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NANSIS.BOGHOSSIAN,PhD,MPH
915GreeneStreet,Office#447•Columbia,SC29208•Tel:803‐777‐2857•nboghoss@mailbox.sc.edu
EDUCATION
July2011
February2006
June2004
WORKEXPERIENCE
August2014‐present
Sept2011‐August2014
March2009‐August2011
January2009‐May2010
Sept2008‐Dec2008
Sept2007‐August2008
PhD,Epidemiology
CollegeofPublicHealth,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA
Title:Survivalandmorbiditiesamongverylowbirthweightinfantswith
chromosomalanomalies
Advisor:JeffreyC.Murray,MD
MastersofPublicHealth,Epidemiology&Biostatistics
FacultyofHealthSciences,AmericanUniversityofBeirut(AUB),Beirut,
Lebanon
Title:Prevalence,riskfactorsandserotypedistributionofGroupB
StreptococcusColonizationamongpregnantwomeninBeirut,Lebanon
Advisor:KhalidYunis,MD
BachelorofScience,MedicalLaboratorySciences(withdistinction),
FacultyofArts&Sciences,HaigazianUniversity,Beirut,Lebanon
AssistantProfessor
DepartmentofEpidemiologyandBiostatistics,ArnoldSchoolofPublicHealth,
Columbia,SC
IntramuralResearchTrainingAward(IRTA)Post‐doctoralFellow
EpidemiologyBranch,DivisionofIntramuralPopulationHealthResearch,
EuniceKennedyShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHuman
Development,NationalInstitutesofHealth,Bethesda,MD
Supervisor:EdwinaYeung
GraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofPediatrics,CollegeofMedicine,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA
Supervisor:JeffreyC.Murray
GraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofCommunicationSciencesandDisorders,CollegeofLiberalArts
andSciences,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA
Supervisor:BruceTomblin
GraduateResearchAssistant&TeachingAssistantforEpidemiologyI
DepartmentofEpidemiology,CollegeofPublicHealth,UniversityofIowa,Iowa
City,IA
Supervisor:PaulRomitti
Project:ReproductiveMolecularEpidemiologyResearchandEducationProgram
GraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofEpidemiology,CollegeofPublicHealth,UniversityofIowa,Iowa
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Sept2005‐July2007
Sept2004–August2005
City,IA
Supervisor:PaulRomitti
Project:ReproductiveMolecularEpidemiologyResearchandEducationProgram
ResearchAssistant
DepartmentofPediatrics,FacultyofMedicine,AmericanUniversityofBeirut
MedicalCenter(AUBMC),Beirut,Lebanon
Supervisor:KhalidYunis
Projects:NationalCollaborativePerinatalNeonatalNetwork(NCPNN)
 NCPNNDatabaseProject
 Implementationofaninterventiontoreducethecesareansectionrate:
AcollaborativemulticenterstudyinBeirut
 GroupBStreptococcalcolonizationamongpregnantwomenandtheir
neonatesinBeirut
 TheepidemiologyofcytomegalovirusinLebanon:amulticenterstudy
GraduateResearchAssistant
DepartmentofMedicalLaboratorySciences,FacultyofHealthSciences,
AmericanUniversityofBeirut(AUB),Beirut,Lebanon
Supervisor:SamiRamia
AWARDS
2014TeratologySocietyTravelAward*
2011NIHIntramuralResearchTrainingAward
2011UniversityofIowatravelawardtothePediatricAcademicSocieties(PAS)Conference
2011WesternRegionalMaternalandChildHealthEpidemiology(MCHEPI)ConferenceSponsorshipaward
2010NICHD/IHDCYHSummerInstituteinReproductiveandPerinatalEpidemiology,Selectedstudent
2004Honorsaward,HaigazianUniversity,Beirut,Lebanon
*Declined
FUNDING
BillandMelindaGatesFoundation(June2015).Title‘Pretermbirthpredictionandgestationalageassessmentat
birth’(PI:BoghossianN).
ASPIRE‐IUniversityofSouthCarolina.‘Impactofalifestyleinterventionamongoverweight/obesepregnant
womenoncardiometabloicbiomarkers’(PI:BoghossianN).
