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NANSI S. BOGHOSSIAN, PhD, MPH
915 Greene Street, Office #447 • Columbia, SC 29208 • Tel: 803-777-2857 • nboghoss@mailbox.sc.edu
EDUCATION
July 2011
PhD, Epidemiology
College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Title: Survival and morbidities among very low birth weight infants with
chromosomal anomalies
Advisor: Jeffrey C. Murray, MD
February 2006
Master’s of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut,
Lebanon
Title: Prevalence, risk factors and serotype distribution of Group B
Streptococcus Colonization among pregnant women in Beirut, Lebanon
Advisor: Khalid Yunis, MD
June 2004
Bachelor of Science, Medical Laboratory Sciences (with distinction),
Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2014 -present
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health,
Columbia, SC
Sept 2011 - August 2014
Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Post-doctoral Fellow
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Supervisor: Edwina Yeung
March 2009 - August 2011
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Supervisor: Jeffrey C. Murray
January 2009 - May 2010
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Supervisor: Bruce Tomblin
Sept 2008 - Dec 2008
Graduate Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant for Epidemiology I
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA
Supervisor: Paul Romitti
Project: Reproductive Molecular Epidemiology Research and Education Program
Sept 2007 - August 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
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Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA
Supervisor: Paul Romitti
Project: Reproductive Molecular Epidemiology Research and Education Program
Sept 2005 - July 2007
Research Assistant
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut
Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon
Supervisor: Khalid Yunis
Projects: National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN)
NCPNN Database Project
Implementation of an intervention to reduce the cesarean section rate:
A collaborative multicenter study in Beirut
Group B Streptococcal colonization among pregnant women and their
neonates in Beirut
The epidemiology of cytomegalovirus in Lebanon: a multicenter study
Sept 2004 – August 2005
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences,
American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
Supervisor: Sami Ramia
AWARDS
2016 Society for Pediatric Research elected member
2014 Teratology Society Travel Award*
2011 NIH Intramural Research Training Award
2011 University of Iowa travel award to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference
2011 Western Regional Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) Conference Sponsorship award
2010 NICHD/IHDCYH Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology, Selected student
2004 Honors award, Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon
*Declined
FUNDING
CURRENTLY FUNDED
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (July 2015-July 2017). Title ‘Preterm birth prediction and gestational age
assessment at birth’ (PI: Boghossian N).
ASPIRE-I University of South Carolina (April 2015-May 2017). ‘Impact of a lifestyle intervention among
overweight/obese pregnant women on cardiometabloic biomarkers’ (PI: Boghossian N).
ASPIRE-I University of South Carolina (January 2017). BiPe Charts – Bivariate percentiles for anthropometric
charts in preterm infants (Co-I: Boghossian N, PI: Geraci M).
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (October 2014-June 2014). Title ‘Global partnerships: establishing global
networks of experts for sample sharing in lower income countries to speed the discovery of biomarkers critical to
maternal, fetal, and newborn health’ (PI: Boghossian N).
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) intramural funding (June 2013). Title
‘Maternal vitamin D status and measures of neonatal bone mineral content/density, body fat and birthweight’.
