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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Barry M. Lester is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of Barry M. Lester's work include:

  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barry M. Lester are:

  • T. Michael O'Shea
  • Margaret R. Karagas
  • Jennifer Helderman
  • Julie A. Hofheimer
  • Brian S. Carter

Barry M. Lester has published extensively across several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Pediatric Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA Network Open
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • PEDIATRICS

Recent selected papers authored by Barry M. Lester include:

  • The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort, 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Buprenorphine versus Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Trends in Screen Time Use Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2019 Through August 2021, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Risk of Autism after Prenatal Topiramate, Valproate, or Lamotrigine Exposure, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine

Barry M. Lester was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Smoking during pregnancy and newborn neurobehavior.

    Karen L. Law;Laura R. Stroud;Linda L. LaGasse;Raymond Niaura

  • Buprenorphine versus methadone in the treatment of pregnant opioid-dependent patients: effects on the neonatal abstinence syndrome.

    Hendree E. Jones;Rolley E. Johnson;Donald R. Jasinski;Kevin E. O’Grady

  • The maternal lifestyle study: effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcome in 1-month-old infants.

    Barry M. Lester;Edward Z. Tronick;Linda LaGasse;Ronald Seifer

  • The Maternal Lifestyle Study: drug use by meconium toxicology and maternal self-report.

    Lester Bm;ElSohly M;Wright Ll;Smeriglio Vl

  • The rhythmic structure of mother-infant interaction in term and preterm infants.

    Barry M. Lester;Joel Hoffman;T. Berry Brazelton

  • The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale procedures.

    Barry M Lester;Edward Z Tronick;T Berry Brazelton

  • The roles of DNA methylation of NR3C1 and 11β-HSD2 and exposure to maternal mood disorder in utero on newborn neurobehavior

    Elisabeth Conradt;Barry M Lester;Allison A Appleton;David A Armstrong

  • Theory and research in behavioral pediatrics

    Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Barry M. Lester;Michael W. Yogman

  • Acoustic features and auditory perceptions of the cries of newborns with prenatal and perinatal complications.

    Philip Sanford Zeskind;Barry M. Lester

  • Regional obstetric anesthesia and newborn behavior: a reanalysis toward synergistic effects.

    B M Lester;H Als;T B Brazelton

  • The Infant Development, Environment, and Lifestyle Study: Effects of Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure, Polydrug Exposure, and Poverty on Intrauterine Growth.

    Lynne M. Smith;Linda L. LaGasse;Chris Derauf;Penny Grant

  • Assessment of infant cry: Acoustic cry analysis and parental perception

    Linda L. LaGasse;A. Rebecca Neal;Barry M. Lester

  • Low birth weight and preterm births: etiologic fraction attributable to prenatal drug exposure.

    Henrietta S. Bada;Abhik Das;Charles R. Bauer;Seetha Shankaran

  • Cocaine exposure and children: the meaning of subtle effects

    Barry M. Lester;Linda L. LaGasse;Ronald Seifer

  • The maternal lifestyle study: cognitive, motor, and behavioral outcomes of cocaine-exposed and opiate-exposed infants through three years of age.

    Daniel S. Messinger;Charles R. Bauer;Abhik Das;Ron Seifer

  • The Maternal Lifestyle Study: drug exposure during pregnancy and short-term maternal outcomes.

    Charles R. Bauer;Seetha Shankaran;Henrietta S. Bada;Barry Lester

  • Neonatal Neurobehavior Predicts Medical and Behavioral Outcome

    Jing Liu;Carla Bann;Barry Lester;Edward Tronick

  • Family-based intervention improves maternal psychological well-being and feeding interaction of preterm infants.

    E C Meyer;C T Coll;B M Lester;C F Boukydis

  • Methamphetamine and other substance use during pregnancy: preliminary estimates from the Infant Development, Environment, and Lifestyle (IDEAL) study

    Amelia M. Arria;Chris Derauf;Linda L. LaGasse;Penny Grant

  • Single-Family Room Care and Neurobehavioral and Medical Outcomes in Preterm Infants

    Barry M Lester;Katheleen Hawes;Beau Abar;Mary Sullivan

  • Orientation to social and nonsocial stimuli in neonatal chimpanzees and humans

    Kim A. Bard;Kathleen A. Platzman;Barry M. Lester;Stephen J. Suomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda L. LaGasse
Linda L. LaGasse Brown University
Seetha Shankaran
Seetha Shankaran Wayne State University
Carmen J. Marsit
Carmen J. Marsit Emory University
Linda L. Wright
Linda L. Wright National Institutes of Health
Amelia M. Arria
Amelia M. Arria University of Maryland, College Park
Marilyn A. Huestis
Marilyn A. Huestis National Institute on Drug Abuse
Rosemary D. Higgins
Rosemary D. Higgins George Mason University
Ronald Seifer
Ronald Seifer Brown University
Abhik Das
Abhik Das RTI International
Elana Newman
Elana Newman University of Tulsa

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