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Publications (69)

Sensitive periods for exposure to indoor air pollutants and psychosocial factors in association with symptoms of psychopathology at school-age in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)

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Authors & Co-authors: Christensen Grace M GM Marcus Michele M Vanker Aneesa A Eick Stephanie M SM Malcolm-Smith Susan S Smith Andrew D A C ADAC Dunn Erin C EC Suglia Shakira F SF Chang Howard H HH Zar Heather J HJ

Cesarean delivery and blood DNA methylation at birth and childhood: Meta-analysis in the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium.

Journal: Science advances

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Wang Siwen S Casey Emma E Sordillo Joanne J Aguilar-Lacasaña Sofía S Morales Berstein Fernanda F Biedrzycki Richard J RJ Brescianini Sonia S Chen Su S Hough Amy A Isaevska Elena E

Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis From the ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group.

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Hilbert Kevin K Boeken Ole Jonas OJ Langhammer Till T Groenewold Nynke A NA Bas-Hoogendam Janna Marie JM Aghajani Moji M Zugman André A Åhs Fredrik F Arolt Volker V Beesdo-Baum Katja K

Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis From the ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group.

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry

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Determinants of lung function development from birth to age 5 years: an interrupted time series analysis of a South African birth cohort.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

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Authors & Co-authors: McCready Carlyle C Zar Heather J HJ Chaya Shaakira S Jacobs Carvern C Workman Lesley L Hantos Zoltan Z Hall Graham L GL Sly Peter D PD Nicol Mark P MP Stein Dan J DJ

Investigating the psychosocial determinants of child health in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study.

Journal: Journal of neuroscience methods

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Stein D J DJ Koen N N Donald K A KA Adnams C M CM Koopowitz S S Lund C C Marais A A Myers B B Roos A A Sorsdahl K K

Interhemispheric Functional Brain Connectivity in Neonates with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Preliminary Findings.

Journal: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Donald Kirsten A KA Ipser Jonathan C JC Howells Fleur M FM Roos Annerine A Fouche Jean-Paul JP Riley Edward P EP Koen Nastassja N Woods Roger P RP Biswal Bharat B Zar Heather J HJ

White Matter Microstructural Integrity and Neurobehavioral Outcome of HIV-Exposed Uninfected Neonates.

Journal: Medicine

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Tran Linh T LT Roos Annerine A Fouche Jean-Paul JP Koen Nastassja N Woods Roger P RP Zar Heather J HJ Narr Katherine L KL Stein Dan J DJ Donald Kirsten A KA

Psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: risk factors and associations with birth outcomes in the Drakenstein Child Health Study.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Koen Nastassja N Brittain Kirsty K Donald Kirsten A KA Barnett Whitney W Koopowitz Sheri S Maré Karen K Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Antenatal and early life tobacco smoke exposure in an African birth cohort study.

Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Vanker A A Barnett W W Brittain K K Gie R P RP Koen N N Myers B B Stein D J DJ Zar H J HJ

Maternal participant experience in a South African birth cohort study enrolling healthy pregnant women and their infants.

Journal: Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Barnett Whitney W Brittain Kirsty K Sorsdahl Katherine K Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Investigating tangible and mental resources as predictors of perceived household food insecurity during pregnancy among women in a South African birth cohort study.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Pellowski Jennifer A JA Barnett Whitney W Kuo Caroline C CC Koen Nastassja N Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Mental health predictors of breastfeeding initiation and continuation among HIV infected and uninfected women in a South African birth cohort study.

Journal: Preventive medicine

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Thomas Eileen E Kuo Caroline C Cohen Sophie S Hoare Jacqueline J Koen Natassja N Barnett Whitney W Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Maternal blood contamination of collected cord blood can be identified using DNA methylation at three CpGs.

