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Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD, MPH, FACE I. CONTACT INFORMATION Address: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology 4301 W Markham Street, #820 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-7190

Office Email: [email protected] II. EDUCATION 2000 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Epidemiology

University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX

1997 Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) in International and Family Health University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX

1994 Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) in Biology Wesleyan College, Macon, GA

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ADMINISTRATIVE & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 4/2017 – present Chairperson, Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public

Health 4/2017 – present Center Director, Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention,

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute

4/2017 – 2/2018 Interim Section Chief, Birth Defects Research Section, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

3/2016 – 3/2017 Section Chief, Birth Defects Research Section, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

8/2015 – 3/2016 Interim Section Chief, Birth Defects Research Section, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

9/2014 – 1/2018 Scientific Director, Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 11/2013 – 8/2014 Director, Doctoral Program in Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health Spring 2013 Vice-Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health 3/2013 – 12/2013 Director, Undergraduate Program in Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health 5/2011 – 12/2013 Co-Director, Doctoral Program in Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health 8/2010 – 8/2014 Director, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Certificate Program

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health

mailto:[email protected]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 2 of 43 FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 9/2014 – 4/2017 Associate Professor (primary appointment)

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine 10/2014 – 4/2017 Associate Professor (secondary appointment)

Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health 4/2017 – present Associate Professor (primary appointment)

Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health 4/2017 – present Associate Professor (secondary appointment)

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 8/2009 – 2014 Associate Professor of Epidemiology (with Tenure) Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health 8/2009 – 2014 Associate Professor (Joint Appointment) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine 8/2009 – 8/2014 Associate Professor (Joint Appointment) Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine 4/2003 – 7/2009 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health 7/2003 – 7/2009 Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morsani College of Medicine University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 8/2005 – 7/2009 Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment) Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 8/2002 - 4/2003 Research Instructor Maternal and Child Health Team, National Center for Primary Care &

Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine 11/2001 - 8/2002 Research Instructor

Social Epidemiology Research Division, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine

06/2000 – 11/2001 Postdoctoral Fellow Social Epidemiology Research Division, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Other Institutions 8/2015 – present Honorary Research Fellow

Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia 8/2001 – 12/2001 Adjunct Instructor

Institute of Public Health, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida

IV. POSTGRADUATE TRAINING POST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2003 Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Summer Training Institute on the

Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, Arlie, VA, July – August

2001 Fellow, American Heart Association, Ten-Day Seminar, Epidemiology of

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Cardiovascular Disease, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 06/2000 – 11/2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Epidemiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Social

Epidemiology Research Division, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, GA

LEADERSHIP TRAINING 2019-2021 Fellow, Health Innovators Fellowship, Aspen Institute, Washington, DC 2018-2019 Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine

(ELAM) Program, Drexel University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2014-2016 Leadership Academy, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University

of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2013-2014 Management Certificate Training Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL CONTINUING EDUCATION, SHORT COURSES & CERTIFIFCATIONS 2018 Epigenetics Bootcamp, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,

June 21-22. 2018 Directed Acyclic Graphs, Statistical Horizons, Philadelphia, PA, May 2011 3-Day Hands on Cardiac Morphology Course, Cardiac Morphology Unit,

Department of Pediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Heart & Lung Institute, London, England, May

2009 Case Writing Workshop. University of Washington, The Electronic Hallway, Seattle, WA, June

2009 Case Teaching Workshop. University of Washington, The Electronic Hallway, Seattle, WA, June

2004 Short-Course on Multi-Level Modeling. Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD

2004 Short-Course on Social Epidemiology. Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD

2003 Conducting Focus Groups 2-Day Workshop with Richard Kruger, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, FL

V. HONORS AND AWARDS 2019-2021 Fellow, Health Innovators Fellowship, Aspen Institute, Washington, DC (in 2019 10% acceptance rate: 21 Fellows selected from 190 nominations) 2018-2019 Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine

(ELAM) Program, Drexel University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (in 2018 48% acceptance rate; 58 fellows selected from ~120 nominations) 2016 – present Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (elected) 2014-2015 Fulbright Senior Scholar, the Australian-American Fulbright Commission,

Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies, the Telethon Kids Institute and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

(in 2014 only 5 Senior Scholars accepted from ~90 applications) 2011 Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who 2009 Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, College of Public Health,

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 2008 Conference Travel Award, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health 2001 – 2008 Health Disparities Scholar, National Center on Minority Health and Disparities,

National Institutes of Health

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 4 of 43 1997 – 1998 Department of Epidemiology Scholarship, School of Public Health, University of

Texas Houston Health Science Center Health Science Center 1995 – 1996 Minority Faculty Association Scholarship, University of Texas Houston Health

Science Center 1995 – 1996 Minority Advisory Council Scholarship, School of Public Health, University of

Texas Houston Health Science Center 1994 Beta Beta Beta Honor Society, Wesleyan College 1993 – 1994 Coca-Cola Minority Achievement Scholarship, Wesleyan College 1990-1994 Pierce Award, Wesleyan College

VI. MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 2019 - Society for Pediatric Research (nominated) 2016 – present American College of Epidemiology (elected) 2015 – present Teratology Society 2012 – present American Heart Association – Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young 2004 – 2010 American Public Health Association 2001 – 2006 Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health 2001 – 2006 Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine

Florida Public Health Association International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

2002 – present International Epidemiological Association 2001 – present National Birth Defects Prevention Network 2001 – 2010; present Society for Epidemiological Research 2002 – 2010; present Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research VII. RESEARCH A. PENDING EXTRAMURAL Grant # T32 pending Role: Mentor (MPI: Tilford & Zozus) Total Costs: $765,789 Period: 03/01/2020 – 02/28/2025 Effort: in-kind Institution: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health Title: Arkansas Center for Health Disparities Predoctoral Research Training Program Agency: NIH - National Institute for Minority Health and Disparities Summary: Researchers in the social sciences lack formal training in advanced analytics that may slow

progress in understanding complex relationships between social determinants of health and population health outcomes. Multi-disciplinary, team-based science can align research methods in advanced analytics with social science perspectives to produce a new generation of researchers addressing racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare to improve health equity. As the only NIMHD T32 research training program in the state, the proposed program will serve as a model to improve disparate population health outcomes in the state, region, and nation.

B. CURRENT EXTRAMURAL

Grant # 1UL1TR003107 Role: Co-Investigator (PI: James) Total Costs: $24.2 M Period: 07/01/2019-06/30/2024 Effort: 5% Institution: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: (CSTA) Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas Agency: National Institute of Health – NCATS Summary: The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at the University of Arkansas for

Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Translational Research Institute (TRI) seeks to support high


quality translational and clinical research locally, regionally, and nationally and foster innovation in research methods, training, and career development. TRI’s vision is to be a thriving translational research ecosystem that catalyzes discoveries into health solutions for rural and under-represented populations. Our mission is to develop new knowledge and novel approaches that will measurably address the complex health challenges of rural and under-represented populations.

Grant # 1 U01DD001229-01-00 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $4,575,282 Period: 09/01/18-8/31/23 Effort: 25% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD-STEPS) II” Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: This will continue funding the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

allowing us to participate as one of seven Centers in the multisite population-based case-control study. BD STEPS II continues work from BD-STEPS I and builds upon the results of the NBDPS. The purpose of BD-STEPS II is to identify causes of birth defects using epidemiologic and genetic research methods and provide information that could be translated into public health prevention messages. This project focuses on 4 key exposures: (1) maternal chronic diseases and their treatments; (2) infectious disease in pregnancy; (3) medications, and (4) infections.

Grant # 1 U01DD001229-01-00 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $1,241,074 Period: 09/01/18-8/31/23 Effort: 5% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD-STEPS) II – Stillbirth

Study” Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: Funding will allow the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research & Prevention to participate

as one of two Centers in BD STEPS II that ascertain stillbirth cases and identify modifiable risk factors for the prevention of stillbirths in Arkansas and the United States.

C. COMPLETED

Grant # 1U01DD001039 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $3,500,000 Period: 03/01/2017-8/31/2019 (1-year no-cost extension) Effort: 25% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD-STEPS I)” Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: This award provides funding for the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and

Prevention and allows us to participate in BD STEPS I as one of six institutions funded after the success of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS). This study builds upon the results of the NBDPS to examine how maternal exposure to medications and diseases like diabetes and obesity, may increase the risk of having a baby with a birth defect.

Grant # 1U01DD001039-02 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $850,000 Period: 09/01/2015-08/31/2019 (1-year no-cost extension) Effort: 20% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Arkansas Center Stillbirth Risk Factor Pilot Project Centers for Birth Defects Research

and Prevention”. Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: The goal of the proposed research study is to ascertain stillbirth cases without birth defects and


provide novel insight into preconception risk assessment to lay the groundwork for innovative prevention strategies for stillbirths.

Grant # 1NU50DD000050 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $200,000 Period: 03/01/2017-07/31/2019 Effort: 5% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Rapid Surveillance and Referral Service for Infants with Birth Defects Linked with

Prenatal Zika Virus Infection in Arkansas” Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: This grant expands and enhances the state population-based birth defects registry, the

Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring Health System, to add rapid ascertainment of 24 central nervous system birth defects linked to maternal prenatal Zika virus infection. This grant allows support for the registry to refer families of affected children to healthcare services in Arkansas and follow the children up to age 18 months.

Grant # 5U38O2000199 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $260,000 Period: 02/01/2016–06/30/2019 (no-cost extension) Effort: 10% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Congenital Heart Survey to Recognize Outcomes, Needs and well-beinG (CHStrong)” Agency: March of Dimes/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: We are one of two sites selected for this project. The goal of the project is to identify persons

born with selected congenital heart defects and ascertained by the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System (ARHMS) ages 18-35 years old, re-contact them and invite them to complete a self-administered questionnaire that assesses quality of life and long-term outcomes.

Grant # 5R01HD039054-12 Role: Co-Investigator (PI: C Hobbs) Total Costs: $6,219,162 Period: 04/01/2012-03/31/2018 (in no-cost extension) Effort: 5% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Genomic and Epigenomic Factors Associated with Non-Syndromic Congenital Heart

Defect Risk” Agency: National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Summary: The major goal of this case-control and case-parental molecular epidemiologic project is to

investigate the association between congenital heart defects, including right- and left-sided obstructive heart defects (OHDs), with maternal and infant genetic variants, copy number variants (CNVs), and gene-specific DNA methylation patterns using a genome-wide scan of OHDs.

Grant # No award number Role: Scientific Director Total Costs: $3,000,000 Period: 07/01/2015-06/30/2019 Effort: 10% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Hospital Title: “Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System (ARHMS)” Agency: Arkansas House Bill/State of Arkansas Appropriations/Depart of Finance and Admin. Summary: This grant funded ARHMS, the statewide, active public health registry mandated by the state

of Arkansas to identify birth defects and other adverse reproductive outcomes. As Scientific Director, Dr. Nembhard was responsible for day-to-day surveillance practices, quality of data ascertainment and analysis, and reporting of findings to researchers and public health officials.

Grant # 1U38OT000199 Role: Co-Investigator (PI: J Robbins) Total Costs: $111,049 Period: 06/30/2015-06/30/2017 Effort: 5% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 7 of 43 Title: “Database Linkage to Study Health Services Use and Educational Outcomes of Children

with Birth Defects in Arkansas” Agency: March of Dimes/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: This project consisted of linkage of birth defects data from ARHMS to existing datasets in

Arkansas that will create a large, retrospective, longitudinal data cohort that can enable us to better understand the utilization of health care and social services and school achievement among children born with birth defects.

Grant # 1U01DD001039-02 Role: Co-Investigator (PI: C Hobbs) Total Costs: $3,500,000 Period: 09/01/2014-2/31/2017 Effort: 20% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD-STEPS)” Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summary: This grant funds the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention and enables

participation as one of six Centers to receive new funding, after the success of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS). This multisite, population-based case-control study builds upon results from the NBDPS and investigates how maternal exposure to medications and chronic diseases, like diabetes and obesity, may increase the risk of having a pregnancy affected with a birth defect.

Grant # ALSEPI2014 Role: Subcontract PI (PI: Lupo) Total Costs: $20,000 Period: 02/01/2015-12/31/2016 (Subaward: Baylor College Medicine) Effort: 2% Institution: Arkansas Children’s Research Institute/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Genetic Overlap between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids Study (GOBACK)” Agency: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Summary: The objectives of this study were to elucidate the relation between birth defects and childhood

cancer, and to identify novel cancer predisposition syndromes. Grant # T03MC07650-07-00 Role: Mentor (PI: O’Rourke) Total Costs: $78,950 Period: 9/01/2012 – 08/31/2014 Effort: N/A Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Doctoral Training Grant Agency: Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)-MCHB Summary: Provided support and training for doctoral students who choose relevant MCH applied

epidemiologic analysis as the basis for their research and dissertation Grant # T03MC07650-03-00 Role: Mentor (MPI: Coulter/ O’Rourke) Total Costs: $26,000 Period: 9/01/2008 – 08/31/2009 Effort: N/A Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: Doctoral Traineeship in Perinatal Epidemiology Agency: Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)-MCHB Summary: Provided support and training for doctoral students who choose relevant MCH applied

epidemiologic analysis as the basis for their research and dissertation Grant # T03MC07650-01-00 Role: Mentor (MPI: O’Rourke/Coulter) Total Costs: $26,000 Period: 9/01/2006 – 08/31/2007 Effort: N/A Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: Doctoral Traineeship in Perinatal Epidemiology Agency: Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)-MCHB Summary: Provided support and training for doctoral students who choose relevant MCH applied

epidemiologic analysis as the basis for their research and dissertation

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 8 of 43 Grant # HHS N275200800002C Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Lipshultz) Total Costs: $14,479,225 Period: 9/26/2008 – 10/30/2011 Effort: 10% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health (Subaward from University of Miami) Title: “Florida National Children’s Study, Hillsborough County”. Agency: National Institutes of Health, NICHD Summary: The purpose of this project was assemble and prospectively follow a cohort of 1200 children

from Hillsborough County, Florida from the prenatal period through childhood to assess environmental exposures on child health and development for the National Children’s Study.