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Jan 2017
Reviewer: abstracts to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)
May 2016
Reviewer: proposals to USAID for Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B)
Feb 2016 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
Jan-Sept 2016 Member: GAIA Small for gestational age working group, Brighton Collaboration
Jan-Sept 2016 Member: GAIA Fetal growth restriction working group, Brighton Collaboration
2015-present Member: Masters and doctoral student admission committee
2015-present Coordinator: Epidemiology department seminars, University of South Carolina
Oct 2015 Session co-chair: ‘Biorespositories and Surveillance’, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand
Challenges Annual Meeting, Beijing, China
Oct 2015 Moderator: ‘Medical Genetics in Newborns’, Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Annual Quality
Congress, Chicago, IL
May 2015
Reviewer: proposals to USAID for Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B)
April 2015
Organizer: ‘Biorepository meeting’ for AMANHI and GAPPS funded sites by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, London, UK
March 2015 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
Jan 2015 Reviewer: proposals to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Grand Challenges ‘Creating &
Measuring Integrated Solutions for Healthy Birth, Growth & Development- All Children Thriving’
June 2014
Organizer: ‘Exposome’ Symposium, Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), Seattle, WA
March 2014 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
2012-2013
Coordinator: Reproductive Epidemiology Journal Club, NICHD
June 2013
Toastmasters’ NIH Evening Speakers Vice President of Education
May 2013
Reviewer: papers for the Heinz Berendes international travel award for the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
March 2013 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
June 2012
Toastmasters’ NIH Evening Speakers Vice President of Membership
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Dec 10, 2012 National Institutes of Health Epidemiology & Population Science Career Symposium, Rockville, MD
Tasks: A member of the 6 planning committee members to organize a career symposium for
epidemiology fellows
March 2011 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
March 2010 Reviewer: abstracts to the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
April 2007
Reviewer: over 70 abstracts to the 3rd International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in
the Developing World, June 2007, sponsored by the March of Dimes Foundation
May 12-13, 2006 National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN) annual meeting, Beirut, Lebanon
Surveillance Systems: development, applications and their role in defining health problems,
implementing targeted interventions, setting policies, improving quality of care and their role in
accreditation.
Tasks: Analysis of the NCPNN five-year statistics disseminated during the meeting
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER)
Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
EPID 765-Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Spring 2016
EPID 758-Applied Epidemiology in Public Health Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017
EPID 745- Seminar in Epidemiology (Scientific Writing) Spring 2015, Spring 2017
Division of Intramural Population Health Research, NICHD, Rockville, MD
Lecturer, summer 2014
Course: Reproductive Epidemiology
Division of Intramural Population Health Research, NICHD, Rockville, MD
Lecturer, summer 2013
Course: Reproductive Epidemiology
Division of Intramural Population Health Research, NICHD, Rockville, MD
Lecturer, summer 2012
Course: Reproductive Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Teaching Assistant for Epidemiology I, Fall 2008
MENTORING EXPERIENCE
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Aug 2017-present Maggie McCarter, MSPH Thesis Committee Member
May-Aug 2017
Tahmidul Islam, Graduate Research Assistant
Jan-May 2017
Xinyan Cai, MSPH Thesis Committee Member
Nov 2016-present Maria Sevoyan, PhD Dissertation Co-Chair and Graduate Research Assistant
Aug 2016-Aug 2017 Kerry Spillane, MSPH Thesis Chair and Graduate Research Assistant
Aug 2016-May 2017 Melanie Sutherland, Graduate Research Assistant
Jan 2015-Aug 2016 Olubunmi Orekoya, PhD Dissertation Committee Member
Aug 2015-May 2017 Brittany Sullivan, MSPH Thesis Chair
Jan 2015-July 2016 Junxiu Liu, PhD Dissertation Committee Member
Jan 2015-Jan 2016 Olubunmi Orekoya, Graduate Research Assistant
Jan-July 2015 Kristen Polinski, MSPH Thesis Committee Member
Jan-July 2015 Chelsea Lynes, MSPH Thesis Chair
July-Aug 2013 NIH summer volunteer, Jji Jiang, master’s student, Georgetown University • Gestational
Weight gain and other pregnancy factors and postpartum maternal adiposity
June-Aug 2012 NIH summer intern, Anna Poon, master’s student, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health • Maternal diet in association with birth weight and infant growth
PUBLICATIONS
A.
Published manuscripts/in press
1.
Lynes C*, McLain A, Yeung E, Liu J, Albert P, Boghossian NS. Interpregnancy weight change and adverse
maternal outcomes. (In press Annals of Epidemiology)
2.
