;93(3):465Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36446922.
 
Yu HY, Has P, Danilack VA, Werner EF, Rouse DJ. Prediction Model Assessing Risk of Delivery after Diagnosis of Abnormal Umbilical Artery Doppler. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Aug;40(11):1253-1258. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34450676.

Zhang Y, Edwards SA, House M. Cerclage prevents ascending intrauterine infection in pregnant mice. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 8:S0002-9378(23)00733-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37816485.
2022 Publications

Akiyama S, Madan N, Graham G, Samura O, Kitano R, Yun HJ, Craig A, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Grant E, Im K, Tarui T. Regional brain development in fetuses with Dandy-Walker malformation: A volumetric fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging study. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 24;17(2):e0263535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263535. PMID: 35202430; PMCID: PMC8870580.

Alvarado-Flores F, Savelyeva A, Chu T, Sadovsky Y, Amutah-Onukagha N, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Placental miRNAs targeting cellular stress response pathways are highly expressed in non-hispanic Black people. Reprod Sci. 2022 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-00895-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35194759.

Aydogan Mathyk B, Piccolo BD, Alvarado F, Shankar K, O'Tierney Ginn PF. Metabolomic signatures of low and high adiposity neonates differ based on maternal BMI. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Apr 25. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00356.2021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35466692.

Berti C, Elahi S, Catalano P,  Bhutta ZA, Krawinkel MB, Parisi F, Agostoni C, Cetin I, Hanson M. Obesity, Pregnancy and the Social Contract with Today's Adolescents..Nutrients 2022, 14, 3550 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173550.

Boelig RC, Mcintosh J, Feltovich H, House M. Cervical length ultrasound for the evaluation of preterm labor: a survey of national use and review of evidence.  Am J Perinatol. 2022 May 17. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1748156. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35580624.

Creanga AA, Catalano PM, Bateman BT. Obesity in Pregnancy, N Engl J Med 2022;387:248-59.

He Y, Ma, RC, McIntyre HD, Sacks DA, Lowe J, Catalano PM, Tam WH. Comparing IADPSG and NICE Diagnostic Criteria for GDM in Predicting Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Diabetes Care 2022;45:1–9.

He Y, Yen YL, Wan Ma RC, Catalano PM, Wing HT.   The roles of newborn anthropometrics in the association between maternal weight gain and childhood cardiovascular risks. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022;1–9. doi: 10.1002/oby.23569.

Marshall NE, Abrams B, Barbour LA, Catalano P, Christian P, Friedman JE, Hay WW Jr, Hernandez TL, Krebs NF, Oken E, Purnell JQ, Roberts JM, Soltani H, Wallace J, Thornburg KL. The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May;226(5):607-632. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.12.035. Epub 2021 Dec 27. PMID: 34968458.

Powe CE, Locascio JJ, Gordesky LH, Florez JC, Catalano PM. Oral glucose tolerance test-based measures of insulin secretory response in pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Apr 19;107(5):e1871-e1878. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac041. PMID: 35090176; PMCID: PMC9016476.

Rasool A, Mahmoud T, Mathyk B, Kaneko-Tarui T, Roncari D, White KO, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Obesity downregulates lipid metabolism genes in first trimester placenta. Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 12;12(1):19368. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24040-9. PMID: 36371454; PMCID: PMC9653480.

Rojas-Rodriquez R, Price l, Somogie J, Hauguel-de Mouzon S, Kalhan SC, Catalano PM. Maternal Lipid Metabolism Is Associated With Neonatal Adiposity: A Longitudinal Study, he Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2022, XX, 1–10.

Sanapo L, Bublitz MH, Bai A, Mehta N, Messerlian GM, Catalano P, Bourjeily G. Association between sleep disordered breathing in early pregnancy and glucose metabolism. Sleep. 2022 Apr 11;45(4):zsab281. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab281. PMID: 34999843; PMCID: PMC8996028.

Sharma , Mei , VMathew , Kashpur , Wallingford M. Review Exp Neurol. 2022 May;351:113986.  doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113986.  Epub 2022 Jan 19. Interaction of extraembryonic microglia and neonatal brain development. PMID:  35065053   DOI:  10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113986.

Sikka P, Madan N, Yen E. Early white matter tract changes in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: a pilot study. J Perinatol. 2022 Jun 18. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01427-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35717459.

Tarui T, Rasool A, O'Tierney-Ginn P. How the placenta-brain lipid axis impacts the nutritional origin of child neurodevelopmental disorders: Focus on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Exp Neurol. 2022 Jan;347:113910. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113910. Epub 2021 Nov 3. PMID: 34742689.

Vesco KK, Marshall NE, Baetscher E, Leo MC, Rooney W, Francisco M, Baker E, King JC, Catalano P, Frias AE, Purnell JQ. Changes in visceral and ectopic adipose tissue stores across pregnancy and their relationship to gestational weight gain. J Nutr. 2022 Apr 1;152(4):1130-1137. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac010. PMID: 35022776; PMCID: PMC8970982.

