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Overview

Lisa A. Croen is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research covers several main topics, notably autism spectrum disorder research, family and disability support research, child nutrition and feeding issues, birth, development, and health, air quality and health impacts, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and health, environment, cognitive aging.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort, 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Prenatal air pollution exposure and neurodevelopment: A review and blueprint for a harmonized approach within ECHO, 2020, Environmental Research
  • The Changing Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2023, UNC Libraries
  • Trends in Screen Time Use Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2019 Through August 2021, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Cord blood DNA methylome in newborns later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder reflects early dysregulation of neurodevelopmental and X-linked genes, 2020, Genome Medicine

Lisa A. Croen frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as:

  • Irva Hertz-Picciotto
  • Kristen Lyall
  • Heather E. Volk
  • Craig J. Newschaffer
  • Rebecca J. Schmidt

Best Publications

  • Genetic Heritability and Shared Environmental Factors Among Twin Pairs With Autism

    Joachim Hallmayer;Sue Cleveland;Andrea Torres;Jennifer Phillips

  • The Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Craig J. Newschaffer;Lisa A. Croen;Julie L Daniels;Ellen Giarelli

  • The health status of adults on the autism spectrum

    Lisa A Croen;Ousseny Zerbo;Yinge Qian;Maria L Massolo

  • The Changing Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Kristen Lyall;Lisa Croen;Julie L Daniels;M. Daniele Fallin

  • Chorioamnionitis and Cerebral Palsy in Term and Near-Term Infants

    Yvonne W. Wu;Gabriel J. Escobar;Judith K. Grether;Lisa A. Croen

  • The changing prevalence of autism in California.

    Lisa A. Croen;Judith K. Grether;Jenny Hoogstrate;Steve Selvin

  • Sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, and typical development: a population-based study

    Paula Krakowiak;Beth L Goodlin-Jones;Irva Hertz-Picciotto;Lisa A. Croen

  • Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Lisa A. Croen;Judith K. Grether;Cathleen K. Yoshida;Roxana Odouli

  • Neuropeptides and neurotrophins in neonatal blood of children with autism or mental retardation.

    Karin B. Nelson;Judith K. Grether;Lisa A. Croen;James M. Dambrosia

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Distribution of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area

    Gayle C. Windham;Lixia Zhang;Robert Gunier;Lisa A. Croen

  • Maternal and Paternal Age and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Lisa A. Croen;Daniel V. Najjar;Bruce Fireman;Judith K. Grether

  • The CHARGE study: an epidemiologic investigation of genetic and environmental factors contributing to autism.

    Irva Hertz-Picciotto;Lisa A. Croen;Robin L Hansen;Carrie R. Jones

  • Descriptive epidemiology of autism in a California population: who is at risk?

    Lisa A Croen;Judith K Grether;Steve Selvin

  • Maternal autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies, and childhood autism spectrum disorders: a case-control study.

    Lisa A. Croen;Judith K. Grether;Cathleen K. Yoshida;Roxana Odouli

  • Maternal and infant characteristics associated with perinatal arterial stroke in the infant

    Janet Lee;Lisa A. Croen;Kendall H. Backstrand;Cathleen K. Yoshida

  • A Comparison of Health Care Utilization and Costs of Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Large Group-Model Health Plan

    Lisa A Croen;Daniel V Najjar;G Thomas Ray;Linda Lotspeich

  • Increased midgestational IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-5 in women bearing a child with autism: A case-control study

    Paula E. Goines;Lisa A. Croen;Daniel Braunschweig;Cathleen K. Yoshida

  • Autism: maternally derived antibodies specific for fetal brain proteins.

    Daniel Braunschweig;Paul Ashwood;Paula Krakowiak;Irva Hertz-Picciotto

  • Predictors of outcome in perinatal arterial stroke: a population-based study.

    Janet Lee;Lisa A. Croen;Camilla Lindan;Kendall B. Nash

  • Characterizing Race/Ethnicity and Genetic Ancestry for 100,000 Subjects in the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) Cohort

    Yambazi Banda;Mark N. Kvale;Thomas J. Hoffmann;Stephanie E. Hesselson

Frequent Co-Authors

Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Irva Hertz-Picciotto University of California, Davis
Robin L Hansen
Robin L Hansen University of California, Davis
Laura A. Schieve
Laura A. Schieve Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
M. Daniele Fallin
M. Daniele Fallin Johns Hopkins University
Paul Ashwood
Paul Ashwood University of California, Davis
Judith A Van de Water
Judith A Van de Water University of California, Davis
Gary M. Shaw
Gary M. Shaw Stanford University
Ousseny Zerbo
Ousseny Zerbo Kaiser Permanente
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Neil Risch
Neil Risch University of California, San Francisco

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