Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH
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About Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH
Titles
Attending Neonatologist
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2021, Faculty Honor Roll, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2020, Bock Lectureship and Award, Nemours/Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University
2020, Outstanding research award, Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting, Dallas, TX
2016, New Outstanding Member Lecturer, Society for Pediatric Research. Invited to give one of two New Outstanding Member Lectures SPR Presidential Plenary at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
2016, Mentor of the Year, New England Perinatal Society. Nominated by mentee and awarded by society (single awardee
2015, Mentor of the Year, New England Perinatal Society. Nominated by mentee and awarded by society (single awardee)
2014, NIH Young Investigator, Perinatal Research Society
2006, Community Pediatrics and Advocate Program Award. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Designed intimate partner violence screening program for primary care
2003, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Temple University School of Medicine
Leadership and Memberships
2016-present, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
- 2016, District I Representative for the Mid-Career Neonatology Group 2017
- Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN) mentor)
2015-present, Member, Society for Pediatric Research
2003-present, Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
2003-present, Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Ethnicity and Health
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Global Public Health
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Clinical Epigenetics
2015-present, Editorial Review Board Member, Environmental Epigenetics Journal
2014-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Nutrition
2014-present, Ad hoc mail-in reviewer, NIH, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2015/01 ZRG1 F05-R (20) L
2014-present, NIH, Gene X Environment Interaction Analysis meeting (ZRG1 HDM R50). One time invited reviewer
2013-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Endocrinology
2013-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biology
2013-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Perinatology
2012-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Medical Journal
2012-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, PLOS 1
2011-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
2011-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Epigenomics
2011-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Diabetologia
2011-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Epigenetics
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Early Human Development
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Medical Economics
2009-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Epidemiology
Academic and Institutional Committees and Appointments
Leonard Davis Institute Senior Fellow
Associate Fellow at the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI)
Faculty member of the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MPH (Clinical Effectiveness) - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Medical Degree
MD - Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Clinical Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Children's Hospital Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Chief Fellow)
Research Fellow - Harvard Pediatric Health Services (AHRQ-T32), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Publications
Publications
2024
Waller R, Paz Y, Himes MM, White LK, Rodriguez Y, Gorgone A, Luby J, Gerstein ED, Brady RG, Chaiyachati BH, Duncan A, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Burris HH, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Laney N, Gur RE, Njoroge WFN. Observations of Positive Parenting from Online Parent-Child Interactions at Age 1. Parent Sci Pract. 2024;24(1):39-65. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2023.2286454. Epub 2024 Jan 2. PMID: 38188653.
Yang N, Quick HS, Melly SJ, Mullin AM, Zhao Y, Edwards J, Clougherty JE, Schinasi LH, Burris HH. Spatial Patterning of Spontaneous and Medically Indicated Preterm Birth in Philadelphia. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 3;. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad207. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37939071.
Millatt A, Trout KK, Ledyard R, Brunk SE, Ruggieri DG, Bates L, Mullin AM, Burris HH. Giving Birth With a Midwife in Attendance: Associations of Race and Insurance Status With Continuity of Midwifery Care in Philadelphia. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2024 Jan 6. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13604. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38183620.
Burris HH, Yang N, Riis V, Valeri L, South EC, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. The role of neighborhood deprivation in the cervicovaginal microbiota. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 Jan 19;6(3):101291. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101291. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38246324
Reforma L, Greenberg S, Ledyard R, Burris H. Equitable Representation of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry Among Genomic Studies of Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review. Cureus. 2024 Feb 7;16(2):e53757. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53757. eCollection 2024 Feb. PMID: 38465134 PMCID: PMC10921821 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53757
Galván-Valencia O, Sanders AP, Ariza AC, Burris HH, Ortiz-Panozo E, Svensson K, Mercado-García A, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Tamayo-Ortiz M. Associations of salivary aldosterone levels during pregnancy with maternal blood pressure and birth weight-for-gestational age in a Mexico City birth cohort. J Perinatol. 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01909-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38443464 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-01909-3.
Barreto A, Formanowski B, Peña MM, Salazar EG, Handley SC, Burris HH, Ortiz R, Lorch SA, Montoya-Williams D. Preterm Birth Risk and Maternal Nativity, Ethnicity, and Race. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4;7(3):e243194. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3194.