Grant # HHS N275200800002C Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Lipshultz) Total Costs: $15,164,276 Period: 9/26/2008 – 10/30/2011 Effort: 10% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health (Subaward from University of Miami) Title: “Florida National Children’s Study, Orange County”. Agency: National Institutes of Health, NICHD Summary: The purpose of this project was assemble and prospectively follow a cohort of 1200 children

from Orange County, Florida from the prenatal period through childhood to assess environmental exposures on child health and development for the National Children’s Study.

Grant # HHS N275200800002C Role: Co-Principal Investigator Total Costs: $214,618 Period: 10/1/2010 – 09/30/2011 Effort: 10% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Cost-Effective Monitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Breast Milk”. Agency: National Institutes of Health, NICHD Summary: The purpose of this collaborative project with RTI and U Miami, was to develop alternative,

more cost effective methods of testing breast milk for environmental chemicals than standard laboratory methods such as mass spectrometry. These methods were to be used in the National Children’s Study.

Contract # No award number Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $7,800 Period: 3/1/2011–9/1/2011 Effort: N/A Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Statistical Analysis Supporting Childhood Survival among Children with Birth Defects” Agency: University of Texas – Dallas Summary: The purpose of this study was to continue examining risk factors for childhood mortality and

survival among children with birth defects. Grant # No award number Role: Co-Investigator (PI: R. Kirby) Total Costs: $1,025,000 Period: 10/21/2003-06/30/2009 Effort: 10% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Florida Birth Defects Registry” Agency: Florida Department of Health Summary: These funds supported the analytic support for the Florida Birth Defects Registry. Contract # No award number Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $26,839 Period: 12/1/2006 – 5/1/2007 Effort: N/A Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Childhood Survival among Children with Major Birth Defects.” Agency: University of Texas – Dallas Summary: The focus of this study was to determine survival rates and risk factors for mortality for

children with birth defects using data from the Texas Birth Defects Registry.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 9 of 43 Grant # U50/CCU300860 TS-0723 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $420,358 Period: 04/01/2003-09/30/2006 (2 year no-cost extension) Effort: 5% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Mechanisms of Stress Reduction on Pregnancy Outcomes.” Agency: Centers for Disease Control/Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM) Summary: The purpose of this project was to determine the physiologic mechanisms (HPA axis) involved

in psychosocial stress, stress management and risk of preterm birth among African American women.

Grant # U50/CCU300860 TS-0723 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $728,000 Period: 4/01/2003-09/30/2006 (2 year no-cost extension) Effort: 50% Institution: University of South Florida, College of Public Health Title: “Stress Management and Pregnancy Outcomes in Black Women” Agency: Centers for Disease Control/Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM) Summary: The purpose of this project was to determine the efficacy of a stress management intervention

designed to reduce the risk of preterm birth among African American women. Grant # U50/CCU300860 TS-0823 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $420,358 Period: 09/29/2002-03/31/2003 Effort: 5% Institution: Morehouse School of Medicine Title: “Mechanisms of Stress Reduction on Pregnancy Outcomes.” Agency: Centers for Disease Control/Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM) Summary: The purpose of this project was to determine the physiologic pathways (HPA axis) involved in

psychosocial stress, stress management and risk of preterm birth among African American women.

Grant # U50/CCU300860 TS-0723 Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $728,000 Period: 11/30/2001-03/31/2003 (2 year no-cost extension) Effort: 50% Institution: Morehouse School of Medicine Title: “Stress Management and Pregnancy Outcomes in Black Women” Agency: Centers for Disease Control/Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM) Summary: The purpose of this project was to determine the efficacy of a stress management intervention

designed to reduce the risk of preterm birth among African American women. Grant # No award number Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $33,500 Period: 02/1998-04/2000 Effort: 80% Institution: University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health. Title: “First Year Survival and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Anomalies in Texas,

1995-1997.” Agency: Texas Center for Birth Research and Prevention/Texas Department of Health Summary: These funds supported dissertation research which focused on infant mortality and survival

among children with major birth defects. D. CURRENT INTRAMURAL Grant # No award number Role: Principal Investigator Total Costs: $20,000 Period: 01/01/2019-12/31/2021 Effort: NA Institution: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Title: “Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Defects” Agency: UAMS Child Health Pilot Grant Program

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 10 of 43 Summary: This project follow-ups on children ages 6-14 with congenital heart defects from the NBDPS

to determine their risk for neurodevelopmental outcomes during childhood and adolescence. VIII. PUBLICATIONS A. JOURNAL ARTICLES – PEER REVIEWED (+denotes current or former student) (Published under Wendy N Nembhard or Wendy Nembhard) 1. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Sever LE, and Canfield, MA. Patterns of First Year Survival among Infants

with Congenital Anomalies in Texas, 1995-1997. Teratology 64(5): 267-275; 2001. [PMID: 11745833]

2. Din-Dzietham R, Nembhard WN, Collins R, and Davis SK. Perceived Stress Following Race-Based Discrimination at Work is Associated with Hypertension in African-Americans: the Metro-Atlanta Heart Disease Study, 1999-2001. Social Science and Medicine 58(3):449-461; 2004. [PMID: 14652043]

3. Rust G, Nembhard WN, Nichols M, Omole F, Minor P, Barosso G, and Mayberry R. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Provision of Epidural Anesthesia to Georgia Medicaid Beneficiaries during Labor and Delivery American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 191(2): 456-62; 2004. [PMID: 15343221]

4. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Hauser KW, and +Kornosky JL. Are There Ethnic Disparities in Risk of Preterm Birth Among Infants Born with Congenital Heart Defects? Birth Defects Research, Part A 79(11):754-64; 2007. [PMID: 17990335]

5. Nembhard WN, Barnett Pathak E, Schocken DD. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Related to Congenital Heart Defects among Children and Adults in the United States. Ethnicity and Disease 18(4):442-449; 2008. [PMID: 19157248]

6. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, +Salemi JL, and Hauser KW. Is the Prevalence of Specific Types of Congenital Heart Defects Different For Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Infants? Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2010 Mar, 14(2):184-93. doi: 10.1007/s10995-009-0442-9. Epub 2009 Jan 24 [PMID: 19169800]

7. Nembhard WN and Loscalzo ML. Fetal Growth among Infants with Congenital Heart Defects by Maternal Race/Ethnicity. Annals of Epidemiology 2009 May;19(5):311-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.015. Epub 2009 Feb 25. [PMID: 19246208]

8. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Loscalzo ML, Wang T, and Hauser KW. Are Black and Hispanic Infants with Specific Congenital Heart Defects at Increased Risk of Preterm Birth? Pediatric Cardiology 2009 Aug;30(6):800-9. doi: 10.1007/s00246-009-9420-7. Epub 2009 May 2. [PMID: 19412565]

9. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, and +Salemi JL. Variation in the Prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects by Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Infant Sex. Journal of Pediatrics 2010 Feb;156(2):259-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.058. Epub 2009 Oct 9 [PMID: 19818453]

10. Fixler DE, Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, Canfield MA. Mortality in First Five Years in Infants with Functional Single Ventricle Born in Texas, 1996-2003. Circulation 2010 Feb 9;121(5):644-50. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.881904. Epub 2010 Jan 25. [PMID: 20100974]

11. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen MK, Fixler DE, and Canfield MA. Mortality among Infants with Birth Defects: Joint Effects Of Size-At-Birth, Gestational Age & Maternal Ethnicity. Birth Defects Research, Part A 2010 Sep;88(9):728-36. doi: 10.1002/bdra.20696. [PMID: 20672351]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 11 of 43 12. Gilboa SM, +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler DE, and Correa A. Mortality Resulting From Congenital

Heart Disease Among Children and Adults in the United States, 1999-2006. Circulation 2010 Nov 30;122(22):2254-63. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.947002. Epub 2010 Nov 22. [PMID: 21098447; PMCID: PMC4911018]

13. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen MK, Fixler DE, Canfield MA and +DiMaggio A. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Risk of Early Childhood Mortality among Children with Congenial Heart Defects. Pediatrics 2011 May;127(5):e1128-38. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2702. Epub 2011 Apr 18. [PMID: 21502234]

14. Xu X, Nembhard WN, Kan H, Kearney G, Zhang Z and Talbott EO. Urinary Trichlorophenols Levels and Increased Risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among US School-Age Children. J Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011 Aug;68(8):557-61. doi: 10.1136/oem.2010.063859. Epub 2011 May 3. [PMID:21540483; PMCID: PMC3131187]

15. Fixler DE, Nembhard WN, +Xu P, Ethen M, and Canfield MA. Effect of Acculturation and Distance from Cardiac Center on Congenital Heart Disease Mortality. Pediatrics 2012 Jun;129(6):1118-24. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-3114. Epub 2012 May 7. [PMID:22566422]

16. +Trudnak T, Nembhard WN, and +Bowen C. Is Maternal Periodontal Disease Associated with Increased Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes? – A Review. Inter J Dental Health Res Develop 2(1):2250-2386; 2012.

17. Xu X, Nembhard WN, Kan H, Becker A and Talbott EO. Residential Pesticide use is Associated with Children’s Respiratory Symptoms. J Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2012 Oct;54(10):1281-7. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825cb6ae. [PMID:22995816]

18. Chen H, Nembhard WN and Stockwell HG. Sex-specific Effects of Fetal Exposure to the 1959-1961 Chinese Famine on Risk of Adult Hypertension. Mater Child Health J 2014 Apr;18(3):527-33. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1268-z. [PMID:23686648]

19. Nembhard WN, Xu P, Ethen MK, Fixler DE, +Salemi JL, and Canfield MA. Racial/ethnic Disparities in Timing of Death During Childhood Among Children with Congenital Heart Defects. Birth Defects Research, Part A 2013 Oct;97(10):628-40. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23169. [PMID: 24142498]

20. Morris SA, Ethen MK, Penny DJ, Canfield MA, Fixler DE, and Nembhard WN. Prenatal Diagnosis, Birth Location, Surgical Center, and Neonatal Mortality in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Circulation 2014 Jan 21;129(3):285-92. [PMID: 24135071]

21. Fixler DE, +Xu P, Nembhard WN, Ethen MK, and Canfield MA. Age at referral and mortality from

critical congenital heart disease, Pediatrics 2014; Jul;134(1):e98-105. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-2895. [PMID:24982105]

22. Kucik JE, Nembhard WN, Donahue P, Devine O, Wang Y, Minkovitz CS, and Burke T. Community Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Survival of Infants with Congenital Heart Defects. Am J Public Health 2014 Nov;104(11):e150-7. Epub 2014 Sep 11. [PMID: 25211743; PMCID: PMC4202971]

23. Wang Y, Liu G, Canfield MA, Mai CT, Gilboa SM, Meyer RE, Anderka M, Copeland GE, Kucik JE, Nembhard WN, Kirby RS, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Racial/ethnic differences in survival of United States Children with Birth Defects: a population-based study. J Pediatr. 2015 Apr; 166(4): 819-26. e1-2. Epub 2015 Jan 29. [PMID: 25641238; PMCID: PMC4696483]


24. Tinker SC, Carmichael SL, Anderka M, Browne ML, Caspers Conway KM, Meyer RE, Nembhard

WN, Olney RS, and Reefhuis J. Next steps for birth defects research and prevention: The Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy exposureS (BD-STEPS), Birth Defects Research, Part A 2015 Aug;103(8):733-40 doi: 10.1002/bdra.23373. Epub 2015 Apr 6. [PMID: 25846741; PMCID: PMC4537667]

25. +De la Cruz CZ, +Thompson EL, O’Rourke K, and Nembhard WN. Cesarean section and the risk of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in high-income countries: a systematic review. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2015 Dec;292(6):1201-15. DOI 10.1007/s00404-015-3790-2 Epub 2015 Jun 24.[PMID: 26104125]

26. Gilboa SM, Devine OJ, Kucik JE, Oster ME, Riehle-Colarusso T, Nembhard WN, Xu P, Correa A, Jenkins K, and Marelli AJ. (2016) Congenital Heart Defects in the United States – Estimating the Magnitude of the Affected Population in 2010 Circulation 2016 Jul 12;134 (2):101-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019307. Epub 2016 Jul 5.[ PMID: 27382105; PMCID: PMC4942347]

27. Lara D, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, and Morris S. (2016) Prenatal diagnosis, hospital characteristics, and mortality in transposition of the great arteries. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Sep;106(9):739-48. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23525. Epub 2016 Jun 14. [PMID: 27296724]

28. Lara DA, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, Morris SA. (2016) A population-based analysis of mortality in patients with Turner Syndrome and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome using the Texas Birth Defects Registry Cong Heart Dis 2017 Jan;12(1):105-112. doi: 10.1111/chd.12413. Epub 2016 Sep 29. [PMID: 27685952]

29. Nembhard WN, Bourke J, Leonard H, Eckersley L, and Bower C. (2016) 25-Year Survival for Aboriginal and Caucasian Children with Congenital Heart Defects in Western Australia, 1980–2010. Birth Def Res Part A 2016 Dec;106(12):1016-1031. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23572. Epub 2016 Nov 1. [PMID: 27801971]

30. Nembhard WN and Bower C. (2016) Evaluation of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies: 35 Years of Surveillance. Birth Def Res Part A 2016 Nov;106(11):894-904. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23575. [PMID: 27891787]

31. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Hu Z, MacLeod S, Stowe Z, +Webber D and the National Birth Defects

Prevention Study. (2017) Maternal and infant genetic variants, maternal periconceptional use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and risk of congenital heart defects in offspring: population-based study. British Medical Journal BMJ. 2017 Mar 6;356:j832. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j832. [PMID: 28264803]

32. Stingone JA, Luben TJ, Carmichael SM, Aylsworth AS, Botto L, Correa A, Gilboa SM, Langlois PH,

Nembhard WN, Richmond-Bryant J, Shaw GM, Olshan AE and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2017) Maternal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide, Intake of Methyl Nutrients and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring Am J Epidemiol 2017 Sep 15;186(6):719-729. [PMID: 28520847 PMCID: PMC5610640]

33. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Berber KA, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Magann EF, and Lowery C. (2017) Teleultrasound: How Accurate Are We? J Ultrasound Med 2017 Nov;36(11):2329-2335. doi: 10.1002/jum.14304. [PMID:28660654]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 13 of 43 34. Bourke J, Nembhard WN, Wong K, and Leonard H. Twenty-five year survival of Children with

Intellectual Disability in Western Australia. J Pediatr. 2017 Sep;188:232-239.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jul 10. [PMID: 28705655]

35. St. Louis A, Kim K, Browne M, Liu G, Liberman RF, Nembhard WN, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Fornoff J, Kirby RS, National Birth Defects Prevention Network. (2017) Prevalence trends of selected major birth defects: A multi-state population-based retrospective study, United States, 1999-2007 Birth Def Res Part A 2017 Nov 1;109(18):1442-1450. [PMID: 28905502]

36. Srinivasjois R, Nembhard W, Wong K, Bourke J, and Leonard H. Risk of mortality into adulthood according to gestational age at birth. A data linkage study. (2017) J Pediatr 2017 Nov;190:185-191.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.07.051. [PMID: 29144243]

37. Lupo PJ, Isenburg JL, Salemi JL, Mai CT, Liberman RF, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Haight S, Harpavat

S, Hoyt AT, Moore CA, Nembhard WN, Nguyen HN, Rutkowski R, Steele A, Alverson CJ, Stallings EB, Kirby RS. (2017) Population-based birth defects data in the United States, 2010 to 2014: A focus on gastrointestinal defects. Birth Def Res. 2017 Nov 1;109(18):1504-1514. [PMID: 29152924]

38. Lopez KH, Nembhard WN, Wang Y, Liu G, Kucik JE, Copeland G, Gilboa SM, Kirby RS, and

Canfield MA on behalf of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Birth Defects Survival for Hispanic Subgroups. Birth Defects Res. 2017 Dec 1. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1157. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 29195034]

39. +Oladele CR, Pathak EB, Sharma S, Nembhard WN, Dagne G, Himmelgreen D, Yang J and Mason T. (2017) Acculturation and dietary intake pattern among Jamaican immigrants in the U.S. Prev Med Reports DOI 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.12.007 [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 29348996]

40. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, MacLeod S, Levy J, Schaefer GB, Hobbs CA and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2018) Do Paternal Genetic Variants Increase Risk of Conotruncal Heart Defects in their Children? A Parent-Of-Origin Analysis Am J Med Gen 2018 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38611. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 29399948]

41. +Oladele CR, Sharma S, Yang J, Pathak EB, Himmelgreen D, Dagne G, Nembhard W and Mason T. (2018) Food and Nutrient Intakes of Jamaican Immigrants in Florida. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0770-1 [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 29951775]

42. Tang X, Eberhart JK, Cleves MA, Jingyun L, MacLeod S, Nembhard WN and Hobbs CA. (2018) PDGFRA gene, maternal binge drinking and obstructive heart defects. Nature: Science Reports 2018 Jul 23;8(1):11083. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29160-9 [PMID: 30038270]

43. Lee HS, Dickinson J, Tan J, Nembhard WN, and Bower C. (2018) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Impact of contemporary management strategies on perinatal outcomes. Pren Diagnosis 2018 Oct 22. doi: 10.1002/pd.5376. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 30346634]

44. Stallings EB, Isenburg JL, Mai CT, Liberman RF, Moore CA, Canfield MA, Salemi JL, Kirby RS, Short

TD, Nembhard WN, Forestieri NE, Heinke D, Alverson CJ, Romitti PA, Huynh MP, Denson LX, Judson EM, and Lupo PJ for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (2018) Population-based birth defects data in the United States, 2011-2015: A focus on eye and ear defects. Birth Def Res Nov 15;110(19):1478-1486. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1413. Epub 2018 Nov 16. [PMID: 30444307]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 14 of 43 45. Lupo PJ, Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Copeland G,

Meyer RE, Brown AB, Chambers TM, Danysh HE, Carozza SE, Sisoudiya SD, Hilsenbeck SG, Janitz AE, Oster M, Scheuerle AE, Schiffman JD, Luo C, Mian A, Mueller BA, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME and Plon SE (2018) Cancer Risk among Children and Adolescents with Birth Defects: A Population-Based Assessment in 10 Million Live Births JAMA Oncology Jun 20. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.1215. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31219523]

46. Richard MA, Sok P, Canon S, Brown AL, Carmichael S, Peckham-Gregory EC, Nembhard WN, Ehli

EA, Kallsen NA, Peyton SA, Davies GE, Patel A, Zamilpa I, Wyatt RA, Hobbs CA, Scheurer ME, Lupo PJ (2019) Brief Report: The role of genetic variation in DGKK on moderate to severe hypospadias. Birth Defects Research May 18. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1522. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31102501]

47. Nembhard WN, Robbins JM, Ayers B, Collins RT, Shan X, Rabie NZ, Chang D and McElfish PA

(2019). Adverse Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes among Marshallese Women Living in the United States. Mater Child Health J Jun 21. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02775-8. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31228148]

48. Bakker MK, Bergman JEH, Krikov S, Amar E, Cocchi G, Cragan J, de Walle HEK, Gatt M, Groisman

B, Liu S, Nembhard WN, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Chidambarathanu S, Sipek A Jr, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Tucker D, Mastroiacovo P, and Botto LD. (2019) Prenatal Diagnosis and Prevalence of Critical Congenital Heart Defects: an International Retrospective Cohort Study BMJ Open 2019;9:e028139. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028139 [PMID: 31270117]

49. Yu X, Nassar N, Mastroiacovo P, Canfield MA, Groisman B, Bermejo-Sánchez E, Ritvanen A, Kiuru-Kuhlefelt S, Benavides A, Sipek A, Pierini A, Bianchi F, Källén K, Gatt M, Morgan M, Tucker D, Canessa MA, Gajardo R, Mutchinick OM, Szabova E, Csáky-Szunyogh M, Tagliabue G, Cragan JD, Nembhard WN, Rissmann A, Goetz D, Bower C, Baynam G, Lowry RB, Leon JA, Luo W, Rouleau, Zarante I, Fernandez N, Amar E, Dastgiri S, Contiero P, Martínez-de-Villarreal LE, Borman, Bergman JEH, de Walle HEK, Hobbs CA, Nance AE, and Agopian AJ. (2019) Hypospadias Prevalence and Trends in International Birth Defects Surveillance Systems, 1980 to 2010. European Urology Jul 9. pii: S0302-2838(19)30517-2. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.06.027. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31300237]

50. Nembhard WN, McElfish PA, Ayers B, Collins RT, Shan X, Rabie NZ, Zarate YA, +Cen R, and Robbins JA. (2019) Nuclear Radiation and Prevalence of Structural Birth Defects among Infants Born to Women from the Marshall Islands. Birth Def Res Jul 16. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1551. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31313527]

51. Jenkins MM, Almli LM, FPangilinan, Chong JX, Blue EE, Shapira SK, White J, McGoldrick D, Smith J, Mullikin JC, Bean CJ, Nembhard WN, Lou XY, Shaw GM, Romitti PA, Keppler-Noreuil K, Yazdy MM, Kay DM, Carter TC, Olshan AF, Voltzke K, Nascone-Yoder N, Finnell RH, Lupo PJ, Feldkamp ML, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, The University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Nickerson DA, Bamshad MJ, Brody LC, Reefhuis J, and The National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2019). Exome Sequencing of Family Trios from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study: Tapping into a Rich Resource of Genetic and Environmental Data. Birth Defects Res Jul 21. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1554. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31328417]

52. Kroska EB, Meller EW, Doyle R, Coker J, Knight B, Ray-Griffith S, Nembhard WN and Stowe ZN. (2019) Drug Screening During Pregnancy: Urine Dip Cups Measure Up. Drug Alcohol Depend Aug 30;204:107461 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.032. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31521952]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 15 of 43 53. Choi G, Stingone JA, Desrosiers TA, Olshan AF, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Pruitt S, Romitti PA,

Yazdy MM, Browne ML, Langlois PH, Botto L, and Luben TJ. (2019) Maternal exposure to outdoor air pollution and congenital limb deficiencies in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Environ Res Sep 10;179(Pt A):108716. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108716. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31546130]

54. Goel N, Morris JK, Tucker D, de Walle HEK, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Marengo L, Canfield MA,

Kallen K, Lelong N, Lopez Camelo J, Stallings E, Jones A, Nance A, Huynh M-P, Martínez Fernández ML, Sipek Jr A, Pierini A, Nembhard WN, Goetz D, Rissmann A, Groisman B, Luna-Muñoz L, Szabova E, Lapchenko S, Zarante I, Martinez LE, Tagliabue G, Landau D, Gatt M, Dastgiri S, and Morgan M. (2019) Trisomy 13 and 18 – Prevalence and Mortality – a multi-registry population based analysis. Am J Med Genet, Part A 2019 Sep 30. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61365. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 31566869]

55. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Lowery C, San Miguel K, and Magann EF. (2019) Teleultrasound: A Validation Study. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (in press)

56. Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Canfield MA, Bermejo Sanchez E, Contiero P, Cragan J, Dastgiri S, De Walle HEK, Feldkamp M, Nance A, Groisman B, Gatt M, Hurtado Villa PM, Kallen K, Landau K, Lelong N, Lopez Camelo J, Martinez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick O, Nembhard WN, Pierini A, Sipek A, Rissman A, Szabova E, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Mastroiacovo P. (2019) Multi-Registry Population-Based Analysis of Mortality among Neonates and Children with Spina Bifida. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (in press)

57. Stingone JA, Luben TJ, Sheridan S, Langlois PH, Shaw GM, Reefhuis J, Romitti P, Feldkamp ML, Nembhard WN, Browne M, Lin S and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2019) Associations between fine particulate matter, extreme heat events and congenital heart defects. Environ Epidemiol (accepted)

58. Alman B, Stingone JA; Yazdy M; Botto LD; Desrosiers TA; Pruitt S; Herring AH; Langlois PH; Nembhard WN; Shaw GM; Olshan A; and Luben T. (2019) Associations between PM2.5 and risk of preterm birth among controls in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study Ann Epidemiol (accepted)

59. Stallings EB, Isenburg JL, Short TD, Heinke D, Kirby RS, Romitti PA, Canfield MA, O’Leary L, Liberman RF, Forestieri NE, Nembhard WN, Sandidge T, Nestoridi E, Salemi JL, Nance AE, Duckett K, Ramirez G, Shan X, Shi J, and Lupo PJ for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. (2019) Population-based birth defects data in the United States, 2012-2016: A focus on abdominal wall defects. Birth Defects Res (accepted)

B. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW 60. Heinke D, Nestoridi E, Hernandez-Diaz S, Williams PL, Rich-Edwards JW, Lin AE, Van Bennekom

CM, Mitchell AA, Nembhard WN, Fretts RC, Roberts DJ, Duke CW, Carmichael SL, Yazdy MM and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2019) Risk of stillbirth among fetuses with non-syndromic major birth defects: a population-based cohort study Obstet Gynecol (revise/resubmit)

61. Collins RT, Yang W, Carmichael SL, Bolin EH, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2019) Maternal Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring Pediatr Res (revise/resubmit)

62. Farr SL, Klewer S, Nembhard WN, Alter C, Downing KF, Andrews J, Collins RT, Glidewell J, Benavides A, Goudie A, Riehle-Colarusso T, Overman L, Riser AP, Oster ME. (2019) Rationale and


Design of CH STRONG: Congenital Heart Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG. American Heart Journal (under review)

63. Papadopoulos EA, Fisher SC, Hsu W-H, Van Zutphen AR, Nembhard WN, Browne ML for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2019) Maternal hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and preterm birth: a comparison of logistic and Cox proportional hazards models. Am J Epidemiol (under review)

64. Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Alverson G, Langlois PH, Meyer RE, Canfield MA,, Rasmussen SA, Chambers TM, Spector LG, Plon SE, and Lupo PJ. (2019) Cancer Diagnostic Profile in Children with Structural Birth Defects: An Assessment in 15,000 Childhood Cancer Cases. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (under review)

65. Politis MD, Bermejo Sánchez E, Canfield MA, Contiero P, Cragan JD, Dastgiri S, de Walle HEK, Feldkamp M, Nance A, Groisman B, Gatt M, Benavides Lara A, Hurtado Villa PM, Kallén K, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez Camelo JS, Martinez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Šípek A, Szabova E, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Mastroiacovo P and Nembhard WN (2019) Prevalence and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Multi-Registry Analysis. JAMA Pediatrics (CDC Clearance)

