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Robert L. Goldenberg

Robert L. Goldenberg

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Medicine

D-Index
137
Citations
81371
World Ranking
1888
National Ranking
1071

Overview

Robert L. Goldenberg is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Goldenberg's recent published papers illustrate a consistent focus on maternal and neonatal health challenges. These include:

  • Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of preterm delivery in nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy (ASPIRIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Causal Genetic Variants in Stillbirth, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Rates and risk factors for preterm birth and low birthweight in the global network sites in six low- and low middle-income countries, 2020, Reproductive Health
  • Maternal mortality in six low and lower-middle income countries from 2010 to 2018: risk factors and trends, 2020, Reproductive Health
  • Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?, 2020, Reproductive Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Goldenberg include:

  • Elizabeth M. McClure
  • Sarah Saleem
  • Shivaprasad S. Goudar
  • Nancy F. Krebs
  • Richard J. Derman

Goldberg has published extensively in several notable venues, with the highest number of publications in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Reproductive Health
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Global Pediatric Health

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and causes of preterm birth

    Robert L Goldenberg;Jennifer F Culhane;Jay D Iams;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero

  • Intrauterine infection and preterm delivery.

    Robert L. Goldenberg;John C. Hauth;William W. Andrews

  • The Length of the Cervix and the Risk of Spontaneous Premature Delivery

    Jay D. Iams;Robert L. Goldenberg;Paul J. Meis;Brian M. Mercer

  • Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes: NIH Consensus Development Panel on the Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes

    Larry C. Gilstrap;Robert Christensen;William H. Clewell;Mary E. D'Alton

  • Prevention of premature birth.

    Robert L. Goldenberg;Dwight J. Rouse

  • The preterm prediction study: Maternal stress is associated with spontaneous preterm birth at less than thirty-five weeks' gestation ☆ ☆☆ ★

    Rachel L. Copper;Robert L. Goldenberg;Anita Das;Nancy Elder

  • REDUCED INCIDENCE OF PRETERM DELIVERY WITH METRONIDAZOLE AND ERYTHROMYCIN IN WOMEN WITH BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

    John C. Hauth;Robert L. Goldenberg;William W. Andrews;Mary B. DuBard

  • Trial of Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia

    Richard J. Levine;John C. Hauth;Luis B. Curet;Baha M. Sibai

  • Periodontal infection and preterm birth: Results of a prospective study

    Marjorie K. Jeffcoat;Nico C. Geurs;Michael S. Reddy;Suzanne P. Cliver

  • ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY FOR REDUCTION OF INFANT MORBIDITY AFTER PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES : A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

    B. M. Mercer;M. Miodovnik;G. R. Thurnau;R. L. Goldenberg

  • Risk factors associated with preeclampsia in healthy nulliparous women

    Bahaeddine M Sibai;M. Ewell;R. J. Levine;M. A. Klebanoff

  • The preterm prediction study: the value of new vs standard risk factors in predicting early and all spontaneous preterm births. NICHD MFMU Network.

    R L Goldenberg;J D Iams;B M Mercer;P J Meis

  • Primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality of preterm birth

    Jay D Iams;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Jennifer F Culhane;Robert L Goldenberg

  • Stillbirths: recall to action in high-income countries

    Vicki Flenady;Aleena M Wojcieszek;Philippa Middleton;David Ellwood

  • The management of preterm labor

    Robert L Goldenberg

  • The preterm prediction study: Significance of vaginal infections☆☆☆

    Paul J. Meis;Robert L. Goldenberg;Brian Mercer;Atef Moawad

  • THE EFFECTIVENESS AND COSTS OF ELECTIVE CESAREAN DELIVERY FOR FETAL MACROSOMIA DIAGNOSED BY ULTRASOUND

    Dwight J. Rouse;John Owen;Robert L. Goldenberg;Suzanne P. Cliver

  • Global burden of prematurity.

    Margo S. Harrison;Robert L. Goldenberg

  • Periodontal disease and preterm birth: results of a pilot intervention study.

    Marjorie K. Jeffcoat;John C. Hauth;Nico C. Geurs;Michael S. Reddy

  • Commentary: reducing the world's stillbirths

    Robert L Goldenberg;Elizabeth M McClure;José M Belizán

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth M. McClure
Elizabeth M. McClure University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Waldemar A. Carlo
Waldemar A. Carlo University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nancy F. Krebs
Nancy F. Krebs University of Colorado Denver
John C. Hauth
John C. Hauth University of Alabama at Birmingham
William W. Andrews
William W. Andrews University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patricia L. Hibberd
Patricia L. Hibberd Boston University
K. Michael Hambidge
K. Michael Hambidge University of Colorado Denver
Robert M. Silver
Robert M. Silver University of Utah
Jay D. Iams
Jay D. Iams The Ohio State University
Linda L. Wright
Linda L. Wright National Institutes of Health

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