Szeto JJ, Radack JK, DeMauro SB, Jensen EA, Gibbs K, Novick NP, Scott KA, Murosko DC, Burris HH, Nelin TD. Environmental Determinants of Post-Discharge Acute Respiratory Illness among Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024; 21(5):648. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050648.
Nelin TD, Radack JK, Yang N, Lorch SA, DeMauro SB, Bamat NA, Jensen EA, Gibbs K, Murosko DC, Scott KA, Novick Goldstein NP, Just AC, Burris HH. Associations of PM2.5 exposure with emergency department visits and readmissions among preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024; 1-9. doi:10.1002/ppul.27164
McKenney KM, Culhane JF, Son M, Burris HH, Handley S, Greenspan J, Dysart K. Severe Maternal Morbidity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 Jul 31;6(9):101448. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101448. Online ahead of print.
Murosko DC, Radack J, Barreto A, Passarella M, Formanowski B, McGann C, Nelin T, Paul K, Pena MM, Salazar EG, Burris HH, Handley SC, Montoya-Williams D, Lorch SA. County-level structural vulnerabilities in maternal health and geographic variation in infant mortality. J Pediatr. 2024 Aug 29:114274. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114274. Online ahead of print.
Cioffredi LA, Yerby LG, Burris HH, Cole KM, Engel SM, Murray TM, Slopen N, Volk HE, Acheson A; HBCD Social and Environmental Determinants Working Group. Assessing prenatal and early childhood social and environmental determinants of health in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD). Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2024 Aug 21;69:101429. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101429. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39208687
2023
Redhunt AM, Ledyard R, Collier A, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Resilience as a potential modifier of racial inequities in preterm birth. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Jul:83:54-59.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.04.010. Epub 2023 Apr 22.
Salazar EG, Montoya-Williams D, Passarella M, McGann C, Paul K, Murosko D, Pena MM, Ortiz R, Burris HH, Lorch SA, Handley SC. County-level Maternal Vulnerability and Preterm Birth in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2315306. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15306. PMID: 37227724 PMCID: PMC10214038.
Mari KE, Yang N, Boland MR, Meeker JR, Ledyard R, Howell EA, Burris HH., Assessing Racial Residential Segregation as a Risk Factor for Severe Maternal Morbidity. Annals of epidemiology. 2023 Jul;83:23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.04.018. Epub 2023 May 3. PMID: 37146923.
White, L.K., Kornfield, S.L., Himes, M.M., Forkpa, M., Waller, R., Njoroge, W.F.M., Barzilay, R., Chaiyachati, B.H., Burris, H.H., Duncan, A.F., Seidlitz, J., Parish-Morris, J., Elovitz, M.A., Gur, R.E. (2023). The Protective Role of Postpartum Social Support on Negative Postpartum Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2023 Jun 3:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s00737-023-01330-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37268777; PMCID: PMC10238239.
McKenney KM, Lundsberg LS, Burris HH, Ledyard RF, Son M, Greenspan J, Handley SC, Dysart K, Culhane J. The Uptake of Telemedicine in Obstetric Care During the Early Acute Phase of the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Apr;29(4):617-620. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0291. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 36067146.
Kash TA, Ledyard RF, Mullin AM, Burris HH.Neighborhood walkability as a risk factor for preterm birth phenotypes in two Philadelphia hospitals from 2013 – 2016. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 24;20(11):5932. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20115932. PMID: 37297536. PMCID: PMC10252293.
Yang N*, Quick HS*, Melly SJ, Mullin AM, Zhao Y, Edwards J, Clougherty JE, Schinasi LH, Burris HH. Spatial patterning of spontaneous and medically indicated preterm birth in Philadelphia. Am J Epidemiol. 2023. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad207 *Contributed equally to this work.
Dolin CD, Mullin AM, Ledyard RF, Bender WR, South EC, Durnwald CP, Burris HH. Neighborhood Deprivation and Racial Disparities in Early Pregnancy Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jun 19;20(12). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20126175. PubMed PMID: 37372761; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10298257.
Murosko D, Passarella M, Handley SC, Burris HH, Lorch SA. Inter-hospital variation in COVID-19 era pediatric hospitalizations by age group and diagnosis. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 Oct 1;13(10):e285-e291. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007287.
Holloway K, Radack J, Passarella M, Ellison AM, Chaiyachati BH, Burris HH, Montoya-Williams D. Avoiding loss of native individuals in birth certificate data. J Perinatol. 2023 Mar;43(3):385-386. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01469-4. Epub 2022 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 35871190; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9868184.
