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

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0110 Chandlee Lab
University Park, PA - She/Her
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- 814-867-4752
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
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 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
Iron status and anemia in a representative sample of US pregnant women is not associated with pre-pregnancy BMI: Results from the NHANES (1999–2010) study
Mihaela A. Ciulei, Kelly Gallagher, Djibril M. Ba, Celeste Beck, Ruth A. Pobee, Alison D. Gernand, Rachel E. Walker, 2024, PLoS One
Corrigendum to ‘Nutritious Supplemental Foods for Pregnant Women from Food Insecure Settings: Types, Nutritional Composition, and Relationships to Health Outcomes’ [Curr. Dev. Nutr. 7 (2023) 100094] (Current Developments in Nutrition (2023) 7(6), (S2475299123247678), (10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100094))
M Ciulei, E Smith, N Perumal, C Jakazi, C Sudfeld, Alison Gernand, 2024, Current Developments in Nutrition on p. 104433
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
Prenatal but not continued postpartum vitamin D supplementation reduces maternal bone resorption as measured by C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen without effects on other biomarkers of bone metabolism
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
Maternal Vitamin B12 in Pregnancy and Placental Development
Amrita Arcot, Rachel E. Walker, Kelly Gallagher, Kevin C. Klatt, Alison D. Gernand, 2024, Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Maternal vitamin D status, fetal growth patterns, and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a multisite prospective pregnancy cohort
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
Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: Health effects and prevention
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
Maternal-Fetal Inflammation in the Placenta and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Jeffery Goldstein, Kelly Gallagher, Celeste Beck, Rajesh Kumar, Alison D. Gernand, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and maternal outcomes: A systematic review
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
Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes: A systematic review
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
Plasma volume expansion across healthy pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
Sixtus Aguree, Alison D. Gernand, 2019, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Chorioamnionitis and Risk for Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Celeste Beck, Kelly Gallagher, L Taylor, Jeffery Goldstein, Leena Mithal, Alison D. Gernand, 2021, Obstetrics and Gynecology on p. 1007-1022
Review of the evidence regarding the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries
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
Maternal Vitamin D status and infant anthropometry in a US multi-centre cohort study
Cara L. Eckhardt, Alison D. Gernand, Daniel E. Roth, Lisa M. Bodnar, 2015, Annals of Human Biology on p. 215-222
Maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and lactation to promote infant growth in Dhaka, Bangladesh (MDIG trial): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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
Feb 03, 2025
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.
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Dec 17, 2024
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.
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Dec 11, 2024
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.
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Dec 21, 2022
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.
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Nov 08, 2022
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.
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