Barbara Abrams, Dr.P.H., R.D.Professor of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, and Public Health Nutrition
PHONE: (510) 642-4216
FAX: (510) 643-5136
LOCATION: 103 Haviland Hall
E-MAIL: babrams@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Weight and weight gain in women during pregnancy, postpartum and menopause
- Maternal weight, nutrition, social factors and perinatal health outcomes
- Could expressed and heat-treated breast milk prevent perinatal hiv transmission?
Selected Publications
Israel-Ballard, K., Chantry, C., Dewey, K., Lonnerdal, B., Sheppard, H., Donovan, R., Carlson, J., Sage, A., Abrams, B. (2005). Viral, nutritional, and bacterial safety of flash-heated and pretoria-pasteurized breast milk to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-poor countries: a pilot study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 40, 175-81.
Kwan, M.L., Buffler, P.A., Abrams, B., Kiley, V.A. (2004). Breastfeeding and the risk of childhood leukemia: a meta-analysis. Public Health Reports, 119, 521-35.
Sternfeld, B., Wang, H., Quesenberry,Jr., C.P., Abrams, B., Everson-Rose, S.A., Greendale, G.A., Matthews, K.A., Torrens, J.I., Sowers, M. (2004). Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women: findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. American Journal of Epidemiology, 160, 912-22.
Ahern, J., Pickett, K.E., Selvin, S., Abrams, B. (2003). Preterm birth among African American and white women: a multilevel analysis of socioeconomic characteristics and cigarette smoking. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(8), 606-11.
Pickett K.E., Ahern, J.E., Selvin, S., Abrams, B. (2002) Neighborhood socioeconomic status, maternal race and preterm delivery: a case-control study. Annals of Epidemiology, 12, 410-18.
Pearl, M., Braveman, P., Abrams, B. (2001). The relationship of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics to birthweight among 5 ethnic groups in California. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 1808-14.
Gunderson, E.P., Abrams, B. (2000). Epidemiology of gestational weight gain and body weight changes after pregnancy. Epidemiology Review, 22, 261-74.
Profile updated: February 21, 2006