Oyebode IH, Just AC, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Impact of exposure to air pollution on cervicovaginal microbial communities. Environ Res. 2023 Sep 15;233:116492. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116492. Epub 2023 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 37354930; NIHMSID:NIHMS1911865.
Nelin TD, Yang N, Radack J, Lorch SA, DeMauro SB, Bamat NA, Jensen EA, Gibbs K, Just AC, Burris HH. Associations of neighborhood social vulnerability with emergency department visits and readmissions among infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol. 2023 Jul 25;. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01735-z. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37491473.
McCoy JA, Burris HH, Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. Cervicovaginal Microbial-Immune State and Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Aug 9;. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772226. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37557898.
Son M, Culhane JF, Louis JM, Handley SC, Burris HH, Greenspan J, McKenney KM, Dysart K. Severe maternal morbidity rates in a US-based electronic health record database, 2018-2022. J Perinatol. 2023 Aug 28;. doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01765-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37640810.
White LK, Himes MM, Waller R, Njoroge WFM, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Burris HH, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Brady RG, Gerstein ED, Laney N, Gur RE, Duncan AF. The Influence of Pandemic-Related Worries During Pregnancy on Child Development at 12 Months. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Oct 8. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01605-x. Online ahead of print.
2022
Montoya-Williams D, Duncan AF, Burris HH. Racial and ethnic perinatal and infant disparities: a comprehensive, diverse and actionable compendium [published online ahead of print, 2022 Aug 31]. Semin Perinatol. 2022;151655.
Salazar E, Paul K, Murosko D, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Burris HH. “Preterm Birth in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods – Spatial Analysis with Individual and Community Level Factors.” J Perinatology. 2022. Sept 12. doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01509-z.
Waller R, Kornfield SL, White LW, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Njoroge WF, Parish-Morris J, Duncan AF, Himes MM, Rodriguez Y, Seidlitz J, Riis V, Burris HH, Gur RE, Elovitz. Clinician-reported childbirth outcomes, patient-reported childbirth trauma, and risk for postpartum depression. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2022;25(5):985-993.
Burris HH, Mullin AM, Dhudasia MB, Flannery DD, Mukhopadhyay S, Pfeifer MR, Woodford EC, Briker SM, Triebwasser JE, Morris JS, Montoya-Williams D, Gouma S, Hensley SE, Puopolo KM. Neighborhood Characteristics and Racial Disparities in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Seropositivity in Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2022. In press.
2021
Montoya-Williams D, Mullin AM, Handley SC, Flannery DD, Lorch SA, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 positivity among pregnant patients with limited English proficiency. J Perinatol. 2021 Oct;41(10):2564-2565. PubMed PMID: 34497337; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8425017.
Lewis A, McKeon TP, De Roos AJ, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Associations of public water system trihalomethane exposure during pregnancy with spontaneous preterm birth and the cervicovaginal microbial-immune state. Environ Res. 2021 Aug;199:111288. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111288. Epub 2021 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 33965388; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8195861.
Small DS, Firth DW, Keele LJ, Huber M, Passarella M, Lorch SA, Burris HH. Surface mining and low birth weight in central appalachia. Environ Res. 2021 May;196:110340. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110340. Epub 2020 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 33098818.
Kern-Goldberger AR, Burris HH, Levine LD. Methodologic Concerns With Concluding a Link Between Epidural and Autism Spectrum Disorder. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 May 1;175(5):536-537. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6692. PubMed PMID: 33587108.
Meeker JR, Burris H, Boland MR. An algorithm to identify residential mobility from electronic health-record data. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 14;. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab064. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33855358.
Haviland MJ, Nillni YI, Cabral HJ, Fox MP, Wise LA, Burris HH, Hacker MR. Adverse psychosocial factors in pregnancy and preterm delivery. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2021 Mar 5;. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12756. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33666948; NIHMSID:NIHMS1691580.
Burris HH, Parker MG. Racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth outcomes: a call to action for neonatal providers. J Perinatol. 2021 Mar;41(3):365-366. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-00917-x. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PubMed PMID: 33510416.
Yang N, Collins JW Jr, Burris HH. States with more killings of unarmed Black people have larger Black-White preterm birth disparities. J Perinatol. 2021 Feb;41(2):358-359. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-00914-6. Epub 2021 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 33452418.
