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Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and ChairDepartment of Epidemiology A527 Crabtree University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15261 E-mail: repro@pitt.edu Administrative Assistant Maureen Henderson Phone: (412) 624-3056 Fax: (412) 624-3737 A528 Crabtree Hall, GSPH Research Assistant Donna Bushey Phone: (412) 624-3045 A548 Crabtree Hall, GSPH Research Interests
Co-Principal Investigator
Catov JM*, Newman AB, Roberts JM, Sutton-Tyrrell KC, Kelsey SF, Harris T, Jackson R, Colbert LH, Satterfiled S, Ayonayon HN, Ness RB. Association between infant birth weight and maternal cardiovascular risk factors in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17(1):36-43. Ness RB. Writing science: The story's the thing. Sciencecareers.org. Science 2007. Ness RB. Post Gazette Op-Ed. Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2007. Escobar PA, Olivero OA, Wade NA, Abrams EJ, Nesel CJ, Ness RB, Day RD, Day BW, Meng Q, O'Neill JP, Walker DM, Poirier MC, Walker VE, Bigbee WL. Genotoxicity assessed by the comet and GPA assays following in vitro exposure of human lymphoblastoid cells (H9) or perinatal exposure of mother-child pairs to AST or AST-3TC. Environ Mol Mutagen 2007;48(3-4):330-43. Meng Q, Olivero OA, Fasco MJ, Bellisario R, Kaminsky L, Pass KA, Wade NA, Abrams EJ, Nesel CJ, Ness RB, Bigbee WL, O'Neill JP, Walker DM, Poirier MC, Walker VE. Plasma and cellular markers of 3'-azido-3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) metabolism as indicators of DNA damage in cord blood mononuclear cells from infants receiving prepartum NRTI's. Environ Mol Mutagen 2007;48(3-4):307-21. Catov JM*, Bodnar LM, Ness RB, Markovic N, Roberts JM. Association of periconceptional multivitamin use and risk of preterm or small-for-gestational-age births. Am J Epidemiol 2007;166(3):296-303. Gayther S, Song H, Ramus SJ, Kjaer SK, Whittermore A, Quaye L, Tyre J, Shadforth D, Hogdall E, Hogdall C, Blaeker J, DiCioccio R, McGuire V, Webb PM, Beesley J, The Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Green AC, Whiteman DC, The Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer), Goodman MT, Lurie G, Carney ME, Modugno F, Ness RB, Edwards RP, Moysich KB, Goode EL, Couch FJ, Cunningham JM, Sellers TA, Wu AH, Pike MC, Iverson ES, Marks JR, Garcia-Closas M, Brinton L, Lissowka J, Peplonska B, Easton DF, Jacobs I, Ponder BAJ, Schildkraut J, Pearce CL, Chenevix-Trench G, Berchuck A, Pharoah PDP on behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in cell cycle control genes and susceptibility to invasive epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Research 2007;67(7):3027-35. Jenkins LD, Powers RW, Adotey M, Gallaher MJ, Markovic N, Ness RB, Roberts JM. Maternal leptin concentrations are similar in African Americans and Caucasians in normal pregnancy, preeclampsia and with small for gestational age infants. Hypertension Preg 2007;26(1):101-9. Ness RB, ACE Policy Committee. Biospecimen "ownership": point. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(2):188-9. Haggerty CL, Ness RB. Newest approaches to pelvic inflammatory disease treatment: a review of the recent randomized clinical trials. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44(7):953-60. Smith KJ*, Ness RB, Roberts MS. Hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Sex Trans Dis 2007;34(2):108-12. Bodnar LM, Catov JM, Klebanoff MA, Ness RB, Roberts JM. Prepregnancy body mass index and the occurrence of severe hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Epidemiology 2007;18(2):234-9. Ness RB, Samet JM, Camargo CA, Hiatt RA, ACE Policy Committee. American College of Epidemiology weighs in on new NCI biorepository guidelines. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17(1):81-2. Ness RB. "Big" science and the little guy. Epidemiol 2007;18(1):9-12. Catov JM*, Patrick TE, Powers RW, Ness RB, Harger G, Roberts JM. Maternal leptin across pregnancy in women with small-for-gestational-age infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196(6):558.e1-8. Ismailov RM*, Ness RB, Redmond CT, Talbott EO, Weiss HB. Trauma associated with cardiac dysrhythmias: results from a large matched case-control study. J Trauma 2007;62(5):1186-91. Ness RB, Koopman JS, Roberts MS. Causal system modeling in chronic disease epidemiology: A proposal. Ann Epidemiol 2007 Jul;17(7):564-8. Ness RB. American College of Epidemiology (by Ness RB). Unhealthy Science. New York Times Magazine Letters. 