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Claudia Buss is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

Claudia Buss has contributed to numerous research papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort, 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Developmental programming of mitochondrial biology: a conceptual framework and review, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Maternal Psychological Resilience During Pregnancy and Newborn Telomere Length: A Prospective Study, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study, 2023, The Lancet Public Health
  • The pediatric buccal epigenetic clock identifies significant ageing acceleration in children with internalizing disorder and maltreatment exposure, 2021, Neurobiology of Stress

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sonja Entringer, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Jerod M. Rasmussen, Christine Heim, and Hyagriv N. Simhan, indicating an active engagement in multidisciplinary and collaborative studies.

Best Publications

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Brief History of the Approach and Current Focus on Epigenetic Mechanisms

    Pathik D Wadhwa;Claudia Buss;Sonja Entringer;James M Swanson

  • Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation

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

  • Deactivation of the Limbic System During Acute Psychosocial Stress: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies

    Jens C. Pruessner;Katarina Dedovic;Najmeh Khalili-Mahani;Veronika Engert

  • Maternal cortisol over the course of pregnancy and subsequent child amygdala and hippocampus volumes and affective problems

    Claudia Buss;Elysia Poggi Davis;Babak Shahbaba;Jens C. Pruessner

  • The Contribution of Maternal Stress to Preterm Birth: Issues and Considerations

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Sonja Entringer;Claudia Buss;Michael C. Lu

  • High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6-9-year-old children.

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

  • Influence of maternal thyroid hormones during gestation on fetal brain development

    Nora K. Moog;Sonja Entringer;Christine Heim;Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • Stress regulation in the central nervous system: evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging studies in human populations - 2008 Curt Richter Award Winner

    Jens C. Pruessner;Katarina Dedovic;Marita Pruessner;Catherine Lord

  • Maternal IL-6 during pregnancy can be estimated from newborn brain connectivity and predicts future working memory in offspring.

    Marc D Rudolph;Alice M Graham;Eric Feczko;Oscar Miranda-Dominguez

  • 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

  • Prenatal stress, development, health and disease risk: A psychobiological perspective-2015 Curt Richter Award Paper.

    Sonja Entringer;Sonja Entringer;Claudia Buss;Claudia Buss;Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • Exposure to prenatal psychobiological stress exerts programming influences on the mother and her fetus.

    Curt A. Sandman;Elyssia P. Davis;Claudia Buss;Laura M. Glynn

  • Prenatal stress and developmental programming of human health and disease risk: concepts and integration of empirical findings.

    Sonja Entringer;Claudia Buss;Pathik D Wadhwa

  • Maternal Systemic Interleukin-6 During Pregnancy Is Associated With Newborn Amygdala Phenotypes and Subsequent Behavior at 2 Years of Age

    Alice M. Graham;Jerod M. Rasmussen;Marc D. Rudolph;Christine M. Heim

  • Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy is associated with newborn leukocyte telomere length

    Sonja Entringer;Elissa S. Epel;Jue Lin;Claudia Buss

  • Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Childhood Maltreatment Exposure: Implications for Fetal Brain Development

    Claudia Buss;Sonja Entringer;Nora K. Moog;Philipp Toepfer

  • The PedBE clock accurately estimates DNA methylation age in pediatric buccal cells.

    Lisa M. McEwen;Kieran J. O’Donnell;Kieran J. O’Donnell;Megan G. McGill;Rachel D. Edgar

  • Correspondence between hair cortisol concentrations and 30-day integrated daily salivary and weekly urinary cortisol measures

    Sarah J. Short;Tobias Stalder;Kristine Marceau;Sonja Entringer

  • Prenatal Programming of Human Neurological Function

    Curt A. Sandman;Elyssia Poggi Davis;Elyssia Poggi Davis;Claudia Buss;Claudia Buss;Laura M. Glynn;Laura M. Glynn

  • Maternal care modulates the relationship between prenatal risk and hippocampal volume in women but not in men.

    Claudia Buss;Catherine Lord;Mehereen Wadiwalla;Dirk H. Hellhammer

  • Developmental origins of health and disease: environmental exposures.

    James M Swanson;Sonja Entringer;Claudia Buss;Pathik D Wadhwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Heim
Christine Heim Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Elysia Poggi Davis
Elysia Poggi Davis University of Denver
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Curt A. Sandman
Curt A. Sandman University of California, Irvine
Emma K. Adam
Emma K. Adam Northwestern University
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Elizabeth H. Blackburn University of California, San Francisco
Michael S. Kobor
Michael S. Kobor University of British Columbia
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki

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