BillandMelindaGatesFoundation(October2014).Title‘Globalpartnerships:establishingglobalnetworksof
expertsforsamplesharinginlowerincomecountriestospeedthediscoveryofbiomarkerscriticaltomaternal,
fetal,andnewbornhealth’(PI:BoghossianN).
NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment(NICHD)intramuralfundingunderthesupervisionof
Dr.EdwinaYeung(June2013).Title‘MaternalvitaminDstatusandmeasuresofneonatalbonemineral
content/density,bodyfatandbirthweight’.
LEADERSHIPANDPROFESSIONALSERVICE
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May2016
ReviewedproposalssubmittedtoUSAIDforSavingLivesatBirth(SL@B)
February2016ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch
(SPER)
2015‐2016Coordinator,Epidemiologydepartmentseminars,UniversityofSouthCarolina
October2015Sessionco‐chair‐‘BiorespositoriesandSurveillance’,BillandMelindaGatesFoundationGrand
ChallengesAnnualMeeting,Beijing,China,October2015.
October2015Moderator‐‘MedicalGeneticsinNewborns’,VermontOxfordNetwork(VON)AnnualQuality
Congress,Chicago,IL
May2015
ReviewedproposalssubmittedtoUSAIDforSavingLivesatBirth(SL@B)
April2015
Organizer‐‘Biorepositorymeeting’forAMANHIandGAPPSfundedsitesbytheBillandMelinda
GatesFoundation,London,UK
March2015 ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch
(SPER)
January2015ReviewedproposalssubmittedtotheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationforGrandChallenges
‘Creating&MeasuringIntegratedSolutionsforHealthyBirth,Growth&Development‐AllChildren
Thriving’
June2014
Organizer‐‘Exposome’Symposium,SocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER),Seattle,WA
March2014 ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER)andtheSocietyfor
PediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
2012‐2013
Coordinator,ReproductiveEpidemiologyJournalClub,NICHD
June2013
Toastmasters’NIHEveningSpeakersVicePresidentofEducation
May2013
ReviewedpapersfortheHeinzBerendesinternationaltravelawardfortheSocietyforPediatricand
PerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
March2013 ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER)andtheSocietyfor
PediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
June2012
Toastmasters’NIHEveningSpeakersVicePresidentofMembership
Dec10,2012 “NationalInstitutesofHealthEpidemiology&PopulationScienceCareerSymposium”Rockville,MD
Tasks:Amemberofthe6planningcommitteememberstoorganizeacareersymposiumfor
epidemiologyfellows
March2011 ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER)andtheSocietyfor
PediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
March2010 ReviewedabstractssubmittedtotheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER)andtheSocietyfor
PediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
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April2007
Reviewedover70abstractssubmittedtothe3rdInternationalConferenceonBirthDefectsand
DisabilitiesintheDevelopingWorld,June2007,sponsoredbytheMarchofDimesFoundation
May12‐13,2006“NationalCollaborativePerinatalNeonatalNetwork(NCPNN)annualmeeting”,Beirut,Lebanon SurveillanceSystems:development,applicationsandtheirroleindefininghealthproblems,
implementingtargetedinterventions,settingpolicies,improvingqualityofcareandtheirrolein
accreditation.
