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Stephen L. Buka is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research centers on medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including birth, development, and health; maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum; child abuse and trauma; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; tryptophan and brain disorders; stress responses and cortisol; and gestational diabetes research and management.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen L. Buka include:

  • Pregnant women with COVID-19 and risk of adverse birth outcomes and maternal-fetal vertical transmission: a population-based cohort study in Wuhan, China (2020), published in BMC Medicine
  • Cytokine concentrations throughout pregnancy and risk for psychosis in adult offspring: a longitudinal case-control study (2020), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Impact of prenatal maternal cytokine exposure on sex differences in brain circuitry regulating stress in offspring 45 years later (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Associations of types of green space across the life-course with blood pressure and body mass index (2020), published in Environmental Research
  • Using latent class analysis to empirically classify maltreatment according to the developmental timing, duration, and co-occurrence of abuse types (2020), published in Child Abuse & Neglect

Stephen L. Buka has frequently published in venues such as UNC Libraries, Environmental Research, Child Abuse & Neglect, SSRN Electronic Journal, and BMC Medicine.

They have collaborated extensively with several recurring coauthors including Jill M. Goldstein, Stephen E. Gilman, Eric B. Loucks, Laura D. Kubzansky, and Mady Hornig.

Best Publications

  • Child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology: results from the National Comorbidity Survey.

    Beth E. Molnar;Stephen L. Buka;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Youth Exposure to Violence: Prevalence, Risks, and Consequences

    Stephen L. Buka;Theresa L. Stichick;Isolde Birdthistle;Felton J. Earls

  • The prevalence of MS in the United States: A population-based estimate using health claims data.

    Mitchell T. Wallin;William J. Culpepper;Jonathan D. Campbell;Lorene M. Nelson

  • Prenatal risk factors for autism: comprehensive meta-analysis

    Hannah Gardener;Donna Spiegelman;Stephen L. Buka

  • Social capital and neighborhood mortality rates in Chicago.

    Kimberly A Lochner;Ichiro Kawachi;Robert T Brennan;Stephen L Buka

  • Unsafe to play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescents

    Beth E. Molnar;Steven L. Gortmaker;Fiona C. Bull;Stephen L. Buka

  • Perinatal and Neonatal Risk Factors for Autism: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis

    Hannah Gardener;Donna Spiegelman;Stephen L. Buka

  • Assessing Exposure to Violence in Urban Youth

    Mary Beth Selner-O'Hagan;Daniel J. Kindlon;Stephen L. Buka;Stephen W. Raudenbush

  • Clustering of Fast-Food Restaurants Around Schools: A Novel Application of Spatial Statistics to the Study of Food Environments

    S. Bryn Austin;Steven J. Melly;Brisa N. Sanchez;Aarti Patel

  • Maternal infections and subsequent psychosis among offspring

    Stephen L. Buka;Ming T. Tsuang;E. Fuller Torrey;Mark A. Klebanoff

  • Socioeconomic status in childhood and the lifetime risk of major depression

    Stephen E Gilman;Ichiro Kawachi;Garrett M Fitzmaurice;Stephen L Buka

  • Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the infant health and development program

    Marie C. McCormick;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Stephen L. Buka;Julie Goldman

  • The association between suicide and the socio-economic characteristics of geographical areas: a systematic review

    David H. Rehkopf;Stephen L. Buka

  • Psychopathology, childhood sexual abuse and other childhood adversities: relative links to subsequent suicidal behaviour in the US.

    Beth E. Molnar;L. F. Berkman;S. L. Buka

  • Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control

    Stephen E. Gilman;Richard Rende;Julie Boergers;Julie Boergers;David B. Abrams

  • Reproducibility and validity of maternal recall of pregnancy-related events.

    Catherine Tomeo;Janet Rich-Edwards;Karin Michels;Catherine Berkey

  • Socio-economic status, family disruption and residential stability in childhood: Relation to onset, recurrence and remission of major depression.

    Stephen E. Gilman;I. Kawachi;G. M. Fitzmaurice;S. L. Buka

  • Socioeconomic status over the life course and stages of cigarette use: initiation, regular use, and cessation

    Stephen E. Gilman;D. B. Abrams;S. L. Buka

  • Elevated Risk of Tobacco Dependence Among Offspring of Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy: A 30-Year Prospective Study

    Stephen L. Buka;Edmond D. Shenassa;Raymond Niaura

  • Depressive symptoms as a longitudinal predictor of sexual risk behaviors among US middle and high school students.

    Jocelyn A Lehrer;Lydia A Shrier;Steven Gortmaker;Stephen Buka

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill M. Goldstein
Jill M. Goldstein Harvard University
Stephen E. Gilman
Stephen E. Gilman Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Larry J. Seidman
Larry J. Seidman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ming T. Tsuang
Ming T. Tsuang University of California, San Diego
Laura D. Kubzansky
Laura D. Kubzansky Harvard University
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice Harvard University
Ichiro Kawachi
Ichiro Kawachi Harvard University
Charles B. Eaton
Charles B. Eaton Brown University
Raymond Niaura
Raymond Niaura New York University
Marie C. McCormick
Marie C. McCormick Harvard University

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