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K. Michael Hambidge was affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine and nursing, with notable contributions in pediatrics, perinatology and child health, nutrition and dietetics, obstetrics and gynecology, epidemiology, and public health.

The scientist was involved in several key research topics, including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

K. Michael Hambidge co-authored extensively with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent collaborators included:

  • Nancy F. Krebs
  • Robert L. Goldenberg
  • Elizabeth M. McClure
  • Sarah Saleem
  • Lester Figueroa

Their work was published in various venues, some of which hosted multiple studies by the scientist. The most frequent publication venues were:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Reproductive Health
  • PLoS ONE

Several of their recent papers are listed below, indicating a focus on maternal and child health challenges in diverse settings:

  • "Oligohydramnios: a prospective study of fetal, neonatal and maternal outcomes in low-middle income countries" (2020), published in Reproductive Health
  • "Prevalence and determinants of anemia among women of reproductive age in Thatta Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional study" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Preconception nutrition intervention improved birth length and reduced stunting and wasting in newborns in South Asia: The Women First Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Birth length is the strongest predictor of linear growth status and stunting in the first 2 years of life after a preconception maternal nutrition intervention: the children of the Women First trial" (2022), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Association of parity with birthweight and neonatal death in five sites: The Global Network's Maternal Newborn Health Registry study" (2020), published in Reproductive Health

The research spanned over a period of significant contributions to understanding nutritional interventions, maternal and neonatal outcomes, and epidemiological aspects of pregnancy and childhood growth.

Best Publications

  • Zinc Deficiency: A Special Challenge

    K. Michael Hambidge;Nancy F. Krebs

  • A population-based, multifaceted strategy to implement antenatal corticosteroid treatment versus standard care for the reduction of neonatal mortality due to preterm birth in low-income and middle-income countries: the ACT cluster-randomised trial

    Fernando Althabe;José M Belizán;Elizabeth M McClure;Jennifer Hemingway-Foday

  • Zinc bioavailability and homeostasis

    K Michael Hambidge;Leland V Miller;Jamie E Westcott;Xiaoyang Sheng

  • Adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancies: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study

    Fernando Althabe;Janet L Moore;Luz Gibbons;Mabel Berrueta

  • Linear growth of low income preschool children receiving a zinc supplement.

    P A Walravens;N F Krebs;K M Hambidge

  • Meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: feasibility and impact on zinc intake and status.

    Nancy F Krebs;Jamie E Westcott;Nancy Butler;Cordelia Robinson

  • A Mathematical Model of Zinc Absorption in Humans As a Function of Dietary Zinc and Phytate

    Leland V. Miller;Nancy F. Krebs;K. Michael Hambidge

  • Zinc nutritional status during pregnancy: a longitudinal study

    K M Hambidge;N F Krebs;M A Jacobs;A Favier

  • A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries

    Sarah Saleem;Elizabeth M McClure;Shivaprasad S Goudar;Archana Patel

  • Pancreatic insufficiency, growth, and nutrition in infants identified by newborn screening as having cystic fibrosis.

    M.N. Bronstein;R.J. Sokol;S.H. Abman;B.A. Chatfield

  • Zinc supplementation during lactation: effects on maternal status and milk zinc concentrations.

    N F Krebs;C J Reidinger;S Hartley;A D Robertson

  • The Quantity of Zinc Absorbed from Wheat in Adult Women Is Enhanced by Biofortification

    Jorge L. Rosado;K. Michael Hambidge;Leland V. Miller;Olga P. Garcia

  • Oxidant injury to hepatic mitochondrial lipids in rats with dietary copper overload: Modification by vitamin E deficiency

    R. J. Sokol;M. Devereaux;M. Devereaux;G. W. Mierau;G. W. Mierau;K. M. Hambidge;K. M. Hambidge

  • Size of the zinc pools that exchange rapidly with plasma zinc in humans : alternative techniques for measuring and relation to dietary zinc intake

    Leland V. Miller;K. Michael Hambidge;Vernon L. Naake;Zhaoyi Hong

  • Zinc absorption and intestinal losses of endogenous zinc in young Chinese women with marginal zinc intakes.

    L Sian;X Mingyan;L V Miller;L Tong

  • Zinc Correction of Defective Chemotaxis in Acrodermatitis Enteropathica

    William L. Weston;J. Clark Huff;James R. Humbert;K. Michael Hambidge

  • Zinc deficiency in infants and children: a review of its complex and synergistic interactions

    Nancy F. Krebs;Leland V. Miller;K. Michael Hambidge

  • Risk factors for maternal death and trends in maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a prospective longitudinal cohort analysis

    Melissa Bauserman;Adrien Lokangaka;Vanessa Thorsten;Antoinette Tshefu

  • Zinc, Gravida, Infection, and Iron, but Not Vitamin B-12 or Folate Status, Predict Hemoglobin during Pregnancy in Southern Ethiopia

    Rosalind S. Gibson;Yewelsew Abebe;Sally Stabler;Robert H. Allen

  • Postpartum contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning in five low-income countries

    Omrana Pasha;Shivaprasad S Goudar;Archana Patel;Ana Garces

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy F. Krebs
Nancy F. Krebs University of Colorado Denver
Robert L. Goldenberg
Robert L. Goldenberg Columbia University
Elizabeth M. McClure
Elizabeth M. McClure University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Waldemar A. Carlo
Waldemar A. Carlo University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patricia L. Hibberd
Patricia L. Hibberd Boston University
Linda L. Wright
Linda L. Wright National Institutes of Health
Rosalind S. Gibson
Rosalind S. Gibson University of Otago
Alan H. Jobe
Alan H. Jobe Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abhik Das
Abhik Das RTI International
Victor Raboy
Victor Raboy Agricultural Research Service

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