Tasks:AnalysisoftheNCPNNfive‐yearstatisticsdisseminatedduringthemeeting
PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
SocietyforEpidemiologicResearch(SER)
SocietyforPediatric&PerinatalEpidemiologicResearch(SPER)
SocietyforPediatricResearch(SPR)
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
EPID765‐ReproductiveandPerinatalEpidemiology
EPID758‐AppliedEpidemiologyinPublicHealth
EPID745‐SeminarinEpidemiology(ScientificWriting)
DivisionofIntramuralPopulationHealthResearch,NICHD,Rockville,MD
Lecturer,summer2014
Course:ReproductiveEpidemiology
DivisionofIntramuralPopulationHealthResearch,NICHD,Rockville,MD
Lecturer,summer2013
Course:ReproductiveEpidemiology
DivisionofIntramuralPopulationHealthResearch,NICHD,Rockville,MD
Lecturer,summer2012
Course:ReproductiveEpidemiology
DepartmentofEpidemiology,CollegeofPublicHealth,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity,IA
TeachingAssistantforEpidemiologyI,Fall2008
MENTORINGEXPERIENCE
September2015BrittanySullivan,MSPHThesisChair
Jan2015‐Jan2016OlubunmiOrekoya,GraduateAssistant
July2015
KristenPolinski,MSPHThesisCommitteeMember
July2015
ChelseaLynes,MSPHThesisChair
July‐Aug2013 NIHsummervolunteer,JjiJiang,mastersstudent,GeorgetownUniversity•Gestationalweight
gainandotherpregnancyfactorsandpostpartummaternaladiposity
June‐Aug2012NIHsummerintern,AnnaPoon,mastersstudent,JohnsHopkinsBloombergSchoolof
PublicHealth•Maternaldietinassociationwithbirthweightandinfantgrowth
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PUBLICATIONS
A. Publishedmanuscripts/inpress
1. NansiS.Boghossian,NellieI.Hansen,EdwardF.Bell,JaneE.Brumbaugh,BarbaraJ.Stoll,AbbotR.Laptook,
SeethaShankaran,MyraH.Wyckoff,TarahT.Colaizy,AbhikDas,RosemaryD.Higgins,fortheEuniceKennedy
ShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopmentNeonatalResearchNetwork.Mortality,
morbidity,andneurodevelopmentaloutcomesofextremelypreterminfantsborntoinsulin‐dependentdiabetic
mothers.(InpressPediatrics)
2. NansiS.Boghossian,OlubunmiOrekoya,JunxiuLiu,JihongLiu.Pregnancyinterventionsorbehaviorsand
cardiometabolicbiomarkers:asystematicreview.(InpressCurrentEpidemiologyReports).
3. NansiS.Boghossian,ScottA.McDonald,EdwardF.Bell,WaldemarA.Carlo,BarbaraJ.Stoll,AbbotR.Laptook,
AbhikDas,RosemaryD.Higgins,fortheEuniceKennedyShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHuman
DevelopmentNeonatalResearchNetwork.Associationbetweenantenatalcorticosteroidsandmortality,
morbidity,andneurodevelopmentaloutcomesinextremelypretermmultiples.(InpressJAMAPediatrics)
4. NansiS.Boghossian,RobertJ.Sicko,DeniseM.Kay,ShannonL.Rigler,MicheleCaggana,MichaelY.Tsai,
EdwinaH.Yeung,NathanPankratz,BenjaminR.Cole,CharlotteM.Druschel,PaulA.Romitti,MarilynL.Browne,
RuzongFan,AiyiLiu,LawrenceC.Brody,JamesL.Mills.RareCopyNumberVariantsinPosteriorUrethral
Valves.(InpressAmericanJournalofMedicalGeneticsPartA)
5. EdwinaH.Yeung,AlexanderMcLain,NancyAnderson,DavidLawrence,NansiS.Boghossian,Charlotte
Druschel,ErinBell.Newbornadipokinesandbirthoutcomes.PaediatricandPerinatalEpidemiology2015Jul;
29(4):317‐325.[PMCID:PMC26111443].
6. NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,PaulineMendola,KatherineLaughon,PaulS.Albert.Deliveryblood
pressureandotherfirstpregnancyriskfactorsinrelationtohypertensivedisordersinsecondpregnancies.
AmericanJournalofHypertension2015Sep;28(9):1172‐1179.[PMCID:PMC25673041].
7. NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,PaulineMendola,KatherineLaughon,StefanieHinkle,CuilinZhang,Paul
S.Albert.Riskfactorsdifferbetweenrecurrentandincidentpreeclampsia:ahospital‐basedcohortstudy.
AnnalsofEpidemiology2014Oct;24(12):871‐877.e3.[PMCID:PMC25453345].
8. NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,PaulS.Albert,PaulineMendola,KatherineLaughon,StefanieHinkle,
CuilinZhang.Changesindiabetesstatusbetweenpregnanciesandimpactonsubsequentnewbornoutcomes.
AmericanJournalofObstetricsandGynecology2014May;210(5):431.e1‐14.[PMCID:PMC24361790].
