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  • 1975 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alan Leviton is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has an extensive publication record primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research focuses significantly on Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, with additional contributions to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Epidemiology.

Their main topics of work encompass infant development and preterm care, neonatal respiratory health research, and neonatal and fetal brain pathology. Other notable areas include birth, development, and health, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, and epilepsy research and treatment.

Leviton has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Elizabeth N. Allred
  • Karl Kuban
  • T. Michael O'Shea
  • Robert M. Joseph
  • Jean A. Frazier

Several publication venues have featured Leviton's work, with multiple contributions to UNC Libraries, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Epilepsy & Behavior, and BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

Recent papers by Alan Leviton include:

  • "Histologic chorioamnionitis and risk of neurodevelopmental impairment at age 10 years among extremely preterm infants born before 28 weeks of gestation," 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Findings among Infants Born Extremely Preterm: Associations with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 10 Years of Age," 2021, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Biases in Electronic Health Records Data for Generating Real-World Evidence: An Overview," 2023, Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
  • "Neonatal white matter damage and the fetal inflammatory response," 2020, Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • "Prediction of Seizure Recurrence. A Note of Caution," 2021, Frontiers in Neurology

Leviton has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), receiving this distinction in 1975.

Best Publications

  • A report: the definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006.

    Peter Rosenbaum;Nigel Paneth;Alan Leviton;Maurice Goldstein

  • Proposed definition and classification of cerebral palsy, April 2005.

    Martin Bax;Murray Goldstein;Peter Rosenbaum;Alan Leviton

  • Deficits in Psychologic and Classroom Performance of Children with Elevated Dentine Lead Levels

    Herbert L. Needleman;Charles Gunnoe;Alan Leviton;Robert Reed

  • The long-term effects of exposure to low doses of lead in childhood. An 11-year follow-up report.

    Herbert L. Needleman;Alan Schell;David Bellinger;Alan Leviton

  • Longitudinal analyses of prenatal and postnatal lead exposure and early cognitive development.

    David Bellinger;Alan Leviton;Christine Waternaux;Herbert Needleman

  • Maternal intrauterine infection, cytokines, and brain damage in the preterm newborn

    Olaf Dammann;Alan Leviton

  • Do Clinical Markers of Barotrauma and Oxygen Toxicity Explain Interhospital Variation in Rates of Chronic Lung Disease

    Linda J. Van Marter;Linda J. Van Marter;Linda J. Van Marter;Elizabeth N. Allred;Elizabeth N. Allred;Marcello Pagano;Marcello Pagano;Ulana Sanocka;Ulana Sanocka

  • Low-level lead exposure and children's cognitive function in the preschool years.

    Bellinger D;Sloman J;Leviton A;Rabinowitz M

  • Maternal infection, fetal inflammatory response, and brain damage in very low birth weight infants

    Alan Leviton;Alan Leviton;Nigel Paneth;M Lynne Reuss;Mervyn Susser

  • Chorioamnionitis, mechanical ventilation, and postnatal sepsis as modulators of chronic lung disease in preterm infants.

    Linda J. Van Marter;Olaf Dammann;Elizabeth N. Allred;Alan Leviton

  • Pregnancy Disorders That Lead to Delivery Before the 28th Week of Gestation: An Epidemiologic Approach to Classification

    Thomas F. McElrath;Jonathan L. Hecht;Olaf Dammann;Kim A. Boggess

  • The ELGAN study of the brain and related disorders in extremely low gestational age newborns.

    T.M. O'Shea;E.N. Allred;O. Dammann;O. Dammann;O. Dammann;D. Hirtz

  • Fetal growth restriction and chronic lung disease among infants born before the 28th week of gestation.

    Carl Bose;Linda J. Van Marter;Matthew Laughon;T. Michael O'Shea

  • Nutritional practices and growth velocity in the first month of life in extremely premature infants.

    C. R. Martin;Y. F. Brown;R. A. Ehrenkranz;T. M. O'Shea

  • How much of neonatal encephalopathy is due to birth asphyxia

    Karin B. Nelson;Alan Leviton

  • White matter damage in preterm newborns —an epidemiologic perspective

    Alan Leviton;Nigel Paneth

  • Prevalence of the epilepsies in children and adolescents.

    Linda D. Cowan;John B. Bodensteiner;John B. Bodensteiner;Alan Leviton;Leah Doherty

  • Perinatal infection, fetal inflammatory response, white matter damage, and cognitive limitations in children born preterm.

    Olaf Dammann;Karl C. K. Kuban;Alan Leviton

  • Preterm Birth and Cerebral Palsy: Is Tumor Necrosis Factor the Missing Link?

    Alan Leviton

  • Low-level lead exposure, social class, and infant development

    David Bellinger;Alan Leviton;Christine Waternaux;Herbert Needleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth N. Allred
Elizabeth N. Allred Boston Children's Hospital
Olaf Dammann
Olaf Dammann Tufts University
Raina N. Fichorova
Raina N. Fichorova Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nigel Paneth
Nigel Paneth Michigan State University
Robert M. Joseph
Robert M. Joseph Boston University
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
Richard A. Ehrenkranz
Richard A. Ehrenkranz Yale University
Andrew B. Onderdonk
Andrew B. Onderdonk Brigham and Women's Hospital
Timothy Heeren
Timothy Heeren Boston University
Tobias Loddenkemper
Tobias Loddenkemper Boston Children's Hospital

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