Yen E. Early career investigator biocommentary: Elizabeth Yen. Pediatr Res. 2022 Nov 29. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02406-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36446922.

Yen E, Davis JM. The immediate and long-term effects of prenatal opioid exposure. Front Pediatr. 2022 Nov 7;10:1039055. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.1039055. PMID: 36419918; PMCID: PMC9676971.

Yen E, Madan N, Tarui T, Kaneko-Tarui T, Breeze JL, Davis JM, Maron JL. Sex-specific inflammatory and white matter effects of prenatal opioid exposure: a pilot study. Pediatr Res. 2022 Oct 24. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02357-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36280708.

Yen E, Maron JL.  Aberrant feeding and growth in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: Evidence of neuromodulation and behavioral changes.  Review, Front Pediatr 2022 Jan 21;9:805763.  doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.805763.  eCollection 2021.

Yun HJ, Lee HJ, Lee JY, Tarui T, Rollins CK, Ortinau CM, Feldman HA, Grant PE, Im K. Quantification of sulcal emergence timing and its variability in early fetal life: Hemispheric asymmetry and sex difference. Neuroimage. 2022 Sep 14; 263:119629. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119629. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36115591.

Zhang Y, Kaplan D, House MD. Tissue engineering for cervical function in pregnancy. Curr Opin Biomed Eng. 2022 Jun;22:100385. doi: 10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100385. Epub 2022 Mar 28. PMID: 35574159
2021 Publications

Allen MC, Moog NK, Buss C, Yen E, Gustafsson HC, Sullivan EL, Graham AM. Co-occurrence of preconception maternal childhood adversity and opioid use during pregnancy: Implications for offspring brain development. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2021 Nov-Dec;88:107033. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2021.107033. Epub 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34601061; PMCID: PMC8578395.

Alvarado FL, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Catalano P. Contribution of Gestational WeightGain on Maternal Glucose Metabolism in Women with GDM and Normal Glucose Tolerance. J Endocr Soc. 2020 Dec 31;5(2):bvaa195. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa195. PMID: 33490853; PMCID: PMC7806201.

Alvarado-Flores F, Kaneko-Tarui T, Beyer W, Katz J, Chu T, Catalano P, Sadovsky Y, Hivert MF, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Placental miR-3940-3p is associated with maternal insulin resistance in late pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Aug 1:dgab571. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab571. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34333643.

Andrews C, Monthé-Drèze C, Sacks DA, Ma RCW, Tam WH, McIntyre HD, Lowe J, Catalano P, Sen S. Role of maternal glucose metabolism in the association between maternal BMI and neonatal size and adiposity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Mar;45(3):515-524. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00705-1. Epub 2020 Nov 8. PMID: 33161416.

Bianchi DW, Maron JL. Conversations with the Editors: The Past, Present, and Future of Placental Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Clin Ther. 2021 Feb;43(2):211-217. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.12.020. Epub 2021 Jan 30. PMID: 33526313.

Bianco ME, Kuang A, Josefson JL, Catalano PM, Dyer AR, Lowe LP, Metzger BE, Scholtens DM, Lowe WL Jr; HAPO Follow-Up Study Cooperative Research Group. Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-Up Study: newborn anthropometrics and childhood glucose metabolism. Diabetologia. 2021

Bianco ME, Kuang A, Josefson JL, Catalano PM, Dyer AR, Lowe LP, Metzger BE, Scholtens DM, Lowe WL Jr; HAPO Follow-Up Study Cooperative Research Group. Correction to: Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-Up Study: newborn anthropometrics and childhood glucose metabolism. Diabetologia. 2021 Jun;64(6):1456. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05421-7. Erratum for: Diabetologia. 2021 Mar;64(3):561-570. PMID: 33725148.

Bowers K, Ehrlich S, Dolan LM, Gupta R, Altaye M, Ollberding NJ, Szczesniak R, Catalano P, Smith E, Khoury JC. Elevated Anthropometric and Metabolic Indicators among Young Adult Offspring of Mothers with Pregestational Diabetes: Early Results from the Transgenerational Effect on Adult Morbidity Study (the TEAM Study). J Diabetes Res. 2021 Nov 1;2021:6590431. doi: 10.1155/2021/6590431. PMID: 34761006; PMCID: PMC8575612.

Callahan ML, Schneider-Worthington CR, Martin SL, Gower BA, Catalano PM, Chandler-Laney P. Association of weight status and carbohydrate intake with gestational weight gain. Clin Obes. 2021 Aug;11(4):e12455. doi: 10.1111/cob.12455. Epub 2021 Apr 9. PMID: 33837658.

Chavkin NW, Leaf EM, Brooks KE, Wallingford MC, Lund SM, Giachelli CM. Adapter Protein RapGEF1 Is Required for ERK1/2 Signaling in Response to Elevated Phosphate in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. J Vasc Res. 2021;58(5):277-285. doi: 10.1159/000516044. Epub 2021 May 5. PMID: 33951626; PMCID: PMC8478708.

