Publications

Margerison CE, Bruckner TA, MacCallum-Bridges C, Catalano R, Casey JA, Gemmill A. Exposure to the early COVID-19 pandemic and early, moderate, and overall preterm births in the US: a
conception cohort approach. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2023 Feb;37(2):104-112

Bruckner T, Bustos B, Margerison CE, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Catalano R. Selection in utero against male twins in the US early in the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Human Biology 2023 Mar;35(3):e23830.

*Gartner D, Debbink M, Books J, Margerison C. Inequalities in cesarean births between American Indian & Alaska Native and White people. Health Services Research. 2023 Apr;58(2):291-302.

*Hettinger K., Margerison CE. Postpartum Medicaid Eligibility Expansions and Postpartum Health
Measures. Population Health Management. 2023 Feb;26(1):53-59.

Margerison CE, Wang X, Gemmill A, Goldman-Mellor S. Changes in pregnancy-associated deaths in the United States during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2254287

*Gartner D, Islam J, Margerison CE. Medicaid expansions and differences in guideline-adherent cervical cancer screening between American Indian and White women. Cancer Medicine. 2023 Apr;12(7):8700-8709.

Catalano R, Bruckner T, Gemmill A, Casey J, Margerison C, and Hartig T. A novel indicator of selection in utero. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2023 Jul 19;11(1):244-250.

Margerison CE, Zamani-Hank Y, Catalano R, Hettinger K, Michling TR, Bruckner TA. Association of the 2021 Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Low Birth Weight in the US. JAMA Network
Open 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2327493.

*Siddika N, Song E, Margerison CE, Kramer M, Luo Z. The impact of place-based social and environmental determinants on preterm birth: a systematic review of the empirical evidence. Health and Place. 2023 Jul 18;83:103082.

Gemmill A, Casey JA, Catalano R, Karasek D, Margerison CE, Bruckner T. Changes in preterm birth and caesarean deliveries in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Paediatric andPerinatal Epidemiology. 2022 Jul;36(4):485-489.

*Gartner DR, Kaestner, R, Margerison CE. Impacts of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion on live births. Epidemiology. 2022 May 1;33(3):406-414.

Gemmill A, Berger B0, Crane MA, Margerison CE. Mortality rates among U.S. women of reproductive age, 1999-2019. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022 Apr;62(4):548-557.

*Zamani-Hank Y, Margerison CE, Talge NM, Holzman C. Differences in psychosocial protective factors by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status and their relationship to preterm delivery. Women’s Health Reports. 2022;3(1):243-255.

Margerison CE, Roberts MH, Gemmill A, Goldman-Mellor S. Pregnancy-associated deaths due to drugs, suicide, and homicide in the United States 2010-2019. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2022 Feb 1;139(2):172-180.

Gemmill A, Casey JA, Margerison CE, Zeitlin J, Catalano R, Bruckner TA. Patterned outcomes, unpatterned counterfactuals, and spurious results: perinatal health outcomes following COVID-19. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2022 Oct 20;191(11):1837-1841.

Montgomery BW, Roberts MH, Margerison CE, Anthony J. C. Estimating the Effects of Legalizing Recreational Cannabis on Newly Incident Cannabis Use. PLOS One. 2022 Jul 21;17(7):e0271720.

Johnson JE, Roman L, Key KD, Vander Meulen, M, Raffo JE, Luo, Z., Margerison CE, Olomu A, Johnson-Lawrence V, McCoy White JM, & Meghea C. Study protocol: The Maternal Health Multilevel Intervention for Racial Equity (Maternal Health MIRACLE) Project. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022 Sep;120:106894.

Margerison CE, Pearson AL, Lin Z, Sanciago J. 2021. Changes in residential greenness between
pregnancies and birth outcomes: longitudinal evidence from Michigan births 1990-2012.
International Journal of Epidemiology. 2021 Mar 3;50(1):190-198.

Margerison CE, Kaestner R, Chen J, MacCallum-Bridges C. 2021. Impacts of Medicaid expansion prior to conception on pre-pregnancy health, pregnancy health, and outcomes. American Journal of Epidemiology. Aug 1;190(8):1488-1498.

*Brase, P, MacCallum-Bridges CL, Margerison CE. 2021. Racial Inequity in Preterm Delivery Among College-Educated Women: The Role of Racism. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.
Jul;35(4):482-490.

Margerison CE, Hettinger K, Kaestner R, Goldman-Mellor S, Gartner S. Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements in Perinatal Mental Health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021
Oct;40(10):1605-1611.