Liu JX, Liu J, Frongillo EA, Boghossian NS, Cai B, Hazlett LJ. Body mass index trajectories during infancy and
pediatric obesity at six years. (In press Annals of Epidemiology).
3.
Laptook AR, Bell EF, Shankaran S, Boghossian NS, Wyckoff MH, Kandefer S, Walsh M, Shampa S, Higgins R, and
the Generic and Moderate Preterm Subcommittees of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Admission
temperature and associated mortality and morbidity among moderately and extremely preterm infants. (In
press J Pediatr)
4.
Schlaudecker EP, Munoz FM, Bardají A, Boghossian NS, Khalil A, Mousa H, Nesin M, Nisar I, Pool V, Spiegel
HML, Tapia M, Kochar S, Black S. Small for gestational age: case definition and guidelines for data collection,
analysis, and presentation of immunisation safety data. (In press Vaccine)
5.
Easter SR, Eckert LO, Boghossian NS, Spencer R, Oteng-Ntim E, Ioannou C, Patwardhan M, Harrison MS, Khalil
A, Gravett M, Goldenberg R, McKelvey A, Gupta M, Pool V, Robson SC, Joshi J, McElrath T, The Brighton
Collaboration Fetal Growth Restriction Working Group. Fetal growth restriction: case definition and guidelines
for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunisation safety data. (In press Vaccine)
6.
Polinski KJ, Liu J, Boghossian NS, McLain A. Maternal obesity, gestational weight gain and offspring’s asthma.
(In press Preventing Chronic Disease)
7.
Boghossian NS, Do BT, Bell EF, Dagle JM, Brumbaugh JE, Stoll BJ, Vohr BR, Das A, Shankaran S, Sanchez PJ,
Wyckoff MH, Ball MB, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Efficacy of
pharmacologic closure of patent ductus arteriosus in small-for-gestational-age extremely preterm infants.
Early Human Development 2017; 113:10-17.
8.
Boghossian NS, Mendola P, Liu A, Robledo C, Yeung E. Maternal serum markers of lipid metabolism in relation
to neonatal anthropometry. J Perinatol 2017 Jun; 37(6): 629-635. [PMCID:PMC 28333159].
9.
Robledo CA, Yeung EH, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Boghossian NS, Bell E, Druschel C. Examining the prevalence
rates of preexisting maternal medical conditions and pregnancy complications by source: evidence to inform
maternal and child research. Matern Child Health J 2017 Apr;21(4):852-862. [PMCID:PMC 27549105].
10.
Boghossian NS, Geraci M, Edwards EM, Morrow KA, Horbar JD, for the Vermont Oxford Network.
Anthropometric charts for infants born between 22 and 29 weeks’ gestation. Pediatrics 2016 Dec; 138(6). pii:
e20161641. [PMCID:PMC 27940694].
Featured on Arnold School of Public Health news website:
https://goo.gl/ihTMiu
– and in the ASPH Friday Letter
https://goo.gl/mi3Hbs
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Accompanying editorial available at:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/content/early/2016/11/16/peds.2016-3128
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Boghossian NS, McDonald SA, Bell EF, Carlo WA, Stoll BJ, Laptook AR, Das A, Higgins RD, for the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.
Association between antenatal corticosteroids and mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopmental outcomes in
extremely preterm multiples. JAMA Pediatr 2016 June; 170(6):593-601. [PMCID:PMC 27088897].
12.
Boghossian NS, Hansen NI, Bell EF, Brumbaugh JE, Stoll BJ, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Wyckoff MH, Colaizy TT,
Das A, Higgins RD, for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopmental
outcomes of extremely preterm infants born to insulin-dependent diabetic mothers. Pediatrics 2016 May;
137(6):e20153424. [PMCID:PMC 27244849].
13.
Boghossian NS, Orekoya O, Liu J, Liu J. Pregnancy interventions or behaviors and cardiometabolic biomarkers:
a systematic review. Curr Epidemiol Rep 2016 Mar; 3(1):27-38.
