Alison Gernand

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

Alison Gernand

Huck Graduate Students

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

PlacentaNet: Automatic Morphological Characterization of Placenta Photos with Deep Learning

Yukun Chen, Chenyan Wu, Zhuomin Zhang, Jeffery Goldstein, Alison Gernand, J Wang, on p. 487-495

Nutrition during pregnancy and birth outcomes

N Perumal, Alison Gernand, 2025, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

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 Wang, 2024, Patterns

Plasma volume is associated with micronutrient mass but not concentration in healthy US women in reproductive age.

S. Aguree, L Martin, A Gernand, 2024, Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals

Mihaela A. Ciulei, Kelly Gallagher, Djibril M. Ba, Celeste Beck, Ruth A. Pobee, Alison D. Gernand, Rachel E. Walker, 2024, PLoS One

Assessment of an AI-based tool for population-wide collection of placental morphological data

E. J. Camm, G. Wong, Y. Pan, J. Z. Wang, J. A. Goldstein, A. Arcot, C. N. Murphy, H. Hansji, Y. T. Mangwiro, R. Saffery, M. E. Wlodek, C. S. Wyrwoll, A. D. Gernand, T. J. Kaitu'u-Lino, 2024, European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology on p. 110-117

Christine Krupa, Huma Qamar, Karen M. O'Callaghan, Akpevwe Onoyovwi, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Tahmeed Ahmed, Alison D. Gernand, Daniel E. Roth, 2024, Endocrine and Metabolic Science

Amrita Arcot, Rachel E. Walker, Kelly Gallagher, Kevin C. Klatt, Alison D. Gernand, 2024, Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

C Beck, N Blue, R Silver, Muzi Na, W Grobman, J Steller, S Parry, C Scifres, Alison Gernand, 2024, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Most-Cited Papers

Alison D. Gernand, Kerry J. Schulze, Christine P. Stewart, Keith P. West, Parul Christian, 2016, Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism on p. 274-289

Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy and lactation and infant growth

D Roth, Alison Gernand, A Al Mahmud, 2018, New England Journal of Medicine on p. 1881

Jeffery Goldstein, Kelly Gallagher, Celeste Beck, Rajesh Kumar, Alison D. Gernand, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

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, 2019, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on p. 705S-728S

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, 2019, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on p. 729S-756S

Celeste Beck, Kelly Gallagher, L Taylor, Jeffery Goldstein, Leena Mithal, Alison D. Gernand, 2021, Obstetrics and Gynecology on p. 1007-1022

Megan W. Bourassa, Saskia J.M. Osendarp, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Saima Ahmed, Clayton Ajello, Gilles Bergeron, Robert Black, Parul Christian, Simon Cousens, Saskia de Pee, Kathryn G. Dewey, Shams El Arifeen, Reina Engle-Stone, Alison Fleet, Alison D. Gernand, John Hoddinott, Rolf Klemm, Klaus Kraemer, Roland Kupka, Erin McLean, Sophie E. Moore, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Lars Åke Persson, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Anuraj H. Shankar, Emily Smith, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Emorn Udomkesmalee, Stephen A. Vosti, 2019, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on p. 6-21

Cara L. Eckhardt, Alison D. Gernand, Daniel E. Roth, Lisa M. Bodnar, 2015, Annals of Human Biology on p. 215-222

Daniel E. Roth, Alison D. Gernand, Shaun K. Morris, Brendon Pezzack, M. Munirul Islam, Michelle C. Dimitris, Shaila S. Shanta, Stanley H. Zlotkin, Andrew R. Willan, Tahmeed Ahmed, Prakesh S. Shah, Kellie E. Murphy, Rosanna Weksberg, Sanaa Choufani, Rashed Shah, Abdullah Al Mahmud, 2015, Trials

News Articles Featuring Alison Gernand

Vitamin D matters during first trimester, researchers find

Low vitamin D levels in the first trimester of pregnancy are associated with higher rates of preterm birth and decreased fetal length, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences.

Placenta assessment tool aims to improve neonatal, maternal care

A multi-national, multi-institutional team led by Penn State researchers developed a new tool that enables doctors to examine placentas right at the bedside using just a phone.

Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to seven diverse projects

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) has announced the results of its most recent seed-funding competition.

Chronic inflammation may lead to low milk production in breastfeeding moms

Eighty percent of mothers breastfeed their newborns, but only 25% breastfeed exclusively for the six months recommended by United States Dietary Guidelines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

High-tech tool to perform low-cost health screening for newborns and mothers

In 2017, nearly 300,000 women died during or following childbirth, but most of those could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization. Additionally, four million babies die each year before reaching their first birthday.