University of California, Irvine
Psychiatry & Human Behavior
333 City Blvd. West, Suite 1200
Orange, CA
USA 92868
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the Wadhwa PD, Culhane J, Rauh V, Barve SS, Sandman CA, Hobel CJ, Dunkel-Schetter C, Garite TJ (2001) Maternal stress, infection and preterm birth: a biobehavioral perspective. Paediatr Perinat Epidemio 15:17-29 Wadhwa PD, Glynn L, Hobel CJ, Garite TJ, Porto M, Chicz-DeMet A, Wiglesworth A, Federenko IS, Wadhwa PD (2004). Effects of women’s mental health during pregnancy on developmental and health outcomes. CNS Spectrums, 9(3):198-206. Wadhwa PD, Garite TJ, Porto M, Chicz-DeMet A, Dunkel-Schetter C, Wadhwa PD (2005). Psychoneuroendocrine processes in human pregnancy influence fetal development and health. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30:724-743. Wadhwa PD & Federenko IS (2006). Prenatal stress, human fetal development and birth outcomes: implications for developmental origins of adult disease. In D. M. Hodgson and C. L. Coe (eds.) Perinatal Programming: Early Life Determinants of Adult Health and Disease.