66. Nembhard WN,* Bergman JEH*, Politis MD, Bermejo Sánchez E, Canfield MA, Contiero P, Cragan JD, Dastgiri S, de Walle HEK, Feldkamp M, Nance A, Groisman B, Gatt M, Hurtado Villa PM, Kallén K, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez-Camelo JS, Martinez L, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Pierini A, Rissmann A, Šípek A, Szabova E, Wertelecki W, Zarante I, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Mastroiacovo P for the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (2019) A Multi-Country Study of Prevalence and Under Age 5 Mortality among Children Born with Omphalocele, 1974-2014. (CDC Clearance) *both authors contributed equally

C. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Fixler DE, Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, Canfield MA. Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Mortality in First 5 Years in Infants With Functional Single Ventricle Born in Texas, 1996-2003” Circulation 2010 Feb 9;121(5):644-50. Epub 2010 Jan 25. [PMID: 20100974] Chen H, Nembhard WN, and Stockwell HG. Letter to the Editor Regarding: “Within-Person versus Traditional Study Designs: How to Evaluate Study Designs?” J Clin Epidemiol 2013 Mar;66(3):350-1. [PMID:22959590] D. EDITORIALS/COMMENTARIES Kirby RS and Nembhard WN, Enhancing Methods for Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance Programs. J Registry Manag 2013; 40(1): 3. [PMID: 23778691] Kirby RS and Nembhard WN, Increasing the Utility of Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance Program Data. J Registry Manag 2014; 41(1): 3. [PMID: 24893180] E. BOOKS AND REPORTS Nembhard WN. First Year Survival and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Anomalies in Texas, 1995-1997. DAI-B 61/08; 2001 ProQuest. (Dissertation)

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 17 of 43 F. PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (+ denotes current or former student) 1. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Canfield MA. Patterns of First Year Mortality among Infants with Selected

Congenital Anomalies in Texas, 1995 to 1997. Frontiers in Fetal Health 3(2): 57; 2001

2. Waller DK, Anderson JL, Nembhard WN, Scheuerle A, Wright D, Canfield, M. Dieting, Diet-Related Behaviors and Risk of Neural Tube Defects: Results from the Texas Birth Defects Research Center, 1996 to 2000. Frontiers in Fetal Health 3(2):54; 2001

3. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, and Canfield MA. Factors Associated with Poor First Year Survival among Infants with Transposition of the Great Vessels and Tetralogy of Fallot: Texas, 1995-1997. Am J Epidemiol 153(11) Suppl(S193); Jun 2001

4. Nembhard WN, Liu Y, and Davis SK. Preeclampsia and Eclampsia among Caucasian, African American, Hispanic and Asian Women in California, 1991-1998. Am J Epidemiol 153(11) Suppl: S342; Jun 2002

5. Nembhard WN, Collins R, Liu Y, and Davis SK. Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Intake among White, Black and Hispanics by Body Mass Index, 1996-2000. Am J Epidemiol 155(11) Suppl: S226; Jun 2002

6. Collins R, Nembhard WN, Liu Y, and Davis SK. Are the Dietary Guidelines Working? Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Am J Epidemiol 155 (11): Suppl S125; Jun 2002

7. Ayala C, Nembhard WN, Donehoo RS, Miles AM. Trends in the incidence of pregnancy-related hypertension in the U.S., 1993-2000. Am J Epidemiol 157(11): Suppl S065; Jun 2003

8. Nembhard WN, Barnett E, Schocken D. Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Associated With Congenital Heart Defects in Children and Adults in the U.S. Am J Epidemiol 165(11): Suppl S002; Jun 2007

9. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Hauser KA, and +Kornosky JL. Are there ethnic disparities in risk of preterm birth for infants with congenital heart defects? Epidemiol 18(5) Suppl S15; Sept 2007

10. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, +Salemi JL, and Hauser KW. Are there differences in the

prevalence of congenital heart defects among NH-Black, NH-White and Hispanic infants? Am J Epidemiol 167(11): Suppl(S217); Jun 2008

11. Nembhard WN, Salemi JL, Ethen MK, Fixler DE, and Canfield MA. Joint Effects of Gestational Age, Size at Birth and Maternal Ethnicity on Mortality Among Children with Birth Defects. Am J Epidemiol 171:S9-S9, Suppl(11) Jun 2010.

12. Nembhard WN, Salemi J, Thumm J, Ethen M, Fixler D, and Canfield MA. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Timing of Death During Early Childhood Among Children with Congenital Heart Defects. J Epidemiol Comm Health 65: A282-A282, Suppl(1). DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976j.52. Aug 2011.

13. Morris S, Ethen M, Canfield MA, Fixler DE and Nembhard WN. (2012) Birth Far from a Cardiac Surgical Center is Associated with Increased Mortality for Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 59(13) Supplement S, Page e770, March 2012

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 18 of 43 14. Tunuguntla H, Nembhard WN, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Fixler DE, Morris SA. (2013) The Impact of

Institutional Stage I Surgical Volume on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Hospital Charges in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Review Of The Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File From 1999-2012. Circulation 128(22): Suppl(S) Meeting Abstract 18011. Nov 2013.

15. Lara D, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, and Morris S. (2014) Mortality in Patients with Turner Syndrome and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. J American Coll Cardiol 65(10) Supplement 17, Page a545, March 2015

16. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe Z, Webber D, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Maternal and Infant Genetic Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways Modify the Association between Prenatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Use and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects. Birth Defects Res, Part A 106(5): Special Issue: SI, page 398; Abstract 28 May 2016.

17. Bourke J, Leonard H, and Nembhard W. Long-term survival in Western Australian Children with Intellectual Disabilities. J Intellect Dis Res 60(7-8): 642-642, Special Issue(SI). Jul-Aug 2016

18. Magann EF, Rabie NZ, Ounpraseuth S, Barber K, Nembhard WN, and Sandlin AT. Teleultrasound: How Accurate Are We? Australian NZ J Obstet Gynecol 56: Suppl(1): 10-11. Meeting Abstract 436. Oct 2016

19. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Lowery C, San Miguel K, and Magann EF. Teleultrasound: A Validation Study. Obstet Gynecol 129: Suppl(1): 167S-167S. Meeting Abstract 15P. DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000514089.05075.10. May 2017.

20. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Lowery C, San Miguel K, and Magann EF. Teleultrasound: A Validation Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 218(1): Suppl(S): S264-S265. Meeting Abstract 436. Jan 2018.

21. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe ZN, Webber D, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Maternal and Infant Genetic Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways, Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects among Women takin Prenatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors during Pregnancy. Birth Defects Res, Part A 110(Suppl):753-767(Page 763); May 2018.

22. Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Meyer RE, Sisoudiya SD, Janitz AE, Scheurle AE, Mueller BA, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME, Plon SE, Lupo PJ. A population-based assessment of cancer risk among children with non-chromosomal birth defects in 10 million live births. Cancer Res 78(13): Suppl (S). Meeting Abstract: LB-161. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-LB-161. Jul 2018.

23. Nembhard WN, Luo C, Leonard H, Bourke J and Bower C. Intellectual Disability in Children with Congenital Heart Defects in Western Australia. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4) Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.822 Sept 2018

24. Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Meyer RE, Sisoudiya SD, Janitz AE, Scheurle AE, Mueller BA, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME, Plon SE, Lupo PJ. Co-occurrence of Birth Defects and Pediatric Cancer: A Population Perspective. Birth Defects Res 111(9), Special Issue(SI): 452-476, Page 461, Meeting Abstract S18. May 2019

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Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 19 of 43 G. INVITED PAPERS, POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. INTERNATIONAL (+ denotes current or former student) Oral Presentations 1. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Sever LE, and Canfield MA. (2005) Ethnic Differences in First Year

Survival for Infants with Selected Birth Defects. Oral Presentation at the XVII World Congress of Epidemiology, Bangkok, Thailand.

2. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Sever LE, and Canfield MA. (2005) Differences in Survival for Boys and Girls with Selected Birth Defects. Oral Presentation at the XVII World Congress of Epidemiology, Bangkok, Thailand.

3. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Loscalzo ML, Wang T, and Hauser KW. (2008) Risk of Preterm Birth for Black and Hispanic Infants with Major Congenital Heart Defects. Oral presentation at the Pediatric Academies Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 3 – 7. (abstract #751736)

4. Robbins JM, Nugent RN, Goudie A, and Nembhard WN. Database Linkage to Study Health Services Use and Educational Outcomes of Children with Birth Defects in Arkansas (2015) Oral Presentation at The Farr Institute’s First International Conference on Population Health Data Linkage and Health Informatics, St. Andrew’s, Scotland, August 26-28.

5. Robbins JM, Collins RT, Onukwube JI, Nembhard WN, Goudie A Congenital heart defect hospitalizations in Arkansas over the adult lifespan, 2004 through 2012 (2015) Oral Presentation at The Farr Institute’s First International Conference on Population Health Data Linkage and Health Informatics, St. Andrew’s, Scotland, August 26-28.

6. Nembhard WN, Bourke J, Leonard H, Eckersley L, and Bower C. Long-Term Survival of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children with Congenital Heart Defects In Western Australia, 1980 – 2010. (2015) Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse of Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Spoleto, Italy, September 10-13.

7. Nembhard WN and Bower C. An Evaluation of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies: Thirty-Five Years of Surveillance. (2015) Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse of Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Spoleto, Italy, September 10-13.

8. Srinivasjois R, Nembhard WN, Bourke J, Leonard H. Risk of Mortality and Gestational Age at Birth. (2016) Presented at the 20th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. Queensland, Australia, May 22-25.

9. Leonard H, Bourke J, and Nembhard WN. Long term survival in children with intellectual disability in Western Australia. (2016) Presented at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Melbourne, Australia, August 15-19.

10. Bakker MK, Amar E, Cocchi G, Cragan J, De Walle HEK, Gatt M, Groisman B, Liu S, Nembhard WN, Pierni A, Rissmann A, Shanthi C, Sipek A, Szabova E, Tagliabue G, Tucker D, Mastroiacovo P, Krikov S, and Botto L. Use and Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Defects: An International Study. (2016) Oral presentation at the Annual Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Meeting Magdeburg, Germany, September 18-22

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 20 of 43 11. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe Z, Webber D, and the National Birth Defects

Prevention Study. Do Common Variants in Maternal and Infant Genes in the Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways Modify the Association between Prenatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Use and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects? (2016) Oral presentation at the Annual Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Meeting Magdeburg, Germany, September 18-22.

12. Lee HS, Dickinson J, Tan J, Nembhard WN, and Bower C. (2018) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia:

Impact of contemporary management strategies on perinatal outcomes. 22nd International Conference on Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy. Antwerp, Belgium, July 8-11.

13. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe ZN, Webber D and the National Birth Defects

Prevention Study. (2018) Maternal and Infant Genetic Polymorphisms in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways, Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects among Women with Prenatal Exposure to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Platform presentation (short talk) at the Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism FASEB Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 2.

14. Choi G, Stingone J, Desrosiers T, Olshan A, Nembhard W, Shaw G, Pruitt S, Romitti P, Yazdy M,

Browne M, Langlois P, and Luben T. (2018) “Maternal exposure to outdoor air pollution and congenital limb deficiencies in National Birth Defects Prevention Study” Presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE), Ottawa, Canada, August 26-30.

15. Nembhard WN, Luo C, Leonard H, Bourke J, and Bower C. Intellectual Disability in Children with

Congenital Heart Defects in Western Australia. (2018) Presented at the 2018 International Population Data Linkage Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 12-14, 2018.

16. Nembhard WN, McElfish PA, Britni Ayers, PhD; R. Thomas Collins, MD; Nader Z. Rabie, MD; Yuri

A. Zarate, MD; Xiaoyi Shan, PhD; Ruiqi Cen, MPH; and James A. Robbins, PhD (2018). Prevalence of Birth Defects among Immigrants from the Marshall Islands: A Controversy Revisited? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research. Prague, Czech Republic. September 30-October 3.

Poster Presentations 17. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, and Canfield MA. (2001) Factors Associated with Poor First Year

Survival among Infants with Transposition of the Great Vessels and Tetralogy of Fallot: Texas, 1995-1997. Poster Presentation at the North American Congress of Epidemiology 2001. Toronto, Canada

18. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Sever LE, and Canfield MA. (2005) Ethnic-Specific Survival for Babies

Born with Birth Defects. Poster Presentation at the Second International Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in the Developing World, Beijing, China.

19. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Sever LE, and Canfield MA. (2005) First –Year Survival for Boys and

Girls Born with Major Birth Defects. Poster Presentation at the Second International Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in the Developing World, Beijing, China.

20. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Hauser KA, and +Kornosky JL. (2007) Are there ethnic disparities in risk of preterm birth for infants with congenital heart defects? Poster Presentation at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Mexico City, Mexico, September 4 –8. (abstract #139)

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 21 of 43 21. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, and +Salemi JL. (2009) Prevalence of congenital heart defects

by race/ethnicity and sex. 12th World Congress on Public Health, Istanbul, Turkey, April 27-May 1 (abstract # 90.14).

22. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen MK, and Canfield MA. (2009) The Effect of Preterm Birth, Fetal

Growth & Maternal Ethnicity on Mortality in Infants with Birth Defects. 4th International Conference on Birth Defects & Disabilities in the Developing World, New Delhi, India, October 4 – 7.

23. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, +Thumm J, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, and Canfield MA. (2011) Racial/Ethnic

Disparities in the Timing of Death during Early Childhood among Children with Congenital Heart Defects. 19th World Congress on Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August 7-11.

24. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, +Thumm J and Canfield MA. (2012) Racial/Ethnic

Disparities in the Timing of Death during Early Childhood among Children with Congenital Heart Defects. World Congress on Public Health, Addis Abba, Ethiopia, April 25-29.