Davis EM, Abebe KZ, Simhan HN, Catalano P, Costacou T, Comer D, Orris S, Ly K, Decker A, Mendez D, Day N, Scifres CM. Perinatal Outcomes of Two Screening Strategies for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jul 1;138(1):6-15. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004431. PMID: 34259458; PMCID: PMC8288467.

Enstad S, Cheema S, Thomas R, Fichorova R, Martin CR, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Wagner CL, Sen S. Response to messaging and methodological considerations when researching breastfeeding and obesity. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2021 Oct;75(10):1526-1527. doi: 10.1038/s41430-021-00900-x. Epub 2021 Apr 23. PMID: 33893448.

Enstad S, Cheema S, Thomas R, Fichorova RN, Martin CR, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Wagner CL, Sen S. The impact of maternal obesity and breast milk inflammation on developmental programming of infant growth. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jan;75(1):180-188. doi: 10.1038/s41430-020-00720-5. Epub 2020 Aug 19. PMID:32814855; PMCID: PMC7855210.

Gibbons KS, Chang AMZ, Ma RCW, Tam WH, Catalano PM, Sacks DA, Lowe J, David McIntyre H. Prediction of large-for-gestational age infants in relation to hyperglycemia in pregnancy - A comparison of statistical models. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Aug;178:108975. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108975. Epub 2021 Jul 22. PMID: 34302910.

He Y, Tam CH, Yuen LY, Catalano PM, Ma RC, Tam WH. Optimal gestational weight gain for Chinese women - analysis from a longitudinal cohort with childhood follow-up. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2021 Jul 6;13:100190. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100190. PMID: 34527983; PMCID: PMC8403904.

Hebert JF, Millar JA, Raghavan R, Romney A, Podrabsky JE, Rennie MY, Felker AM, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Morita M, DuPriest EA, Morgan TK. Male fetal sex affects uteroplacental angiogenesis in growth restriction mouse model†. Biol Reprod. 2021 Apr 1;104(4):924-934. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioab006. PMID: 33459759; PMCID: PMC8023425.

Hong J, Yun HJ, Park G, Kim S, Ou Y, Vasung L, Rollins CK, Ortinau CM, Takeoka E, Akiyama S, Tarui T, Estroff JA, Grant PE, Lee JM, Im K. Optimal Method for Fetal Brain Age Prediction Using Multiplanar Slices From StructuralMagnetic Resonance Imaging. Front Neurosci. 2021 Oct 11;15:714252. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.714252. PMID: 34707474; PMCID: PMC8542770.

Josefson JL, Scholtens DM, Kuang A, Catalano PM, Lowe LP, Dyer AR, Petito LC, Lowe WL Jr, Metzger BE; HAPO Follow-up Study Cooperative Research Group. Newborn Adiposity and Cord Blood C-Peptide as Mediators of the Maternal Metabolic Environment and Childhood Adiposity. Diabetes Care. 2021 May;44(5):1194-1202. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2398. Epub 2021 Feb 22. PMID: 33619125; PMCID: PMC8132336.

Landau D, Stout J, Presley LH, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Groh-Wargo S, Catalano PM. Reliability of routine anthropometric measurements to estimate body composition in term infants. Pediatr Res. 2021 May;89(7):1751-1755. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01136-4. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32919389.

Madsen LR, Gibbons KS, Ma RCW, Tam WH, Catalano PM, Sacks DA, Lowe J, McIntyre HD. Do variations in insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in pregnancy predict differences in obstetric and neonatal outcomes? Diabetologia. 2021 Feb;64(2):304-312. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05323-0. Epub 2020 Nov 6. PMID: 33156358.

Mallery CS Jr, Carrillo M, Mei A, Correia-Branco A, Kashpur O, Wallingford MC. Cellular Complexity of Hemochorial Placenta: Stem Cell Populations, Insights from scRNA-seq, and SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility. Curr Stem Cell Rep. 2021 Oct20:1-9. doi: 10.1007/s40778-021-00194-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34697582; PMCID: PMC8527817.

Maron JL, Kingsmore SF, Wigby K, Chowdhury S, Dimmock D, Poindexter B, Suhrie K, Vockley J, Diacovo T, Gelb BD, Stroustrup A, Powell CM, Trembath A, Gallen M, Mullen TE, Tanpaiboon P, Reed D, Kurfiss A, Davis JM. Novel Variant Findings and Challenges Associated With the Clinical Integration of Genomic Testing: An Interim Report of the Genomic Medicine for Ill Neonates and Infants (GEMINI) Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 May 1;175(5):e205906. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5906. Epub 2021 May 3. Erratum in: JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Aug 1;175(8):871. PMID: 33587123; PMCID: PMC7885094.

