The Catov research group utilizes large perinatal registries and cohort studies to evaluate the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and preterm birth, as well as the postpartum characteristics of women who delivered preterm infants. Dr. Catov’s epidemiological studies examine relationship between preterm birth and later life maternal cardiovascular disease risk, emphasizing lipid metabolism, inflammation, and thrombosis.
Dr. Catov’s research has employed several strategies to study the relationship between preterm birth and later-life maternal cardiovascular disease risk, collecting evidence suggesting that this relationship has roots in lipid metabolism, inflammation, and thrombosis. Dr. Catov also studies how other factors, such as nutrition and psychosocial behavior, may influence pregnancy and later-life maternal health.
Research Interest: Pregnancy & Newborn Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Perinatal Epidemiology and Reproductive Biology, Magee-Womens Research Institute
Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA,
M.S., Health Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,
- Rich-Edwards JW, Fraser A, Lawlor DA, Catov JM. Pregnancy characteristics and women’s future cardiovascular health: an underused opportunity to improve women’s health? Epidemiol Rev. 2014; 36(1):57-70. [Epub ahead of print] 2013 Sep. 11. PMID: 24025350. PMCID: PMC3873841.
- Parks WT, Catov JM. The placenta as a window to maternal vascular health. Obstet. Gynecol Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;47(1):17-28.
- Sutton E, Rogan SC, Lopa S, Sharbaugh D, Muldoon Matthew F, Catov JM. Early pregnancy blood pressure classification by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure guidelines is associated with increased risk for maternal and neonatal morbidity. 2019 Obstet Gynecol, in press
- Ying Wendy, Catov JM, Ouyang P. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and future maternal cardiovascular risk. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Sep 4;7(17):e009382 Doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009382. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30371154. PMCID: PMC6201430.
- Catov JM, Newman AB, Kelsey SF, Roberts JM, Sutton-Tyrrell KC, Garcia M, Ayonayon HN, Tylavsky F, Ness, RB. Accuracy and reliability of maternal recall of infant birth weight among older women. Annals of Epidemiology 2006 Jun; 16(6): 429-431. PMID:
16280248. - Catov JM, Ness RB, Kip KE, Olsen J. Risk of early or severe preeclampsia related to preexisting conditions. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2007 Apr;(2)36:412-419. PMID: 17255351.
- Catov JM, Newman AB, Roberts JM, Kelsey SF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Harris TB, Colbert LH, Rubin SM, Satterfield S, Ness RB. Health ABC Study: Preterm delivery and later maternal cardiovascular disease risk. Epidemiology, 2007; 18(6):733-739. PMID: 17917602.
- Catov JM, Bodnar LM, Ness RB, Barron SJ, Roberts JM. Inflammation and dyslipidemia related to risk of spontaneous preterm birth. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007;166(11):1312-1319. PMID: 17906337.
- Catov JM, Patrick T, Powers R, Ness RB, Harger G, Roberts JM. Maternal leptin across pregnancy in women with small for gestational age infants. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007, Jun;196(6):558. PMID: 17547894.
- Catov JM, Nohr EA, Olsen J, Soerrensen T, Ness RB. Chronic hypertension related to risk for preterm and term small for gestational age births. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008 112(2 Pt 1):290-6. PMID: 18669725.