Journal: Clinical epigenetics

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Morin Alexander M AM Gatev Evan E McEwen Lisa M LM MacIsaac Julia L JL Lin David T S DTS Koen Nastassja N Czamara Darina D Räikkönen Katri K Zar Heather J HJ Koenen Karestan K

Associations between maternal mental health and early child wheezing in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: Pediatric pulmonology

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: MacGinty Rae P RP Lesosky Maia M Barnett Whitney W Stein Dan J DJ Zar Heather J HJ

HIV-associated cognitive disorders in perinatally infected children and adolescents: a novel composite cognitive domains score.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Phillips Nicole J NJ Hoare Jacqueline J Stein Dan J DJ Myer Landon L Zar Heather J HJ Thomas Kevin G F KGF

Gene expression in cord blood links genetic risk for neurodevelopmental disorders with maternal psychological distress and adverse childhood outcomes.

Journal: Brain, behavior, and immunity

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Breen Michael S MS Wingo Aliza P AP Koen Nastassja N Donald Kirsten A KA Nicol Mark M Zar Heather J HJ Ressler Kerry J KJ Buxbaum Joseph D JD Stein Dan J DJ

Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS): investigating determinants of early child development and cognition.

Journal: BMJ paediatrics open

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Authors & Co-authors: Donald Kirsten A KA Hoogenhout Michelle M du Plooy Christopher P CP Wedderburn Catherine J CJ Nhapi Raymond T RT Barnett Whitney W Hoffman Nadia N Malcolm-Smith Susan S Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women With Moderate to Severe Alcohol Consumption Is Related to Infant Developmental Outcomes.

Journal: Frontiers in endocrinology

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Authors & Co-authors: Donald Kirsten A KA Wedderburn Catherine J CJ Barnett Whitney W Hoffman Nadia N Zar Heather J HJ Redei Eva E EE Stein Dan J DJ

Maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence: A latent class growth analysis in a South African pregnancy cohort.

Journal: Child abuse & neglect

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Barnett Whitney W Halligan Sarah S Heron Jon J Fraser Abigail A Koen Nastassja N Zar Heather J HJ Donald Kirsty A KA Stein Dan J DJ

Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns.

Journal: Nature communications

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Czamara Darina D Eraslan Gökçen G Page Christian M CM Lahti Jari J Lahti-Pulkkinen Marius M Hämäläinen Esa E Kajantie Eero E Laivuori Hannele H Villa Pia M PM Reynolds Rebecca M RM

Perinatal depression among mothers in a South African birth cohort study: Trajectories from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Pellowski Jennifer A JA Bengtson Angela M AM Barnett Whitney W DiClemente Kira K Koen Nastassja N Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed uninfected children in South Africa: outcomes from an observational birth cohort study.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Wedderburn Catherine J CJ Yeung Shunmay S Rehman Andrea M AM Stadler Jacob A M JAM Nhapi Raymond T RT Barnett Whitney W Myer Landon L Gibb Diana M DM Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Maternal health and birth outcomes in a South African birth cohort study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Zar Heather J HJ Pellowski Jennifer A JA Cohen Sophie S Barnett Whitney W Vanker Aneesa A Koen Nastassja N Stein Dan J DJ

Association of maternal prenatal psychological stressors and distress with maternal and early infant faecal bacterial profile.

Journal: Acta neuropsychiatrica

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Naudé Petrus J W PJW Claassen-Weitz Shantelle S Gardner-Lubbe Sugnet S Botha Gerrit G Kaba Mamadou M Zar Heather J HJ Nicol Mark P MP Stein Dan J DJ

Maternal psychosocial risk factors and lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) during infancy in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: MacGinty Rae R Lesosky Maia M Barnett Whitney W Nduru Polite M PM Vanker Aneesa A Stein Dan J DJ Zar Heather J HJ

Genetic susceptibility to asthma increases the vulnerability to indoor air pollution.

Journal: The European respiratory journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Hüls Anke A Vanker Aneesa A Gray Diane D Koen Nastassja N MacIsaac Julia L JL Lin David T S DTS Ramadori Katia E KE Sly Peter D PD Stein Dan J DJ Kobor Michael S MS

Neuroimaging young children and associations with neurocognitive development in a South African birth cohort study.