Maron JL. Giving the Placenta the Respect It Deserves. Clin Ther. 2021 Feb;43(2):220-221. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 29. PMID: 33518356.

Maron JL. How Health Care Systems Can Advance Therapeutics. Clin Ther. 2021 Apr;43(4):651-652. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.03.001. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33766410.

Maron JL. On Target: Extending Lifespans, Improving QALYs, and Reducing Costs with Adjunct Monoclonal Antibody Therapies for Cancer. Clin Ther. 2021 Aug;43(8):1273-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.07.011. Epub 2021 Aug 28. PMID: 34462125.

Maron JL. Personalizing Therapies and Targeting Treatment Strategies Through Pharmacogenomics and Artificial Intelligence. Clin Ther. 2021 May;43(5):793-794. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34052008.

Maron JL. The Economic Burden of Failing to Integrate Genetic Testing Into Health Care: The Time is Now. Clin Ther. 2021 Nov 15:S0149-2918(21)00413-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.10.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34794832.

Maron JL. The Yin and the Yang of the Electronic Health Record. Clin Ther. 2021 Oct;43(10):1627-1628. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.09.010. Epub 2021 Oct 10. PMID: 34645575.

Monthé-Drèze C, Sen S, Hauguel-de Mouzon S, Catalano PM. Effect of Omega-3 Supplementation in Pregnant Women with Obesity on Newborn Body Composition, Growth and Length of Gestation: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 9;13(2):578. doi: 10.3390/nu13020578. PMID: 33572368; PMCID: PMC7916127.

O'Tierney-Ginn P. Placenta Therapeutics: Promise and Practicality. Clin Ther. 2021 Feb;43(2):224-225. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.12.016. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33514458.

Peterson AT,  Bakaysa  SL , Driscoll JL ,  Kalyanaraman R , Wa MD.  Randomized controlled trial of single-use negative-pressure wound therapy dressings in morbidly obese patients undergoing cesarean delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM Actions. 2021 Sep;3(5):100410.

Q Bartlett A, Vesco KK, Purnell JQ, Francisco M, Goddard E, Guan X, DeBarber A, Leo MC, Baetscher E, Rooney W, Naugler W, Guimaraes AR, Catalano P, Xia Z, Schedin P. Pregnancy and weaning regulate human maternal liver size and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Nov 30;118(48):e2107269118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107269118. PMID: 34815335.

Rasool A, Alvarado-Flores F, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Placental Impact of Dietary Supplements: More Than Micronutrients. Clin Ther. 2021 Feb;43(2):226-245. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.11.017. Epub 2020 Dec 23. PMID: 33358257; PMCID: PMC8026523.

Stanford FC, Maron JL. Conversations With the Editors: Combating Caregiver and Patient-Perceived Obesity Stigmatization. Clin Ther. 2021 Jul;43(7):1140-1146. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.05.001. Epub 2021 Jun 5. PMID: 34103177.

Tarui T, Rasool A, O'Tierney-Ginn P. How the placenta-brain lipid axis impacts the nutritional origin of child neurodevelopmental disorders: Focus onattention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Exp Neurol. 2021 Nov 3;347:113910. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113910. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34742689.

Wallace MK, Shivappa N, Wirth MD, Hébert JR, Huston-Gordesky L, Alvarado F, Mouzon SH, Catalano PM. Longitudinal Assessment of Relationships Between Health Behaviors and IL-6 in Overweight and Obese Pregnancy. Biol Res Nurs. 2021 Jul;23(3):481-487. doi: 10.1177/1099800420985615. Epub 2021 Jan 29. PMID: 33511855.

Wang F, Gervasi MG, Bošković A, Sun F, Rinaldi VD, Yu J, Wallingford MC, Tourzani DA, Mager J, Zhu LJ, Rando OJ, Visconti PE, Strittmatter L, Bach I. Deficient spermiogenesis in mice lacking Rlim. Elife. 2021 Feb 23;10:e63556. doi: 10.7554/eLife.63556. PMID: 33620316; PMCID: PMC7935487.

Wilson SL, Wallingford M. Epigenetic regulation of reproduction in human and in animal models. Mol Hum Reprod. 2021 Jul 1;27(7):gaab041. doi:10.1093/molehr/gaab041. PMID: 34318322.

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Maron JL. Technical Considerations and Protocol Optimization for Neonatal Salivary Biomarker Discovery and Analysis. Front Pediatr. 2021 Jan 26;8:618553. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.618553. PMID: 33575231; PMCID: PMC7870796.

Yen E, Murphy HJ, Friedman H, Lucke AM, Rodday AM. Neonatal abstinence syndrome practice variations across pediatric subspecialty. J Perinatol. 2021 Jun;41(6):1512-1514. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00831-8. Epub 2020 Sep 23. PMID: 32968221; PMCID: PMC7985043.