14.
Boghossian NS, Sicko RJ, Kay DM, Rigler SL, Caggana M, Tsai MY, Yeung EH, Pankratz N, Cole BR, Druschel CM,
Romitti PA, Browne ML, Fan R, Liu A, Brody LC, Mills JL. Rare copy number variants in posterior urethral
valves. Am J Med Genet A 2016 Mar; 170(3):622-33. [PMCID:PMC 27088897].
15.
Boghossian NS, Albert PS, Mendola P, Grantz KL, Yeung E. Delivery blood pressure and other first pregnancy
risk factors in relation to hypertensive disorders in second pregnancies. Am J Hypertens 2015 Sep; 28(9):1172-
1179. [PMCID:PMC 25673041].
16.
Yeung EH, McLain AC, Anderson N, Lawrence D, Boghossian NS, Druschel C, Bell E. Newborn adipokines and
birth outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2015 Jul; 29(4):317-325. [PMCID:PMC 26111443].
17.
Boghossian NS, Yeung E, Mendola P, Laughon K, Hinkle S, Zhang C, Albert PS. Risk factors differ between
recurrent and incident preeclampsia: a hospital-based cohort study. Ann Epidemiol 2014 Oct; 24(12):871-
877.e3. [PMCID:PMC 25453345].
18.
Boghossian NS, Yeung E, Albert PS, Mendola P, Laughon K, Hinkle S, Zhang C. Changes in diabetes status
between pregnancies and impact on subsequent newborn outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014 May;
210(5):431.e1-14. [PMCID:PMC24361790].
19.
Hinkle SN, Albert PS, Mendola P, Sjaarda LA, Boghossian NS, Yeung E, Laughon SK. Differences in risk factors
for incident and recurrent small-for-gestational-age birthweight. BJOG 2014 Apr; 121(9):1080-8. [PMCID:PMC
24702952].
20.
Hinkle SN, Albert PS, Mendola P, Sjaarda LA, Yeung E, Boghossian NS, Laughon SK. The association between
parity and birthweight in a longitudinal consecutive pregnancy cohort. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2014 Mar;
28(2):106-15. [PMCID:PMC 24320682].
21.
Yeung E, Robledo C, Boghossian NS, Zhang C, Mendola P. Developmental origins of cardiovascular disease. Curr
Epidemiol Rep 2014 Mar; 1(1):9-16. [PMCID:PMC 25364653].
22.
Boghossian NS, Hansen NI, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Murray JC, Carey JC, Adams-Chapman I, Shankaran S, Walsh MC,
Laptook AR, Faix RG, Newman NS, Hale EC, Das A, Wilson LS, Hensman AM, Grisby C, Collins MV, Vasil DM,
Finkle J, Maffett D, Ball MB, Lacy CB, Bara R, Higgins RD, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Mortality and morbidity of VLBW infants
with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18. Pediatrics 2014 Feb; 133(2):226-35. [PMCID:PMC 24446439].
23.
Poon A, Yeung E, Boghossian NS, Albert P, Zhang C. Maternal diet quality in association with birthweight
characteristics and early infant growth. Scientifica 2013 Dec; 2013:786409. [PMCID:PMC24490111].
24.
Adams-Chapman I, Hansen NI, Shankaran S, Bell E, Boghossian NS, Murray JC, Laptook AR, Walsh MC, Carlo
WA, Sánchez PJ, Van Meurs KP, Das A, Hale EC, Newman NS, Ball MB, Higgins RD, Stoll BJ, for the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Ten
year review of major birth defects in very low birth weight infants. Pediatrics 2013 Jul; 132(1): 49-61.
[PMCID:PMC23733791].
25.
