Kristin K. Palmsten ScD Close
Senior Research Investigator

Positions

Sr. Research Investigator, Maternal and child health 2017 -
Sr. Research Investigator, Primary care, pediatrics 2017 -
Research Investigator, Maternal and child health 2017 - 2021
Research Investigator, Primary care, pediatrics 2017 - 2021

Joined the Institute: 2017

Education and training: ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (now Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health); MS, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; BS, Boston College.

Overview/research interests: Perinatal epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, epidemiologic methods, causal inference, medication use and safety during pregnancy.

Current research activities and funding: Oral Corticosteroid Use During Pregnancy and Risk for Preterm Birth. This Career Development Award funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Health and Human Development aims to evaluate preterm birth risk associated with oral corticosteroid use during pregnancy in women with autoimmune diseases. The project will develop and evaluate a communication tool to assist providers in counseling pregnant women who may use oral corticosteroids.

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selected publications

Journal Article
- Longitudinal methods for modeling exposures in pharmacoepidemiologic studies in pregnancy. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2022
- "I know my body better than you:" patient focus groups to inform a decision aid on oral corticosteroid use during pregnancy. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2021
- Evidence of under-reporting of early-onset preeclampsia using register data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2021
- Oral corticosteroids and risk of preterm birth in the California Medicaid program. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice. 2021
- Point: Uncertainty about estimating the risks of COVID-19 during pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2021
- Rural-urban residence and maternal hepatitis C infection, US: 2010-2018. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021
- Acetaminophen use in pregnancy: examining prevalence, timing, and indication of use in a prospective birth cohort. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2020
- Asthma prevalence among women aged 18 to 44 in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2016. Journal of Asthma. 2020
- Oral corticosteroid use during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth. Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 2020
- Patterns of prenatal antidepressant exposure and risk of preeclampsia and postpartum haemorrhage. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2020
- Prenatal antidepressant use and risk of adverse neonatal outcomes. Pediatrics. 2020
- Using nationally representative survey data for external adjustment of unmeasured confounders: an example using the NHANES data. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2020
- Validation of mother-infant linkage using Medicaid Case ID variable within the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2019
- Agreement between maternal report and medical records during pregnancy: medications for rheumatoid arthritis and asthma. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2018
- In vitro fertilization, interpregnancy interval, and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Fertility and Sterility. 2018
- Longitudinal trajectories of antidepressant use in pregnancy and the postnatal period 2018
- Most frequently reported prescription medications and supplements in couples planning pregnancy: The LIFE Study. Reproductive Sciences. 2018
- Patterns of prednisone use during pregnancy in women with rheumatoid arthritis: daily and cumulative dose. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2018
- Revisiting the Table 2 fallacy: a motivating example examining preeclampsia and preterm birth. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2018
- Subclinical and clinical chorioamnionitis, fetal vasculitis, and risk for preterm birth: a cohort study. Placenta. 2018
- Early-onset preeclampsia in lupus pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2017
- Medication use among pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus and general population comparators. Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 2017
- Constructing causal diagrams for common perinatal outcomes: benefits, limitations and motivating examples with maternal antidepressant use in pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2016
- Constructing causal diagrams for common perinatal outcomes: benefits, limitations and motivating examples with maternal antidepressant use in pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2016
- What to expect when expecting with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): a population-based study of maternal and fetal outcomes in SLE and Pre-SLE. Arthritis Care & Research. 2016
Editorial Article
- Making the best use of data not created for research [editorial]. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 32. 2018
Review
- A review of systemic corticosteroid use in pregnancy and the risk of select pregnancy and birth outcomes [review]. Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America. 2017
Audio Document
- HealthPartners study investigates depression treatment during pregnancy [interview]. MinnPost. 2021

presentations

Presentation
- Agreement between maternal report and medical records during pregnancy: medications for rheumatoid arthritis and asthma [presentation], International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, 33rd
- Asthma medications during pregnancy: new perspectives [presentation]