Yun HJ, Perez JDR, Sosa P, Valdés JA, Madan N, Kitano R, Akiyama S, Skotko BG, Feldman HA, Bianchi DW, Grant PE, Tarui T, Im K. Regional Alterations in Cortical Sulcal Depth in Living Fetuses with Down Syndrome. Cereb Cortex. 2021 Jan 5;31(2):757-767. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa255. PMID: 32940649; PMCID: PMC7786357.

Zahn CM, Koutrouvelis GO, Catalano PM. In Reply. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep 1;138(3):489-490. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004528. PMID: 34412072.

Zhang C, Catalano P. Screening for Gestational Diabetes. JAMA. 2021 Aug 10;326(6):487-489. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.12190. PMID: 34374733.
2020 Publications

Alvarado-Flores F, O’Tierney-Ginn PF, Catalano PM. Contribution of gestational weight gain on maternal glucose metabolism in women with GDM and normal glucose tolerance. J EndocrineSoc2020.

Alvarez RD, Goff BA, Chelmow D, Griffin TR, Norwitz ER, Lancey JO. Re-Engineering academic departments of obstetrics and gynecology to operate in a pandemic world and beyond - A joint AGOS/CUCOG statement. Do Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020; 223:383.e1-383.e7.

Andrews C, Monthé-Drèze C, Sacks DA, Ma RC, Wing HT, McIntyre HD, Lowe J, Catalano P, Sarbattama Sen. Role of maternal glucose metabolism in the association between maternal BMI and neonatal size and adiposity. International Journal of Obesity 2020.

Azuma D and Maron JL. Individualizing oral feeding assessment and therapies in the newborn. Research and Reports in Neonatology. 2020;10:23-30.

Bartolome R, Kaneko-Tarui T, Maron J, Zimmerman E. The utility of speech-language biomarkers to predict oral feeding outcomes in the premature newborn. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2020 Jul 10;29(2S):1022-1029. doi: 10.1044/2019_AJSLP-CSW18-19-0027. Epub 2020 Jul 10. PMID: 32650666.

Bianco ME, Kuang A, Josefson JL, Catalano PM, Dyer AR, Lowe LP, Metzger BE, Scholtens DM, Lowe WL Jr; HAPO Follow-Up Study Cooperative Research Group. Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-Up Study: Newborn anthropometrics and childhood glucose metabolism. Diabetologia 2020; doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05331-0.

Correia-Branco: Longstanding Questions and New Biomedical Research Directions. Chapter 13 in Aikawa E and Hutchinson J, Cardiovascular Calcification and Bone Mineralization, Springer Nature Publishers. July, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-46724-1. (Dr. Correia-Branco is a member of Dr. Wallingford’s lab.)

Correia-Branco A, Rincon MP, Pereira LM, Wallingford MC. Inorganic phosphate in the pathogenesis of pregnancy-related complications. Int J Mol Sci 2020;21:5283.

de Mendonça Vieira R, Meagher A, Crespo ÂC, Kshirsagar SK, Iyer V, Norwitz ER, Strominger JL, Tilburgs T. Human term pregnancy decidual NK cells generate distinct cytotoxic responses. J Immunol 2020;204:3149-3159.

Egan AM, Bogdanet D, Griffin TP, Kgosidialwa O, Cervar-Zivkovic M, Depsey E, Allotey J, Alvarado FL, Clarson C, Cooray SD, de Valk HW, Galjaard S, Loeken MR, Maresh MJA, Napoli A, O'Shea PM, Wender-Ozegowska E, van Poppel MNM, Thangaratinam S, Crowther C, Biesty LM, Devane D, Dunne FP, INSPIRED research group. A core outcome set for studies of gestational diabetes mellitus prevention and treatment. Diabetologia, 2020, 63(6):1120‐1127, doi:10.1007/s00125-020-05123-6. (Dr. Alvarado is a member of Dr. O’Tierney-Ginn’s lab).

Enstad S, Cheema S, Thomas R, Fichorova RN, Martin CR, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Wagner CL, Sen S. The impact of maternal obesity and breast milk inflammation on developmental programming of infant growth. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020. doi:10.1038/s41430-020-00720-5.

Erickson ML, Mey JT, Axelrod CL, Paul D, Gordesky L, Russell K, Barkoukis H, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Fielding RA, Kirwan JP, Catalano PM. Rationale and study design for lifestyle intervention in preparation for pregnancy (LIPP): A randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials 2020;94:106024. 

Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Brown SD, Ehrlich SF, Tsai AL, Feng J, Galarce M, Marcovina S, Catalano P, Quesenberry CP. A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2020;8:490-500.

Hivert MF, Cardenas A, Allard C, Doyon M, Powe CE, Catalano PM, Perron P, Bouchard L.  Interplay of placental DNA methylation and maternal insulin sensitivity in pregnancy. Diabetes 2020;69:484-492.

Hong J, Yun HJ, Park G, Kim S, Laurentys CT, Siqueira LC, Tarui T, Rollins CK, Ortinau CM, Grant PE, Lee JM, Im K. Fetal cortical plate segmentation using fully convolutional networks with multiple plane aggregation. Front Neurosci 2020;14:591683.

