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Overview

Matthew W. Gillman is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics related to medicine with specific focus on general health professions and public health, environmental, and occupational health. The subfields of their work further include health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as sociology and political science.

The main research topics covered in their work encompass community health and development, health policy implementation science, health disparities and outcomes, ethics in clinical research, health, environment and cognitive aging, climate change communication and perception, and gestational diabetes research and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthew W. Gillman include:

  • S. Sonia Arteaga
  • Erin Hennessy
  • Christina D. Economos
  • Ross A. Hammond
  • Linda Booth Sweeney

They have published in various academic venues, with multiple publications in UNC Libraries. Additional publication venues include Health Education & Behavior, American Journal of Epidemiology, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, and JAMA.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew W. Gillman include:

  • "Integrating Complex Systems Methods to Advance Obesity Prevention Intervention Research," published in 2020 by Health Education & Behavior
  • "Principles and practices of returning individual research results to participants in large studies of pregnancy and childhood," published in 2024 by American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Optimal Lifestyle Components in Young Adulthood Are Associated With Maintaining the Ideal Cardiovascular Health Profile Into Middle Age," published in 2020 by UNC Libraries
  • "LIFE-Moms: effects of multicomponent lifestyle randomized control trial on physical activity during pregnancy in women with overweight and obesity," published in 2025 by International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Childhood Cholesterol Screening Is Not Cost-Effective," published in 2025 by JAMA

Best Publications

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

    Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo;David C. Grossman;Susan J. Curry;Karina W. Davidson

  • Screening for Depression in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

    Albert L. Siu;Albert L. Siu;Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo;David C. Grossman;Linda Ciofu Baumann

  • Risk of overweight among adolescents who were breastfed as infants

    Matthew W. Gillman;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Carlos A. Camargo;Catherine S. Berkey

  • Family dinner and diet quality among older children and adolescents.

    Gillman Mw;Rifas-Shiman Sl;Frazier Al;Rockett Hr

  • Fetal Origins of Obesity

    Emily Oken;Matthew W. Gillman

  • Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity

    Lam C. Tsoi;Sarah L. Spain;Sarah L. Spain;Jo Knight;Eva Ellinghaus;Eva Ellinghaus

  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

    D M Evans;Spencer Cca.;J J Pointon;Z Su

  • A nearly continuous measure of birth weight for gestational age using a United States national reference

    Emily Oken;Ken Paul Kleinman;Janet Wilson Rich-Edwards;Matthew William Gillman

  • Activity, Dietary Intake, and Weight Changes in a Longitudinal Study of Preadolescent and Adolescent Boys and Girls

    Berkey Cs;Rockett Hr;Field Ae;Gillman Mw

  • Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age

    Carlos A Camargo;Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman;Augusto A Litonjua;Janet W Rich-Edwards

  • Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences.

    Lucilla Poston;Rishiraj Caleyachetty;Sven Cnattingius;Camila Corvalán

  • Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years.

    Emily Oken;Elsie M. Taveras;Ken P. Kleinman;Janet W. Rich-Edwards

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Influence of heart rate on mortality among persons with hypertension: the Framingham Study.

    Matthew W Gillman;William B Kannel;Albert Belanger;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Matthew W. Gillman

  • Maternal Gestational Diabetes, Birth Weight, and Adolescent Obesity

    Matthew W. Gillman;Sheryl Rifas-Shiman;Catherine S. Berkey;Alison E. Field

  • Relation between dieting and weight change among preadolescents and adolescents.

    Alison E. Field;S. B. Austin;C. B. Taylor;Susan Malspeis

  • Sugar-added beverages and adolescent weight change.

    Catherine S. Berkey;Helaine R.H. Rockett;Alison E. Field;Matthew W. Gillman

  • Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

    D.M. Evans;C.C.A. Spencer;J.J. Pointon;Z. Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Harvard University
Emily Oken
Emily Oken Harvard University
Elsie M. Taveras
Elsie M. Taveras Harvard University
Janet W. Rich-Edwards
Janet W. Rich-Edwards Harvard University
Ken Kleinman
Ken Kleinman University of Massachusetts Amherst
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Carlos A. Camargo
Carlos A. Camargo Harvard University
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University

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