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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health

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Present	Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Maternal and child health, Health disparities, Child overweight and obesity, Social and psychosocial determinants of maternal mental health, and Lifecourse epidemiology

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Depressive Symptoms in Extended-Care Employees: Children, Social Support, and Work-Family ...

Issues in Mental Health Nursing (2011)

Emily M. O’Donnell, Karen A. Ertel and Lisa F. Berkman

To examine the relation between having a child aged 18 years and under in the home and employee depressive symptoms, ...

Managers’ Practices Related to Work–Family Balance Predict Employee Cardiovascular ...

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2010)

Lisa F. Berkman, Orfeu Buxton, Karen A. Ertel and Cassandra Okechukwu

An increasing proportion of U.S. workers have family caregiving responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to determine whether employees ...

Antenatal and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms are Differentially Associated with Early ...

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (2010)

Karen A. Ertel, Karestan C. Koenen, Janet W. Rich-Edwards and Matthew W. Gillman

Antenatal depression is associated with small for gestational age, but few studies have examined associations with weight during childhood. Similarly ...

Maternal Depressive Symptoms Not Associated with Reduced Height in Young ...

PLoS ONE (2010)

Karen A. Ertel, Karestan C. Koenen, Janet W. Rich-Edwards and Matthew W. Gillman

Background: Shorter stature is associated with greater all cause and heart disease mortality, but taller stature with increased risk of ...

Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Incident Mobility Disability Among Elders: The ...

BMC Public Health (2009)

Cheryl R. Clark, Ichiro Kawacgu, Louise Ryan, Karen A. Ertel, et al.

Background: We investigated whether lack of perceived neighborhood safety due to crime, or living in high crime neighborhoods was associated ...

Incorporating Home Demands into Models of Job Strain: Findings From ...

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2008)

Karen A. Ertel, K. C. Koenen and L. F. Berkman

Objective—To integrate home demands with the Demand-Control-Support model to test if home demands interact with job strain to increase depressive ...