Catalano R, Bruckner T, Casey JA, Gemmill A, Margerison CE, Hartig T. Twinning during the pandemic: evidence of selection in utero. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2021 Oct
20;9(1):374-382

Margerison C, MacCallum C, Chen J, Zamani-Hank Y, Kaestner R. 2020. Impacts of the 2014
Medicaid Expansion on Preconception Health Among Women of Reproductive Age. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine. 58(1):1-11.

*MacCallum C, Margerison C. 2020. The Affordable Care Act Contraception Mandate &
Unintended Pregnancy in Women of Reproductive Age: An Analysis of the National Survey of
Family Growth 2008-2015. Contraception. 101(1):34-39.

Cubbin C, Kim Y, Vohra-Gupta S, Margerison C. 2020. Neighborhood economic trajectories are
associated with adverse birth outcomes in Texas, 2009-2011. Social Science and Medicine.
245:112665.

Kim Y, Cubbin C, Vohra-Gupta S, Margerison C. 2020. Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Density
Trajectories and Black-White Differences in Preterm Birth among Women in Texas. Journal of
Urban Health. 97(1):37-51.

Margerison C, Li Y, Luo Z. 2019. Economic conditions during pregnancy and preterm birth: a maternal fixed-effects analysis. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 33(2):154-161.

Margerison C, Goldman-Mellor S. 2019. Association between rural/urban residence and nonfatal suicidal behavior among California adults. Journal of Rural Health. 35(2):262-269.

Fleischer NL, Abshire C, Margerison C, Nitcheva D, Smith MG. 2019. The South Carolina Multigenerational Linked Birth Dataset: Developing Social Mobility Measures across Generations to Understand Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes in the US South. Maternal and Child 

*Wisnieski L, Kerver J, Holzman C, Margerison-Zilko C. 2018. Breastfeeding and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Journal of Human Lactation. 34(3):515-525.

Sheehan C, Powers D, Margerison-Zilko C, McDevitt T, Cubbin C. 2018. Historical Neighborhood Poverty Trajectories and Child Sleep. Sleep Health. 4(02):127-134.

Zhou G, Holzman C, Luo Z, Margerison C. 2018. Maternal serum uric acid levels and blood pressure during pregnancy: a community-based cohort study. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 222:64-69

*Li Y, Margerison-Zilko C, Strutz KL, Holzman C. 2018. Life course adversity and miscarriage in a pregnancy cohort. Women’s Health Issues. S1049-3867(17)30257-8.

Tian Y, Holzman C, Slaughter-Acey J, Margerison-Zilko C, Luo Z, Todem D. 2018. Maternal socioeconomic mobility and preterm delivery: a latent class analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 22(11):1647-1658.

*Li Y, Luo Z, Liu H, Holzman C, Margerison CE. 2018. Paternal race/ethnicity and risk of adverse birth outcomes in the United States, 1989-2013. AIMS Public Health. 5(3): 312-323.

Margerison C, Holzman C, Catov J. 2019. Pregnancy as a window to racial disparities in hypertension. Journal of Women’s Health. 28(2):152-161.

Zhou G, Holzman C, Luo Z, Margerison C. 2018. Maternal serum uric acid levels in pregnancy and fetal growth. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. Epub ahead of print.

Margerison-Zilko C, Strutz KL, Li Y, Holzman C. 2017. Stressors across the life-course and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21(3):648-658.

Walsemann KM, Child S, Heck K, Margerison-Zilko C, Braveman P, Marchi K, Cubbin C. 2017. Neighborhood Poverty Histories and Psychosocial Well-Being: The Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71(6):558-564.

Kane JB and Margerison-Zilko C. 2017. Theoretical insights into two key sources of stress in the preconception social environment that contribute to poor perinatal health. Population Health and Policy Review. 36(5):639-669.

Kramer MR, Schneider EB, Kane JB, Margerison-Zilko C, Jones-Smith J, King K, Davis-Kean P, Grzywacz J. 2017. Getting under the skin: children’s health disparities as embodiment of social class. Population Health and Policy Review. 36(5):671-697.

Margerison-Zilko C, Perez-Patron M, Cubbin C. 2017. Residential segregation, political power, and preterm birth in the U.S. 2008-2010. Health and Place. 46:13-20.

Sheehan C, Cantu P, Powers D, Margerison-Zilko C, Cubbin C. 2017. Long-term neighborhood poverty trajectories and obesity. Health and Place. 46:49-57.

