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James M. Tielsch is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States and has published extensively in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Their research spans multiple subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics mainly centered on maternal and child health. Notable papers include:

  • Clinical risk factors of adverse outcomes among women with COVID-19 in the pregnancy and postpartum period: a sequential, prospective meta-analysis (2022) published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Efficacy, duration of protection, birth outcomes, and infant growth associated with influenza vaccination in pregnancy: a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials (2020) published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Impact of Improved Biomass and Liquid Petroleum Gas Stoves on Birth Outcomes in Rural Nepal: Results of 2 Randomized Trials (2020) published in Global Health Science and Practice
  • Coverage of the WHO's four essential elements of newborn care and their association with neonatal survival in southern Nepal (2020) published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: A descriptive analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 238,9203 live births in low- and middle-income settings from 2000 to 2017 (2023) published in BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James M. Tielsch include Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Luke C. Mullany, and Parul Christian. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of research across over 90 publications.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, BMJ Open, Current Developments in Nutrition, and BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. These outlets reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research themes.

The main topics of their work encompass child nutrition and water access, global maternal and child health, birth development and health, gestational diabetes research and management, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, influenza virus research studies, and maternal and neonatal healthcare.

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Joanne W.Y. Yau;Sophie L. Rogers;Ryo Kawasaki;Ecosse L. Lamoureux;Ecosse L. Lamoureux

  • Global Causes of Blindness and Distance Vision Impairment 1990-2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Seth R Flaxman;Rupert R A Bourne;Serge Resnikoff;Serge Resnikoff;Peter Ackland

  • Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rupert R A Bourne;Seth R Flaxman;Tasanee Braithwaite;Maria V Cicinelli

  • Racial variations in the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma. The Baltimore Eye Survey.

    James M. Tielsch;Alfred Sommer;Joanne Katz;Richard M. Royall

  • Relationship between intraocular pressure and primary open angle glaucoma among white and black Americans. The Baltimore Eye Survey.

    Alfred Sommer;James M. Tielsch;Joanne Katz;Harry A. Quigley

  • The importance of surgeon experience for clinical and economic outcomes from thyroidectomy.

    Julie Ann Sosa;Helen M. Bowman;James M. Tielsch;Neil R. Powe

  • The VF-14. An index of functional impairment in patients with cataract.

    Earl P. Steinberg;James M. Tielsch;Oliver D. Schein;Jonathan C. Javitt

  • Prevalence of Dry Eye Among the Elderly

    Oliver D. Schein;Beatriz MUÑOz;James M. Tielsch;Karen BANDEEN-Roche

  • Racial differences in the cause-specific prevalence of blindness in east Baltimore

    Alfred Sommer;James M. Tielsch;Joanne Katz;Harry A. Quigley

  • Hypertension, Perfusion Pressure, and Primary Open-angle Glaucoma: A Population-Based Assessment

    James M. Tielsch;Joanne Katz;Alfred Sommer;Harry A. Quigley

  • National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

    Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Joanne Katz;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens

  • Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

    Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

  • Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

    Tien Yin Wong;Ronald Klein;A. Richey Sharrett;Bruce B. Duncan

  • Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in adult Chinese in Singapore.

    Tien Yin Wong;Paul J. Foster;Joscelin Hee;Tze Pin Ng

  • The prevalence of refractive errors among adults in the United States, Western Europe, and Australia

    Kempen Jh;Mitchell P;Lee Ke;Tielsch Jm

  • Determinants of Normal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured by Stratus OCT

    Donald L. Budenz;Douglas R. Anderson;Rohit Varma;Joel Schuman

  • Blindness and Visual Impairment in an American Urban Population: The Baltimore Eye Survey

    James M. Tielsch;Alfred Sommer;Kathe Witt;Joanne Katz

  • The economic burden of major adult visual disorders in the United States

    David B. Rein;Ping Zhang;Kathleen E. Wirth;Paul P. Lee

  • The Value of Routine Preoperative Medical Testing before Cataract Surgery

    Oliver D. Schein;Joanne Katz;Eric B. Bass;James M. Tielsch

  • Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy.

    Olubukola Ajala;Patrick English;Jonathan Pinkney;Joanne W Y Yau

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Katz
Joanne Katz Johns Hopkins University
Oliver D. Schein
Oliver D. Schein Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Rebecca J. Stoltzfus Cornell University
Alfred Sommer
Alfred Sommer Johns Hopkins University
David S. Friedman
David S. Friedman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital
Harry A. Quigley
Harry A. Quigley Johns Hopkins University
Mark C. Steinhoff
Mark C. Steinhoff Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Helen Y. Chu
Helen Y. Chu University of Washington
Gary L. Darmstadt
Gary L. Darmstadt Stanford University

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