25. Nembhard WN, Bourke J, Leonard H, Eckersley L, and Bower C. Does Infant Mortality Differ for Late

Preterm Term and Early Term Infants with Congenital Heart Defects? (2015) Poster presentation at the 7th International Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in Developing Countries, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, September 21-23.

26. Nembhard WN, +Rahman S, Fixler DE, Ethen ME, Mbah A, and Canfield MA. Prenatal Exposure to

Maternal Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Infant and Childhood Mortality among Children with Birth Defects. (2015) Poster presentation at the 9th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Cape Town, South Africa. November 18-21.

27. Nembhard WN, Bai S, Luo C, Carmichael S, Zarate YA, Magann EF, Krellwitz-Gonzalez L, Stallings-

Archer K, Hobbs CA, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Risk Factors for Birth Defects among Liveborn and Stillborn Infants and by Maternal Race/Ethnicity: Findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2017) World Congress on Epidemiology, Saitama, Japan, August 19-22.

28. Nembhard WN, Luo C, Danysh H, Mian A, and Lupo PJ. Do Children with Non-Syndromic Structural

Birth Defects Have Increased Risk of Childhood Cancer? (2017) Oral presentation at the 8th International Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in Developing Countries, Bogota, Columbia November.

29. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe ZN, Webber D and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2018) Maternal and Infant Genetic Polymorphisms in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways, Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects among Women with Prenatal Exposure to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Poster presentation at the Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism FASEB Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 1. (poster #75)

30. MD Politis, E Bermejo Sánchez, MA Canfield, P Contiero, JD Cragan, S Dastgiri, HEK de Walle, M

Feldkamp, A Nance, B Groisman, M Gatt, A Benavides Lara, PM Hurtado Villa, K Kallén, D Landau, N Lelong, JS Lopez Camelo, L Martinez, M Morgan, OM Mutchinick, A Pierini, A Rissmann, A Šípek, E Szabova, W Wertelecki, I Zarante, MK Bakker, V Kancherla, P Mastroiacovo and Nembhard WN ┼ (2019) Prevalence and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Multi-Registry Analysis. 46th Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 8-11. ┼presenter

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 22 of 43 31. ElHassan NO, Young SG, Gokun Y, Wan F and Nembhard WN┼. (2019) Temporal Trends and Spatial

Variability of the Prevalence of Gastroschisis in Arkansas, 1998-2013. 46th Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 8-11. ┼presenter

32. Nembhard WN, Bircan E, Politis MD, Gokun Y, Luo C, Leonard H, Bourke J, and Bower C. (2019)

Intellectual Disabilities and Autism in Children with Congenital Heart Defects born in Western Australia, 1980-2010. 8th Annual Meeting of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative, Toronto, Canada. October 11-13.

33. MD Politis, E Bermejo Sánchez, MA Canfield, P Contiero, JD Cragan, S Dastgiri, HEK de Walle, M

Feldkamp, A Nance, B Groisman, M Gatt, A Benavides Lara, PM Hurtado Villa, K Kallén, D Landau, N Lelong, JS Lopez Camelo, L Martinez, M Morgan, OM Mutchinick, A Pierini, A Rissmann, A Šípek, E Szabova, W Wertelecki, I Zarante, MK Bakker, V Kancherla, P Mastroiacovo and Nembhard WN ┼ (2020) Prevalence and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Multi-Registry Analysis. 9th International Conference on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities in Developing Countries, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March.

2. NATIONAL (+ denotes current or former student) 34. Nembhard WN, Davis SK, Liu Y. (2000) Obesity, Extreme Obesity and Associated Social Factors

among Women of Color: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1989-1994. Poster Presentation at the Community Prevention Research in Women’s Health Conference. Bethesda, Maryland.

35. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, Canfield MA. (2001) Patterns of First Year Mortality among Infants with

Selected Congenital Anomalies in Texas, 1995 to 1997. Oral Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network. San Antonio, Texas.

36. Waller DK, Anderson JL, Nembhard WN, Scheuerle A, Wright D, Canfield, M. (2001) Dieting, Diet-

Related Behaviors and Risk of Neural Tube Defects: Results from the Texas Birth Defects Research Center, 1996 to 2000. Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Conference. San Antonio, Texas.

37. Nembhard WN, Davis SK, Liu Y. (2002) Risk of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension among African-

American Women. Poster Presentation at the 16th Annual National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Atlanta, Georgia.

38. Nembhard WN, Liu Y, Hutto-Woods C, Jennings T, Collins, Davis SK. (2002) Single-Parent Status and

Hypertension among African-American Women: The Metro-Atlanta Heart Disease Study. Poster Presentation at the 16th Annual National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Atlanta, Georgia.

39. Collins R, Liu Y, Nembhard WN, Hutto-Woods C, Jennings T, Sellers D, and Davis SK. (2002) Social

Constraints and CVD Risk Factor Clustering in African-Americans: The MAHDS Study. Poster Presentation at the 16th Annual National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Atlanta, Georgia.

40. Nembhard WN, Collins R, Liu Y, and Davis SK. (2002) Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Three

Racial/Ethnic Groups by Body Mass Index, 1996-2000 Poster Presentation at the 19th Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 23 of 43 41. Collins R, Nembhard WN, Liu Y, and Davis SK. (2002) Are the Dietary Guidelines and Social

Marketing Campaigns Working? Five-Year Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Body Mass Index. Oral Presentation at the 19th Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

42. Nembhard WN, Liu Y, and Davis SK. (2002) Preeclampsia and Eclampsia among Caucasian, African

American, Hispanic and Asian Women in California, 1991-1998. Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), Palm Desert, California.

43. Nembhard WN, Collins R, Liu Y, and Davis SK. (2002) Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Intake among

White, Black and Hispanics by Body Mass Index, 1996-2000. Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), Palm Desert, California.

44. Collins R, Nembhard WN, Liu Y, and Davis SK. (2002) Are the Dietary Guidelines Working? Trends

in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Oral Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), Palm Desert, California.

45. Nembhard WN. (2002) Maternal Stress and Premature Labor: Is It a Cause? Is There a Cure? Oral

Presentation at the Second Annual Primary Care Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. 46. Ayala C, Nembhard WN, Donehoo RS, Miles AM. (2003) Trends in the incidence of pregnancy-

related hypertension in the U.S., 1993-2000. Poster presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research 36th Annual Meeting. June. (poster #103).

47. Ayala C, Nembhard WN, Donehoo RS, Miles AM. (2004) Trends in the Trends in the incidence of

pregnancy-induced hypertension in the U.S., 1993-2000. 2nd National CDC Prevention Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke: Charting the Course. Atlanta, Georgia August.

48. Nembhard WN, Hauser K, and +Salemi J. (2006) Does intrauterine growth influence risk of preterm

birth in black infants with congenital heart defects? Poster Presentation at the Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. June.

49. Nembhard WN, Hauser KW, and +Salemi JL. (2006) Fetal growth and risk of preterm birth in non-

Hispanic white, black and Hispanic infants with congenital heart defects. Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. November.

50. Nembhard WN, Barnett E, Schocken D. (2006) Mortality Associated with Congenital Heart Defects in

Children and Adults in the United States, 2000. Oral Presentation at the 12th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. December.

51. Nembhard WN, +Salemi J, Hauser KW and +Kornosky JL. (2007) Are Black infants with congenital

heart defects at increased risk of preterm birth? Poster Presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. February.

52. Nembhard WN, Barnett E, Schocken D. (2007) Are there ethnic disparities in mortality associated with

congenital heart defects in children and adults in the United States? Poster Presentation at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting (SPER), Boston, Massachusetts. June

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 24 of 43 53. Nembhard WN, Barnett E, Schocken D. (2007) Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Associated With

Congenital Heart Defects in Children and Adults in the U.S. Poster Presentation at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), Boston, Massachusetts. June.

54. +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Hauser KW, and Correia JA. (2007) Does race influence the risk of preterm birth in infants with congenital heart defects? Oral presentation at the 13th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. December.

55. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Loscalzo ML, Wang T, and Hauser KW. (2008) Risk of Preterm Birth for

Black and Hispanic Infants with Major Congenital Heart Defects. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Washington, DC, February 10-13 (abstract #C3.3)

56. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, +Salemi JL, and Hauser KW. (2008) Are there differences in

the prevalence of congenital heart defects among NH-Black, NH-White and Hispanic infants? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Chicago, Illinois, June 22-23

57. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, +Salemi JL, and Hauser KW. (2008) Are there differences in

the prevalence of congenital heart defects among NH-Black, NH-White and Hispanic infants? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Chicago, Illinois, June 23-27

58. Nembhard WN, Wang T, Loscalzo ML, and +Salemi JL. (2008) Prevalence of congenital heart defects

by race/ethnicity and sex: Findings from the Florida Birth Defects Registry. Oral presentation at the Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, December 12-14.

59. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, and Canfield MA. (2009) The role of maternal ethnicity,

gestational age and size at birth on childhood survival for infants born with selected birth defects. Oral presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, February 24.

60. +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler, DA, Canfield MA, and Ethen MA. (2009) Defect- specific survival experience of infants with five major congenital heart defects. Poster presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, February 22-24. **received best poster award in its category

61. +Trudnak T, Nembhard WN, and Bowen C. (2009) Maternal Periodontal Infection and Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Oral presentation at the Annual American Public health Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 11. Abstract #201995.

62. Gilboa SM, +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler DE, Correa A. (2009) Mortality due to selected

congenital heart defects among infants, children, and adults - United States, 1999-2005. Poster presentation at the Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, Florida December 9-11.

63. +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler, DA, Canfield MA, and Ethen MA. (2009) Mortality among infants with single ventricle heart defects. Poster presentation at the Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, Florida December 9-11.

64. +Salemi JL, Nembhard WN, Fixler, DA, Canfield MA, and Ethen MA. (2009) The Joint and Separate Affects of Gestational Age, Fetal Growth and Maternal Ethnicity on Mortality Among Infants without


birth defects. Poster presentation at the Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, Florida December 9-11.

65. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, and Canfield MA. (2009) Separate and Joint Effects of

Gestational Age, Size at Birth and Maternal Ethnicity on Childhood Mortality among Infants with Birth Defects. Poster presentation at the Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, Florida December 9-11.

66. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, Fixler DE, and Canfield MA. (2010) Joint Effects of Gestational

Age, Size at Birth and Maternal Ethnicity on Childhood Mortality among Infants with Birth Defects. Poster presentation at the Annual Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 22.

67. Dieber TB, Shahrukh Hashmi S, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, and Hecht JT (2010)

Population-based Survival Analysis of Children Born with Orofacial Clefts in Texas. Annual American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2-6.

68. Nembhard WN, +Salemi JL, Ethen M, Fixler DE, and Canfield MA. (2010) Racial/Ethnic Differences in

Early Childhood Mortality among Infants Born with Congenital Heart Defects, Texas, 1996-2003. Oral presentation at the Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, Texas December 8-10.

69. Bandstra ES, Duara S, O’Rourke K, Nembhard WN, Buehler S, Suguihara C, Azizan A, Puia-Dumitrescu M, McKay I, Deojay DM, and Wilson NK. (2011) Cost-Effective Monitoring of Environmental Chemicals in Breast Milk National Children’s Study Research Day, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, August 24.

70. Kucik JE, Alverson CJ, Marengo L, Nembhard WN and Honein M. (2012) Disparities in survival

among infants with congenital heart defects: Do communities matter? Poster presentation at the 2012 Joint National Birth Defects Prevention Network and National Birth Defects Prevention Study Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, February 27-29.

71. +Conklin C, Nembhard WN, Fixler DE, Canfield MA, O’Rourke K, Schwartz SW, Wang W, and Ethen MK. (2012) Disparities in Early Childhood Survival and Mortality among Children with Congenital Tricuspid Valve Atresia by Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Infant Sex Poster presentation at the 2012 Joint National Birth Defects Prevention Network and National Birth Defects Prevention Study Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, February 27-29.

72. Morris S, Ethen M, Canfield MA, Fixler DE and Nembhard WN (2012) Birth Far from a Cardiac

Surgical Center is Associated with Increased Mortality for Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Chicago, IL, March 24-27.

73. Wang Y, Liu G, Anderka M, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Gilboa S, Kucik J, Mai C, Meyer R, Nembhard

WN, and Kirby RS. (2013) Survival of infants with selected major birth defects: A multi-state, population-based survival analysis, 1999-2006. Poster presentation at the Joint Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, Atlanta, GA, February 25-27.

74. Kucik JE, Burke T, Donahue P, Minkovitz C, Nembhard WN, and Wang Y. (2013) Survival among

Infants with Congenital Heart Defects: Do Communities Matter? American Public Health Association Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2-6.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 26 of 43 75. Oladele C+, Barnett Pathak E, Sharma S, Himmelgreen D, Nembhard WN, Dagne G, Yang J, and

Mason TJ. (2013) An Assessment of Acculturation and Dietary Patterns among Jamaican Immigrants in Florida. American Public Health Association Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2-6.

76. Morris SA, Ethen MK, Penny DJ, Canfield MA, Fixler DE, and Nembhard WN. (2013)

Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Lack of Prenatal Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Population-Based Study. 24th Annual American Society of Echocardiography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 29 – July 2.

77. Lara D, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, Morris SA. (2013) The Effect of Prenatal

Diagnosis, Proximity to a Surgical Center and Surgical Center Volume on Neonatal Mortality in Infants with Dextrotransposition of the Great Arteries. Submitted to the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, October.

78. Tunuguntla H, Nembhard WN, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Fixler DE, Morris SA. (2013) The Impact of

Institutional Stage I Surgical Volume on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Hospital Charges in Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Review Of The Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File From 1999-2012. Oral presentation at the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions November.

