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Overview

Thomas G. O'Connor is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to child health, environmental exposures, and maternal influences. Notable papers include:

  • Oral Microbiota Composition Predicts Early Childhood Caries Onset, 2020, Journal of Dental Research
  • Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Exposure to Contemporary and Emerging Chemicals in Commerce among Pregnant Women in the United States: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Program, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, 2023, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study, 2023, The Lancet Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas G. O'Connor include:

  • Emily S. Barrett
  • Anne L. Dunlop
  • Margaret R. Karagas
  • Dana Dabelea
  • Assiamira Ferrara

Major publication venues where the scientist's work appears often are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Environmental Research
  • Environment International

The scientist's research primarily addresses these topics:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Thomas G. O'Connor also has a book publication through Rutgers University Press titled The Globalization of Supermax Prisons (2020).

Best Publications

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • The course of anxiety and depression through pregnancy and the postpartum in a community sample.

    Jonathan Heron;Thomas G O'Connor;Jonathan Evans;Jean Golding

  • Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years. Report from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

    Thomas G. O'connor;Jonathon Heron;Jean Golding;Michael Beveridge

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Autonomy and Relatedness in Adolescent-Family Interactions as Predictors of Adolescent Ego Development and Self-Esteem.

    Joseph P. Allen;Stuart T. Hauser;Kathy L. Bell;Thomas G. O'Connor

  • Paternal depression in the postnatal period and child development : A prospective population study

    Paul Ramchandani;Alan Stein;Jonathan Evans;Thomas G. O'connor

  • Maternal antenatal anxiety and behavioural/emotional problems in children: a test of a programming hypothesis

    Thomas G. O'Connor;Jonathan Heron;Jean Golding;Vivette Glover

  • Antenatal Anxiety Predicts Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems Independently of Postnatal Depression

    Thomas G. O'connor;Jonathan Heron;Vivette Glover

  • Sleep problems in childhood: a longitudinal study of developmental change and association with behavioral problems

    Alice M. Gregory;Thomas G. O'connor

  • Prenatal stress and the programming of the HPA axis

    Vivette Glover;T.G. O’Connor;Kieran O’Donnell

  • Maternal depression during pregnancy and the postnatal period: risks and possible mechanisms for offspring depression at age 18 years

    Rebecca M Pearson;Jonathan Evans;Daphne-Zacharenia Kounali;Glyn Lewis

  • Genotype-environment correlations in late childhood and early adolescence: antisocial behavioral problems and coercive parenting.

    Thomas G. O'Connor;Kirby Deater-Deckard;David Fulker;Michael Rutter

  • Depression in Men in the Postnatal Period and Later Child Psychopathology: A Population Cohort Study

    Paul G. Ramchandani;Alan Stein;Thomas G. O'connor;Jon Heron

  • Attachment Disorder Behavior Following Early Severe Deprivation: Extension and Longitudinal Follow-up

    Thomas G. O'connor;Michael Rutter

  • Prenatal stress and neurodevelopment of the child: focus on the HPA axis and role of the placenta.

    K. O’Donnell;T.G. O’Connor;V. Glover

  • Quasi‐autistic Patterns Following Severe Early Global Privation

    Michael Rutter;Lucie Andersen-Wood;Celia Beckett;Diana Bredenkamp

  • Prenatal anxiety predicts individual differences in cortisol in pre-adolescent children.

    Thomas G. O’Connor;Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Jon Heron;Jean Golding

  • Maternal stress during pregnancy predicts cognitive ability and fearfulness in infancy.

    Kristin Bergman;Pampa Sarkar;Thomas G. O'connor;Neena Modi

  • Prospective longitudinal associations between persistent sleep problems in childhood and anxiety and depression disorders in adulthood.

    Alice M. Gregory;Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi;Thalia C. Eley;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Maternal prenatal anxiety and downregulation of placental 11β-HSD2.

    Kieran J. O’Donnell;Kieran J. O’Donnell;Anna Bugge Jensen;Laura Freeman;Natasha Khalife

  • Do the effects of early severe deprivation on cognition persist into early adolescence? Findings from the English and Romanian adoptees study.

    Celia Beckett;Barbara Maughan;Michael Rutter;Jenny Castle

  • Maternal antenatal anxiety and behavioural/emotional problems in children

    Thomas G O'Connor;Jonathan Heron;Jean Golding;Vivette Glover

  • Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience

    Thomas G O'connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivette Glover
Vivette Glover Imperial College London
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
Judy Dunn
Judy Dunn King's College London
Jean Golding
Jean Golding University of Bristol
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Jan A. Moynihan
Jan A. Moynihan University of Rochester Medical Center
Jennifer Jenkins
Jennifer Jenkins University of Toronto
Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott Queen's University
Jana Kreppner
Jana Kreppner University of Southampton
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London

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