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Gary M. Shaw is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily resides within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additional areas of study include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The main research topics covered by Gary M. Shaw include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Frequent coauthors collaborating on various projects include:

  • David K. Stevenson (116 publications)
  • Nima Aghaeepour (61 publications)
  • Ronald J. Wong (60 publications)
  • Paul A. Romitti (39 publications)
  • Brice Gaudillière (37 publications)

Gary M. Shaw has published extensively in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries (32 publications)
  • Birth Defects Research (22 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (18 publications)
  • Pediatric Research (7 publications)
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (7 publications)

Recent papers by Gary M. Shaw include:

  • "Early prediction of preeclampsia in pregnancy with cell-free RNA," 2022, Nature
  • "Explaining the Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth: A Consensus Statement From a Multi-Disciplinary Scientific Work Group Convened by the March of Dimes," 2021, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
  • "Associations between wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth in California," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Integrated trajectories of the maternal metabolome, proteome, and immunome predict labor onset," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Early prediction of preeclampsia via machine learning," 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM

The breadth of publications evidences engagement with critical issues relating to pregnancy complications, neonatal health, environmental health impacts, and the development of predictive models for adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Maternal pesticide exposure from multiple sources and selected congenital anomalies.

    Gary M. Shaw;Cathy R. Wasserman;Cynthia D. O'malley;Verne Nelson

  • Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy

    Daniel B. DiGiulio;Benjamin J. Callahan;Paul J. McMurdie;Elizabeth K. Costello

  • Risks of orofacial clefts in children born to women using multivitamins containing folic acid periconceptionally

    G.M Shaw;C.R Wasserman;C.D O'Malley;M.M Tolarova

  • Neural tube defects and folate: case far from closed

    Henk J. Blom;Gary M. Shaw;Martin den Heijer;Richard H. Finnell

  • Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Birth Defects in Southern California

    Beate Ritz;Fei Yu;Scott Fruin;Guadalupe Chapa

  • Prepregnancy Obesity as a Risk Factor for Structural Birth Defects

    D. Kim Waller;Gary M. Shaw;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Charlotte A. Hobbs

  • Periconceptional Vitamin Use, Dietary Folate, and the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects

    Gary M. Shaw;Donna Schaffer;Ellen M. Velie;Kimberly Morland

  • An immune clock of human pregnancy.

    Nima Aghaeepour;Edward A. Ganio;David Mcilwain;Amy S. Tsai

  • Risk of Neural Tube Defect—Affected Pregnancies Among Obese Women

    Gary M. Shaw;Ellen M. Velie;Donna Schaffer

  • Maternal periconceptional use of multivitamins and reduced risk for conotruncal heart defects and limb deficiencies among offspring

    Gary M. Shaw;Cynthia D. O'Malley;Cathy R. Wasserman;Marie M. Tolarova

  • The Continuing Challenge of Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Neural Tube Defects

    John B. Wallingford;Lee A. Niswander;Gary M. Shaw;Richard H. Finnell

  • Periconceptional Dietary Intake of Choline and Betaine and Neural Tube Defects in Offspring

    Gary M. Shaw;Suzan L. Carmichael;Wei Yang;Steve Selvin

  • Orofacial clefts, parental cigarette smoking, and transforming growth factor-alpha gene variants

    G. M. Shaw;C. R. Wasserman;E. J. Lammer;C. D. O'Malley

  • Prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly during the transition to mandatory folic acid fortification in the United States

    Laura J. Williams;Cara T. Mai;Larry D. Edmonds;Gary M. Shaw

  • Replication and refinement of a vaginal microbial signature of preterm birth in two racially distinct cohorts of US women

    Benjamin J Callahan;Daniel B DiGiulio;Daniel B DiGiulio;Daniela S Aliaga Goltsman;Christine L Sun

  • Maternal corticosteroid use and risk of selected congenital anomalies.

    Suzan L. Carmichael;Gary M. Shaw

  • Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Central Nervous System Birth Defects

    James L. Anderson;D. Kim Waller;Mark A. Canfield;Gary M. Shaw

  • Maternal corticosteroid use and orofacial clefts.

    Suzan L Carmichael;Gary M Shaw;Chen Ma;Martha M Werler

  • Racial and ethnic variations in the prevalence of orofacial clefts in California, 1983-1992.

    Lisa A. Croen;Gary M. Shaw;Cathy R. Wasserman;Marie M. Tolarová

  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum in California 1983-2003: a population-based study.

    Hannah C. Glass;Gary M. Shaw;Chen Ma;Elliott H. Sherr

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Stevenson
David K. Stevenson Stanford University
Richard H. Finnell
Richard H. Finnell Baylor College of Medicine
Sonja A. Rasmussen
Sonja A. Rasmussen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Andrew F. Olshan
Andrew F. Olshan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University
Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University
Lisa A. Croen
Lisa A. Croen Kaiser Permanente
Adolfo Correa
Adolfo Correa University of Mississippi Medical Center
S. Katharine Hammond
S. Katharine Hammond University of California, Berkeley
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University

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