9. EdwinaYeung,CandaceRobledo,NansiS.Boghossian,CuilinZhang,PaulineMendola.Developmentalorigins
ofcardiovasculardisease.CurrentEpidemiologyReports2014Mar;1(1):9‐16.[PMCID:PMC25364653].
10. StefanieN.Hinkle,PaulS.Albert,PaulineMendola,LindseyA.Sjaarda,NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,S.
KatherineLaughon.Differencesinriskfactorsforincidentandrecurrentsmall‐for‐gestational‐agebirthweight.
BJOG:AnInternationalJournalofObstetricsandGynaecology2014Apr;121(9):1080‐8.[PMCID:PMC
24702952].
11. StefanieN.Hinkle,PaulS.Albert,PaulineMendola,LindseyA.Sjaarda,EdwinaYeung,NansiS.Boghossian,S.
KatherineLaughon.Theassociationbetweenparityandbirthweightinalongitudinalconsecutivepregnancy
cohort.PaediatricandPerinatalEpidemiology2014Mar;28(2):106‐15.[PMCID:PMC24320682].
12. NansiS.Boghossian,NellieI.Hansen,EdwardF.Bell,BarbaraJ.Stoll,JeffreyC.Murray,JohnC.Carey,Ira
Adams‐Chapman,SeethaShankaran,MicheleC.Walsh,AbbotR.Laptook,RogerG.Faix,NancyS.Newman,Ellen
C.Hale,AbhikDas,LeslieS.Wilson,AngelitaM.Hensman,CathyGrisby,MonicaV.Collins,DianaM.Vasil,
JoanneFinkle,DeannaMaffett,M.BethanyBall,ConraB.Lacy,RebeccaBara,RosemaryD.Higgins,forthe
EuniceKennedyShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopmentNeonatalResearch
Network.MortalityandmorbidityofVLBWinfantswithtrisomy13ortrisomy18.Pediatrics2014Feb;
133(2):226‐35.[PMCID:PMC24446439].
13. AnnaPoon,EdwinaYeung,NansiS.Boghossian,PaulAlbert,CuilinZhang.Maternaldietqualityinassociation
withbirthweightcharacteristicsandearlyinfantgrowth.Scientifica2013Dec;2013:786409.
[PMCID:PMC24490111].
14. IraAdams‐Chapman,NellieI.Hansen,SeethaShankaran,EdwardF.Bell,NansiS.Boghossian,JeffreyC.
Murray,AbbotR.Laptook,MicheleC.Walsh,WaldemarA.Carlo,PabloJ.Sánchez,KrisaP.VanMeurs,Abhik
Das,EllenC.Hale,NancyS.Newman,M.BethanyBall,RosemaryD.Higgins,BarbaraJ.Stoll,fortheEunice
KennedyShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopmentNeonatalResearchNetwork.Ten
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yearreviewofmajorbirthdefectsinverylowbirthweightinfants.Pediatrics2013Jul;132(1):49‐61.
[PMCID:PMC23733791].
NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,LeahM.Lipsky,AnnaK.Poon,PaulS.Albert.Dietarypatternsin
associationwithpostpartumweightretention.AmJClinNutr2013Jun;97(6):1338‐45.
[PMCID:PMC23576044].
NansiS.Boghossian,GrierP.Page,EdwardF.Bell,BarbaraJ.Stoll,JeffreyC.Murray,MichaelCotten,Seetha
Shankaran,MicheleC.Walsh,AbbotR.Laptook,NancyS.Newman,EllenC.Hale,ScottA.McDonald,AbhikDas,
RosemaryD.Higgins,fortheEuniceKennedyShriverNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHuman
DevelopmentNeonatalResearchNetwork.Late‐OnsetSepsisinVeryLowBirthWeightInfantsfromSingleton
andMultipleGestationBirths.JPediatr.2013Jun;162(6):1120‐1124.e1.[PMCID:PMC23324523].
NansiS.Boghossian,EdwinaYeung,SunniMumford,CuilinZhang,AudreyGaskins,JeanWactawski,Enrique
Schisterman.AdherencetotheMediterraneandietandbodyfatdistributioninreproductiveagedwomen.EurJ
ClinNutr.2013Mar;67(3):289‐94.[PMCID:PMC3594052].