Boghossian NS, Page GP, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Murray JC, Cotten CM, Shankaran S, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Newman
NS, Hale EC, McDonald SA, Das A, Higgins RD, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Late-onset sepsis in very low birth weight infants from
singleton and multiple gestation births. J Pediatr 2013 Jun; 162(6): 1120-1124.e1. [PMCID:PMC23324523].
26.
Boghossian NS, Yeung E, Lipsky LM, Poon AK, Albert PS. Dietary patterns in association with postpartum
weight retention. Am J Clin Nutr 2013 Jun; 97(6): 1338-45. [PMCID:PMC23576044].
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Boghossian NS, Yeung E, Mumford S, Zhang C, Gaskins A, Wactawski J, Schisterman E. Adherence to the
Mediterranean diet and body fat distribution in reproductive aged women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2013 Mar;
67(3):289-94. [PMCID:PMC3594052].
28.
Pappas A, Shankaran S, Hansen NI, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Laptook AR, Walsh MC, Das A, Bara R, Hale EC, Newman NS,
Boghossian NS, Murray JC, Cotten CM, Adams-Chapman I, Hamrick S, Higgins RD, for the Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Outcome of
extremely preterm infants (<1,000 g) with congenital heart defects from the NICHD Neonatal Research
Network. Pediatr Cardiol 2012 Dec; 33(8):1415-26. [PMCID:PMC22644414].
29.
Boghossian NS, Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Murray JC, Bell EF, for the Vermont Oxford Network. Major
chromosomal anomalies among very low birth weight infants in the Vermont Oxford Network. J Pediatr 2012
May; 160(5):774-780.e11. [PMCID:PMC22177989].
30.
Boghossian NS, Horbar JD, Murray JC, Carpenter JH, for the Vermont Oxford Network. Anthropometric charts
for infants with trisomies 21, 18 and 13 born between 22 weeks gestation and term: The VON charts. Am J Med
Genet A 2012 Feb; 158A(2):322-32. [PMCID:PMC22246859].
31.
Boghossian NS, Hansen NI, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Murray JC, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Walsh MC, Das A, Higgins RD,
for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Survival and morbidity outcomes of very low birth weight infants
with Down syndrome. Pediatrics 2010 Dec; 126(6): 1132-1140. [PMCID:PMC21098157].
Press release issued by NICHD
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Seoud M, Nassar AH, Zalloua P, Boghossian N, Ezzedine J, Fakhoury H, Abboud J, Melki I, Araj G, Nacouzi G,
Sanyoura M, Yunis K. Prenatal and neonatal Group B Streptococcus screening and serotyping in Lebanon:
incidence and implications. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2010 Mar; 89(3): 399-403. [PMCID:PMC20199356].
*Denotes mentee.
PRESENTATIONS
A.
Invited Talks
1.
Boghossian N. Maternal and newborn health in low income countries: the need for biorepositories. UNT
Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, April 2017.
2.
Boghossian N. Pregnancy compliactions, dietary factors, and newborn outcomes: a high income country
perspective. Translational Health and Science Technoglogy Institute (THSTI), Delhi, India, March 2017.
3.
Boghossian N. Study cohorts supporting maternal and newborn studies in low income countries, Department
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, October 2016.
4.
Boghossian N. Biorepositories supporting maternal and newborn studies in low income countries, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges All Children Thriving, Nairobi, Kenya, February 2016.
5.
Boghossian N. Resources and communities supporting LMIC maternal cohort studies, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, October 2015.
6.
Boghossian N. Pregnancy complications, dietary factors, and newborn outcomes. Interdisciplinary Conference
on Pregnancy and the Health of Women and Children, Columbia, SC, November 2014.
7.
Boghossian N. Pregnancy factors and neonatal Outcomes. Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. American
University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon, August 2014.
8.
Boghossian N. Pregnancy factors and neonatal outcomes. Pediatrics Department. American University of
Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon, August 2014.
B.
Oral Presentations
9.
Lynes C*, Boghossian N. Interpregnancy weight change and adverse maternal outcomes. Awarded best clinical
science presentation at 2016 Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum.