Nguemeni Tiako MJ, South EC, Burris HH. Lethality of racism for Black children in the USA: a primer. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Jan 8;. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320139. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 33419724.
Burris HH, Passarella M, Handley SC, Srinivas SK, Lorch SA. Black-White disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality according to teaching and Black-serving hospital status. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jan 13:S0002-9378(21)00027-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.01.004. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33453183
Handley SC, Mullin AM, Elovitz MA, Gerson KD, Montoya-Williams D, Lorch SA, Burris HH. Changes in Preterm Birth Phenotypes and Stillbirth at 2 Philadelphia Hospitals During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, March-June 2020. JAMA. 2021 Jan 5;325(1):87-89. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20991.PMID: 33284323
Burris HH, Duncan AF. Rethinking How to Persuade More Parents From Diverse or Disadvantaged Backgrounds to Enroll Infants in Neonatal Clinical Trials. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2032137. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32137. PubMed PMID: 33433592.
Bosquet Enlow M, Petty CR, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Maternal psychosocial functioning, obstetric health history, and newborn telomere length. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021 Jan;123:105043. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105043. Epub 2020 Nov 4.PMID: 33176222
Canelón SP, Burris HH, Levine LD, Boland MR. Development and evaluation of MADDIE: Method to Acquire Delivery Date Information from Electronic health records. Int J Med Inform. 2021 Jan;145:104339. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104339. Epub 2020 Nov 6.PMID: 33232918 Free article.
2020
Collier AY, Ledyard R, Montoya-Williams D, Qiu M, Dereix AE, Farrokhi MR, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Racial and ethnic representation in epigenomic studies of preterm birth: a systematic review. Epigenomics. 2020 Dec 2;. doi: 10.2217/epi-2020-0007. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33264049.
Barrero-Castillero A, Mao W, Stark AR, Miedema D, Pursley DM, Burris HH. Glucose concentrations in enterally fed preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2020 Dec;40(12):1834-1840. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0754-6. Epub 2020 Aug 5.PMID: 32759957
Dereix AE, Ledyard R, Redhunt AM, Bloomquist TR, Brennan KJ, Baccarelli AA, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Maternal anxiety and depression in pregnancy and DNA methylation of the NR3C1 glucocorticoid receptor gene. Epigenomics. 2020 Nov 20. doi: 10.2217/epi-2020-0022. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33215541
Gerson KD, Mccarthy C, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Effect of a Nonoptimal Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Psychosocial Stress on Recurrent Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1717098. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33032329
Montoya-Williams D, Ledyard R, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Resilience During Pregnancy by Race, Ethnicity and Nativity: Evidence of a Hispanic Immigrant Advantage. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Aug 17:10.1007/s40615-020-00847-y. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00847-y. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32808195
Shannon MM, Clougherty JE, McCarthy C, Elovitz MA, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Melly SJ, Burris HH. Neighborhood Violent Crime and Perceived Stress in Pregnancy. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 3;17(15):5585. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155585.PMID: 32756321
Gerson KD, Haviland MJ, Neo D, Hecht JL, Baccarelli AA, Brennan KJ, Dereix AE, Ralston SJ, Hacker MR, Burris HH. Pregnancy-associated changes in cervical noncoding RNA. Epigenomics. 2020 Jun;12(12):1013-1025. doi: 10.2217/epi-2019-0231. Epub 2020 Aug 18.PMID: 32808540
Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Elovitz MA, Ravel J, Sammel MD, Burris HH. Cervicovaginal microbial communities deficient in Lactobacillus species are associated with second trimester short cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 May;222(5):491.e1-491.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.1283. Epub 2019 Dec 6.PMID: 31816307
Kashyap A, Burris H, Callison-Burch C, Boland MR. The CLASSE GATOR (CLinical Acronym SenSE disambiGuATOR): A Method for predicting acronym sense from neonatal clinical notes. Int J Med Inform. 2020 May;137:104101. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104101. Epub 2020 Feb 14.PMID: 32088556
Burris HH, Riis VM, Schmidt I, Gerson KD, Brown A, Elovitz MA. Maternal stress, low cervicovaginal β-defensin, and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2020 May;2(2):100092. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100092. Epub 2020 Feb 10.PMID: 32671334
2019
Burris HH, Wright CJ, Kirpalani H, Collins JW Jr, Lorch SA, Elovitz MA, Hwang SS. The promise and pitfalls of precision medicine to resolve black-white racial disparities in preterm birth. Pediatr Res. 2019 Aug 5. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0528-z. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
Burris HH, Lorch SA, Kirpalani H, Pursley DM, Elovitz MA, Clougherty JE. Racial disparities in preterm birth in the US; a biosensor of physical and social environmental exposures. Arch Dis Child. 2019 Mar 8. pii: archdischild-2018-316486. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316486. [Epub ahead of print]
Burris HH, Hwang SS, Collins JW Jr, Kirpalani H, Wright CJ. Re-conceptualizing Associations between Race and Morbidities of Extreme Prematurity. J Pediatr. 2019 Feb 2. pii: S0022-3476(18)31826-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.12.052. [Epub ahead of print]
2018
Kennedy EB, Hacker MR, Miedema D, Pursley DM, Modest AM, Golen TH, Burris HH. NICU admissions after a policy to eliminate elective early term deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation. Hospital Pediatrics, 2018 Nov;8(11):686-692.