Hong S, Lee SM, Kwak SH, Kim BJ, Koo JN, Oh IH, Oh S, Kim SM, Shin S, Kim W, Joo SK, Norwitz ER, Louangsenlath S, Park CW, Jun JK, Park J.  A comparison of predictive performances between old versus new criteria in a risk-based screening strategy for gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Metab J 2020. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2019.0126.

Jhaveri R, Maron JL. The changing of the guard. Clin Ther 2020;42:237.

Josefson JL, Catalano PM, Lowe WL, Scholtens DM, Kuang A, Dyer AR, Lowe LP, Metzger BE. The joint associations of maternal BMI and glycemia with childhood adiposity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020; 105:2177-2188.

Jung YM, Lee SM, Hong S, Koo JN, Oh IH, Kim BJ, Kim SM, Kim SY, Kim GM, Kyung Joo S, Shin S, Norwitz ER, Park CW, Jun JK, Kim W, Park JS. The risk of pregnancy-associated hypertension in women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver Int 2020;40:2417-2426.

Khoury JC, Altaye M, Ehrlich S, Summer S, Ollberding NJ, Szczesniak R, Gupta R, Catalano P. Does birthweight represent imprinting for life? Preliminary findings from the level and timing of diabetic hyperglycemia in utero: Transgenerational Effect on Adult Morbidity (TEAM) Study Reports 3 2020.

Kim SM, Cho BK, Kim BJ, Lee HY, Norwitz ER, Kang MJ, Lee SM, Park CW, Jun JK, Yi EC, Park JS. The amniotic fluid proteome differs significantly between donor and recipient fetuses in pregnancies complicated by twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. J Korean Med Sci 2020;35:e73.

Koullali B, Zhang Y, Peterson A, Raia N, Kaplan DL, House MD. Cervical augmentation with an injectable silk-based gel: Biocompatibility in a rat model of pregnancy. Reprod Sci 2020: doi: 10.1007/s43032-019-00111-7.

Landau D, Stout J, Presley LH, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Groh-Wargo S, Catalano PM. Reliability of routine anthropometric measurements to estimate body composition in term infants. Pediatr Res 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01136-4.

Lee SM, Kim BJ, Park JS, Norwitz ER, Oh JW, Oh S, Vixay C, Kim SM, Park CW,Jun JK. Risk of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation and respiratory distress syndrome according to the birth order in twin preterm neonates. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020;33:1566-1571.

Longmore DK, Barr ELM, Barzi F, Lee IL, Kirkwood M, Connors C, Boyle J, O'Dea K, Zimmet P, Oats J, Catalano P, McIntyre HD, Brown ADH, Shaw JE, Maple-Brown LJ; PANDORA study research team. Social and economic factors, maternal behaviours in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity in the PANDORA cohort.  Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2020;161:108028.

Madsen LR, Gibbons KS, Ma RCW, Tam WH, Catalano PM, Sacks DA, Lowe J, McIntyre HD. Do variations in insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in pregnancy predict differences in obstetric and neonatal outcomes? Diabetologia 2020; doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05323-0.

Maron BA, Maron JL, Abman SH. The case for bringing birthweight to adult cardiovascular medicine. Am J Cardiol 2020;127:191-192.

Maron JL.  Stress and altered immune function: Programming throughout the lifespan. Clin Ther 2020;42:959-960.

Maron JL. The shared responsibility of implementing value-based health care. Clin Ther 2020;42:7-9.

Maron JL. Brain: The New Frontier. Clin Ther 2020;42:1137-1138.

Maron, JL. Evaluating therapeutics and interventions throughout the female life course. Clin Ther 2020;42:379-380.

Maron JL. Healing a broken heart: can stem cell and gene therapy regenerate and repair the myocardium? Clin Ther 2020;42:1847-1848.

Maron JL. Rethinking our approach to the public mistrust of science. Clin Ther 2020;42:2239-2240.

Maron JL. A hidden generation: Offspring from sperm donation in an era of medical paternalism. Clin Ther 2020;42:2119-2121.

McIntyre HD, Gibbons KS, Ma RCW, Tam WH, Sacks DA, Lowe J, Madsen LR, Catalano PM. Testing for gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. An evaluation of proposed protocols for the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2020;167:108353.

Mi SY, Learnard  H, Kant S,  Gealikman O , Rojas-Rodriguez R, DeSouza T, Desai A, Keaney JF, Corvera S, Craige SM. Exercise rescues gene pathways involved in vascular expansion and promotes functional angiogenesis in subcutaneous white adipose tissue. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 20(8):2046. (Dr. Rojas-Rodriguez is a member of Dr. Catalano’s lab).

Ng SW, Norwitz GA, Pavlicev M, Tilburgs T, Simón C, Norwitz ER. Endometrial decidualization: The primary driver of pregnancy health. Int J Mol Sci 2020;21:E 4092.

