Faculty

Alison Gernand

Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health
Professor of Nutritional Sciences

0110 Chandlee Lab
University Park, PA

Email adg14@psu.edu
Phone 814-867-4752
Pronouns She/Her

Areas of Expertise

During Pregnancy Keyphrases
Vitamin D Medicine and Dentistry
25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) Keyphrases
Supplementation Medicine and Dentistry
Pregnant Women Keyphrases
Randomized Controlled Trial Keyphrases
Trace Element Medicine and Dentistry
Placenta Keyphrases

The relationship between maternal glucose concentrations, gestational diabetes mellitus, and adverse fetal growth and gestational age outcomes
Amrita Arcot, Kelly Gallagher, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Alison D. Gernand, May 2026, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Date: May 2026

The relationship between maternal glucose concentrations, gestational diabetes mellitus, placental weight, and placental vascular malperfusion lesions
Amrita Arcot, Kelly Gallagher, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Alison D. Gernand, Mar 2026, In: PloS one
Date: Mar 2026

Effect of vitamin D<sub>3</sub> supplementation starting mid-pregnancy on placental angiogenic factors and terminal villi
Anita Subramanian, Casey M. Carr, Eszter Papp, Kellie E. Murphy, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Daniel E. Roth, Alison D. Gernand, Dec 2025, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Date: Dec 2025

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Yimu Pan, Sitao Zhang, Alison D. Gernand, Jeffery A. Goldstein, James Wang, Apr 11 2025, In: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Date: Apr 11 2025

Gestational diabetes mellitus and vascular malperfusion lesions in the placenta
Amrita Arcot, Rachel E. Walker, Kelly Gallagher, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Alison D. Gernand, 2025, In: International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Date: 2025

Single-blinded, stratified, dose ranging trial to assess pharmacokinetics and identify optimal dose of vitamin B12 in pregnancy in Tanzania
Omar Lweno, Victoria S. Reynolds, Matthew D. Barberio, Kevin C. Klatt, Sabina Mugusi, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Zohra Lukmanji, Fadhlun M.Alwy Al-beity, Homa K. Ahmadzia, Amrita Arcot, Kelly Gallagher, Leigh A. Martin, Ali Rahnavard, Alison D. Gernand, Brooke Langevin, Honorati Masanja, Emily R. Smit..., 2025, In: Gates Open Research
Date: 2025

Nutrition during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes
Nandita Perumal, Alison D. Gernand, 2025, In: Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Date: 2025

Cross-modal contrastive learning for unified placenta analysis using photographs
Yimu Pan, Manas Mehta, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Joseph Ngonzi, Lisa M. Bebell, Drucilla J. Roberts, Chrystalle Katte Carreon, Kelly Gallagher, Rachel E. Walker, Alison D. Gernand, James Z. Wang, Dec 13 2024, In: Patterns
Date: Dec 13 2024

Plasma volume is associated with micronutrient mass but not concentration in healthy US women of reproductive age
Sixtus Aguree, Leigh A. Martin, Alison D. Gernand, Dec 2024, In: Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals
Date: Dec 2024

Iron status and anemia in a representative sample of US pregnant women is not associated with pre-pregnancy BMI
Mihaela A. Ciulei, Kelly Gallagher, Djibril M. Ba, Celeste Beck, Ruth A. Pobee, Alison D. Gernand, Rachel E. Walker, Sep 2024, In: PloS one
Date: Sep 2024

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Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide
Alison D. Gernand, Kerry J. Schulze, Christine P. Stewart, Keith P. West, Parul Christian, May 1 2016, In: Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Citations: 618

Maternal-Fetal Inflammation in the Placenta and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Jeffery A. Goldstein, Kelly Gallagher, Celeste Beck, Rajesh Kumar, Alison D. Gernand, Nov 13 2020, In: Frontiers in immunology
Citations: 242

Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy and lactation and infant growth
D. E. Roth, S. K. Morris, S. Zlotkin, A. D. Gernand, T. Ahmed, S. S. Shanta, E. Papp, J. Korsiak, J. Shi, M. M. Islam, I. Jahan, F. K. Keya, A. R. Willan, R. Weksberg, M. Mohsin, Q. S. Rahman, P. S. Shah, K. E. Murphy, J. Stimec, L. G. Pell, H. Qamar, A. Al Mahmud, Aug 9 2018, In: New England Journal of Medicine
Citations: 201

Plasma volume expansion across healthy pregnancy
Sixtus Aguree, Alison D. Gernand, Dec 19 2019, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Citations: 148

Maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and measures of newborn and placental weight in a U.S. multicenter cohort study
Alison D. Gernand, Hyagriv N. Simhan, Mark A. Klebanoff, Lisa M. Bodnar, Jan 2013, In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Citations: 128

Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and maternal outcomes
Ramkripa Raghavan, Carol Dreibelbis, Brittany L. Kingshipp, Yat Ping Wong, Barbara Abrams, Alison D. Gernand, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Jamie Stang, Kellie O. Casavale, Joanne M. Spahn, Eve E. Stoody, Mar 1 2019, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Citations: 114

Chorioamnionitis and Risk for Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis
Celeste Beck, Kelly Gallagher, Leigh A. Taylor, Jeffery A. Goldstein, Leena B. Mithal, Alison D. Gernand, Jun 1 2021, In: Obstetrics and gynecology
Citations: 113

Aflatoxin exposure during the first 1000 days of life in rural South Asia assessed by aflatoxin B<sub>1</sub>-lysine albumin biomarkers
John D. Groopman, Patricia A. Egner, Kerry J. Schulze, Lee S.F. Wu, Rebecca Merrill, Sucheta Mehra, Abu A. Shamim, Hasmot Ali, Saijuddin Shaikh, Alison Gernand, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Keith P. West, Parul Christian, Dec 1 2014, In: Food and Chemical Toxicology
Citations: 112

Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes
Ramkripa Raghavan, Carol Dreibelbis, Brittany L. Kingshipp, Yat Ping Wong, Barbara Abrams, Alison D. Gernand, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Jamie Stang, Kellie O. Casavale, Joanne M. Spahn, Eve E. Stoody, Mar 1 2019, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Citations: 97

Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data
Lisa M. Bodnar, Barbara Abrams, Marnie Bertolet, Alison D. Gernand, Sara M. Parisi, Katherine P. Himes, Timothy L. Lash, May 2014, In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Citations: 93

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