AthinaPappas,SeethaShankaran,NellieI.Hansen,EdwardF.Bell,BarbaraJ.Stoll,AbbotR.Laptook,MicheleC.
Walsh,AbhikDas,RebeccaBara,EllenC.Hale,NancyS.Newman,NansiS.Boghossian,JeffreyC.Murray,C.
MichaelCotten,IraAdams‐Chapman,ShannonHamrick,RosemaryD.Higgins,fortheEuniceKennedyShriver
NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopmentNeonatalResearchNetwork.Outcomeofextremely
preterminfants(<1000g)withcongenitalheartdefectsfromtheNICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Pediatr
Cardiol.2012Dec;33(8):1415‐26.[PMCID:PMC22644414].
NansiS.Boghossian,JeffreyD.Horbar,JosephH.Carpenter,JeffreyC.Murray,EdwardF.Bell,fortheVermont
OxfordNetwork.MajorchromosomalanomaliesamongverylowbirthweightinfantsintheVermontOxford
Network.JPediatr2012May;160(5):774‐780.e11.[PMCID:PMC22177989].
NansiS.Boghossian,JeffreyD.Horbar,JeffreyC.Murray,JosephH.Carpenter,fortheVermontOxford
Network.Anthropometricchartsforinfantswithtrisomies21,18and13bornbetween22weeksgestationand
term:TheVONcharts.AmJMedGenetA2012Feb;158A(2):322‐32.[PMCID:PMC22246859].
NansiS.Boghossian,NellieI.Hansen,EdwardF.Bell,BarbaraJ.Stoll,JeffreyC.Murray,AbbotR.Laptook,
SeethaShankaran,MicheleC.Walsh,AbhikDas,RosemaryD.Higgins,fortheNICHDNeonatalResearch
Network.SurvivalandmorbidityoutcomesofverylowbirthweightinfantswithDownsyndrome.Pediatrics
2010Dec;126(6):1132‐1140.[PMCID:PMC21098157].
SeoudM,NassarAH,ZallouaP,BoghossianN,EzzedineJ,FakhouryH,AbboudJ,MelkiI,ArajG,NacouziG,
SanyouraM,YunisK.PrenatalandneonatalGroupBStreptococcusscreeningandserotypinginLebanon:
incidenceandimplications.ActaObstetGynecolScand2010Mar;89(3):399‐403.[PMCID:PMC20199356].
PRESENTATIONS
A. InvitedTalks
1. BoghossianN.Biorepositoriessupportingmaternalandnewbornstudiesinlowincomecountries,Billand
MelindaGatesFoundationGrandChallengesAllChildrenThriving,Nairobi,Kenya,February2016.
2. BoghossianN.ResourcesandcommunitiessupportingLMICmaternalcohortstudies,BillandMelindaGates
FoundationGrandChallengesAnnualMeeting,Beijing,China,October2015.
3. BoghossianN.Pregnancycomplications,dietaryfactors,andnewbornoutcomes.InterdisciplinaryConference
onPregnancyandtheHealthofWomenandChildren,Columbia,SC,November2014.
4. BoghossianN.PregnancyfactorsandneonatalOutcomes.ObstetricsandGynecologyDepartment.American
UniversityofBeirutMedicalCenter(AUBMC),Beirut,Lebanon,August2014.
5. BoghossianN.Pregnancyfactorsandneonataloutcomes.PediatricsDepartment.AmericanUniversityof
BeirutMedicalCenter(AUBMC),Beirut,Lebanon,August2014.
B. OralPresentations
6. BoghossianN,McDonaldSA,BellEF,CarloWA,fortheNICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Antenatal
corticosteroidsinextremelypretermtwins:impactonmortality,morbidity,andneurodevelopmental
outcomes.PlatformpresentationatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,SanDiego,CA,April2015.
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7. BoghossianN,ShampaS,BellE,fortheNICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Impactofbirthweight
discordanceonmortality,morbidity,andneurodevelopmentaloutcomesinverylowbirthweighttwins.
PlatformpresentationatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Vancouver,BC,May2014.
8. BoghossianN,HansenN,BellEF,fortheNICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Morbidity,mortality,and
neurodevelopmentaloutcomesofextremelypreterminfantsborntoinsulin‐dependentdiabeticmothers.
PlatformpresentationatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Vancouver,BC,May2014.
9. HinkleS,AlbertP,MendolaP,SjaardaL,BoghossianN,YeungE,LaughonS.K.Differencesinriskfactorsfor
incidentandrecurrentsmall‐for‐gestational‐agebirthweight:ahospital‐basedcohortstudy.Platform
presentationattheFetalGrowthMeeting,Baltimore,MD,September2013.
10. BoghossianN,YeungE,MendolaP,LaughonS.K,HinkleS,ZhangC,AlbertP.Recurrenceofhypertensive
disordersandsubsequentfetalgrowthrestriction.PlatformpresentationattheFetalGrowthMeeting,
Baltimore,MD,September2013.
11. YeungE,MillsJ,ZhangC,BoghossianN,RobledoC,MendolaP.Maternalcopeptinlevelsarenotassociated
withinfantbirthweight.PlatformpresentationattheFetalGrowthMeeting,Baltimore,MD,September2013.
12. BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertP,MendolaP,LaughonK,ZhangC.Recurrenceofgestationalhypertensive
disordersandimpactonnewbornoutcomes.PlatformpresentationattheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatal
EpidemiologicResearch,Boston,MA,June2013.
13. BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertP,MendolaP,LaughonK,HinkleS,ZhangC.Changeindiabetesstatusand
impactonnewbornoutcomes.PlatformpresentationatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Washington,DC,May
2013.
C. Posterpresentations
14. LiuJ,LiuJ,FrongilloE,BoghossianN,HazlettL,CaiB.Growthtrajectoriesofbodymassindexduringthefirst
yearoflifeandtheirpotentialdeterminingfactors.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandthe
SocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Miami,FL,June2016(Poster).
15. OrekoyaO,LiuJ,RothenbergS,BoghossianN,HazlettL,CaiB.Maternalgestationalweightgainandoffspring’s
weightat12monthsofageinruralGuangxiprovince,China:themediatingroleofbirthweight.Presentedat
theSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,
Miami,FL,June2016(Poster).
16. DimopoulosA,SickoR,KayD,BoghossianN,RiglerS,HagenE,FanR,RomittiP,BrowneM,DruschelC,
CagganaM,BrodyL,MillsJ.Rarecopynumbervariantsinapopulation‐basedinvestigationofisolated
tracheoesophagealfistulaandesophagealatresia.PresentedatTeratologySociety,July2015(Poster).
17. BoghossianN,LiuA,KooW,MumfordS,KissellK,MillsJ,YeungE.ImpactofmaternalvitaminDinsufficiency
onneonatalboneandfatmass.PresentedattheAmericanCollegeofEpidemiology,SilverSpring,MD,
September2014(Poster).
18. BoghossianN,SickoR,KayD,RiglerS,YeungE,DruschelC,RomittiP,BrowneM,FanR,LiuA,BrodyL,MillsJ.
RareCopyNumberVariantsinUrinarySystemandReproductiveGenesImplicatedinPosteriorUrethral
Valves.PresentedatTeratologySociety,Bellevue,WA,July2014(Poster).
19. BoghossianN,SickoR,KayD,RiglerS,YeungE,DruschelC,RomittiP,BrowneM,FanR,LiuA,BrodyL,MillsJ.
NovelCopyNumberVariantsinaPopulation‐BasedInvestigationofPruneBellySyndrome.Presentedat
TeratologySociety,Bellevue,WA,July2014(Poster).
20. HinkleS,BoghossianN,SjaardaL,YeA,GrantzK,SchistermanE.CausalDiagramsofTotalGestationalWeight
GainandtheUtilityofWeight‐Gain‐for‐Gestational‐AgeZ‐score.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologic
Research,Seattle,WA,June2014(Poster).
21. YeungE,McLainA,AndersonN,LawrenceD,BoghossianN,DruschelC,BellE.Bloodspotadiponectinand
infantbirthsize.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricand
PerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Seattle,WA,June2014(Poster).
22. BoghossianN,MendolaP,RobledoC,YeungE.Maternalserummarkersoflipidmetabolisminrelationto
neonatalanthropometry.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricand
PerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Seattle,WA,June2014(Poster).