79. Nembhard WN. (2014) Using Death Records to Understand Disparities in Mortality and Survival. Oral

presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Virtual Meeting. April 23rd. 80. Lara D, Fixler DE, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nembhard WN, and Morris S. (2014) Mortality in Patients

with Turner Syndrome and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Heart Association, Chicago, Illinois, October

81. Alman B, Stingone J, Anderka M, Arthur S, Aylsworth, Botto L, Correa A, Gilboa SM, Herring AH,

Langlois PH, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Siffel C, Olshan AF, Luben TJ and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2015) Associations between PM2.5 and preterm birth among controls in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (1999 to 2006). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research June

82. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, MacLeod SL, Hobbs CA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention

Study Are Paternal Genetic Variants In The Folate, Homocysteine, And Trans-Sulfuration Pathways Independently Associated With Increased Risk Of Congenital Heart Defects? (2015) Oral presentation at the Annual National Birth Defects Prevention Network Meeting Arlington VA, October

83. Nembhard WN, Bourke J, Leonard H, Eckersley L and Bower C. 25-Year Survival Of Caucasian And

Aboriginal Children With Congenital Heart Defects In Western Australia (2015). Poster presentation at the Annual National Birth Defects Prevention Network Meeting Arlington VA, October

84. Eckersley L, Nembhard WN, Parry E, Sadler L, Finucane K, Gentles T. Population Risk Factors for

Infant Mortality with Major Congenital Heart Disease in New Zealand (2016) Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology Chicago, Illinois, April 2-4.

85. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe Z, Webber D, and the National Birth Defects

Prevention Study. Maternal and Infant Genetic Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways Modify the Association between Prenatal Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Use and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects (2016) Oral presentation at the Annual Teratology Society Meeting San Antonio, TX, June 25-29

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Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 27 of 43 86. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Berber KA, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Magann EF, and Lowery C. (2016)

Teleultrasound: How Accurate Are We? Oral presentation at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Armed Forces District Meeting. Orlando, FL, September 18-21. Abstract #30


Archer K, Hobbs CA, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Prevalence of Selected Birth Defects among Stillborns in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study by Maternal Race/Ethnicity (2017) Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, Washington June. 20-23.


Archer K, Hobbs CA, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Prevalence of Selected Birth Defects among Stillborns in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study by Maternal Race/Ethnicity (2017) Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, Washington June 19-20.

89. Papadopoulos E, Fisher S, Hsu WH, Van Zutphen A, Nembhard WN, Browne M. Maternal

hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and preterm birth in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study,1997-2011. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, Washington June 19-20.

90. Nembhard WN, Luo C, Danysh H, Mian A, and Lupo PJ. Risk of Childhood Cancer among Children

Born with Structural Birth Defects in Arkansas. (2017) Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Denver, Colorado June 24-28.

91. Cleves MA; Tang X; Eberhart JK; Li M; MacLeod S; Nembhard WN, Hobbs CA and the National

Birth Defects Prevention Study. Platelet-derived growth factor genes, maternal binge drinking and obstructive heart defects. (Poster/PgmNr 2899W) Poster presentation at the 67th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, October 18, 2017, Orlando, FL.

92. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, MacLeod SL, Levy J, Schaefer GB and Hobbs CA and the National Birth

Defects Study. (2018) Parent of Origin Effects for Common Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Transsulfuration Pathways and Risk of Obstructive Heart Defects in a Large Population-Based Study. Poster presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network & Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study Meeting. Atlanta, GA. March 11-13

93. Nembhard WN, McElfish PA, Shan X, Chang D, Collins RT, Rabie NZ and Robbins JM (2018).

Prevalence of Birth Defects among Immigrants from the Marshall Islands. Poster presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Meeting. Atlanta, GA. March 11-13

94. Heinke D, Nestoridi E, Hernandez-Diaz S, Williams PL, Rich-Edwards JW, Lin AE, Van Bennekom

CM, Mitchell AA, Nembhard WN, Fretts R, Roberts DJ, Duke W, Carmichael SL, Yazdy MM. (2018) Risk of Stillbirth among Fetuses with Non-syndromic major Birth Defects: A population-based study incorporating estimates of the impact of competing events. Platform presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network & Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Atlanta, GA. March 11-13

95. Rabie NZ, Sandlin AT, Ounpraseuth S, Nembhard WN, Lowery C, San Miguel K, and Magann EF.

Teleultrasound: A Validation Study. (2018) Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), New York City, New York. March 24-28

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 28 of 43 96. Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Copeland G, Meyer RE, Brown AL, Chambers TM,

Danysh HE, Sisoudiya S, Luo C, Mian A, Scheurer ME, Plon SE, and Lupo PJ. (2018) #LB-161/4: A population-based assessment of cancer risk among children with non-chromosomal birth defects in 10 million live births. Presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois, April 14-18, 2018

97. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Li J, MacLeod SL, Levy J, Schaefer GB and Hobbs CA and the National Birth

Defects Study. (2018) Parent of Origin Effects for Common Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Transsulfuration Pathways and Risk of Obstructive Heart Defects in a Large Population-Based Study. Poster presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. June 19-21.

98. Nembhard WN, Tang X, Hu Z, MacLeod SL, Stowe ZN, Webber D and the National Birth Defects

Prevention Study. (2018) Maternal and Infant Genetic Variants in Folate, Homocysteine and Trans-sulfuration Pathways, Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects among Women Taking Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors During Pregnancy. Platform presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society. Clearwater, FL, June 25.

99. Elhassan N, Young S, Gokun Y; Wan F and Nembhard WN. (2019) Prevalence and Spatial Variability

of Gastroschisis in Arkansas, 1998-2013. Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 27-30.

100. Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Meyer RE,

Sisoudiya SD, Janitz AE, Scheurle AE, Mueller BA, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME, Plon SE, Lupo PJ. Co-occurrence of Birth Defects and Pediatric Cancer: A Population Perspective. (2019) Platform Presentation at the 59th Meeting of the Teratology Society. San Diego, CA, June 22-26, 2019.

101. Sabo A, Schraw JM, Jayaseelan J, Lei Y, Finnell RH, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Carmichael SL,

Romitti PA, Werler MM, Browne ML, Olshan AF, Canfield MA, Agopian AJ, Feldkamp ML, Bamshad MJ, Nickerson DA, Chong JX, Blue EE, White J, Mullikin JC, Pangilinan F, Brody LC, Muzny D, Gibbs R, Harpavat S, Lupo PJ, and The National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Exome sequencing in biliary atresia family trios: investigating ciliopathy genes. American Society for Human Genetics

102. Heinke D, Swanson S, Williams PL, Nembhard WN and Yazdy MM. Use of risk bounds to

quantify potential bias in absolute risk estimates due to competing events: an application to survival with birth defects. (2019) Society for Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 18-19.

103. Marcotte EL, Schraw J, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Meyer RE,

Plon SE, Lupo PL. (2019) Sex ratio disparities and the risk of childhood cancer: evaluating the mediating effect of birth defects among 15,000 childhood cancer cases. American Association for Cancer Research Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research Meeting. September 17-20.

104. Farr SL, Klewer S, Nembhard WN, Alter C, Downing KF, Andrews J, Collins RT, Glidewell J,

Benavides A, Goudie A, Riehle-Colarusso T, Overman L, Riser AP, Oster ME. (2019) Rationale and Design of CH STRONG: Congenital Heart Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG. Annual Meeting of the American Heart Association Philadelphia, PA. November.

105. Oster ME, Riser AP, Andrews JG, Bolin E, Kelly M, Nembhard WN, Farr SL. (2020)

Comorbidities among young adults with congenital heart disease: Results from the Congenital Heart


Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG (CH STRONG), 2016-2019. Submitted to the American College of Cardiology 69th Annual Scientific Session and Expo, Chicago, Illinois, March 28-30, 2020.

106. Takamatsu C, Galindo M, Seckeler MD, Farr SL, Downing KF, Nembhard WN, Bolin E, Klewer S. (2020) Reproductive Health of Women With Congenital Heart Defects: Congenital Heart Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG (CH STRONG). Submitted to the American College of Cardiology 69th Annual Scientific Session and Expo, Chicago, Illinois, March 28-30, 2020.

c. State 107. Nembhard WN, Waller DK, and Canfield MA. (2000) Survival Patterns among Infants with Birth

Defects in Texas, 1995-1997. Poster Presentation at the Texas Birth Defects Conference 2000. Houston, TX.

108. Nembhard WN, Davis SK, Liu Y. (2001) Pregnancy Induced Hypertension among African-

American Women, 1991-1998. Poster Presentation at the Women Health Initiative Poster Session. Atlanta, GA.

109. Nembhard WN (2003) Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Preterm Delivery. March of Dimes,

Oral presentation at the Florida Prematurity Summit, Tampa, FL. November 18.

G. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1. “The Importance of Advocating for Funding for CHD Public Health Surveillance and Research”

Congenital Heart Legislative Conference, Washington, DC, March 4, 2019

2. “Congenital Heart Defects in Arkansas” Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, UAMS College of Medicine. Little Rock, AR, February 11, 2019.

3. “An Update of Birth Defects in Arkansas”. Arkansas Department of Health Grand Rounds. Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, AR. October 25, 2018.

4. “From Zika to Cancer: An Update of Birth Defects in Arkansas. College of Public Health Fall Seminar Series. Fay Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, October 23, 2018.

5. “Health Disparities in Congenial Heart Defects” 5th Summit on Transparency and Public Reporting of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes, Pediatric Congenital Heart Association, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 10, 2018.

6. “Epidemiology”. University of Central Arkansas – Celebration of Women in STEM Day, Conway, Arkansas, March 9, 2018.

7. “Stillbirths: the Public Health Challenge of the 21st Century”. Arkansas Department of Health Grand Rounds, Arkansas Department of Health. Littl1e Rock, AR, September 7, 2017.

8. “Challenges Facing Children with Congenital Heart Defects” Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Health Seminar Series, Northern Territory, Australia, July 17, 2015.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 30 of 43 9. “What are Long Term Outcomes for Children with Congenital Heart Defects” University of Western

Australia, School of Population Health, Public Health Seminar Series, West Australia, Australia, May 15, 2015.

10. “What are Long Term Outcomes for Children with Congenital Heart Defects” Telethon Kids Institute Friday Seminar Series, Western Australia, Australia, May 8, 2015.

11. “The National Children’s Study” University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Grand Rounds. Tampa, FL. May 5, 2009.

12. “Disparities in Morbidity and Mortality among Infants with Congenital Heart Defects.” Oral presentation at the 2nd Annual Obstetrics & Gynecology Symposium, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX. April 20-21, 2007.

13. “What Dreams Are Made Of: The National Children’s Study” University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Tampa, FL. February 16, 2006.

14. “The National Children’s Study: Orange County, FL Vanguard Site.” Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Winnie Palmer Hospital (Orlando Regional Medical Center), Orlando, FL, January 27, 2006.

15. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preterm Delivery and Low Birthweight: New Perspectives and Future Challenges.” University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Tampa, FL. December 1, 2004.

16. “Stress and Pregnancy Outcomes in Black Women.” March of Dimes Grand Rounds, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, FL. November 19, 2004.

17. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes.” March of Dimes Annual Nursing Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. February 24-25, 2004.

18. “Gene-Environment Interactions and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects.” 51st Southeastern Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting, Little Rock, AR. September 28, 2019.

VIII. TEACHING AND MENTORING A. TEACHING Medical Courses University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas 2016-2017 Preceptor, First-year medical students POM Patient Centered Learning 201 Graduate Courses University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas EPID 5322/6322 Epidemiology II: Fall 2018 University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida PHC 7039 Critical Thinking in Epidemiology: Summer 2013 and 2014 [doctoral seminar course] PHC 6934 Special Topics in Perinatal Epidemiology Methods: Spring 2013 PHC 6591 Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology: Fall 2010, 2011, 2012 and Spring 2014 [online] PHC 6011 Epidemiology Methods II: Fall 2011, 2012, and 2013 PHC 6016 Epidemiology Methods III: Spring 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 [blended course]

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 31 of 43 PHC 6934 Community-Based Approaches to MCH Interventions: Fall 2010 & 2011 [service-learning] PHC 6591 Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology: Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and Fall 2009 PHC 7935 Advanced Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology: Summer 2007 PHC 6934 Field Methods in Epidemiology: Fall 2006, Spring 2009 PHC 7930 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar: Fall 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 [co-instructor] PHC 6934 Observational Study Design: Fall 2004, 2005, Spring 2007 University of South Florida, College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida NGR 6673 Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing: Spring 2014 Undergraduate Courses University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Tampa, Florida HSC 4933 Global Epidemiology of Pregnancy and Birth: Summer 2014 [online] HSC 4631 Critical Issues in Public Health: Fall 2013 [online] HSC 6934 Community-Based Approaches to MCH Interventions: Fall 2011 [service-learning course] Guest Lectures University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas EPID 6121 “Birth Defects Surveillance in the United States”, Public Health Surveillance, April 14, 2018

(Instructor: Victor Cardenas, PhD) EPID “Fetuses-at-Risk Approach” Epidemiology Doctoral Seminar, June 12, 2018 (Instructor: Eric

Johnson, PhD) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas Spring 2016 “Systematic Reviews” Evidence-Based Medicine Boot Camp, April 23, 2016 (Instructor:

Deborah Fiser, MD) Spring 2017 “Systematic Reviews” Evidence-Based Medicine Boot Camp, April 26, 2017 (Instructor:

Deborah Fiser, MD) Fall 2017 “Epidemiology & Evaluating Harm” Evidenced-Based Medicine – Session 2 (Instructor:

