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Allen J. Wilcox is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Reproductive Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Wilcox has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as UNC Libraries, European Journal of Epidemiology, Human Reproduction, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Environmental Health Perspectives.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with other researchers, including Anne Marie Z. Jukic, Russ Hauser, Donna D. Baird, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, and Brent A. Coull.

Some recent publications authored or coauthored by Wilcox include:

  • "Receipt of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Association of Preeclampsia in Term Births With Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Associations Between Prenatal Urinary Biomarkers of Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth," 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • "The limits of small-for-gestational-age as a high-risk category," 2021, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Term complications and subsequent risk of preterm birth: registry based study," 2020, BMJ

Best Publications

  • Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy

    Allen Wilcox;Clarice Weinberg;John O'connor;Donna Baird

  • Timing of sexual intercourse in relation to ovulation. Effects on the probability of conception, survival of the pregnancy, and sex of the baby

    Allen J. Wilcox;Clarice R. Weinberg;Donna D. Baird

  • Time of Implantation of the Conceptus and Loss of Pregnancy

    Allen J. Wilcox;Donna Day Baird;Clarice R. Weinberg

  • On the importance—and the unimportance— of birthweight

    Allen J Wilcox

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

  • Disruption of an AP-2 alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

    Fedik Rahimov;Mary L Marazita;Axel Visel;Margaret E Cooper

  • The timing of the “fertile window” in the menstrual cycle: day specific estimates from a prospective study

    Allen J Wilcox;David Dunson;Donna Day Baird

  • The Interval between Pregnancies and the Risk of Preeclampsia

    Rolv Skjaerven;Allen J Wilcox;Rolv T Lie

  • Folic acid supplements and risk of facial clefts: national population based case-control study

    Allen J Wilcox;Rolv Terje Lie;Kari Solvoll;Jack Taylor

  • Role of maternal age and pregnancy history in risk of miscarriage: prospective register based study

    Maria Christine Magnus;Maria Christine Magnus;Allen J Wilcox;Allen J Wilcox;Nils-Halvdan Morken;Nils-Halvdan Morken;Nils-Halvdan Morken;Clarice R. Weinberg

  • Reduced fertility among women employed as dental assistants exposed to high levels of Nitrous Oxide

    Andrew S. Rowland;Donna Day Baird;Clarice R. Weinberg;David L. Shore

  • USE OF TIME TO PREGNANCY TO STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES

    Donna Day Baird;Allen J. Wilcox;Clarice R. Weinberg

  • Cigarette Smoking Associated with Delayed Conception

    Donna Day Baird;Allen J. Wilcox

  • Dietary intervention study to assess estrogenicity of dietary soy among postmenopausal women

    D. D. Baird;D. M. Umbach;L. Lansdell;C. L. Hughes

  • Likelihood of conception with a single act of intercourse: providing benchmark rates for assessment of post-coital contraceptives

    Allen J. Wilcox;David B. Dunson;Clarice R. Weinberg;James Trussell

  • Men's body mass index and infertility

    Ruby Nguyen;Allen Wilcox;Rolv Skjaerven;Donna Baird

  • Recurrence of Pre-eclampsia Across Generations: Exploring Fetal and Maternal Genetic Components in a Population Based Cohort

    Rolv Skjaerven;Lars J. Vatten;Allen J. Wilcox;Thorbjørn Rønning

  • Placental Abruption and Perinatal Mortality in the United States

    Cande V. Ananth;Allen J. Wilcox

  • A Log-Linear Approach to Case-Parent–Triad Data: Assessing Effects of Disease Genes That Act Either Directly or through Maternal Effects and That May Be Subject to Parental Imprinting

    C.R. Weinberg;A.J. Wilcox;R.T. Lie

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolv T. Lie
Rolv T. Lie University of Bergen
Donna D. Baird
Donna D. Baird National Institutes of Health
Clarice R. Weinberg
Clarice R. Weinberg National Institutes of Health
Rolv Skjærven
Rolv Skjærven University of Bergen
Jack A. Taylor
Jack A. Taylor National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey C. Murray
Jeffrey C. Murray University of Iowa
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
M. Daniele Fallin
M. Daniele Fallin Johns Hopkins University
Ethylin Wang Jabs
Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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