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Emily Oken is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans medicine and environmental science, with a strong focus on maternal and child health. The scientist's body of work includes more than 600 publications covering various subfields, such as pediatrics, perinatology, child health, health toxicology, mutagenesis, public health, environmental and occupational health, obstetrics, gynecology, and environmental chemistry.

Oken's research topics broadly encompass birth, development, and health; obesity, physical activity, and diet; gestational diabetes research and management; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research; pregnancy and preeclampsia studies; air quality and health impacts; as well as heavy metal exposure and toxicity.

The scientist's frequent coauthors comprise Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Marie-France Hivert, Diane R. Gold, Izzuddin M. Aris, and Andrés Cárdenas. These collaborations have contributed to work published across multiple scientific venues.

Common publication venues for Emily Oken include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • UNC Libraries
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Emily Oken include:

  • The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences (2021), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Association of maternal thyroid function with birthweight: a systematic review and individual-participant data meta-analysis (2020), The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and maternal and neonatal thyroid function in the Project Viva Cohort: A mixtures approach (2020), Environment International
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age (2020), Genome Medicine
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes (2022), Human Molecular Genetics

Best Publications

  • Fetal Origins of Obesity

    Emily Oken;Matthew W. Gillman

  • A nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference

    Emily Oken;Ken Paul Kleinman;Janet Wilson Rich-Edwards;Matthew William Gillman

  • Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years.

    Emily Oken;Elsie M. Taveras;Ken P. Kleinman;Janet W. Rich-Edwards

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systematic review and meta-analysis

    E Oken;E B Levitan;M W Gillman

  • Evidence on the human health effects of low-level methylmercury exposure.

    Margaret R. Karagas;Anna Lai Choi;Emily Oken;Milena Horvat

  • Maternal Fish Consumption, Hair Mercury, and Infant Cognition in a U.S. Cohort

    Emily Oken;Robert O. Wright;Ken Paul Kleinman;David C. Bellinger

  • Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: An individual participant data meta-analysis of European, North American and Australian cohorts

    Susana Santos;Ellis Voerman;Pilar Amiano;Henrique Barros

  • Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes

    LifeCycle Project-Maternal Obesity;Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Susana Santos

  • Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight.

    Elsie M. Taveras;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Emily Oken;Erica P. Gunderson

  • Iodine-induced hyperthyroidism: occurrence and epidemiology.

    John Bruton Stanbury;A E Ermans;Pierre Bourdoux;C Todd

  • Maternal Fish Intake During Pregnancy, Blood Mercury Levels, and Child Cognition at Age 3 Years in a US Cohort

    Emily Oken;Jenny S. Radesky;Robert O. Wright;David C. Bellinger

  • Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Pilar Amiano

  • Timing of solid food introduction and risk of obesity in preschool-aged children

    Susanna Y. Huh;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Elsie M. Taveras;Elsie M. Taveras;Emily Oken

  • Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring weight in adolescence.

    Emily Oken;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Alison E. Field;A Lindsay Frazier

  • Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age.

    Elsie M. Taveras;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Mandy B. Belfort;Ken P. Kleinman

  • Minority women and sexual choice in the age of AIDS.

    Anna Kline;Emily Kline;Emily Oken

  • Associations of Gestational Weight Gain With Short- and Longer-term Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

    Emily Oken;Ken P. Kleinman;Mandy B. Belfort;James K. Hammitt

  • Dietary quality during pregnancy varies by maternal characteristics in Project Viva: a US cohort.

    Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Janet W. Rich-Edwards;Ken P. Kleinman;Emily Oken

  • Associations of diet and physical activity during pregnancy with risk for excessive gestational weight gain.

    Alison M. Stuebe;Emily Oken;Matthew W. Gillman

  • Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Hazel Inskip;Pilar Amiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Harvard University
Matthew W. Gillman
Matthew W. Gillman National Institutes of Health
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
Marie-France Hivert
Marie-France Hivert Harvard University
Ken Kleinman
Ken Kleinman University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrea Baccarelli
Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University
Janet W. Rich-Edwards
Janet W. Rich-Edwards Harvard University
Elsie M. Taveras
Elsie M. Taveras Harvard University
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center

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