Carly Eastin, MD) University of Western Australia, College of Population Health, Crawley, Western Australia Spring 2015 Epidemiology I. “Basic Principles in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology”. Western

Australia, April 30, 2015 (Instructor: David Preen, PhD) University of South Florida, Tampa, FL PHC 6934 The Foundations of Public Health, “The Basics of Epidemiology.” College of Pharmacy

University of South Florida, February 12, 2013 PHC 6530 Maternal and Child Health I, “Preconception Care” University of South Florida, College of

Public Health, September 29, 2011. PHC 7015 Epidemiologic Study & Protocol Development. “Money, Money, Money: Building Budgets

for Research Grants”. University of South Florida, College of Public Health, June 15, 2005 B. COURSE DEVELOPMENT Graduate Courses University of South Florida, College Public Health, Tampa, FL PHC 7039 Critical Thinking in Epidemiology PHC 6934 Special Topics in Perinatal Epidemiology Methods PHC 6591 Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology [face-to-face & online versions] PHC 6011 Epidemiology Methods II [revamped course] PHC 6016 Epidemiology Methods III

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 32 of 43 PHC 6934 Community-Based Approaches to MCH Interventions [co-developed course] PHC 7935 Advanced Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology PHC 6934 Field Methods in Epidemiology/Implementation & Conduct of Epidemiologic Studies PHC 6934 Observational Study Design University of South Florida, College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida NGR 6673 Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing [revamped course] Undergraduate Courses University of South Florida, College Public Health, Tampa, FL HSC 6934 Global Epidemiology of Pregnancy and Birth [online] HSC 6934 Community-Based Approaches to MCH Interventions C. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Graduate Programs University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2006 Participated in revision of Concentration in Epidemiology (Masters in Public Health) 2007 Dual Concentration in Maternal and Child Health & Epidemiology (Masters in Public Health) 2010 Focus Area in Maternal and Child Health & Epidemiology (PhD in Public Health) 2011 Graduate Certificate in Maternal and Child Health & Epidemiology (both online & traditional) 2011 Led revision of Doctoral Concentration in Epidemiology (PhD in Public Health) D. ADVISING & MENTORING Postdoctoral Fellows University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2018-present MARIA POLITIS, PHD , Postdoctoral Fellow in Birth Defects Epidemiology 2018-present JENIL PATEL, PHD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Birth Defects Epidemiology 2019-present MIR ALI, PHD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Birth Defects Epidemiology University of South Florida, College Public Health, Tampa, FL 2004-2005 CHARLAN KROELINGER, PhD, USF Postdoctoral Fellow. Perinatal Epidemiology

Fellowship, University of South Florida. Project: Pride & Joy: the Tampa Pregnancy and Health Study. Current Position: Senior Epidemiologist, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Graduate Students Doctoral Student Research Assistants University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2018-present Supervisor, RUIQI CEN, PhD Student, Major in Epidemiology, Department of

Epidemiology, Fay Boozman College of Public Health 2018-present Supervisor, EMINE BIRCAN, PhD Student, Major in Epidemiology, Department of

Epidemiology, Fay Boozman College of Public Health 2018-present Supervisor, BRIAN DELAVAN, PhD Student, Major in Bioinformatics, Department of

Bioinformatics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Doctoral Student Advising University of South Florida, College Public Health, Tampa, FL 2013-2014 Program Advisor, LAIKE ABEBE, PhD Student, Major in Epidemiology, Department of

Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 33 of 43 2012-2013 Program Advisor, OMONIGHO (MICHAEL) BUBU, PhD Student, Major in

Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2012-2014 Major Professor, KOREDE ADEGOKE, PhD Candidate, Major in Epidemiology,

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2012-2014 Major Professor, LEIGH MATHIAS, PhD Candidate, Major in Epidemiology, Department

of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2012-2014 Major Professor, REMA RAMAKRISHNAN, PhD Student, Major in Epidemiology,

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2011-2014 Major Professor, JEAN PAUL TANNER, PhD Candidate, Major in Epidemiology,

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2010-2012 Major Professor, JASON SALEMI, PhD Student, Major in Epidemiology, Department of

Epidemiology & Biostatistics Doctoral Dissertation Committees: University of South Florida, College Public Health, Tampa, FL 2012 Committee Member, JESSICA BRUMLEY, PhD in Nursing, “Testing a Model of Bacterial

Vaginosis among Black Women.” Completed May 2012 2011 Committee Member, CAROL WILLIAMS OLADELE, PhD in Epidemiology, “Dietary

Patterns and Acculturation among Caribbean Immigrants in South Florida”. Completed December 2011

2008 Committee Member, CAROLINE PETERSON, PhD in Anthropology and MPH in Epidemiology, “Psycho-socio-cultural Risk Factors for Breech Presentation”. Completed August 2008

2006 Committee Member, TABIA HENRY AKINTOBI, PhD in Community and Family Health (Maternal and Child Health), “Residential Segregation and Perinatal Outcomes in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.” Completed May 2006

Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology – Special Project Committees University of South Florida, College Public Health 2014 Chairperson, MARLY SADOU, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Risk Factors for Fatality

in Adults Infected with Dengue Fever.” Completed Summer 2014 2013 Co-Chairperson, CARROLL FLANSBURG, Concentration in Epidemiology and MS in

Anthropology, “Why do Some Sickle Cell Carrier Athletes Suffer from Heat Illness?” Completed May 2013

2013 Chairperson, SHAMS RAHMAN, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Does Maternal Diabetes Mellitus Increase the Risk of Mortality in Children with Birth Defects?” Completed May

2013 Chairperson, GRACE FIDGEON ISSHIKI, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Infection Factors and Risk of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Congenital Heart Defects.” Completed December 2013

2013 Co-Chairperson, LATOYA HILL, MPH with Dual Concentration in Epidemiology and Maternal and Child Health, “Impact of Perceived Racial Discrimination in Healthcare on Use of Health Services – Florida BRFSS 2010”. Completed December 2013

2013 Chairperson, KATHRINA CHEN, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Does Sickle Cell Trait Increase the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes?” Completed May 2013

2012 Chairperson, NICOLE RAMOS, Concentration with Dual concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, “Study of Differential Pathway Regulation between Tumors Derived from the Typical Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Positive Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) Patient and those from HPV Negative Adults with HNSCC.” Completed December 2012

2012 Chairperson, ANDREW GARRETT, Concentration in Epidemiology, “The Association


Between Green Tea Consumption And Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review.” Completed August 2012

2012 Chairperson, RITU PARCHURE, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Determinants of Lost to Follow-up among HIV Infected Children Attending a Private Health Clinic in India.” Completed August 2012

2012 Chairperson, CARRIE GOLDSCHMIDT, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Is There Concordance Between Self-Reported Knee Pain And Location Of Knee Pain And Radiographic Evidence Of Early-Onset Of Knee Osteoarthritis?” Completed August

2011 Chairperson, BRETT KAMINSKI, Dual Concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, “Does Body Mass Index Increase the Risk of Early Onset of Type I Diabetes in Children?” Completed December 2011

2011 Chairperson, JESSICA SHAW, Concentration in Epidemiology, “An Investigation of Heart Failure Predictors and Outcomes in Veterans.” Completed August 2011

2011 Chairperson, MARIA SEHOVIC, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Does Diabetes Mellitus Increase the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer?” Completed August 2011

2011 Chairperson, JINGYI DUAN, Dual Concentration in Epidemiology and Global Health, “Climate Change and Its Effect on Malaria Incidence in China”. Completed May 2011

2010 Chairperson, ANNE DEMUTH, Dual Concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, “The Joint Effects of Maternal Race/Ethnicity, Gestational Age, and Size at Birth by Infant Sex on Risk of Mortality among Infants with Birth Defects, Texas 1996-2003”. Completed August 2010

2009 Chairperson, ASHLEY BOS, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Risk of Preterm Birth among Infants with Congenital Heart Defects by Maternal Hispanic and Haitian Ethnicity.” Completed December 2009

2009 Chairperson, SELINA RADLEIN, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Genetic Polymorphisms in the Angiogenic Pathway and Risk of Prostate Cancer and Increased Aggressiveness.” Completed December 2009

2009 Chairperson, ASHLEY COLE, Dual Concentration in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, “Vitamin D intake, Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer among Women Living in the Southwestern United States” Completed August 2009.

2009 Chairperson, BAMBI ARNOLD, Concentration in Epidemiology, “The Effects of Smoke-Free Workplace Policies on Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and Respiratory Symptoms of Hospitality Workers: A Systematic Review” Completed August

2009 Member, JENNIFER SYVERTSEN, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Assessing Opioid-related Harm in Florida: An Analysis of Heroin, Methadone, and Other Opioid-Related Hospitalizations, 2005-2007.” Completed April 2009

2008 Chairperson, MARIA MACEDO, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Prevention of Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus Transmission.” Completed December 2008

2007 Co-Chairperson, SHERMAN CHOW, Concentration in Epidemiology and MS in Anthropology, Thesis: "Either You Conquer it, or it Conquers You": An Applied Anthropological Approach to Veterans with a Spinal Cord Injury.” Completed August 2007

2006 Chairperson, KYLA SHELTON, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Descriptive Analysis of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Pinellas County, Florida, 1996-2005.” Completed August 2006

2006 Chairperson, WHITNEY POWELL, Concentration in Epidemiology, “An Epidemiologic Review of the HPV Vaccine.” Completed May 2006

2006 Chairperson, ALI KANDIL, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Demographic Description of Utilization of Bariatric Surgery in Florida from 1999-2003.” Completed May 2006

2005 Chairperson, PUZA PABNA SHARMA, Concentration in Epidemiology, “Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Salphingitis in Women with Pelvic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Analysis with a Series of Cases.” Completed December 2005.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 35 of 43 Masters of Science in Public Health (MSPH) in Epidemiology – Masters Thesis Committees University of South Florida, College Public Health 2011 Chairperson, COLLEEN CONKLIN, “Sex and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality and

Survival among Children with Congenital Heart Valve Defects.” Completed December 2011 Undergraduate Students University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Summer 2016 Mentor, MEGAN LYONS, Summer Science Program, College of Medicine/Arkansas

Children’s Research Institute D. INVITED PAPERS, POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS - TEACHING International (+ denotes current or former student) Nembhard WN, Lopez S, and +Nash MC. (2012) Do Social Media Tools Really Promote and Enhance Student Communication and Connectedness in Online Courses? 6th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, March 5-7.

National (+ denotes current or former student) +Ashley-Gordon A, Jeffers D, McDonald C, and Nembhard, WN. (2011) Implementation of the Preconception Peer Education Program at the University of South Florida: Partnerships in Action. Oral presentation at the Preconception Care Summit, Clearwater, Florida June 21. IX. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE A. EXTRAMURAL SERVICE 1. International and National Boards/Committees: Leadership Roles: 7/2019 – present Member, Aspen Global Leadership Network, Aspen Institute, Washington DC 1/2019 – present Board Member, Medical Advisory Board, Pediatric Congenital Heart Association Fall 2018 Editor, Data Sharing Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Study 2018-2019 Health Disparity Expert, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative

(CNOC) – NHLBI R13 Meeting – Fetal Brain Development and Neuroprotection Work group

2018-2019 Health Disparity Expert, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative (CNOC) – NHLBI R13 Meeting – Characterization of Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Outcomes Work Group

2013 – 2017 Co-Chair, Workgroup on National Survival Estimates for Minority Children with Birth Defects, Data Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Network

Member Role: 2017 – present Member, Publications and Communications Committee, Teratology Society 2016 – present Member, Standards Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Network 2012 – 2015 Member, Workgroup on National Trends in Birth Defects Prevalence, Data

Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Network 2012 – present Member, Workgroup on National Survival Estimates for Children with Birth 2010 – present Member, Data Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Network 2001 – 2006 Member, Publications and Communications Committee, National Birth Defects

Prevention Network Defects, Data Committee, National Birth Defects Prevention Network

2. State and Local Boards/Committees:

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 36 of 43 2016 – present Member, Arkansas Department of Health, Stead Scholar Selection Committee, Little

Rock, AR 2016 – present Member, Maternal and Child Health Committee, March of Dimes. Little Rock, AR 2016 – 2018 Member, Congenital Zika Virus Infection TaskForce, Statewide Response, Arkansas

Department of Health, Little Rock, AR 2004-2009 Member, Education Committee for Children’s Science Center, Museum of Science

and Industry (MOSI), Tampa, FL 2003 – 2007 Member, Program Services Committee, Florida Bay Division, March of Dimes,

Tampa, FL 2003 – 2008 Member, Advisory Committee, Florida Birth Defects Registry, FL 2003 – 2005 Member, Florida Prematurity Advisory Committee, March of Dimes, Tampa, FL 3. Editorial Boards 2012 – present Associate Editor, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders Journal 2012 – 2016 Guest Co-Editor, Journal of Registry Management, National Birth Defects

Prevention Network (NBDPN) Special Issue: Birth Defects Registries 4. Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals

Reviewer, American Journal of Epidemiology Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology Reviewer, Birth Defects Research Reviewer, Ethnicity and Disease Reviewer, Maternal and Child Health Journal Reviewer, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Reviewer, Pediatrics Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics Reviewer, American Heart Journal Reviewer, PLoS One Reviewer, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

5. Reviewer for Extramural Grants/Contracts for National and International Organizations Leadership Roles: 2019 Chairperson, Special Emphasis Panel, “K99: Mentored/Career Candidates”

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Video-Assisted Meeting, July 25, 2019.

2019 Chairperson, Special Emphasis Panel, “R24: Maintain and Enrich Resource Infrastructure for Existing Environmental Epidemiology Cohorts” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Arlington, VA, March 6, 2019.

