EmilyOkenMDMPH

Medicine/Pediatrics • Boston, MA

Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Office
401 Park Drive
Department of Population Medicine
Boston, MA 02215
Phone(617) 867-4879
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Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1996 - 2000
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1998 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Clinical Trials

Trial of Fish Intake Advice in Pregnancy Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01Oken, E.
Understanding Fish Consumption Habits During Pregnancy Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01Oken, E.
Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial Start of enrollment: 1996 Jun 01Oken, E.,Martin, R.M.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Prenatal maternal phthalate exposures and child lipid and adipokine levels at age six: A study from the PROGRESS cohort of Mexico City.
Allison Kupsco, Haotian Wu, Antonia M. Calafat, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Ivan Pantic, Alejandra Cantoral, Maricruz Tolentino, Emily Oken, ...> ;Environmental Research. 2021 Jan 1
Mode of delivery, type of labor, and measures of adiposity from childhood to teenage: Project Viva
Noel T. Mueller, Mingyu Zhang, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Emily Oken, Marie-France Hivert, Jorge E. Chavarro> ;International Journal of Obesity. 2021 Jan 1
DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies.
Florianne O L Vehmeijer, Leanne K. Küpers, Gemma C Sharp, Lucas A. Salas, Samantha Lent, Dereje D. Jima, Gwen Tindula, Sarah E. Reese, Cancan Qi, Olena Gruzieva, Chris...> ;Genome Medicine. 2020 Nov 25
Longitudinal associations of modifiable risk factors in the first 1000 days with weight status and metabolic risk in early adolescence.
Jiajin Hu, Izzuddin M. Aris, Pi-I D. Lin, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Wei Perng, Jennifer Woo Baidal, Deliang Wen, Emily Oken> ;The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2020 Nov 12
Associations of Early Parental Concerns and Feeding Behaviors with Child’s Diet Quality through Mid-Childhood
Véronique Gingras, Karen M. Switkowski, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Sabrina Faleschini, Emily Oken, Marie-France Hivert> ;Nutrients. 2020 Oct 22
Changes in parental smoking during pregnancy and risks of adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight in Europe and North America: An individual participant data m...
Elise M. Philips, Susana Santos, Leonardo Trasande, Juan José Aurrekoetxea, Henrique Barros, Andrea von Berg, Anna Bergström, Philippa K Bird, Sonia Brescianini, Carol...> ;PLOS Medicine. 2020 Aug 1
Metabolite Profiles of the Relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) Milestones and Metabolic Risk during Early Adolescence.
Wei Perng, Mohammad L. Rahman, Izzuddin M. Aris, Gregory A. Michelotti, Joanne E. Sordillo, Jorge E. Chavarro, Emily Oken, Marie-France Hivert> ;Metabolites. 2020 Jul 31
Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop
Dympna Gallagher, Aline Andres, David A. Fields, William J. Evans, Robert J. Kuczmarski, William L. Lowe, Julie C. Lumeng, Emily Oken, John A. Shepherd, Shumei Sun, St...> ;Obesity Reviews. 2020 Apr 20
Patterns of Complementary Feeding Behaviors Predict Diet Quality in Early Childhood.
Karen M. Switkowski, Véronique Gingras, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Emily Oken> ;Nutrients. 2020 Mar 19
Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age
Simon Kebede Merid, Alexei Novoloaca, Gemma C Sharp, Leanne K. Küpers, Alvin T. Kho, Ritu Roy, Lu Gao, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Pooja Jain, Michelle Plusquin, Manolis ...> ;Genome Medicine. 2020 Mar 2
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood pressure in pre-diabetic adults-cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of the diabetes prevention program outcomes study.
Pi-I D. Lin, Andres Cardenas, Russ Hauser, Diane R. Gold, Ken Kleinman, Marie-France Hivert, Antonia M. Calafat, Thomas F. Webster, Edward S. Horton, Emily Oken> ;Environment International. 2020 Feb 20
Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Exposures to Particulate Matter With Changes in Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Children Aged 4 to 6 Years.
Emily C. Moody, Alejandra Cantoral, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Ma. Luisa Pizano-Zárate, Lourdes Schnaas, Itai Kloog, Emily Oken, Brent A. Coull, Andrea Baccarelli, Martha M...> ;JAMA network open. 2019 Dec 2
Association of Periconception Paternal Body Mass Index With Persistent Changes in DNA Methylation of Offspring in Childhood.
Nudrat Noor, Andres Cardenas, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Hui Pan, Jonathan M. Dreyfuss, Emily Oken, Marie-France Hivert, Tamarra James-Todd, Mary-Elizabeth Patti, Elvira ...> ;JAMA network open. 2019 Dec 2