Nguyen C, Correia-Branco A, Adhikari N, Mercan E, Mallidi V, Wallingford MC. New frontiers in placenta and extraembryonic tissue imaging. EMJ Radiology 2020;54-62;doi.org/10.33590/emjradiol/19-00210. (Dr. Correia-Branco is a post-doc in Dr. Wallingford’s lab.)

Ng SW, Norwitz SG, Taylor HS, Norwitz ER.  Endometriosis: The role of iron overload and ferroptosis. Reprod Sci 2020. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00164-z.

O'Tierney-Ginn P. Let's Talk about sex: Placentas' central role in sexually dimorphic responses to the maternal milieu. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020;105:e4973–4.

Papuchova H, Kshirsagar S, Xu L, Bougleux Gomes HA, Li Q, Iyer V, Norwitz ER, Strominger JL, Tilburgs T.  Three types of HLA-G+ extravillous trophoblasts that have distinct immune regulatory properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020;117:15772-15777.

Raia NR, Bakaysa SL, Ghezzi CE, House MD, Kaplan DL. Ex vivo pregnant-like tissue model to assess injectable hydrogel for preterm birth prevention. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2020;108:468-474.

Rao SL, Taymoori A, Wong DTW, Maron JL. Altered level of salivary placental growth factor is associated with preeclampsia. Placenta 2020;90:118-120.

Rasool A, Alvarado-Flores F, O'Tierney-Ginn P. Placental impact of dietary supplements: More than micronutrients. Clin Ther 2020;S0149-2918:30545-2.

Rojas-Rodriguez R, Majid S, Ziegler R, Madore  A, Pace V, Nachreiner D, Corvera S. PAPP-A-mediated adipose tissue remodeling mitigates insulin resistance and protects against gestational diabetes in mice and humans. Science Translational Medicine, 25 Nov 2020:Vol. 12, Issue 571, eaay4145, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay4145. (Dr. Rojas-Rodriguez is a member of Dr. Catalano’s lab).

Tarui T, Im K, Madan N, Madankumar R, Skotko BG, Schwartz A, Sharr C, Ralston SJ, Kitano R, Akiyama S, Yun HJ, Grant E, Bianchi DW. Quantitative MRI analyses of regional brain growth in living fetuses with Down Syndrome. Cereb Cortex 2020;30:382-390.

Vaughan DA, Seidler EA, Murphy LA, Cleary EG, Penzias A, Norwitz ER, Sakkas D. Double trouble? Clinic-specific risk factors for monozygotic twinning. Fertil Steril 2020;114:587-594.

Waters TP, Kim SY, Sharma AJ, Schnellinger P, Bobo JK, Woodruff RT, Cubbins LA, Haghiac M, Minium J, Presley L, Wolfe H, Hauguel-de Mouzon S, Adams W, Catalano PM. Longitudinal changes in glucose metabolism in women with gestational diabetes, from late pregnancy to the postpartum period.  Diabetologia 2020;63:385-394.

Waters TP, Kim SY, Werner E, Dinglas C, Carter EB, Patel R, Sharma AJ, Catalano P. Should women with gestational diabetes be screened at delivery hospitalization for type 2 diabetes? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020;222:73. e1-73.e11, 2020.

Yen E, Kaneko-Tarui T, Maron JL. Technical considerations and protocol optimization for neonatal salivary biomarker discovery and analysis. Front Pediatr. 2021 Jan 26;8:618553. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.618553. PMID: 33575231; PMCID: PMC7870796.

Yen E, Murphy HJ, Friedman H, Lucke AM, Rodday AM. Neonatal abstinence syndrome practice variations across pediatric subspecialty. J Perinatol 2020 doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00831-8.

Yun HJ, Vasung L, Tarui T, Rollins CK, Ortinau CM, Grant PE, Im K. Temporal patterns of emergence and spatial distribution of sulcal pits during fetal life. Cereb Cortex 2020;30:4257-4268.

Yun HJ, Perez JDR, Sosa P, Valdés JA, Madan N, Kitano R, Akiyama S, Skotko BG, Feldman HA, Bianchi DW, Grant PE, Tarui T, Im K. Regional Alterations in Cortical Sulcal Depth in Living Fetuses with Down Syndrome. Cereb Cortex 2020;bhaa255 doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa255.

Zhang Y, Raia N, Peterson A, Kaplan DL, House M. Injectable silk-based hydrogel as an alternative to cervical cerclage: A rabbit study. Tissue Eng Part A, 2020 Apr;26(7-8):379-386.

doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2019.0210. Epub 2019 Nov 14

Ziegler A, Maron JL, Barlow SM, Davis JM. Effect of pacifier design on nonnutritive suck maturation and weight gain in preterm infants: A pilot study. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2020 Nov 17;93:100617. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2020.100617. PMID: 33315968; PMCID.
2019 Publications

Acharya G, Bartolomei M, Carter AM, Chamley L, Cotton CF, Hasegawa J, Hasegawa Y, Hayakawa S, Kawaguchi M, Konwar C, Magawa S, Miura K, Nishi H, Salomon C, Sato K, Soejima H, Soma H, Sørensen A, Takahashi H, Tomita T, Whittington CM, Yuan V, O'Tierney-Ginn P. IFPA meeting 2018 workshop report I: Reproduction and placentation among ocean-living species; placental imaging; epigenetics and extracellular vesicles in pregnancy. Placenta; 2019 (in Press).

