JamesWCollinsJr.MDMPH

Neonat/Perinatology • Chicago, IL

Professor in Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School

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Office
225 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-227-4190

Fax+1 312-227-9749
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Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1984 - 1986
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityInternship, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1984
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1983 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lifetime Upward Economic Mobility and US-Born Latina Women's Preterm Birth Rates.
Feister, J. B., John Feister, Clarissa Najera, Kristin Rankin, James W Collins> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2024 Feb 3
Fetal Origins of Health Disparities: Transgenerational Consequences of Racism.
Nana Matoba, James W Collins, Maria L V Dizon> ;Developmental Neuroscience. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Risk factors for death during newborn and post-newborn hospitalizations among preterm infants.
Nana Matoba, Soyang Kwon, James W Collins, Matthew M Davis> ;Journal of Perinatology. 2022 Oct 1
Teen Birth Across Generations Among Non-Latino Whites and African-American Women: The Effect of Race and Neighborhood Income.
Nana Matoba, Alexandra Edwards, Kristin Rankin, Carla DeSisto, James W Collins> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2022 Jul 1
1 citations
Prevalence of indications for adult hepatitis A vaccination among hepatitis A outbreak-associated cases, Three US States, 2016-2019.
Megan G. Hofmeister, Mark K. Weng, Douglas Thoroughman, Erica D. Thomasson, Shannon McBee, James W. Collins, Cole Burkholder, Ryan J. Augustine, Philip R. Spradling, F...> ;Vaccine. 2021 Oct 22
12 citations
Factors Associated With Hepatitis A Mortality During Person-to-Person Outbreaks: A Matched Case-Control Study-United States, 2016-2019.
Megan G. Hofmeister, Jian Xing, Monique A Foster, Ryan J. Augustine, Cole Burkholder, James W. Collins, Shannon McBee, Erica D. Thomasson, Douglas Thoroughman, Mark K....> ;Hepatology. 2021 Jul 1
22 citations
Hepatitis A Person-to-Person Outbreaks: Epidemiology, Morbidity Burden, and Factors Associated With Hospitalization-Multiple States, 2016-2019.
Megan G. Hofmeister, Jian Xing, Monique A Foster, Ryan J. Augustine, Cole Burkholder, James W. Collins, Shannon McBee, Erica D. Thomasson, Douglas Thoroughman, Mark K....> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Feb 13
10 citations
Why does racial inequity in health persist
Richard J. David, James W. Collins> ;Journal of Perinatology. 2021 Feb 1
5 citations
The Excess Preterm Birth Rate Among US-Born (Compared to Foreign-Born) Black Women: The Role of Father's Education.
Paris Ekeke, Kristin Rankin, Carla L. DeSisto, James W. Collins> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2021 Jan 28
1 citations
Non-Hispanic White Women’s Exposure to Decreased Neighborhood Income and Small for Gestational Age Births: A Population-Based Study
James W. Collins, Jennifer Colgan, Carla Desisto, Kristin Rankin> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2020 Jun 1
6 citations
Excess Early (< 34 weeks) Preterm Rates Among Non-acknowledged and Acknowledged Low Socioeconomic Position Fathers: The Role of Women’s Selected Pregnancy-Related Risk...
James W. Collins, Carla L. DeSisto, Aaron Weiss, Kristin Rankin> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2020 May 1
5 citations
Early and Late Preterm Birth Rates Among US-Born Urban Women: The Effect of Men’s Lifelong Class Status
James W. Collins, Kristin Rankin, Carla Desisto, Richard J. David> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2019 Dec 1
4 citations
Racial differences in placental pathology among very preterm births.
Nana Matoba, Sushmita Yallapragada, Matthew M. Davis, Linda M. Ernst, James W. Collins, Karen K. Mestan> ;Placenta. 2019 Jun 26
12 citations
Neighborhood gun violence and birth outcomes in Chicago
Nana Matoba, Margarita Reina, Nikhil Prachand, Matthew M. Davis, James W. Collins> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2019 Sep 1
28 citations
Mortgage discrimination and preterm birth among African American women: An exploratory study.
Nana Matoba, Suzanne Suprenant, Kristin Rankin, Hailin Yu, James W. Collins> ;Health & Place. 2019 Sep 1
16 citations
The promise and pitfalls of precision medicine to resolve black-white racial disparities in preterm birth.
Heather H. Burris, Clyde J. Wright, Haresh Kirpalani, James W. Collins, Scott A. Lorch, Michal A. Elovitz, Sunah S. Hwang> ;Pediatric Research. 2020 Jan 1
13 citations
Low Birth Weight Among Infants Born to Black Latina Women in the United States
Janardhan Mydam, Richard J. David, Kristin Rankin, James W. Collins> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2019 Apr 1
10 citations
Re-conceptualizing Associations between Race and Morbidities of Extreme Prematurity.
Heather H. Burris, Sunah S. Hwang, James W. Collins, Haresh Kirpalani, Clyde J. Wright> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2019 Feb 2
5 citations
Father's Lifetime Socioeconomic Status, Small for Gestational Age Infants, and Infant Mortality: A Population-Based Study.
Samantha Enstad, Kristin Rankin, Carla L. DeSisto, James W. Collins> ;Ethnicity & Disease. 2019 Jan 17
83 citations
Hepatitis A Virus Outbreaks Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness — California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah, 2017
Monique A Foster, Sumathi Ramachandran, Katie Myatt, Danielle Donovan, Susan Bohm, Jay Fiedler, Bree Barbeau, James W. Collins, Douglas Thoroughman, Eric McDonald, Jon...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2018 Nov 2
5 citations
The age-related patterns of preterm birth among urban African-American and non-Latina White mothers: The effect of paternal involvement
Shayna Dora Hibbs, Kristin Rankin, Carla L. DeSisto, James W. Collins> ;Social Science & Medicine. 2018 Aug 1
4 citations
Moving beyond race and ethnicity to understand the effect of inhaled nitric oxide on bronchopulmonary dysplasia prevention.
Sunah S. Hwang, Heather H. Burris, James W. Collins, Haresh Kirpalani, Clyde J. Wright> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018 Jul 17
5 citations
Affluent-Born White Mother's Descending Neighborhood Income and Infant Mortality: A Population-Based Study.
James W. Collins, Jennifer Colgan, Kristin Rankin, Carla Desisto> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2018 Oct 1
52 citations
Deconstructing a disparity: explaining excess preterm birth among U.S.-born black women
Carla L. DeSisto, Ashley H. Hirai, James W. Collins, Kristin Rankin> ;Annals of Epidemiology. 2018 Apr 1
12 citations
African-American women's Upward Economic Mobility and Small for Gestational Age Births: A Population-Based Study.
James W. Collins, Allison Mariani, Kristin Rankin> ;Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2018 Mar 1
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Press Mentions

Lower Socioeconomic Status of Fathers Is a Risk Factor for Early Preterm BirthDecember 6th, 2019

Hospital Affiliations

Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoChicago, Illinois