Sanders AP, Svensson K, Gennings C, Burris HH, Oken E, Amarasiriwardena C, Basnet P, Pizano-Zarate ML, Schnaas L, Tamayo-Ortiz M, Baccarelli AA, Satlin LM, Wright RO, Tellez-Rojo MM. Prenatal lead exposure modifies the effect of shorter gestation on increased blood pressure in children. Environ Int. 2018 Nov;120:464-471. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.038.
Laue HE, Cassoulet R, Abdelouahab N, Serme-Gbedo YK, Desautels AS, Brennan KJM, Bellenger JP, Burris HH, Coull BA, Weisskopf MG, Takser L, Baccarelli AA. Association Between Meconium Acetaminophen and Childhood Neurocognitive Development in GESTE, a Canadian Cohort Study. Toxicol Sci. 2018 Sep 7. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy222. PMID: 30202886.
Hwang SS, Burris HH, Collins JW Jr, Kirpalani H, Wright CJ. Moving beyond race and ethnicity to understand the effect of inhaled nitric oxide on bronchopulmonary dysplasia prevention. J Pediatr. 2018 Jul 17. pii: S0022-3476(18)30834-5. [Epub ahead of print]
2017
Burris HH, Baccarelli AA: Air pollution and in-utero programming of poor fetal growth. Epigenomics 9(3): 213-216, Mar 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.2217/epi-2017-0008.
Rodosthenous RS, Burris HH, Svensson K, Amarasiriwardena CJ, Cantoral A, Schnaas L, Mercado-García A, Coull BA, Wright RO, Téllez-Rojo MM, Baccarelli AA. Environ Int. 2016 Dec 5. pii: S0160-4120(16)30894-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.023. [Epub ahead of print].: Prenatal lead exposure and fetal growth: Smaller infants have heightened susceptibility. Environ Int 99: 228-233, Feb 2017.
Sanders AP, Gennings C, Svensson K, Motta V, Mercado-Garcia A, Solano M, Baccarelli AA, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Burris HH: Bacterial and cytokine mixtures predict the length of gestation and are associated with miRNA expression in the cervix. Epigenomics 9(1): 33-45, Jan 2017.
Renzetti S, Just AC, Burris HH, Oken E, Chitra A, Svensson K; Mercado-García A, Cantoral A, Schnaas L, Baccarelli AA, Wright RO, Téllez-Rojo MM. T. . 2016. In press: The association of lead exposure during pregnancy and childhood anthropometry in the Mexican PROGRESS cohort. Environ Res 152: 226-232, Jan 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.014.
2016
Haviland MJ, Shainker SA, Hacker MR, Burris HH: Racial and ethnic disparities in universal cervical length screening with transvaginal ultrasound. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 29(24): 4078-4081, Dec 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2016.1157577.
Agha G, Hajj H, Rifas-Shiman SL, Just AC, Hivert M, Burris HH, Lin X, Litonjua AA, Oken E, DeMeo DL, Gillman MW, Baccarelli AA. Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with dna methylation at birth and in childhood Birth Weight-for-Gestational Age is Associated with DNA Methylation at Birth and in Childhood. Clin Epigenetics. 2016 Nov 16;8:118: Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with dna methylation at birth and in childhood. Clin Epigenetics 8: 118, eCollection 2016, Nov 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1186/s13148-016-0285-3.