10.
Boghossian N, McDonald SA, Bell EF, Carlo WA, for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Antenatal
corticosteroids in extremely preterm twins: impact on mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopmental
outcomes. Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego, CA, April 2015.
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Boghossian N, Shampa S, Bell E, for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Impact of birth weight
discordance on mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopmental outcomes in very low birth weight twins.
Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Vancouver, BC, May 2014.
12.
Boghossian N, Hansen N, Bell EF, for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Morbidity, mortality, and
neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants born to insulin-dependent diabetic mothers.
Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Vancouver, BC, May 2014.
13.
Hinkle S, Albert P, Mendola P, Sjaarda L, Boghossian N, Yeung E, Laughon S.K. Differences in risk factors for
incident and recurrent small-for-gestational-age birth weight: a hospital-based cohort study. Platform
presentation at the Fetal Growth Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 2013.
14.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Mendola P, Laughon S.K, Hinkle S, Zhang C, Albert P. Recurrence of hypertensive
disorders and subsequent fetal growth restriction. Platform presentation at the Fetal Growth Meeting,
Baltimore, MD, September 2013.
15.
Yeung E, Mills J, Zhang C, Boghossian N, Robledo C, Mendola P. Maternal copeptin levels are not associated
with infant birth weight. Platform presentation at the Fetal Growth Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 2013.
16.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Albert P, Mendola P, Laughon K, Zhang C. Recurrence of gestational hypertensive
disorders and impact on newborn outcomes. Platform presentation at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal
Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, June 2013.
17.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Albert P, Mendola P, Laughon K, Hinkle S, Zhang C. Change in diabetes status and
impact on newborn outcomes. Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington, DC, May
2013.
C.
Poster presentations
18.
Sevoyan M*, Geraci M, Boghossian N. Interpregnancy Interval and Birthweight: A Quantile Regression
Approach. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA, June 2017 (Online published
abstract).
19.
Liu J, Liu J, Frongillo E, Boghossian N, Hazlett L, Cai B. Growth trajectories of body mass index during the first
year of life and their potential determining factors. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Miami, FL, June 2016 (Poster).
20.
Orekoya O, Liu J, Rothenberg S, Boghossian N, Hazlett L, Cai B. Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring’s
weight at 12 months of age in rural Guangxi province, China: the mediating role of birth weight. Presented at
the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research,
Miami, FL, June 2016 (Poster).
21.
Dimopoulos A, Sicko R, Kay D, Boghossian N, Rigler S, Hagen E, Fan R, Romitti P, Browne M, Druschel C,
Caggana M, Brody L, Mills J. Rare copy number variants in a population-based investigation of isolated
tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia. Presented at Teratology Society, July 2015 (Poster).
22.
Boghossian N, Liu A, Koo W, Mumford S, Kissell K, Mills J, Yeung E. Impact of maternal vitamin D insufficiency
on neonatal bone and fat mass. Presented at the American College of Epidemiology, Silver Spring, MD,
September 2014 (Poster).
23.
Boghossian N, Sicko R, Kay D, Rigler S, Yeung E, Druschel C, Romitti P, Browne M, Fan R, Liu A, Brody L, Mills J.
Rare Copy Number Variants in Urinary System and Reproductive Genes Implicated in Posterior Urethral
Valves. Presented at Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA, July 2014 (Poster).
24.
Boghossian N, Sicko R, Kay D, Rigler S, Yeung E, Druschel C, Romitti P, Browne M, Fan R, Liu A, Brody L, Mills J.
Novel Copy Number Variants in a Population-Based Investigation of Prune Belly Syndrome. Presented at
Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA, July 2014 (Poster).
25.
Hinkle S, Boghossian N, Sjaarda L, Ye A, Grantz K, Schisterman E. Causal Diagrams of Total Gestational Weight
Gain and the Utility of Weight-Gain-for-Gestational-Age Z-score. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic
Research, Seattle, WA, June 2014 (Poster).
