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Emily Oken

Vice-Chair Alice Hamilton Professor

Dr. Oken is a Professor in the Department of Population Medicine.  Her research is focused on the health effects of nutrition and environmental toxicants on health and disease, with a particular focus on pregnancy and early childhood. She has studied the balance of risk and benefit from maternal fish consumption during pregnancy on child development, long term health effects of breastfeeding for both mother and child, and determinants and sequelae of excess gestational weight gain. She has also performed a number of studies on the influence of modifiable behaviors during pregnancy, such as smoking, physical activity, and diet, on risk for obesity among both mothers and their children.  Within the Department of Population Medicine Dr. Oken is Vice Chair, Director of Faculty Development and site director for the Harvard General Medicine fellowship. Dr. Oken completed residency training in both internal medicine and pediatrics.

 

Focus Areas
  • Chronic Disease
  • Lifecourse
  • Obesity
  • Prevention

Publications

Author Correction: Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight. (Pubmed Abstract)

Authors
Solé-Navais P, Flatley C, Steinthorsdottir V, Vaudel M, Juodakis J, Chen J, Laisk T, LaBella AL, Westergaard D, Bacelis J, Brumpton B, Skotte L, Borges MC, Helgeland Ø, Mahajan A, Wielscher M, Lin F, Briggs C, Wang CA, Moen GH, Beaumont RN, Bradfield JP, Abraham A, Thorleifsson G, Gabrielsen ME, Ostrowski SR, Modzelewska D, Nohr EA, Hypponen E, Srivastava A, Talbot O, Allard C, Williams SM, Menon R, Shields BM, Sveinbjornsson G, Xu H, Melbye M, Lowe W, Bouchard L, Oken E, Pedersen OB, Gudbjartsson DF, Erikstrup C, Sørensen E, , , , Lie RT, Teramo K, Hallman M, Juliusdottir T, Hakonarson H, Ullum H, Hattersley AT, Sletner L, Merialdi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Steingrimsdottir T, Scholtens D, Power C, West J, Nyegaard M, Capra JA, Skogholt AH, Magnus P, Andreassen OA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Grant SFA, Qvigstad E, Pennell CE, Hivert MF, Hayes GM, Jarvelin MR, McCarthy MI, Lawlor DA, Nielsen HS, Mägi R, Rokas A, Hveem K, Stefansson K, Feenstra B, Njolstad P, Muglia LJ, Freathy RM, Johansson S, Zhang G, Jacobsson B
Abbreviation
Nat Genet
Publication Date
2023-05-10

Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight. (Pubmed Abstract)

Authors
Solé-Navais P, Flatley C, Steinthorsdottir V, Vaudel M, Juodakis J, Chen J, Laisk T, LaBella AL, Westergaard D, Bacelis J, Brumpton B, Skotte L, Borges MC, Helgeland Ø, Mahajan A, Wielscher M, Lin F, Briggs C, Wang CA, Moen GH, Beaumont RN, Bradfield JP, Abraham A, Thorleifsson G, Gabrielsen ME, Ostrowski SR, Modzelewska D, Nohr EA, Hypponen E, Srivastava A, Talbot O, Allard C, Williams SM, Menon R, Shields BM, Sveinbjornsson G, Xu H, Melbye M, Lowe W, Bouchard L, Oken E, Pedersen OB, Gudbjartsson DF, Erikstrup C, Sørensen E, , , , Lie RT, Teramo K, Hallman M, Juliusdottir T, Hakonarson H, Ullum H, Hattersley AT, Sletner L, Merialdi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Steingrimsdottir T, Scholtens D, Power C, West J, Nyegaard M, Capra JA, Skogholt AH, Magnus P, Andreassen OA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Grant SFA, Qvigstad E, Pennell CE, Hivert MF, Hayes GM, Jarvelin MR, McCarthy MI, Lawlor DA, Nielsen HS, Mägi R, Rokas A, Hveem K, Stefansson K, Feenstra B, Njolstad P, Muglia LJ, Freathy RM, Johanson S, Zhang G, Jacobsson B
Abbreviation
Nat Genet
Publication Date
2023-04-03
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