Margerison-Zilko C, Li Y, Luo Zhehui. 2017. Economic conditions during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes among singleton live births in the U.S., 1990-2013. American Journal of Epidemiology. 186(10):11391-1139

Margerison-Zilko C, Talge N, Holzman C. 2017. Preterm Delivery Trends by Race/Ethnicity in the United States, 2006-2012. Annals of Epidemiology. 27(11):689-694.

Catalano R., Goodman J., Margerison-Zilko C., Falconi A., Gemmill A., Karasek D., Anderson E.. 2016. Timing of birth: Parsimony favors strategic over dysregulated parturition. American Journal of Human Biology. 28(1):31-5

Margerison-Zilko C, Cubbin C, Jun J, Marchi K, Braveman P. 2016. Post-partum residential mobility among a statewide representative sample of California women, 2003 – 2007. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 20(1):139-48.

Margerison-Zilko C, Goldman-Mellor S, Falconi A, Downing J. 2016. Health impacts of the Great Recession: A critical review. Current Epidemiology Reports. 3(1):81-91. Invited review.

Catov JM and Margerison-Zilko C. 2016. Pregnancy as a window to future health: short term costs and consequences. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 215(4):406-7. Invited editorial.

Ahern J, Colson KE, Margerison-Zilko C, Hubbard A, Galea S. 2016. Estimating population health impacts of potential community interventions: an illustration with alcohol outlet density and binge drinking. American Journal of Public Health. 106(11):1938-1943.

Goldman-Mellor S., Margerison-Zilko C, Allen K, Cerdá M. 2016. Perceived and objectively-measured neighborhood violence and adolescent psychological distress. Journal of Urban Health. 93(5):758-769.

Margerison-Zilko CE, Goodman JA, Anderson E, Catalano RA. 2015. Postterm birth as a response to environmental stress: the case of September 11, 2001. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. Jan 16;2015(1):12-20.

Margerison-Zilko CE, Cubbin C, Jun J, Marchi K, Fingar K, Braveman P. 2015. Beyond the Cross-Sectional: Neighborhood Poverty Histories and Preterm Birth. American Journal of Public Health. 105(6):1174-80.

Margerison-Zilko CE.  2014. Maternal exposure to economic contraction during pregnancy and smoking, alcohol use, and gestational weight gain in a national sample of U.S. women. Annals of Epidemiology. 24(6):432-40.

Margerison-Zilko CE. 2014. The contribution of maternal birth cohort to term small-for-gestational-age in the U.S. 1989-2010: an age, period, and cohort analysis. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 28(4):312-21.

Ahern J, Margerison-Zilko CE, Hubbard A, Galea S.  2013. Alcohol outlets and binge drinking in urban neighborhoods: the implications of non-linearity for intervention and policy. American Journal of Public Health. 103(4):e81-7.

Margerison-Zilko CE., Cubbin C. 2013. Dynamic poverty experiences and development of overweight in a national sample of US children ages 4 to 14. Obesity. 21(7):1438-45. 

Catalano RA, Goodman J, Margerison-Zilko CE, Saxton KB, Anderson E, Epstein M.  2012.  Selection Against Small Males In Utero: a Test of the Wells Hypothesis. Human Reproduction. 27(4):1202-8.

Catalano RA, Saxton K, Bruckner T, Pearl M, Anderson E, Goldman-Mellor S, Margerison-Zilko C, Subbaraman M, Currier R, Kharrazi M.  2012. Hormonal Evidence Supports the Theory of Selection in Utero. American Journal of Human Biology. 24(4):526-32.

Margerison Zilko CE, Shrimali BP, Eskenazi B, Lahiff M, Lindquist AR, Abrams BF. 2012.  Trimester of maternal gestational weight gain and offspring body weight at birth and age five.  Maternal and Child Health Journal. 16:1215–1223.

Catalano RA, Margerison-Zilko CE, Goldman-Mellor S, Pearl M, Anderson E, Saxton K, Bruckner T, Subbaraman M, Goodman J, Epstein M, Currier R, Kharrazi M.  2012. Natural Selection in Utero Induced by Mass Layoffs: The hCG Evidence. Evolutionary Applications. 5(8):796-805.

Cubbin C, Jun J, Margerison-Zilko CE, Sherman J, McCray T, Parmenter B.  2012. Social inequalities in neighborhood conditions:  Spatial relationships between sociodemographic and food environments in Alameda County, California. Journal of Maps. 8(4):348-348.

Margerison-Zilko CE., Cubbin C. 2012. Socioeconomic disparities in tobacco-related health outcomes across race/ethnic groups in the United States: National Health Interview Survey 2010. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 6:1161-5.