26.
Yeung E, McLain A, Anderson N, Lawrence D, Boghossian N, Druschel C, Bell E. Blood spot adiponectin and
infant birth size. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA, June 2014 (Poster).
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Boghossian N, Mendola P, Robledo C, Yeung E. Maternal serum markers of lipid metabolism in relation to
neonatal anthropometry. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA, June 2014 (Poster).
28.
Robledo C, Yeung E, Mendola P, Boghossian N, Sundaram R, Bell E, Druschel C. Mind your data source:
Pregnancy complications differ by source. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society
for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA, June 2014 (Poster).
29.
Yeung E, Liu A, Mills J, Zhang C, Mannisto T, Boghossian N, Robledo C, Mendola P. Copeptin levels are elevated
in women prior to diagnosis of clinical pre-eclampsia. Presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine,
New Orleans, LA, February 2014 (Poster).
30.
Zhang C, Martin K, Bowers K, Liu A, Bao W, Vaag A, Yeung E, Sun L, Boghossian N, Hu F, Olsen S. Fasting
glucose levels during pregnancy and long-term childhood growth in the offspring. Presented at the Society for
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, LA, February 2014 (Poster).
31.
Yeung E, Robledo C, Boghossian N, Bell E, Schisterman E. Causal effect of assisted reproductive technology
(ART) on neurodevelopmental impairment. Presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine,
Boston, MA, October 2013 (Poster).
32.
Hinkle SN, Laughon SK, Sjaarda LA, Mendola P, Boghossian N ,Yeung E, Albert PS. The association between
parity and birthweight in a longitudinal consecutive pregnancy cohort. Presented at the Society for
Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, June
2013 (Poster).
33.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Albert P, Mendola P, Laughon K, Zhang C. Recurrence of gestational hypertensive
disorders and impact on newborn outcomes. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA,
June 2013 (Poster).
34.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Albert P, Mendola P, Laughon K, Zhang C. Change in diabetes status between
pregnancies and impact on newborn outcomes. Presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Boston, MA, June 2013 (Poster).
35.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Albert P, Zhang C. Maternal adherence to the Mediterranean diet in association with
offspring birth weight and infant growth. Presented at the Obesity Society, San Antonio, TX, September 2012
(Poster).
36.
Yeung E, Boghossian N, Zhang C, Koo W. Determinants of neonatal body adiposity assessed by dual energy x-
ray absorptiometry. Presented at the Obesity Society, San Antonio, TX, September 2012 (Poster).
37.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Mumford S, Zhang C, Gaskins A, Wactawski-Wende J, Schisterman E. Adherence to the
Mediterranean diet and body fat in premenopausal women: the BioCycle study. Presented at the Society for
Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Minneapolis, MN,
June 2012 (Poster).
38.
Boghossian N, Yeung E, Lipsky L, Albert P. Mediterranean diet and postpartum weight retention. Presented at
the Division for Intramural Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda,
MD, May 2012 (Poster).
39.
Boghossian N, Hansen N, NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Mortality and morbidity of very low birth weight
infants with Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Denver, CO, May 2011
(Poster).
40.
Boghossian N, Horbar J, Carpenter J, Murray J, Edward F. Bell. Major chromosomal anomalies among very low
birth weight infants in the Vermont Oxford Network. Presented at The Vermont Oxford Network Annual
Meeting and Quality Congress, Washington, DC, December 2010 (Poster).
41.
Boghossian N, Hansen N, NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Survival and morbidity outcomes of very low
birth weight infants with Down syndrome. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Vancouver, BC, May
2010 (Poster).
42.
Boghossian N, Page G, NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Familial and genetic susceptibility to sepsis in very
low birth weight twins. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Vancouver, BC, May 2010 (Poster).
43.