2007; Sept 30. Ness RB, Bass D, Hill L, Klebanoff MA, Zhang J. Diagnostic test characteristics of placental weight in the prediction of small for gestational age neonates. J Reprod Med 2007;52:793-800. Catov JM*, Ness RB, Kip K, Olsen J, Risk of early or severe preeclampsia related to pre-existing conditions. Int J Epidemiol 2007;36:412-9. Hutchinson KB*, Kip K, Ness RB for the Gynecologic Infection Follow-through (GIFT) Study. Vaginal douching and the development of bacterial vaginosis (BV) among women with normal and abnormal vaginal microflora. Sex Trans Dis 2007;34:671-5. Smith KJ*, Ness RB, Weisenfeld HC, Roberts MS. Cost- Effectiveness of alternative outpatient pelvic inflammatory disease treatment strategies. Sex Trans Dis 2007;34(12):960-6. Hutchinson KB*, Kip KE, Ness RB for the Gynecologic Infection Follow-through (GIFT) Investigators. Condom use and its association with bacterial vaginosis (BV) and BV-associated vaginal microflora. Epidemiol 2007;18:702-8. Rajakumar A, Jeyabalan A, Markovic N, Ness RB, Gilmore C, Conrad KP. Placental HIP-1a, HIF-2a, membrane and soluble VEGF receptor-1 proteins are not increased in normotensive pregnancies complicated by late onset intrauterine growth restriction. A J Physiol - Reg Integr Comper Physiol 2007;293:R766-74. Catov JM*, Newman AB, Roberts JM, Kelsey SF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Harris TB, Colbert L Rubin SM, Satterfield S, Ness RB for the Health ABC Study. Preterm delivery and remote maternal cardiovascular disease risk: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Epidemiol 2007;18:733-9. Catov JM*, Bodnar LM, Ness RB, Barron SJ, Roberts JM. Inflammation and dyslipidemia related to risk of spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol 2007;166:1312-9. Smith KJ, Tsevat J, Ness RB, Wiesenfeld HC, Roberts MS. Quality of life utilities for pelvic inflammatory disease health states. Sex Trans Dis 2008;35(3):307-11. Ness RB, Catov J. Timing and types of cardiovascular risk factors in relation to offspring birthweight. Am J Epidemiol 2007;166:1365-7. Ness RB, Rothenberg R. Critique of epidemiology: changing the terms of the debate. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:1011-2. Ness RB, Joint Policy Committee, Societies of Epidemiology. Influence of the HIPAA privacy rule on health research. JAMA 2007 Nov 14;298(18):2164-70. Parrott MS, von Versen-Höynck F, Ness RB, Markovic N, Roberts JM. System A amino acid transporter activity in term placenta is substrate specific and inversely related to amino acid concentration. Reprod Sci 2007 Oct;14(7):687-93. Nelson DB. Bellamy S. Odibo A. Nachamkin I. Ness RB. Allen-Taylor L. Vaginal symptoms and bacterial vaginosis (BV): how useful is self-report? Development of a screening tool for predicting BV status. Epidemiol & Infection. 2007;135:1369-75. Smith KJ, Tsevat J, Ness RB, Wiesenfeld HC, Roberts MS. Quality of life utilities for pelvic inflammatory disease health states. Sex Trans Dis 2008;35(3):307-11. Collaborative Group on Epidemiologic Studies of Ovarian Cancer (Writing Committee: Beral V, Hermon C, Reeves G, Peto R; Advisory Committee: Brinton L, Green A, Marchbanks P, Meirik O, Negri E, Ness R, Peeters P, Vessey M). Ovarian cancer and oral contraceptives. Collaborative reanalysis of data from 45 epidemiologic studies including 23, 257 women with ovarian cancer and 87,303 controls. Lancet 2008;371:303-14. Ness RB, Trautmann G, Soper DE. Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment strategies for pelvic inflammatory disease (letter). Obstet Gynecol (in press) Hess R*, Olshansky E, Ness RB, Bryce CL, Dillon S, Kapoor WN, Chang CCH, Matthews KA. Pregnancy and birth history influences women's experience of menopause. Menopause, 2008;15(3): 435-41. Nelson DB, Bellamy S, Nachamkin I, Ness RB, Macones GA, Allen-Taylor L. First trimester bacterial vaginosis, individual microorganism levels and risk of second trimester pregnancy loss among urban women. Fertil Steril (in press) Trautmann GM*, Kip K, Richter HE, Soper DE, Peipert JF, Nelson DB, Trout W, Schubeck D, Bass DC, Ness RB. Do short-term markers of treatment efficacy predict long-term sequence of PID? Am J Obstet (in press) Cook RC*, Østergaard L, Hillier SL, Murray PJ, Chang CH, Comer DM, Ness RB, for the DAISY study team. Home screening for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young women: randomized controlled trial. Sex Transm Infect 2007 (in press) Ness RB, Soper DE, Richter HE, Randall H, Peipert JF, Nelson DB, Schubeck D, McNeeley G, Trout W, Bass DC, Hutchison K, Kip K, Brunham RC. Chlamydia antibodies, chlamydia heat shock protein and adverse sequelae after pelvic inflammatory disease: The PID Evaluation and Clinical Health (PEACH) Study. Sex Trans Dis (in press) Ness RB, Grainger DA. Male reproductive proteins and reproductive outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol (in press) Smith KJ*, Cook RL, Ness RB. Cost comparisons between home- and clinic-based testing for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young women. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. (in press) Pearce CL, Wu AH, Gayther SA, Bale AE, Beck PA, Beesley J, Chanock S, Cramer DW, DiCioccioR, Garcia-Closas M, Goode EL, Green AC, Hartmann LC, Hogdall E, Kruger-Kjaer S, Lissowska J, McGuire V, Ness RB, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Sellers TA, Song H, Stram DO, Terry KL, Webb PM, Whiteman DC, Whittemore A, Zheng W, Pharoah DPP, Chenevix-Trench G, Schildkraut J, Pike MC, Berchuck A, on behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC). Progesterone receptor variation and risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the ovarian cancer association consortium pooled analysis. Br J Cancer (in press) Ramus SJ, Vierkant RA, Johnatty S, Pike MC, Van Den Berg DJ, Wu AH, Pearce CL, Menon U, Gentry-Maharaj A, Gayther SA, DiCioccio R, McGuire V, Whittemore AS, Song S, Easton DF, Pharoah PDP, Chanock S, Lissowska J, Brinton L, Garcia-Closas M, Terry KL, Cramer DW, Tworoger SS, Hankinson SE, Berchuck A, Moorman PG, Schildkraut J, Cunningham JM, Kruger-Kjaer S, Blaeker J, Hogdall C, Hogdall E, Moysich KB, Edwards RP, Ness RB, Carney ME, Lurie G, Goodman MT, Wang-Gohrke S, Kropp S, Chang-Claude J, The Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, The Australian Cancer Study (Ovarian Cancer), Webb PW, Chen X, Beesley J, Chenevix-Trench G, Goode EL, on behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC). Consortium analysis of seven candidate SNPs for ovarian cancer. Int J Cancer (in press) Lain KY, Daftary AR, Ness RB, Roberts JM. First trimester adipocytokine concentrations in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mid-pregnancy. Clinical Endocrinology (in press) Ness RB. HIPAA and Research (letter). JAMA (in press) Hess R*, Austin RM, Dillon S, Chang CH, Ness RB. Vaginal maturation index self-sample collection in mid-life women: acceptability and correlation with physician collected samples. Menopause (in press) Wu D, Sun Y, Vestergaard M, Christensen J, Ness RB, Haggerty CL, Olsen J. Pre-eclampsia and the risk of epilepsy in offspring. Pediatrics (in press) Hubel CA, Powers RW, Snaedal S, Gammill HS, Ness RB, Roberts JM, Arngrimsson R. C-reactive protein is elevated 30 years after eclamptic pregnancy. Hypertension (in press) Haggerty CL, Totten PA, Astete SG, Lee S, Hoferka SL, Kelsey SF, Ness RB. Failure to cefoxitin and doxycycline to eradicate endometrial mycoplasma genitalium and the consequence for clinical cure of pelvic inflammatory disease. Sex Transm Infect (in press) Ness RB, Zhang J, Bass D, Klebanoff MA. Interactions between smoking and weight in pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia and small-for gestational age. Am J Epidemiol (in press) Jeyabalan A, Powers RW, Durica AR, Harger G, Roberts JM, Ness RB. Cigarette smoke exposure and angiogenic factors in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Am J Hypertension (in press) |
