Effect of an integrated neonatal care kit on neonatal health outcomes: a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Pakistan

April 2019
BMJ Global Health

Lisa G. Pell, Ali Turab, Diego G. Bassani, Joy Shi, Sajid Soofi, Masawar Hussain, Shabina Ariff, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Shaun K. Morris

We assess the effectiveness of an integrated neonatal care kit (containing clean birth kit, chlorhexidine, sunflower oil, a continuous temperature monitor, a heat reflective blanket and reusable heat pack) on neonatal mortality.

Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy and lactation and infant growth

August 2018
New England Journal of Medicine

Daniel E. Roth, Shaun K. Morris, Stanley Zlotkin, Alison D. Gernand, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shaila S. Shanta, Eszter Papp, Jill Korsiak, Joy Shi, M. Munirul Islam, Ishrat Jahan, Farhana K. Keya, Andrew R. Willan, Rosanna Weksberg, Minhazul Mohsin, Qazi S. Rahman, Prakesh S. Shah, Kellie E. Murphy, Jennifer Stimec, Lisa G. Pell, Huma Qamar, Abdullah Al Mahmud

The Maternal Vitamin D for Infant Growth (MDIG) trial, which assessed the effect of maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on fetal and infant growth.

New approach for the identification of implausible values and outliers in longitudinal childhood anthropometric data

March 2018
Annals of Epidemiology

Joy Shi, Jill Korsiak, Daniel E. Roth

We propose and demonstrate the use of jackknife residuals to identify biological implausible values and outliers in longitudinal growth data.

Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993-2015)

December 2017
Lancet Global Health

Daniel E. Roth, Aditi Krishna, Michael Leung, Joy Shi, Diego G. Bassani, Aluisio J. D. Barros

We examine distributions of height-for-age Z score in low-income and middle-income countries using data from Demographic and Health Surveys.

Lifetime moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and ER/PR/HER-defined post-menopausal breast cancer risk

June 2017
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Joy Shi, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Anne Grundy, Harriet Richardson, Sandip K. SenGupta, Caroline A. Lohrisch, John J. Spinelli, Kristan J. Aronson

We examine relationships between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity across different domains during the lifetime on risk of breast cancer subtypes.

Polymorphisms of insulin-like growth factor 1 pathway genes and breast cancer risk

June 2016
Frontiers in Oncology

Joy Shi, Kristan J. Aronson, Anne Grundy, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Igor Burstyn, Johanna M. Schuetz, Caroline A. Lohrisch, Sandip K. SenGupta, Agnes S. Lai, Angela Brooks-Wilson, John J. Spinelli, Harriet Richardson

Relationships between genetic variants of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) pathway genes and breast cancer risk are assessed.