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Marie-Louise Newell is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a notable emphasis on subfields such as Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Marie-Louise Newell has contributed to scholarly literature with notable papers such as:

  • "The allocation of US$105 billion in global funding from G20 countries for infectious disease research between 2000 and 2017: a content analysis of investments" (2020, The Lancet Global Health)
  • "The role of place of residency in childhood immunisation coverage in Nigeria: analysis of data from three DHS rounds 2003-2013" (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • "Elevated body mass index during pregnancy and gestational weight gain in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Cape Town, South Africa: association with adverse birth outcomes" (2020, Tropical Medicine & International Health)
  • "Cohort profile: Prematurity Immunology in Mothers living with HIV and their infants Study (PIMS)" (2021, BMJ Open)
  • "Differential impact of antiretroviral therapy initiated before or during pregnancy on placenta pathology in HIV-positive women" (2021, AIDS)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • BMJ Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLOS Global Public Health

Collaborations form a significant part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Landon Myer
  • Thokozile R. Malaba
  • Hlengiwe P. Madlala
  • Clive M. Gray
  • Engelbert A. Nonterah

Best Publications

  • Mortality of infected and uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a pooled analysis

    Marie-Louise Newell;Hoosen Coovadia;Marjo Cortina-Borja;Nigel Rollins

  • Risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission through breastfeeding

    DT Dunn;ML Newell;AE Ades;CS Peckham

  • 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

  • High Coverage of ART Associated with Decline in Risk of HIV Acquisition in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Frank Tanser;Till Bärnighausen;Till Bärnighausen;Erofili Grapsa;Jaffer Zaidi

  • Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort study

    Hoosen M. Coovadia;Nigel C. Rollins;Ruth M. Bland;Kirsty Little

  • Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment.

    Jacob Bor;Jacob Bor;Abraham J. Herbst;Marie-Louise Newell;Marie-Louise Newell;Till Bärnighausen;Till Bärnighausen

  • Mother to child transmission of HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

    C Thorne;D Patel;S Fiore

  • Vertical transmission of HIV-1 infection

    Marie-Louise Newell

  • The mode of delivery and the risk of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1--a meta-analysis of 15 prospective cohort studies.

    W. Andiman;M. Boucher;D. Burns;Y. Bryson

  • Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Pregnant Women with RNA Virus Loads <1000 Copies/mL

    John P. A. Ioannidis;John P. A. Ioannidis;Elaine J. Abrams;Elaine J. Abrams;Arthur Ammann;Marc Bulterys

  • Two-dose intrapartum/newborn nevirapine and standard antiretroviral therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission: a randomized trial.

    Alejandro Dorenbaum;Coleen K. Cunningham;Richard D. Gelber;Mary Culnane

  • Children born to women with HIV-1 infection: natural history and risk of transmission. European Collaborative Study

    Ades Ae;Newell Ml;Peckham Cs

  • Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey

    Frank Tanser;Victoria Hosegood;Victoria Hosegood;Till Bärnighausen;Kobus Herbst

  • Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

    M.L. Newell;D. Dunn;C.S. Peckham;A.E. Ades

  • Rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Africa, America, and Europe : results from 13 perinatal studies

    F. Dabis;L. Fransen;N. Halsey;P. Lepage

  • Mechanisms and timing of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

    Marie-Louise Newell

  • The socioeconomic determinants of HIV incidence: evidence from a longitudinal, population-based study in rural South Africa.

    Till Bärnighausen;Victoria Hosegood;Ian M Timaeus;Marie-Louise Newell

  • International multicentre pooled analysis of late postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection

    Valériane Leroy;Marie-Louise Newell;Francois Dabis;Catherine Peckham

  • Interventions to increase antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of evaluation studies

    Till Bärnighausen;Krisda Chaiyachati;Krisda Chaiyachati;Natsayi Chimbindi;Ashleigh Peoples

  • Prevalence of resistance to nevirapine in mothers and children after single-dose exposure to prevent vertical transmission of HIV-1: a meta-analysis

    Elise Arrivé;Marie-Louise Newell;Didier K Ekouevi;Marie-Laure Chaix

Frequent Co-Authors

Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Nuala McGrath
Nuala McGrath University of Southampton
Frank Tanser
Frank Tanser University of Lincoln
François Dabis
François Dabis University of Bordeaux
Victoria Hosegood
Victoria Hosegood University of Southampton
Graham S Cooke
Graham S Cooke Imperial College London
David Dunn
David Dunn University College London
Pier-Angelo Tovo
Pier-Angelo Tovo University of Turin
Deenan Pillay
Deenan Pillay University College London

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