Journal: NeuroImage

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Wedderburn Catherine J CJ Subramoney Sivenesi S Yeung Shunmay S Fouche Jean-Paul JP Joshi Shantanu H SH Narr Katherine L KL Rehman Andrea M AM Roos Annerine A Ipser Jonathan J Robertson Frances C FC

Chronic comorbidities in children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa in the era of antiretroviral therapy.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Frigati Lisa J LJ Ameyan Wole W Cotton Mark F MF Gregson Celia L CL Hoare Jacqueline J Jao Jennifer J Majonga Edith D ED Myer Landon L Penazzato Martina M Rukuni Ruramayi R

Association of maternal and infant inflammation with neurodevelopment in HIV-exposed uninfected children in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: Brain, behavior, and immunity

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Sevenoaks Tatum T Wedderburn Catherine J CJ Donald Kirsten A KA Barnett Whitney W Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ Naudé Petrus J W PJW

Accelerated epigenetic aging in adolescents living with HIV is associated with altered development of brain structures.

Journal: Journal of neurovirology

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Hoare Jacqueline J Stein Dan J DJ Heany Sarah J SJ Fouche Jean-Paul JP Phillips Nicole N Er Sebnem S Myer Landon L Zar Heather J HJ Horvath Steve S Levine Andrew J AJ

Youth perinatal HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: association with functional impairment.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Phillips Nicole N Thomas Kevin G F KGF Mtukushe Bulelwa B Myer Landon L Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ Hoare Jacqueline J

The neurocognitive profile of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and PTSD with comorbid MDD.

Journal: Brain and behavior

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Koopowitz Sheri-Michelle SM Maré Karen Thea KT Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ Ipser Jonathan C JC

The child ecosystem and childhood pulmonary tuberculosis: A South African perspective.

Journal: Pediatric pulmonology

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: DeAtley Teresa T Workman Lesley L Theron Grant G Bélard Sabine S Prins Margaretha M Bateman Lindy L Grobusch Martin P MP Dheda Keertan K Nicol Mark P MP Sorsdahl Katherine K

Perinatal suicidality: prevalence and correlates in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: Archives of women's mental health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Maré Karen T KT Pellowski Jennifer A JA Koopowitz Sheri-Michelle SM Hoffman Nadia N van der Westhuizen Claire C Workman Lesley L Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Maternal psychosocial risk factors and child gestational epigenetic age in a South African birth cohort study.

Journal: Translational psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Koen Nastassja N Jones Meaghan J MJ Nhapi Raymond T RT Lake Marilyn T MT Donald Kirsten A KA Barnett Whitney W Hoffman Nadia N MacIsaac Julia L JL Morin Alexander M AM Lin David T S DTS

The association between mental health and metabolic outcomes in youth living with perinatally acquired HIV in the Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Mahtab Sana S Jao Jennifer J Myer Landon L Phillips Nicole N Stein Dan J DJ Zar Heather J HJ Hoare Jacqueline J

Alcohol use is associated with mental health problems and brain structural alterations in adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection on ART.

Journal: Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Hoare Jacqueline J Fouche Jean-Paul JP Phillips Nicole N Heany Sarah J SJ Myer Landon L Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan J DJ

Maternal emotional and physical intimate partner violence and early child development: investigating mediators in a cross-sectional study in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Barnett Whitney W Halligan Sarah L SL Wedderburn Catherine C MacGinty Rae R Hoffman Nadia N Zar Heather J HJ Stein Dan D Donald Kirsten K

Intimate partner violence and growth outcomes through infancy: A longitudinal investigation of multiple mediators in a South African birth cohort.

Journal: Maternal & child nutrition

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Barnett Whitney W Nhapi Raymond R Zar Heather J HJ Halligan Sarah L SL Pellowski Jennifer J Donald Kirsten A KA Stein Dan J DJ