Joung KE, Burris HH, Van Marter LJ, McElrath TF, Michael Z, Tabatabai P, Litonjua AA, Weiss ST, Christou H: Vitamin D and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants. J Perinatol 3610: 878-882, Oct 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/jp.2016.115.
Lin VW, Baccarelli AA, Burris HH: Epigenetics -- a potential mediator between air pollution and preterm birth. Environ Epigenet 20(1), Jan 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvv008.
Burris HH, Baccarelli AA, Wright RO, Wright RJ: Epigenetics, linking social and environmental exposures to preterm birth. Pediatr Res 79(1-2): 136-140, Jan 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.191.
2015
Sanders AP, Burris HH*, Just AC, Motta V, Amarasiriwardena C, Svensson K, Oken E, Solano-Gonzalez M, Mercado-Garcia A, Pantic I, Schwartz J, Tellez-Rojo MM, Baccarelli AA, Wright RO. A. Epigenomics. 2015 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26418635. *Co-first author: Altered miRNA expression in the cervix during pregnancy associated with lead and mercury exposure. Epigenomics 7(6): 885-889, 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.2217/epi.15.54.
Sanders A & Burris HH*, Just AC, Motta V4, Svensson K, Mercado-Garcia A, Pantic I, Schwartz J, Tellez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, and Baccarelli AA (*Co-first author): MicroRNA expression in the cervix during pregnancy is associated with length of gestation. Epigenetics 10(3): 221-228, 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1006498.
Paydar-Darian N, Pursley D, Haviland M, Mao WY, Golen T, Burris HH: Improvement in Perinatal HIV Status Documentation in a Massachusetts Birth Hospital, 2009-2013, Quality Report. Pediatrics 136(1): e234-241, Ju; 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3849.
Burris HH, Baccarelli AA, Byung HM, Cantoral A, Just AC, Pantic I, Solano-Gonzalez M, Svensson K, Tamayo y Ortiz M, Zhao Y, Wright RO and Téllez-Rojo MM: Offspring DNA methylation of the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) is associated with maternal BMI, gestational age and birth weight. Epigenetics 10(10): 913-921, 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2015.1078963.
Yamamoto A, McCormick MC, Burris HH: Disparities in antidepressant use in pregnancy. J Perinatol 35(4): 246-255, Apr 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.197.
Burris HH, Thomas A, Zera CA, McElrath TF: Prenatal vitamin use and vitamin D status during pregnancy, differences by race and overweight status. J Perinatol 35(4): 241-245, Apr 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.198.
Oken E, Baccarelli AA, Gold DR, Kleinman KP, Litonjua AA, De Meo D, Rich-Edwards JW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Sagiv S, Taveras EM, Weiss ST, Belfort MB, Burris HH, Camargo CA, Huh SY, Mantzoros C, Parker MG, Gillman MW: Cohort profile: project viva. Int J Epidemiol 44(1): 37-48, Feb 2015 Notes: DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu008.
2014
Yamamoto A, McCormick MC, Burris HH: US provider-reported diet and physical activity counseling to pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age during preventive care visits. Matern Child Health J 18(7): 1610-1618, Sep 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1401-z.
Burris HH, Camargo CA Jr: Time for large randomised trials of vitamin D for women with gestational diabetes mellitus to improve perinatal health outcomes. Diabetologia 57(9): 1746-1748, Sep 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00125-014-3314-9.
Burris HH, Baccarelli AA, Motta V, Byun HM, Just AC, Mercado-Garcia A, Schwartz J, Svensson K, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO: Association between length of gestation and cervical DNA methylation of PTGER2 and LINE 1-HS. Epigenetics 9(8): 1083-1091, Aug 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.4161/epi.29170.
Burris HH, Rifas-Shiman SL, Huh SY, Kleinman K, Litonjua AA, Oken E, Rich-Edwards JW, Camargo CA, Gillman MW: Vitamin D status and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Ann Epidemiol 24(5): 399-401.e1, May 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.02.001.
Burris HH, Baccarelli AA: Environmental epigenetics: from novelty to scientific discipline. J Appl Toxicol 34(2): 113-116, Feb 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1002/jat.2904.
