Our Researchers
Michael Kramer, MD
Health Outcomes AxisResearch Focus
Research focuses on two major areas: (1) the etiologic determinants of, and population health trends in, adverse pregnancy outcomes and (2) the determinants and infant and child health effects of breastfeeding.
Keywords
Perinatal epidemiology, pediatric epidemiology, maternal and child health, low birth weight, preterm birth, breastfeeding
Selected Publications
Kramer MS, Aboud F, Mironova E, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Matush L, Igumnov S, Fombonne E, Bogdanovich N, Ducruet T, Collet JP, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Davidovsky S, Skugarevsky O, Trofimovich O, Kozlova L, Shapiro S for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group. Breastfeeding and Child Cognitive Development: New evidence from a large randomized trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry 65: 578-584; 2008.
Kramer MS, Chalmers B, Hodnett ED, Sevkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Shapiro S, Collet JP, Vanilovich I, Mezen I, Ducruet T, Shishko G, Zubovich V, Mknuik D, Gluchanina E, Dombrovskiy V, Ustinovitch A, Kot T, Bogdanovich N, Ovchinikova L, Helsing E for the PROBIT Study. Promotion of breastfeeding intervention trial (PROBIT): A randomized trial in the Republic of Belarus. JAMA 285: 413-420; 2001.
Kramer MS. Determinants of Low Birth Weight: Methodological Assessment and Meta-Analysis. Bull WHO 65: 663-737; 1987.
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