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Colleen Pearson

Researcher at Boston University

Publications -  80
Citations -  3564

Colleen Pearson is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 65 publications receiving 2863 citations. Previous affiliations of Colleen Pearson include Boston Medical Center.

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Prenatal, Perinatal, and Early Childhood Factors Associated with Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

TL;DR: The findings of this study provide new insight into the early life risk factors of pediatric OSA and underscore the need for early screening and prevention of OSA among children with those risk factors.
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The Joint Association of Small for Gestational Age and Nighttime Sleep with Blood Pressure in Childhood.

TL;DR: In this prospective birth cohort, longer sleep duration in early childhood may mitigate the blood pressure-raising effect of being born small, and data are consistent with an interaction between SGA and sleep duration on childhood elevated SBP.
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Maternal persistent marijuana use and cigarette smoking are independently associated with shorter gestational age.

TL;DR: In this high-risk US population, maternal marijuana use and cigarette smoking during pregnancy were independently associated with shorter gestational age and the elevated risk was only observed with spontaneous preterm birth.
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Can social support during pregnancy affect maternal DNA methylation? Findings from a cohort of African-Americans.

TL;DR: This study found that absence of support from the baby’s father was significantly associated with maternal DNAm changes in TOR3A, IQCB1, C7orf36, and MYH7B and that lack of supportFrom family and friends was associated with paternal DNA hypermethylation on multiple genes, including PRDM16 and BANKL.