Boghossian N, Romitti PA, Leslie D. Pesticides and cardiovascular malformations: a meta-analysis. Presented
at the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research,
Chicago, IL, June 2008 (Poster).
44.
Mroueh S, Boghossian N, Mumtaz G, Kassar M, Matar M, Yunis K. Does Iron Supplementation in Infants
Increase the Risk of Wheezing? Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Hawaii, May 2008 (Poster).
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45.
Mumtaz G, Boghossian N, Nabulsi M, Waked R, Hoblos F, Yunis K. Consanguinity and congenital malformations
in Lebanon, a Case Control Study. Presented at the Third International Conference on Birth Defects and
Disabilities in the Developing World, Brazil, June 2007 and at the Pediatric Academic Societies, Hawaii, May
2008 (Poster).
46.
Melki I, Mumtaz G, Boghossian N, Kassar M, Jbeili N, Makhoul G, Yunis K. Temporal Variations in the
Prevalence of Birth Defects among Newborns in Beirut, Lebanon. Presented at the Third International
Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World, Brazil, June 2007 (Poster).
47.
Yunis K, Mumtaz G, Cortas N, Tanios R, Boghossian N, Ibrahim G, Daher R. A neonatal screening program in
Beirut, Lebanon: Results of ten year experience. Presented at Hot Topics in Neonatology, Washington, DC,
December 2006 (Poster).
48.
Yunis K, Mumtaz G, Boghossian N, Matar M, Howson C. Needs Assessment for Establishing Newborn Screening
Program: Results of a Pilot Study in Lebanon. Presented at Strengthening Newborn Screening in the Middle
East and North Africa, Marrakech, Morocco, November 2006 (Poster).
49.
Fahed D, Boghossian N, Mumtaz G, Nakad P, Yunis K. Consanguinity and retinopathy of prematurity. Presented
at the Society of Pediatric Research, May 2006 (Poster).
50.
Yunis K, Seoud M, Zalloua P, Boghossian N, Nassar A, Araj G, Abboud J, Ezzeddine J, Tamim H. Prevalence, risk
factors and serotype distribution of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization among pregnant women in
Beirut, Lebanon. National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN). Presented at the Pediatric
Academic Societies, San Francisco, CA, April 2006 (Poster).
*Denotes mentee.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES AD HOC PEER REVIEWER
September 2017 Journal of Child Health Care
June 2017 Human Reproduction
June 2017 Birth
March 2017 The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
January 2017 JAMA Pediatrics
September 2016 Scientific Reports
June 2016 Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome
January 2016 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
May 2014 Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology
May 2014 Annals of Epidemiology
March 2014 Maternal and Child Health Journal
December 2013 BMC Public Health
November 2013 Archives of Disease in Childhood
October 2013 Pediatrics
September 2013 BMC Endocrine Disorders
August 2013 British Journal of Nutrition
July 2013 PLOS ONE
February 2013 Fertility and Sterility
March 2012 American Journal of Perinatology
March 2012 American Journal of Medical Genetics
REPORTS
“National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network: NCPNN Sixth Annual Report, January 1
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2005-December 31
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2005”, May 2006. One general NCPNN report and sixteen individual reports for each of the network hospitals.
“National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network: NCPNN Fifth Annual Report, January 1
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2004-December 31
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2004”, December 2005. One general report and sixteen individual reports for each of the network hospitals.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2013 Embryology, Developmental Biology and Human Malformations (Gene 505), NIH
2012 Epigenetics and Medical Disorders (Biol 338), NIH
2012 Scientists Teaching Science Course, Office of Intramural Training and Education NIH
2012 Presentation Training, Oratorio Media and Presentation Training, Washington, DC, Aug 9, 2012
2011 Media Training, Oratorio Media and Presentation Training, Washington, DC, Nov 2, 2011
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and Arabic
Fair knowledge of Armenian and French
COMPUTER LITERACY
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
STATA
SAS
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