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Overview

Calvin J. Hobel is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

They have published extensively on topics including Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Birth, Development, and Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and Endometriosis Research and Treatment.

Notable recent papers by Calvin J. Hobel include:

  • Maternal anxiety, depression and stress affects offspring gut microbiome diversity and bifidobacterial abundances, 2022, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Postpartum sleep loss and accelerated epigenetic aging, 2021, Sleep Health
  • Epigenetic age and pregnancy outcomes: GrimAge acceleration is associated with shorter gestational length and lower birthweight, 2020, Clinical Epigenetics
  • The moderating role of resilience resources in the association between stressful life events and symptoms of postpartum depression, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Inflammatory and immune marker trajectories from pregnancy to one-year post-birth, 2021, Cytokine

Frequent co-authors working alongside Calvin J. Hobel include:

  • Christine Dunkel Schetter
  • Mary Coussons-Read
  • Kharah M. Ross
  • Judith Carroll
  • Michele L. Okun

Their research has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions to UNC Libraries, Brain Behavior and Immunity, and the Journal of Affective Disorders. Additional publications have appeared in Sleep Health and Cytokine.

Best Publications

  • Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation

    Elysia Poggi Davis;Claudia Buss;L. Tugan Muftuler;Kevin Head

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and cortisol influences infant temperament.

    Elysia Poggi Davis;Laura M. Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin Hobel

  • Plasma estrone, estradiol, estriol, progesterone, and 17-hydroxyprogesterone in human pregnancy: I. Normal pregnancy☆

    Dan Tulchinsky;Calvin J. Hobel;Elizabeth Yeager;John R. Marshall

  • Maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with stress at 20 weeks’ gestation in pregnancies ending in preterm delivery

    Calvin J. Hobel;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Scott C. Roesch;Lony C. Castro

  • Psychosocial stress and pregnancy outcome.

    Calvin J. Hobel;Amy Goldstein;Emily S. Barrett

  • Elevated maternal cortisol early in pregnancy predicts third trimester levels of placental corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH): priming the placental clock.

    Curt A. Sandman;Laura Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Pathik Wadhwa

  • Prenatal and intrapartum high-risk screening. I. Prediction of the high-rish neonate.

    Calvin J. Hobel;Marcia A. Hyvarinen;Donald M. Okada;William Oh

  • Perceived partner support in pregnancy predicts lower maternal and infant distress.

    Lynlee R. Tanner Stapleton;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Erika Westling;Christine Rini

  • Assessment of the risk of the respiratory-distress syndrome by a rapid test for surfactant in amniotic fluid.

    John A. Clements;Arnold C. G. Platzker;Donald F. Tierney;Calvin J. Hobel

  • Racial differences in birth outcomes: the role of general, pregnancy, and racism stress.

    Tyan Parker Dominguez;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Laura M. Glynn;Calvin Hobel

  • Stress, infection and preterm birth: a biobehavioural perspective

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Jennifer F. Culhane;Virginia Rauh;Shirish S. Barve

  • Pattern of perceived stress and anxiety in pregnancy predicts preterm birth.

    Laura M. Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin J. Hobel;Curt A. Sandman

  • Maternal prenatal anxiety and corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with timing of delivery.

    Roberta A. Mancuso;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Christine M. Rini;Scott C. Roesch

  • Familialism, Social Support, and Stress: Positive Implications for Pregnant Latinas

    Belinda Campos;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Cleopatra M. Abdou;Calvin J. Hobel

  • Maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety is associated with child executive function at 6–9 years age

    C Buss;E P Davis;C J Hobel;C A Sandman

  • Effective social support: Antecedents and consequences of partner support during pregnancy

    Christine Marie Rini;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin J. Hobel;Laura M. Glynn

  • Prenatal and intrapartum high-risk screening. II. Risk factors reassessed.

    Calvin J. Hobel;Lee Youkeles;Alan Forsythe

  • Postpartum weight retention risk factors and relationship to obesity at 1 year.

    Loraine K. Endres;Heather Straub;Chelsea McKinney;Beth Plunkett

  • Role of Psychosocial and Nutritional Stress on Poor Pregnancy Outcome

    Calvin Hobel;Jennifer Culhane

  • Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus: Longitudinal Observations during Pregnancy

    Bascom F. Anthony;Donald M. Okada;Calvin J. Hobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Dunkel Schetter
Christine Dunkel Schetter University of California, Los Angeles
Laura M. Glynn
Laura M. Glynn Chapman University
Curt A. Sandman
Curt A. Sandman University of California, Irvine
Elysia Poggi Davis
Elysia Poggi Davis University of Denver
William Oh
William Oh Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pathik D. Wadhwa
Pathik D. Wadhwa University of California, Irvine
Claudia Buss
Claudia Buss University of California, Irvine
Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Anna Maria Siega-Riz University of Massachusetts Amherst
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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