• Stefanie DeLuca
• Russell Sage Foundation 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2021

This mixed methods study examines how beliefs about educational attainment and anticipated adverse shocks (e.g., evictions, incarcerations or deaths of family members, or violence) relate to educational plans and actual […]

• Cynthia Minkowitz
• HRSA U02 2/1/2018 -1/31/2023

This project assists State Title V MCH programs in incorporating available scientific evidence in developing State Action Plans and responding to national and state performance measures.

• Andreea Creanga
• HRSA U7 5/1/2019 - 9/30/2024

The overarching goal of the project is to improve maternal health quality and outcomes throughout Maryland.

• Christina Bethell
• HRSA U59 5/1/2018 - 4/30/2023

The goal of the Data Resource Center is to provide essential maternal and child health data at the national, regional, and state-level, to inform and enhance maternal and child health […]

• Xiumei Hong
• NICHD R03 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2020

Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity in the US and the globe, and can lead to a cascade of health problems later in life. […]

• Xiaobin Wang
• NICHD R01 4/15/2019 - 3/31/2023

More than half of U.S. mothers entered pregnancy with overweight or obesity (OWO); maternal obesity is considered a major determinant of the next generations’ OWO risk.7 A similar inter-generational link […]

• Andreea Creanga
• NICHD R03 4/1/2019 - 3/31/2021

Maternal mortality has been increasing in the United States. The extent to which non-medical use of prescription drugs by pregnant and postpartum women has contributed to this trend is unknown […]

• Andreea Creanga
• NICHD R03 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2020

Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is on the rise in the United States. Such morbidity is accompanied by delivery complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes, and can have long- term health consequences […]

• Arik Marcell
• NICHD R21 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2021

While father engagement programming is widely advocated, few clinical and public health approaches engage fathers during the pre- and perinatal periods. A large body of literature shows that fathers play […]

• Xiaobin Wang
• NICHD R01 4/1/2016 - 3/31/2021

Using a life-course framework, we propose to conduct a comprehensive and systemic investigation on preterm birth (PTB) and maternal and fetal metabolic characteristics in relation to child development of adverse […]

• Sara Johnson
• NICHD R01 4/1/2018 -3/31/2023

The proposed three-generation study seeks to determine whether self-regulation in childhood is a foundation for parenting in adulthood and whether a successful universal preventive intervention to improve self-regulation in childhood […]

• Tak Igusa (sub-award PI)
• NICHD-PDB U01 9/1/2015 - 8/31/2022

The obesity epidemic is a continuing and growing major global multi-scale problem. Designing appropriate policies and interventions has been challenging since obesity is a complex problem, crossing the following six […]

• Maria Wawer (sub-award PI)
• NICHD-PDB R01

Project Abstract: Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa make the transition to adulthood facing considerable risk of HIV infection; this risk is particularly high for young women. Understanding social processes that produce […]

• Li Liu (sub-award PI)
• NICHD-PDB R01 9/1/2017 - 6/30/2022

Project Summary The Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) is a key and widely-used indicator of child health, but it conceals important information about how this mortality is distributed by age. For […]

• Li Liu
• NICHD-PDB R21 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2020

Project Summary: Globally, an estimated 5.9 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2015. The majority died in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where quality information on age- […]

• Philip Anglewicz
• NICHD-PDB R21 5/1/2019 - 4/30/2021

Project Summary: The limited body of research on Ebola suggests that, among survivors and their families, there are substantial impacts of infection on social and demographic outcomes, yet little is […]

• Xiaobin Wang
• NICHD R01 1/1/16-12/31/20

Obesity in a young child can not only result in short-term social, psychological, and health effects but also increases the probability to obesity later n life with many possible accompanying […]

• Pamela Surkan & Xiaobin Wang
• NICHD R21 1/1/16-6/30/18

Growing evidence indicates that maternal psychosocial stressors during pregnancy, e.g. depression, anxiety, and stressful life events are related to poor birth outcomes. However, the epigenetic mechanisms underlying associations between maternal […]

• Elizabeth Stuart
• NIMH R01 07/01/13-03/31/17

Many studies in public health, including comparative effectiveness research, aim to answer questions such as “what works for whom?” or “under what conditions does it work?” Such questions can often […]