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Overview

Gordon C. S. Smith is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has made extensive contributions to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on obstetrics and gynecology. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics related to pregnancy, fetal development, and maternal health.

The main fields of study in which they are active include Medicine, with substantial work in several subfields such as Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

Their key research topics include:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy

Smith has contributed to a variety of significant peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies," 2023, Nature
  • "Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas," 2021, Nature
  • "The RNA landscape of the human placenta in health and disease," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy," 2023, Nature
  • "Placental energy metabolism in health and disease-significance of development and implications for preeclampsia," 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent collaborators in Smith's research include Ulla Sovio, D. Stephen Charnock-Jones, Emma Cook, Francesca Gaccioli, and Debbie A. Lawlor, with multiple coauthored publications across their careers.

Smith's work has been published predominantly in several respected venues, reflecting the focus and impact of their research:

  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • PLoS Medicine

Best Publications

  • Major risk factors for stillbirth in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Vicki Flenady;Laura Koopmans;Philippa Middleton;J. Frederik Frøen

  • Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

    Gordon C S Smith;Jill P Pell

  • Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129,290 births.

    Gordon C S Smith;Jill P Pell;David Walsh

  • Screening for Fetal Growth Restriction With Universal Third Trimester Ultrasonography in Nulliparous Women in the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction (POP) Study: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Ulla Sovio;Ian R. White;Alison Dacey;Dharmintra Pasupathy

  • Early Pregnancy Levels of Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A and the Risk of Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Premature Birth, Preeclampsia, and Stillbirth

    Gordon C. S. Smith;Emily J. Stenhouse;Jennifer A. Crossley;David A. Aitken

  • Stillbirths: the way forward in high-income countries.

    Vicki Flenady;Philippa Middleton;Gordon C Smith;Wes Duke

  • Stillbirths: recall to action in high-income countries

    Vicki Flenady;Aleena M Wojcieszek;Philippa Middleton;David Ellwood

  • Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain potential pathogens.

    Marcus C. de Goffau;Marcus C. de Goffau;Susanne Lager;Susanne Lager;Susanne Lager;Ulla Sovio;Ulla Sovio;Francesca Gaccioli;Francesca Gaccioli

  • Caesarean section and risk of unexplained stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy

    Gordon Cs Smith;Jill P Pell;Richard Bobbie

  • Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren

    Daniel F. MacKay;Gordon C. S. Smith;Richard Dobbie;Jill P. Pell

  • Interpregnancy Interval and Risk of Preterm Birth and Neonatal Death: Retrospective Cohort Study

    Gordon C S Smith;Jill P Pell;Richard Dobbie

  • Risk of Perinatal Death Associated With Labor After Previous Cesarean Delivery in Uncomplicated Term Pregnancies

    Gordon C. S. Smith;Jill P. Pell;Alan D. Cameron;Richard Dobbie

  • Teenage pregnancy and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes associated with first and second births: Population based retrospective cohort study

    Gordon C. S. Smith;Jill P. Pell

  • An integrated model for the prediction of preeclampsia using maternal factors and uterine artery Doppler velocimetry in unselected low-risk women.

    Christina K.H. Yu;Gordon C.S. Smith;Aris T. Papageorghiou;Ana Maria Cacho

  • First-trimester growth and the risk of low birth weight.

    Gordon C.S. Smith;Malcolm F.S. Smith;Margaret B. McNay;John E.E. Fleming

  • Life-table analysis of the risk of perinatal death at term and post term in singleton pregnancies.

    Gordon C.S. Smith

  • Apgar Score and the Risk of Cause-specific Infant Mortality: A Population-based Cohort Study

    S. Iliodromiti;D.F. Mackay;G.C. Smith;J.P. Pell

  • Maternal obesity in early pregnancy and risk of spontaneous and elective preterm deliveries: a retrospective cohort study.

    Gordon C.S. Smith;Imran Shah;Jill P. Pell;Jennifer A. Crossley

  • Cervical length and obstetric history predict spontaneous preterm birth: development and validation of a model to provide individualized risk assessment.

    E Celik;M To;K Gajewska;G C S Smith

  • Recognizing the reagent microbiome.

    Marcus C. de Goffau;Susanne Lager;Susannah J. Salter;Josef Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulla Sovio
Ulla Sovio University of Cambridge
Jill P. Pell
Jill P. Pell University of Glasgow
Ian R. White
Ian R. White University College London
Aris T. Papageorghiou
Aris T. Papageorghiou University of Oxford
Peter Brocklehurst
Peter Brocklehurst University of Birmingham
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Stephen C. Robson
Stephen C. Robson Newcastle University
Muzlifah Haniffa
Muzlifah Haniffa Newcastle University
Sam Behjati
Sam Behjati Wellcome Sanger Institute
Ben Willem J. Mol
Ben Willem J. Mol Monash University

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