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and DNA Methylation in Newborns Findings From the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium
Nabila Kazmi, Gemma C Sharp, Sarah E. Reese, Florianne O.L. Vehmeijer, Jari Lahti, Christian M. Page, Weiming Zhang, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Faisal I. Rezwan, Andrew J...> ;Hypertension. 2019 Aug 1
Association of Daily Rest-Activity Patterns With Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk Measures in Teens
Mirja Quante, Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Sara Mariani, Emily R Kaplan, Michael Rueschman, Emily Oken, Elsie M. Taveras, Susan Redline> ;Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019 Aug 1
Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: An individual participant data meta-analysis of European, North American and...
Susana Santos, Ellis Voerman, Pilar Amiano, Henrique Barros, Lawrence J. Beilin, Anna Bergström, M.-A. Charles, Leda Chatzi, Cécile Chevrier, George P. Chrousos, Eva C...> ;British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2019 Jul 1
A 2017 US Reference for Singleton Birth Weight Percentiles Using Obstetric Estimates of Gestation
Izzuddin M. Aris, Ken Kleinman, Mandy B. Belfort, Anjali J Kaimal, Emily Oken> ;Pediatrics. 2019 Jul 1
Associations of atopic dermatitis and asthma with child behaviour: Results from the PROBIT cohort.
Natalia Ballardini, Michael S. Kramer, Emily Oken, A. J. Henderson, Natalia Bogdanovich, Mourad Dahhou, Rita Patel, Jennifer Thompson, Konstantin Vilchuck, Seungmi Yan...> ;Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 2019 Jun 9
Epigenetic age acceleration is associated with allergy and asthma in children in Project Viva.
Cheng Peng, Andres Cardenas, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Marie-France Hivert, Diane R. Gold, Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills, Xihong Lin, Emily Oken, Lydiana Avila, Juan C. Celed...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2019 Jun 1
Assessment of eating attitudes and dieting behaviors in healthy children: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test.
Tanya Murphy, Heungsun Hwang, Michael S. Kramer, Richard M. Martin, Emily Oken, Seungmi Yang> ;International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2019 Jun 1
Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with LEP DNA methylation at birth and in childhood: an epigenome-wide study in Project Viva.
Fu-Ying Tian, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Andres Cardenas, Andrea Baccarelli, Dawn L. DeMeo, Augusto A. Litonjua, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, Matthew W. Gillman, Emily Oken, Ma...> ;International Journal of Obesity. 2019 Jun 1
Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes
LifeCycle Project-Maternal Obesity, Ellis Voerman, Susana Santos, Hazel Inskip, P. Amiano, Henrique Barros, Marie-Aline Charles, Leda Chatzi, George P. Chrousos, Eva C...> ;JAMA. 2019 May 7
Maternal obesity and offspring cognition: the role of inflammation.
Carmen Monthé-Drèze, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Diane R. Gold, Emily Oken, Sarbattama Sen> ;Pediatric Research. 2019 May 1
Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight
Leanne K. Küpers, Claire Monnereau, Gemma C Sharp, Paul Yousefi, Lucas A. Salas, Akram Ghantous, Christian M. Page, Sarah E. Reese, Allen J. Wilcox, Darina Czamara, An...> ;Nature Communications. 2019 Apr 23
Examining Associations between Perinatal and Postnatal Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity Using Sibling Comparisons.
Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Christopher F. Baum, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Emily Oken, Elsie M. Taveras> ;Childhood obesity. 2019 Apr 22
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Journal Articles

The Effect of Longer-Term and Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion on Visual Outcome in Adolescence
Emily Oken, MD, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Association of Cesarean Delivery with Body Mass Index Z Score at Age 5 Years
Emily Oken, MD, JAMA Psychiatry

Other

Differences in Maternal Smoking Across Successive Pregnancies – Dose‐Dependent Relation to BMI Z‐Score in the Offspring: An Individual Patient Data (IPD) Meta‐Analysis
Emily Oken, MD, Obesity Reviews
https://www.doximity.com/articles/22fa5232-7b1b-4f58-9f2a-9c76e8fb71b7
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-21

Press Mentions

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure Tied to Childhood Blood SugarJanuary 11, 2020 19:25
Paternal BMI Affects Infants’s Birth WeightJanuary 03, 2020 21:26
Diet and Exercise May Stem Weight Gain of Pregnancy, but Should Begin EarlySeptember 06, 2018 17:59
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