Burris HH, Van Marter LJ, McElrath TF, Tabatabai P, Litonjua AA, Weiss ST, Christou H: Vitamin D status among preterm and full term infants at birth. Pediatr Res 75(1-1): 75-80, Jan 2014 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.174.
2013
Burris HH, Braun JM, Byun H, Tarantini L, Mercado A, Wright RJ, Schnaas L, Baccarelli AA, Wright RO, Tellez-Rojo MM: Associations of birthweight and DNA methylation of IGF2, glucocorticoid receptor and repetitive elements LINE-1 & Alu. Epigenomics 5(3): 271-281, 2013 Notes: DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.24.
2012
Burris HH, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Ligonjua AA, Huh SY, Rich-Edwards JW, Camargo CA Jr, Gillman MW: Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 207(3): 182.e1-8, Sep 2012 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.05.022.
Burris HH, Rifas-Shiman SL, Camargo CA Jr, Litonjua AA, Huh SY, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW: Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D during pregnancy and small-for-gestational age in black and white infants. Ann Epidemiol 22(8): 581-586, Aug 2012 Notes: Doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.04.015.
Burris HH, Rifas-Shiman SL, Baccarelli A, Tarantini L, Boeke CE, Kleinman K, Litonjua AA, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW: Associations of long interspersed nuclear element-1 DNA methylation with preterm birth in a prospective cohort study. J Dev Orig Health Dis 3(3): 173-181, Jun 2012 Notes: DOI:10.1017S2040174412000104.
Boeke CE, Baccarelli A, Kleinman KP, Burris HH, Litonjua AA, Rifas-Shiman SL, Tarantini L, Gillman MW: Gestational intake of methyl donors and global LINE-1 DNA methylation in maternal and cord blood: prospective results from a folate-replete population. Epigenetics 7(3): 253-260, Mar 2012 Notes: DOI: 10.4161/epi.7.3.19082.
2011
Burris HH, Werler MM: U.S. provider reported folic acid or multivitamin ordering for non-pregnant women of childbearing age: NAMCS and NHAMCS, 2005-2006. Matern Child Health J 15(3): 352-359, Apr 2011 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0587-6.
2010
Burris HH, Mitchell AA, Werler MM: Periconceptional Multivitamin Use and Infant Birth Weight Disparities. Ann Epidemiol 20(3): 233-240, Mar 2010 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.12.003.
Burris HH, Collins JW: Race and preterm birth; the case for epigenetic inquiry. Ethn Dis. 20(3): 296-299, 2010 (Summer).
2009
Aslam M, Burris HH, Zupancic JA: Are we satisfied with the way we review an article? Adv Neonatal Care 9(1): 40-42, 2009.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2024
Sinclair T, Ledyard R, Scott K, Nelin TD, Power M, Darden N, Norton E, Durnwald C, Burris HH. NICU Parents with Gestational Diabetes are Missing Postpartum Type 2 Diabetes Screening. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. May 2024. Toronto, Canada. Abstract to be presented as a poster.
Nelin TD, Radack JK, Scott KA, Just AC, Burris HH. Associations of short-term changes in air pollution with spontaneous preterm birth risk: A case-crossover analysis. Platform Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. May 2024. Toronto, Canada
Knake LA, Miller E, Rysavy MA, Handley SC, Burris HH, Greenspan J, Bell EF, Dysart KC. Survival and Medication Use in <27 weeks Gestational Age infants in a National Cohort of Neonatal Intensive Care Units using the Epic Cosmos Database. Platform Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, ON. May 2024
Handley SC, Schmatz M, Miller E, Burris HH, Lo J, Knake LA, Son M, McKenney K, Culhane J, Greenspan J, Dysart K. Discharge Timing Among a Contemporary Cohort of Infants Born 22-34 Weeks of Gestation. Poster Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, ON, 2024. May 2024.
Scott KA, Ledyard RF, Sinclair TR, Nelin TD, Burris HH. Postpartum care receipt among parents of preterm infants admitted to the NICU. Platform Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. May 2024. Toronto, Canada.
2023
Nelin TD, Radack J, Lorch SA, DeMauro SB, Bamat NA, Jensen E, Gibbs K, Scott KA, Just AC, Burris HH. Air pollution and medically attended acute respiratory illness in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington DC, Platform Presentation and 2023 Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting
Peña MM, Martin A, Holland P, Black LE, Peterman J, Montoya-Williams D, Burris H, Parker M, Ciara N, Christ L, Nardella D, Wooten J, Walker W, Lilley J, Tkacs M, Lorch S. Perspectives of Black Birthing Parents’ Sources of Advice and Information on Infant Feeding. a. Oral Presentation at the Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR). New Orleans, LA. February 2023. b. Poster Presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS). Washington, D.C. April 2023.
