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Overview

Sonja A. Rasmussen is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on public health, obstetrics, and pediatrics.

The main subfields of their research include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Genetics; and Infectious Diseases. Their work extensively covers topics related to reproductive health and infectious disease impacts.

Key research topics addressed by Rasmussen include:

  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Among their recent publications are:

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know, 2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines and Pregnancy, 2020, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Denise J. Jamieson
  • Philip J. Lupo
  • Wendy N. Nembhard
  • Kristin Artinger
  • Russell S. Kirby

Rasmussen has contributed regularly to several publication venues, notably:

  • Birth Defects Research
  • JAMA Network Open
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Best Publications

  • Zika Virus and Birth Defects — Reviewing the Evidence for Causality

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;Denise J. Jamieson;Margaret A. Honein;Lyle R. Petersen

  • H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection during pregnancy in the USA

    Denise J Jamieson;Margaret A Honein;Sonja A Rasmussen;Jennifer L Williams

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know.

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;John C. Smulian;John A. Lednicky;Tony S. Wen

  • Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Illness Among Pregnant Women in the United States

    Alicia M. Siston;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Margaret A. Honein;Alicia M. Fry

  • Mortality associated with Down's syndrome in the USA from 1983 to 1997: a population-based study

    Quanhe Yang;Sonja A Rasmussen;JM Friedman

  • Characterizing the Pattern of Anomalies in Congenital Zika Syndrome for Pediatric Clinicians.

    Cynthia A. Moore;J. Erin Staples;William B. Dobyns;André Pessoa

  • Maternal obesity and risk for birth defects.

    Margaret L. Watkins;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Margaret A. Honein;Lorenzo D. Botto

  • Identification of the familial cylindromatosis tumour-suppressor gene.

    Graham R. Bignell;William Warren;Sheila Seal;Meiko Takahashi

  • A Population-Based Study of the 22q11.2 Deletion: Phenotype, Incidence, and Contribution to Major Birth Defects in the Population

    Lorenzo D. Botto;Kristin May;Paul M. Fernhoff;Paul M. Fernhoff;Adolfo Correa

  • Emerging infections and pregnancy.

    Denise J. Jamieson;Regan N. Theiler;Sonja A. Rasmussen

  • The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United States.

    William M. Callaghan;Marian F. MacDorman;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Cheng Qin

  • Mortality in neurofibromatosis 1: an analysis using U.S. death certificates.

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;Quanhe Yang;J.M. Friedman

  • The National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

    P. W. Yoon;S. A. Rasmussen;M. C. Lynberg;C. A. Moore

  • Guidelines for case classification for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

    Sonja A Rasmussen;Richard S Olney;Lewis B Holmes;Angela E Lin

  • Use of Selective Serotonin-Reuptake Inhibitors in Pregnancy and the Risk of Birth Defects

    Sura Alwan;Jennita Reefhuis;Sonja A Rasmussen;Richard S Olney

  • Prepregnancy Obesity as a Risk Factor for Structural Birth Defects

    D. Kim Waller;Gary M. Shaw;Sonja A. Rasmussen;Charlotte A. Hobbs

  • Maternal obesity and risk of neural tube defects: a metaanalysis.

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;Susan Y. Chu;Shin Y. Kim;Christopher H. Schmid

  • NF1 Gene and Neurofibromatosis 1

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;J. M. Friedman

  • Population-based analyses of mortality in trisomy 13 and trisomy 18.

    Sonja A Rasmussen;Lee-Yang C Wong;Quanhe Yang;Kristin M May

  • Pandemic Influenza and Pregnant Women

    Sonja A. Rasmussen;Denise J. Jamieson;Joseph S. Bresee

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise J. Jamieson
Denise J. Jamieson Emory University
Margaret A. Honein
Margaret A. Honein Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gary M. Shaw
Gary M. Shaw Stanford University
Adolfo Correa
Adolfo Correa University of Mississippi Medical Center
Margaret R. Wallace
Margaret R. Wallace University of Florida
Jan M. Friedman
Jan M. Friedman University of British Columbia
Laura A. Schieve
Laura A. Schieve Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Timothy M. Uyeki
Timothy M. Uyeki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David L. Swerdlow
David L. Swerdlow Pfizer (United States)
C. R. Abernathy
C. R. Abernathy University of Florida

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