23. RobledoC,YeungE,MendolaP,BoghossianN,SundaramR,BellE,DruschelC.Mindyourdatasource:
Pregnancycomplicationsdifferbysource.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandtheSociety
forPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Seattle,WA,June2014(Poster).
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24. YeungE,LiuA,MillsJ,ZhangC,MannistoT,BoghossianN,RobledoC,MendolaP.Copeptinlevelsareelevated
inwomenpriortodiagnosisofclinicalpre‐eclampsia.PresentedattheSocietyforMaternal‐FetalMedicine,
NewOrleans,LA,February2014(Poster).
25. ZhangC,MartinK,BowersK,LiuA,BaoW,VaagA,YeungE,SunL,BoghossianN,HuF,OlsenS.Fasting
glucoselevelsduringpregnancyandlong‐termchildhoodgrowthintheoffspring.PresentedattheSocietyfor
Maternal‐FetalMedicine,NewOrleans,LA,February2014(Poster).
26. YeungE,RobledoC,BoghossianN,BellE,SchistermanE.Causaleffectofassistedreproductivetechnology
(ART)onneurodevelopmentalimpairment.PresentedattheAmericanSocietyforReproductiveMedicine,
Boston,MA,October2013(Poster).
27. HinkleSN,LaughonSK,SjaardaLA,MendolaP,BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertPS.Theassociationbetween
parityandbirthweightinalongitudinalconsecutivepregnancycohort.PresentedattheSocietyfor
EpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Boston,MA,June
2013(Poster).
28. BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertP,MendolaP,LaughonK,ZhangC.Recurrenceofgestationalhypertensive
disordersandimpactonnewbornoutcomes.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearch,Boston,MA,
June2013(Poster).
29. BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertP,MendolaP,LaughonK,ZhangC.Changeindiabetesstatusbetween
pregnanciesandimpactonnewbornoutcomes.PresentedattheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandthe
SocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Boston,MA,June2013(Poster).
30. BoghossianN,YeungE,AlbertP,ZhangC.MaternaladherencetotheMediterraneandietinassociationwith
offspringbirthweightandinfantgrowth.PresentedattheObesitySociety,SanAntonio,TX,September2012
(Poster).
31. YeungE,BoghossianN,ZhangC,KooW.Determinantsofneonatalbodyadiposityassessedbydualenergyx‐
rayabsorptiometry.PresentedattheObesitySociety,SanAntonio,TX,September2012(Poster).
32. BoghossianN,YeungE,MumfordS,ZhangC,GaskinsA,Wactawski‐WendeJ,SchistermanE.Adherencetothe
Mediterraneandietandbodyfatinpremenopausalwomen:theBioCyclestudy.PresentedattheSocietyfor
EpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,Minneapolis,MN,
June2012(Poster).
33. BoghossianN,YeungE,LipskyL,AlbertP.Mediterraneandietandpostpartumweightretention.Presentedat
theDivisionforIntramuralResearch,NationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment,Bethesda,
MD,May2012(Poster).
34. BoghossianN,HansenN,NICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Mortalityandmorbidityofverylowbirthweight
infantswithTrisomy18andTrisomy13.PresentedatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Denver,CO,May2011
(Poster).
35. BoghossianN,HorbarJ,CarpenterJ,MurrayJ,EdwardF.Bell.Majorchromosomalanomaliesamongverylow
birthweightinfantsintheVermontOxfordNetwork.PresentedatTheVermontOxfordNetworkAnnual
MeetingandQualityCongress,Washington,DC,December2010(Poster).
36. BoghossianN,HansenN,NICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Survivalandmorbidityoutcomesofverylow
birthweightinfantswithDownsyndrome.PresentedatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Vancouver,BC,May
2010(Poster).
37. BoghossianN,PageG,NICHDNeonatalResearchNetwork.Familialandgeneticsusceptibilitytosepsisinvery
lowbirthweighttwins.PresentedatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Vancouver,BC,May2010(Poster).
38. BoghossianN,RomittiPA,LeslieD.Pesticidesandcardiovascularmalformations:ameta‐analysis.Presented
attheSocietyforEpidemiologicResearchandtheSocietyforPediatricandPerinatalEpidemiologicResearch,
Chicago,IL,June2008(Poster).