2014 Chairperson, Special Emphasis Panel, “NIH Summer Research Experience Programs – R25” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. (Teleconference) June 17, 2014.

Member Role: 2019 Ad Hoc Member, Infectious, Reproductive Asthma and Pulmonary Conditions

IIRAP) Study Section, CSR, Washington DC, June 26-28, 2019. 2019 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “The Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource

(HHEAR) Coordinating Center” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Arlington, VA, March 6, 2019.

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 37 of 43 2018 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “R24: Maintenance of Environmental

Epidemiology Cohorts” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Telephone Review. April 11, 2018.

2017 Member, Review Panel, Community Grant Program, March of Dimes – Arkansas, Little Rock, AR. November 28, 2017.

2017 Member, Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of T32/K22 Applications” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. November 14, 2017

2017 Member, 2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar Program, Life Sciences: Medical 2 Discipline Peer Review Committee, United States Department of State, August 8-12

2017 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, The Centers for Oceans and Human Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health & National Science Foundation, Baltimore, MD. September20-22, 2017.

2017 Reviewer, Investigator Led Projects (ILP) – Population Health Research 2017 Health Research Board (Government of Ireland), March 14, 2017

2017 Reviewer, Ralph Poe Award Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, March 20, 2017

2017 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “R24: Maintenance of Environmental Epidemiology Cohorts” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Crystal City, VA. April 3-4, 2017.

2017 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “DD17-001– Coordinating Center for Research to Promote the Health of Children with Birth Defects and People with Developmental and Other Disabilities” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Telephone Review. April 17, 2017

2016 Member, Scientific Review Group, “P42 Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. August 31-September 2 & September 27-29, 2016.

2016 Member, Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of P30 Environmental Health Science Research Centers” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. August 16-17, 2016.

2016 Member, 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar Program, Life Sciences: Medical 2 Discipline Peer Review Committee, United States Department of State, August 20-22.

2016 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “DP16-001 PRAMS A1”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention January 20-21, 2016.

2015 Member, Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of T32/K22 Applications” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. November 4, 2015.

2015 Member, Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of P30 Environmental Health Science Research Centers” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. November 5-6, 2015.

2015 Member, 2015-2017 Fulbright Scholar Program, Life Sciences: Medical 2 Discipline Peer Review Committee, United States Department of State, August

2015 Member, Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)”, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health August 13, 2015

2014 Member, Special Panel, “Pre-Congenital Heart Disease Peer Review for 2014 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program” U.S. Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). (Field Reviewer) August 4-6, 2014

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 38 of 43 2014 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, DD12-006 – Coordinating Center for Research

and Training to Promote the Health of People with Developmental and Other Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Field Review) June 19, 2014

2014 Member, Scientific Review Panel, DD14-002: Research Approaches to Improve the Care and Outcomes of People Living with Spina Bifida. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Teleconference). April 14-16, 2014.

2014 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, Research Conference Grants (R13) and Research Conference Cooperative Agreement Programs (U13). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, (Teleconference). April 2, 2014

2014 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, Biological and Genetic Research and Clinical and Translational Research Related to Health Disparities (R01). National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD. March 12-13, 2014.

2013 Member, Scientific Review Group, “P42 Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. October 23-25, 2013.

2013 Member, Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of P30 Environmental Health Science Research Centers” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. September 18, 2013.

2013 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “ZNR REV-T (16): The Influence of the Microbiome on Preterm Labor and Delivery” National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. June 27, 2013.

2013 Member Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “DD 13-003: Birth Defects Study to Evaluate Pregnancy Exposures (BD STEPS),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). March 5, 2013.

2012 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. November 6-8, 2012.


2010 – 2014 Standing Member, NIH Study Section: Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

2011 Member, “Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Performance Review, Cycle A” Oak Ridge Associated Universities Peer Review Programs


2010 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “Peer Review of Applications for Disparities Research and Education Advancing Mission (DREAM) K22 Career Transition Award Program” National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health. July 15, 2010.

2010 Member, Stage One Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of Applications for the NIH Director’s Pathfinder Award for Increasing Diversity in Scientific Workforce (RFA-OD-10-013)” National Institutes of Health. June 11, 2010.

2010 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of Applications for the Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program (BCERP)”


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Salt Lake City, UT. March 11-13, 2010.

2009 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of K01, K08, K23 and K99 Applications” National Institute of Environmental Health, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. November 8-10, 2009.

2009 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC. July 22-24, 2009.

2009 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of K01, K08, K23 and K99 Applications” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. February 25, 2009.

2008 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, “Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. October 7, 2008.

2008 Member, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, “Peer Review of R13, K99/R01 and K08 Applications” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle, NC. March 5, 2008.

2007 Reviewer, “Association between Exposure to Air Toxics and Perinatal Outcomes in Humans – Pilot Study” Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center, April 27, 2007.

2007 Member, “Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Performance Review, Cycle A” Oak Ridge Associated Universities Peer Review Programs

2004 Reviewer, Review Panel, Johnson & Johnson Community Grant Program, Johnson & Johnson

2003 – 2006 Reviewer, Review Committee, Community Grants Program, March of Dimes, Florida Bay Division, Tampa, FL.

6. Reviewer of Abstracts for Scientific Meetings/Conferences 2006 – 2009 Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC) 2004 Fourth Annual Primary Care and Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA 7. Panel Chair/Moderator for Scientific Sessions at International & National Meetings/Conferences 2012 “e-Learning”, 6th International Technology, Education and Development

Conference, Valencia, Spain, March 5. 2010 “Racial Disparities in Infant Survival and the Impact of Racism on Adult

Morbidity”, 16th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, TX, December 17.

2009 "The Scope of the Problem: Patterns of Obesity among Women of Childbearing Age", Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Nashville, TN, February 23

2008 “What Mothers and LAMBS Tell Us about Racial and Ethnic Disparities” Annual Meeting of the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 11.

2007 “Disparities: Challenges in an Unequal World” Annual Meeting of the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 12.

2004 Facilitator, Prematurity Leadership Summit, March of Dimes, Florida Bay Division, Tampa, FL

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 40 of 43 2003 “Childhood Lifestyle Factors and Disease Implications” 3rd Annual

Primary Care Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 31 8. Conference Planning Committees 2019 – 2021 Member, Program Committee, CNOC Track, 8th Quadrennial World Congress of

Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington, D.C. September 19-24, 2021

2015 – 2017 Member, Conference Planning Committee, 11th Structural Birth Defects Meeting, Bethesda, MD (sponsored by NIH, NICHD’s Developmental Biology & Structural Variation Branch)

2014 Member, Advisory Committee, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Phoenix, AZ

2007 – 2011 Member, Scientific Review Panel, CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

2003 – 2011 Member, Conference Planning Committee, CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

9. Judge for Scientific Poster Awards at International & National Meetings/Conferences 2013 Scientific Poster Session, Joint Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention

Network and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, Atlanta, GA, February 25-27.

2011 Scientific Poster Session, 17th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 12-13.

2010 Scientific Poster Session, 16th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, TX, December 15-17.

2009 Scientific Poster Session, 15th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference, Tampa, Florida December 9-11.

2008 Scientific Poster Session, 11th Annual Meeting of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Washington, DC, February 11-13.

10. Workshops/Workforce Development 2019 Faculty, Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Student Dissertation Workshop,

Annual Meeting of Society for Epidemiologic Research, Minneapolis, MN. June 18, 2019.

2009 “Community Health Assessment for MCH Programs, Policy and Practice” at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Annual Conference, February 21. (4-hours)

11. Consultant 2009 – 2010 Congenital Heart Defects, Epidemiology International, Baltimore, MD 12. Research Teams/Affiliations 2006 – 2013 Collaborator, Texas Center for Excellence in Birth Defects Research and

Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention B. INTRAMURAL SERVICE 1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR Leadership Roles:

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 41 of 43 8/2018 – present Chair, Faculty Retention Committee Member Roles: 10/2018 – 3/2019 Member, Search Committee, Vice Chancellor for Research 1/2017 – 2018 Member, Professional Development Day Committee, Women’s Faculty

Development Caucus Spring 2018 Judge, Poster Presentations, UAMS Student Research Day 1/2016 – 12/2016 Member, Research Committee, Women’s Faculty Development Caucus 2016 Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Mock Study Section, Translation Research

Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. April 29 1a. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR 2017 Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Research Scholar Pilot Grant Award in Child

Health, UAMS, College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR. December 15 2016 Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Research Scholar Pilot Grant Award in Child

Health, UAMS, College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR. December 15 2015-2016 Interviewer, Medical Student Admissions Interview Group 2014-2015 Interviewer, Medical Student Admissions Interview Group 2014 Panelist, How to Organize Yourself and Your Time, Faculty Development Seminar 1b. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR Leadership Roles: 7/2019-present Chair, Council of Chairs 1/2019-6/2019 Interim Chair, Council of Chairs Member Roles: 9/2019-present Member, Search Committee, McMath Endowed Chair for Obesity Research 3/2019-5/2019 Member, Search Committee, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion 4/2018-1/2019 Member, Search Committee, Dean for College of Public Health 4/2017-present Member, Dean’s Executive Committee 4/2017-present Member, Council of Chairs 2. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Leadership Roles: 8/2013 – 8/2014 Senator-at-Large, USF Tampa Faculty Senate 8/2012 – 8/2014 Faculty Advisor, Preconception Peer Educators (sponsored by the U.S. Office of

Minority Health) 10/2012 – 5/2013 Chairperson, Ad-Hoc Committee on Implementation of Online Evaluation of

Student Perception of Instruction, Faculty Senate 8/2010 – 8/2014 Senator, Faculty Senate, University of South Florida 8/2004 – 5/2007 Senator, Faculty Senate, University of South Florida Member Role: 8/2013 – 8/2014 Member, Faculty Senate Executive Committee 8/2013 – 8/ 2014 Member, USF System Faculty Council 8/2013 – 5/2014 Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Implementation of Online Evaluation of

Student Perception of Instruction, Faculty Senate 2011 Poster Judge, USF Student Research Day 2003 – 2004 Member, Health Science Center Medical Education Building –Women’s Clinic

Working Group

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 42 of 43 2b. College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Leadership Roles: 2013 – 8/2014 Chairperson, College Academic Programs and Curriculum Committee 2010 – 2012 Chairperson, College Website Committee 2005 – 2013 Chairperson, Student Honorary Awards for Research and Practice

“SHARP” Committee 2005 – 2006 Chairperson, Research Advisory Committee 2003 – 2004 Chairperson, Search Committee, Lawton Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers &

Babies, Program Director Member Role: 2013 – 12/2013 Member, Undergraduate Program in Public Health Curriculum Committee 2013 – 8/2014 Member, College Ad Hoc Doctoral Program Committee 2012 Member, Transforming the MPH Work Group 2010 Member, “Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health Award” Committee 2009 – 2013 Member, College Academic Programs and Curriculum Committee 2005 – 2008 Member, “Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health Award” Committee 2005 – 2007 Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean for Research 2005 – 2008 Member, Search Committee, Marrell Endowed Chair for Down Syndrome Research 2004 – 2006 Member, Public Health Week Planning Committee 2004 – 2005 Member, Research Advisory Committee 2004 – 2005 Member, Laboratory and Safety Committee 2004 – 2005 Member, Search Committee, Department of Community & Family Health Faculty 2003 – 2005 Member, Diversity Committee 2003 – 2005 Member, Maternal and Child Health Curriculum Task Force Committee 2003 – 2004 Member, United Way Faculty and Staff Campaign Committee 2003 – 2004 Member, Search Committee, Lawton Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers &

Babies, Director of Research 2003 – 2004 Member, Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Diversity Working Group 2c. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida Leadership Roles: 2013 – 8/2014 Faculty Sponsor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Student Association 2011 Co-Chair, Search Committee: Junior Faculty positions 2010 Chairperson, Strategic Plan Committee 2004 – 2006 Coordinator, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Grand Rounds 2003 – 8/2014 Chairperson, Special Project Guidelines Committee 2003 – 2004 Chairperson, Data Safety and Security Committee Member Role: 2003 – 8/2014 Member, Epidemiology Curriculum Committee 2003 – 8/2014 Member, Student Handbook Committee 2003 – 8/2014 Member, MCH Epidemiology Training Grant Student Selection Committee 2003 – 8/2014 Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee 2003 – 2005 Member, MPH and MSPH Admissions Committee 3. Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 2001 – 2003 Member, Multi-Media Center Committee, Morehouse School of Medicine 2000 – 2003 Member, Women’s Health Initiative Committee, Morehouse School of Medicine X. CIVIC/COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 43 of 43 1. Television Interviews University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2005 Fox 13 News – Interview Segment on Evening News –“Prematurity and Stress” (promoting stress

and preterm birth study), February 3, 2005 2. Radio Interviews University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2017 J Kelly Referrals Business to Business Radio Talk Show on Praise 102.5 – Live Broadcast

Interview promoting National Birth Defects Awareness Month, January 28, 2017 3. Magazine/Newspaper Interviews University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2017 Thomas Reuters (Psychcongress.com) – Interview for story entitled, “Genes May Boost Infants’

Risk of Heart Defects Linked to Maternal SSRI Use” March 2017. Promoting peer-reviewed publication in BMJ.

2016 Little Rock Family Magazine – Interview for feature story entitled, “Baby’s First Protection: Birth

Defect Prevention” January 2017 Issue. Promoting Birth Defects Awareness Month, November 2016

Wendy Nicole Nembhard, MPH, PhDsphsearch.tamu.edu/sphsearch/media/searchSiteAssets/CV/Nembhard_CV.pdfCurriculum Vitae Wendy N. Nembhard, PhD Page 5 of 43 quality translational and

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