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Overview

Ellen W. Freeman is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Physics and Astronomy. Their subfields of study include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Behavioral Neuroscience, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Ecology.

The scientific topics Freeman has contributed to cover diverse areas such as Stress Responses and Cortisol, Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments, Menstrual Health and Disorders, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Phytoestrogen Effects and Research, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases.

Freeman's recent publications highlight a focus on women's health, inflammation, and stress responses. Selected papers include:

  • "Lights on MsFLASH: a review of contributions," 2020, published in Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • "Influences of the menopause transition and adverse childhood experiences on peripheral basal inflammatory markers," 2021, published in Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • "Depressed, stressed, and inflamed: C-reactive protein linked with depression symptoms in midlife women with both childhood and current life stress," 2023, published in Stress and Health
  • "Adverse childhood experiences interact with inflammation and menopause transition stage to predict verbal memory in women," 2022, published in Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • "Unmet need for autism-aware care for gynaecological, menstrual and sexual wellbeing," 2024, published in Autism

Frequent collaborators in Freeman's work include C. Neill Epperson, Christina A. Metcalf, Rachel L. Johnson, Mary D. Sammel, and E. S. Lavine.

The venues where Freeman has published most often include Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health, Physics of Plasmas, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, Stress and Health, and Autism. These journals reflect a range of interests spanning medicine, neuroscience, and physics.

Best Publications

  • Associations of hormones and menopausal status with depressed mood in women with no history of depression

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;Hui Lin;Deborah B. Nelson

  • Hormones and menopausal status as predictors of depression in women in transition to menopause.

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;Lei Liu;Clarisa R. Gracia

  • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Perimenopausal Depression: Summary and Recommendations

    Pauline M. Maki;Susan G. Kornstein;Hadine Joffe;Joyce T. Bromberger

  • Symptoms Associated With Menopausal Transition and Reproductive Hormones in Midlife Women

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;Hui Lin;Clarisa R. Gracia

  • Association of anti-mullerian hormone levels with obesity in late reproductive-age women.

    Ellen W. Freeman;Clarisa R. Gracia;Mary D. Sammel;Hui Lin

  • Associations of depression with the transition to menopause

    Ellen W. Freeman

  • Towards a consensus on diagnostic criteria, measurement and trial design of the premenstrual disorders : the ISPMD Montreal consensus

    Patrick Michael Shaughn O’Brien;Torbjorn Bäckström;Candace Brown;Lorraine Dennerstein

  • Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: definitions and diagnosis.

    Ellen W Freeman

  • Symptomatic Improvement of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder With Sertraline Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kimberly A. Yonkers;Uriel Halbreich;Ellen Freeman;Candace Brown

  • Anti-mullerian hormone as a predictor of time to menopause in late reproductive age women.

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;Hui Lin;Clarisa R. Gracia

  • The role of anxiety and hormonal changes in menopausal hot flashes

    Ellen W Freeman;Mary D Sammel;Hui Lin;Clarisa R Gracia

  • Efficacy of escitalopram for hot flashes in healthy menopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

    Ellen W. Freeman;Katherine A. Guthrie;Bette Caan;Barbara Sternfeld

  • The Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone Supplementation to Symptomatic Perimenopausal Women on Serum Endocrine Profiles, Lipid Parameters, and Health-Related Quality of Life

    Kurt T. Barnhart;Ellen Freeman;Jeanne Anne Grisso;Daniel J. Rader

  • Defining menopause status: creation of a new definition to identify the early changes of the menopausal transition.

    Clarisa R. Gracia;Mary D. Sammel;Ellen W. Freeman;Hui Lin

  • Risk of long-term hot flashes after natural menopause: evidence from the Penn Ovarian Aging Study cohort.

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;Richard J. Sanders

  • Obesity and reproductive hormone levels in the transition to menopause.

    Ellen W Freeman;Mary D Sammel;Hui Lin;Clarisa R Gracia

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for premenstrual syndrome and guidelines for their quantification for research studies

    Uriel Halbreich;Torbjörn Bäckström;Elias Eriksson;Shawn O'brien

  • Longitudinal Pattern of Depressive Symptoms Around Natural Menopause

    Ellen W. Freeman;Mary D. Sammel;David W. Boorman;Rongmei Zhang

  • A Double-blind Trial of Oral Progesterone, Alprazolam, and Placebo in Treatment of Severe Premenstrual Syndrome

    Ellen W. Freeman;Karl Rickels;Steven J. Sondheimer;Marcia Polansky

  • Differential Response to Antidepressants in Women With Premenstrual Syndrome/Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ellen W. Freeman;Karl Rickels;Steven J. Sondheimer;Marcia Polansky

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary D. Sammel
Mary D. Sammel University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Karl Rickels
Karl Rickels University of Pennsylvania
Lee S. Cohen
Lee S. Cohen Harvard University
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente
Uriel Halbreich
Uriel Halbreich University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Garnet L. Anderson
Garnet L. Anderson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Andrea Z. LaCroix
Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School

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