39. MrouehS,BoghossianN,MumtazG,KassarM,MatarM,YunisK.DoesIronSupplementationinInfants
IncreasetheRiskofWheezing?PresentedatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Hawaii,May2008(Poster).
40. MumtazG,BoghossianN,NabulsiM,WakedR,HoblosF,YunisK.Consanguinityandcongenitalmalformations
inLebanon,aCaseControlStudy.PresentedattheThirdInternationalConferenceonBirthDefectsand
DisabilitiesintheDevelopingWorld,Brazil,June2007andatthePediatricAcademicSocieties,Hawaii,May
2008(Poster).
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41. MelkiI,MumtazG,BoghossianN,KassarM,JbeiliN,MakhoulG,YunisK.TemporalVariationsinthe
PrevalenceofBirthDefectsamongNewbornsinBeirut,Lebanon.PresentedattheThirdInternational
ConferenceonBirthDefectsandDisabilitiesintheDevelopingWorld,Brazil,June2007(Poster).
42. YunisK,MumtazG,CortasN,TaniosR,BoghossianN,IbrahimG,DaherR.Aneonatalscreeningprogramin
Beirut,Lebanon:Resultsoftenyearexperience.PresentedatHotTopicsinNeonatology,Washington,DC,
December2006(Poster).
43. YunisK,MumtazG,BoghossianN,MatarM,HowsonC.NeedsAssessmentforEstablishingNewbornScreening
Program:ResultsofaPilotStudyinLebanon.PresentedatStrengtheningNewbornScreeningintheMiddle
EastandNorthAfrica,Marrakech,Morocco,November2006(Poster).
44. FahedD,BoghossianN,MumtazG,NakadP,YunisK.Consanguinityandretinopathyofprematurity.Presented
attheSocietyofPediatricResearch,May2006(Poster).
45. YunisK,SeoudM,ZallouaP,BoghossianN,NassarA,ArajG,AbboudJ,EzzeddineJ,TamimH.Prevalence,risk
factorsandserotypedistributionofGroupBStreptococcus(GBS)colonizationamongpregnantwomenin
Beirut,Lebanon.NationalCollaborativePerinatalNeonatalNetwork(NCPNN).PresentedatthePediatric
AcademicSocieties,SanFrancisco,CA,April2006(Poster).
EDITORIALACTIVITIESADHOCPEERREVIEWER
May2015BMCPregnancyandChildbirth
May2014BirthDefectsResearchPartA:ClinicalandMolecularTeratology
May2014AnnalsofEpidemiology
March2014MaternalandChildHealthJournal
December2013BMCPublicHealth
November2013ArchivesofDiseaseinChildhood
October2013Pediatrics
September2013BMCEndocrineDisorders
August2013BritishJournalofNutrition
July2013PLOSONE
February2013FertilityandSterility
March2012JournalofPerinatology
March2012AmericanJournalofMedicalGenetics.
REPORTS
“NationalCollaborativePerinatalNeonatalNetwork:NCPNNSixthAnnualReport,January1st2005‐December31st
2005”,May2006.OnegeneralNCPNNreportandsixteenindividualreportsforeachofthenetworkhospitals.
“NationalCollaborativePerinatalNeonatalNetwork:NCPNNFifthAnnualReport,January1st2004‐December31st
2004”,December2005.Onegeneralreportandsixteenindividualreportsforeachofthenetworkhospitals.
PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
2013Embryology,DevelopmentalBiologyandHumanMalformations(Gene505)
2012EpigeneticsandMedicalDisorders(Biol338)
2012ScientistsTeachingScienceCourse,OfficeofIntramuralTrainingandEducationNIH
2012PresentationTraining,OratorioMediaandPresentationTraining,Washington,DC,Aug9,2012
2011MediaTraining,OratorioMediaandPresentationTraining,Washington,DC,Nov2,2011
LANGUAGES
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FluentinEnglishandArabic
FairknowledgeofArmenianandFrench
COMPUTERLITERACY
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
StatisticalPackagefortheSocialSciences(SPSS)
STATA
SAS
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