Albrecht C, Chamley L, Charnock-Jones DS, Collins S, Fujiwara H, Golos T, Grayo S, Hannan N, Harris L, Ichizuka K, Illsley NP, Iwashita M, Kallol S, Al-Khan A, Lash G, Nagamatsu T, Nakashima A, Niimi K, Nomoto M, Redman C, Saito S, Tanimura K, Tomi M, Usui H, Vatish M, Wolfe B, Yamamoto E, O'Tierney-Ginn P. IFPA meeting 2018 workshop report II: Abnormally invasive placenta; inflammation and infection; preeclampsia; gestational trophoblastic disease and drug delivery Placenta; 2019 (in Press).

Davidson J, Ruthazer R, Maron JL. Optimal Timing to Utilize Olfactory Stimulation with Maternal Breast Milk to Improve Oral Feeding Skills in the Premature Newborn. Breastfeed Med 2019;doi: 10.1089/bfm.2018.0180

Haddow JE, Metzger BE, Lambert-Messerlian G, Eklund E, Coustan D, Catalano P,  Palomaki GE. Maternal BMI, peripheral deiodinase activity, and plasma glucose: Relationships among Caucasian women in the HAPO study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2019;doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02328.

Josefson JL, Nodzenski M, Talbot O, Scholtens DM, Catalano P. Fat mass estimation in neonates: anthropometric models compared with air displacement plethysmography. Br J Nutr 2019 Feb;121:285-290.

Landau D, Haghiac M, Minium J, Skomorovska-Prokvolit Y, Calabuig-Navarro V, O’Tierney-Ginn P. Activation of AMPK in human placental explants impairs mitochondrial function and cellular metabolism. Reproductive Sciences 2019;26:487-95.

Liao C, Rosner AO, Maron JL, Song D, Barlow SM. Automatic Nonnutritive Suck Waveform Discrimination and Feature Extraction in Preterm Infants. Comput Math Methods Med 2019 doi: 10.1155/2019/7496591.

Longmore DK, Barr ELM, Lee IL, Barzi F, Kirkwood M, Whitbread C, Hampton V,Graham S, Van Dokkum P, Connors C, Boyle JA, Catalano P, Brown ADH, O'Dea K, Oats J, McIntyre HD, Shaw JE, Maple-Brown LJ; PANDORA study research team. Maternal body mass index, excess gestational weight gain, and diabetes are positively associated with neonatal adiposity in the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study. Pediatr Obes 2019;16:e12490.

Lowe WL Jr, Lowe LP, Kuang A, Catalano PM, Nodzenski M, Talbot O, Tam WH, Sacks DA, McCance D, Linder B, Lebenthal Y, Lawrence JM, Lashley M, Josefson JL, Hamilton J, Deerochanawong C, Clayton P, Brickman WJ, Dyer AR, Scholtens DM,Metzger BE; HAPO Follow-up Study Cooperative Research Group. Maternal glucose levels during pregnancy and childhood adiposity in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study. Diabetologia. 2019;doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4809-6.

Lowe WL Jr, Scholtens DM, Kuang A, Linder B, Lawrence JM, Lebenthal Y, McCance D, Hamilton J, Nodzenski M, Talbot O, Brickman WJ, Clayton P, Ma RC, Tam WH, Dyer AR, Catalano PM, Lowe LP, Metzger BE; HAPO Follow-up Study Cooperative Research Group.  Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study (HAPO FUS): Maternal Gestational Diabetes and Childhood Glucose Metabolism.  Diabetes Care 2019;doi: 10.2337/dc18-1646. 

Scholtens DM, Kuang A, Lowe LP, Hamilton J, Lawrence JM, Lebenthal Y, Brickman WJ, Clayton P, Ma RC, McCance D, Tam WH, Catalano PM, Linder B, Dyer AR, Lowe WL Jr, Metzger BE; HAPO Follow-Up Study Cooperative Research Group.  Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-Up Study (HAPO FUS): Maternal Glycemia and Childhood Glucose Metabolism.  Diabetes Care 2019;pii: dc182021. doi: 10.2337/dc18-2021.

Yun HJ, Chung AW, Vasung L, Yang E, Tarui T, Rollins CK, Ortinau CM, Grant PE, Im K. Automatic labeling of cortical sulci for the human fetal brain based on spatio-temporal information of gyrification. Neuroimage 2019;188:473-482.
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