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Pathik D. Wadhwa is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research work predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to birth and development, maternal and child health, and psychological and physiological responses during pregnancy. Key themes in their work include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology

Wadhwa has contributed to multiple research articles, with recent publications including:

  • The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort, 2023, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Developmental programming of mitochondrial biology: a conceptual framework and review, 2020, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Maternal Psychological Resilience During Pregnancy and Newborn Telomere Length: A Prospective Study, 2020, in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study, 2023, in The Lancet Public Health
  • A global multicohort study to map subcortical brain development and cognition in infancy and early childhood, 2023, in Nature Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Claudia Buß
  • Sonja Entringer
  • Jerod M. Rasmussen
  • Hyagriv N. Simhan
  • William A. Grobman

The most common publication venues for Wadhwa's work are:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Best Publications

  • The association between prenatal stress and infant birth weight and gestational age at birth: A prospective investigation

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Curt A. Sandman;Manuel Porto;Christine Dunkel-Schetter

  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Brief History of the Approach and Current Focus on Epigenetic Mechanisms

    Pathik D Wadhwa;Claudia Buss;Sonja Entringer;James M Swanson

  • Psychological adaptation and birth outcomes: the role of personal resources, stress, and sociocultural context in pregnancy.

    Christine Killingsworth Rini;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Curt A. Sandman

  • Etiologic subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: brain imaging, molecular genetic and environmental factors and the dopamine hypothesis.

    James M. Swanson;Marcel Kinsbourne;Joel Nigg;Bruce Lanphear

  • When stress happens matters: effects of earthquake timing on stress responsivity in pregnancy.

    Laura M. Glynn;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet

  • Psychoneuroendocrine processes in human pregnancy influence fetal development and health

    Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • The Contribution of Maternal Stress to Preterm Birth: Issues and Considerations

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Sonja Entringer;Claudia Buss;Michael C. Lu

  • Maternal social support predicts birth weight and fetal growth in human pregnancy.

    Pamela J. Feldman;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Curt A. Sandman;Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • Placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), spontaneous preterm birth, and fetal growth restriction: A prospective investigation

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Thomas J. Garite;Manuel Porto;Laura Glynn

  • Stress exposure in intrauterine life is associated with shorter telomere length in young adulthood

    Sonja Entringer;Elissa S. Epel;Robert Kumsta;Jue Lin

  • Influence of maternal thyroid hormones during gestation on fetal brain development

    Nora K. Moog;Sonja Entringer;Christine Heim;Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • Elevated maternal cortisol early in pregnancy predicts third trimester levels of placental corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH): priming the placental clock.

    Curt A. Sandman;Laura Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Pathik Wadhwa

  • Prenatal psychosocial factors and the neuroendocrine axis in human pregnancy.

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Christine Dunkel-Schetter;Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet;Manuel Porto

  • Stress and Telomere Biology: A Lifespan Perspective

    Idan Shalev;Sonja Entringer;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Owen M. Wolkowitz

  • Stress, infection and preterm birth: a biobehavioural perspective

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Jennifer F. Culhane;Virginia Rauh;Shirish S. Barve

  • Validation and comparison of luminex multiplex cytokine analysis kits with ELISA: Determinations of a panel of nine cytokines in clinical sample culture supernatants

    Nefertiti C. duPont;Kehui Wang;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Jennifer F. Culhane

  • Prenatal Maternal Anxiety and Depression Predict Negative Behavioral Reactivity in Infancy

    Elysia Poggi Davis;Nancy Snidman;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Laura M. Glynn

  • Stress and Preterm Birth: Neuroendocrine, Immune/Inflammatory, and Vascular Mechanisms

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Jennifer F. Culhane;Virginia Rauh;Shirish S. Barve

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal psychosocial stress and HPA axis regulation in young adults

    Sonja Entringer;Robert Kumsta;Robert Kumsta;Robert Kumsta;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Pathik D. Wadhwa

  • Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in the early third trimester predict length of gestation in human pregnancy.

    Pathik D. Wadhwa;Manuel Porto;Thomas J. Garite;Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Buss
Claudia Buss University of California, Irvine
Christine Heim
Christine Heim Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Curt A. Sandman
Curt A. Sandman University of California, Irvine
Martin Styner
Martin Styner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Damien A. Fair
Damien A. Fair University of Minnesota
Emma K. Adam
Emma K. Adam Northwestern University
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Michael J. Meaney
Michael J. Meaney McGill University
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Elizabeth H. Blackburn University of California, San Francisco

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