Shaikh H, Pimental L, Burris HH, Perez K, Fernandez A, Dunn M, Gonzalez A. Disparities in risk factors for mortality between inborns and outborns at a regional neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the Dominican Republic. 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington, DC, presented as a poster
White LK, Perlstein S, Gorgone A, Waller R, Njoroge W, Duncan AF, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Burris HH, Seidlitz J, Parish-Morris J, Laney N, Gur RE, Chayachati BH. Differential Disclosure in Depression Screening in Pediatric Clinical Care versus Research. 2023 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington DC, presented as a poster.
Lectures by Invitation
2023
Women's Health Education Program Seminar Series, Drexel University School of Medicine, Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) and new pilot RCT
2021
Environmental Exposures and Risk of Preterm Birth – a Data Mosaic Journey, 45th Southeastern Conference on Perinatal Research, Society of Neonatal-perinatal Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics (would have been in Bonita Springs, FL, but was moved to virtual due to COVID 19)
2020
Environmental injustice and birth outcomes, insights to get closer to equity, Bock Lectureship and Award, Nemours Grand Rounds, Wilmington, DE (given virtually due to COVID 19).
Environmental toxicants and racial disparities in birth outcomes in Philadelphia; repercussions of residential segregation and racism, Handy Lectureship Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE (given virtually due to COVID 19).
2019
Environmental exposures and the importance of phenotyping preterm birth subtypes, Environmental Health Seminar, Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA
The role environmental factors play in racial disparities in preterm birth. Pediatric Research Day, Penn State, Hershey, PA
2017
Burris HH. Considering Epigenetics As A Link Between Society And Birth Outcome Disparities. Presented at: Boston University School of Public Health Reproductive Epidemiology Conference; 2017 Apr; Boston, MA.
Burris HH. Perinatal Epigenetics: Epigenetics Concepts and Potential Clinical Implications. Presented at: Global Pediatrics, Distributed by Harvard Medical School; 2017 Jan; Boston, MA.
2016
Burris HH. Perinatal Epigenetics, Linking Society to Birth Outcomes. Presented at: Neonatal Research Conference, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; 2016 Jan; Philadelphia, PA.
Burris HH. Cervical microRNA as Potential Biomarkers for Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Presented at: Perinatal Research Conference, University of Colorado; 2016 Nov; Denver, CO.
Burris HH. Perinatal Epigenetics, Linking Social and Environmental Exposures to Birth Outcomes. Presented at: Neonatal Noon Conference, University of Colorado; 2016 Nov; Denver, CO.
Burris HH. Perinatal Health Research; Side Projects and Favorite Methods. Presented at: Neonatal Outcomes Research Activities (NORA), University of Colorado; 2016 Nov; Denver, CO.
Burris HH. Perinatal Epigenetics: New Approaches to Understanding Preterm Birth. Presented at: New England Association of Neonatal Nurses; 2016 Sep; Marlborough, MA.
Burris HH. Epigenome de Cervix, Medio Ambiente y Parto Pretermino. Presented to: Sesion de Investigacion, National Institute of Perinatology; 2016 Sep; Mexico City.
Burris HH. Perinatal Epigenetics, Linking the Environment to Preterm Birth. Presented at: Society for Pediatric Research Presidential Plenary, New Outstanding Member Science Lecture, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting; 2016 May; Baltimore, MD.
Books
2016
Fanaroff et al: Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2016. Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Series. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA, 2016 Notes: Contributing Editor.
2015
Fanaroff et al: Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2015. Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Series. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 Notes: Contributing Editor.
2014
Fanaroff et al: Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2014. Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Series. Elsevier Mosby. Philadelphia, pA, 2014 Notes: Contributing Editor.
2013
Fanaroff et al: Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2013. Yearbook of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Series. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA, 2013 Notes: Contributing Editor.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2017
Burris HH: Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia. Cloherty and Stark's Manual of Neonatal Care, 8th edition, Clinical reference for practicing physicians in the neonatal intensive care unit. Used domestically and internationally. Hansen AR, Eichenwald EC, Stark AR, Martin CR (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017.