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Women Need Better Menopause Guidance. Here’s What Doctors Should Do.

Update and Novel Validation of a Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and sedentary behavior during pregnancy: a prospective study

The Association Between Acculturation and Diet and Physical Activity Among Pregnant Hispanic Women with Abnormal Glucose Tolerance

Influence of prenatal exercise on the relationship between maternal overweight and obesity and select delivery outcomes

Writing Grant Proposals in Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, and Biostatistics

Factors Associated with Risk of Perinatal Depressive Symptoms Among Puerto Rican Women with Hyperglycemia

Lisa Chasan-Taber is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist and an internationally recognized expert on physical activity during pregnancy and on identifying populations are high risk for developing gestational diabetes.. She has spent the past 20 years actively leading national research teams in the conduct of lifestyle interventions among high-risk, ethnically diverse pregnant women.

Her book, "Writing Grant Proposals in Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, and Biostatistics," now in its second edition, has been widely praised.

Physical Activity and Pregnancy

Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Physical Activity Epidemiology

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Why Pregnant Women Can Try High-Intensity Workouts, Even in the Third Trimester

Epidemiologist updates and validates 'gold standard' of prenatal physical activity tools

Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

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