1990 Fellowship - University of Vermont College of Medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine
1987 Residency - George Washington University Hospital
1983 M.D. - University of Vermont College of Medicine
1978 B.S. - Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., Psychobiology
Maternal smoking, coagulation in pregnancy, fetal growth, fetal growth abnormalities, pre-eclampsia, maternal physiology
Doppler Velocimetry
Fetal Echocardiography
Fetal Growth
Obstetrical Ultrasound
National Institute of Health (NHLBI) R61HL141787 (co-PI’s Bernstein/Brummel-Ziedins) The Interaction of Basal Risk, Pharmacologic Ovulation Induction, Pregnancy and Delivery on Hemostatic Balance
4/1/18-3/31/20 Active 15% effort
New England Fertility Society/Ferring (co-PI/mentor)
The Interaction of Controlled Ovulation Hyperstimulation and Early
Pregnancy on Hemostatic Balance.
1/1/18-12/31/19 Active 1% effort
National Institute of Health /NDS NS045940 (P.I. Cipolla)
The Role of the Blood Brain Barrier in Seizure During Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
4/1/14- 3/31/19 Active 1% effort
National Institutes of Health/DHHS/Food and Drug Administration P-50 (P.I. Higgins)
Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS)
Vermont Center on Tobacco Regulatory Science
7/1/17- Active 5% effort
National Institutes of Health (NICHD/CDC) RO1 HD75669
Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Disadvantaged Pregnant Women (PI: Higgins)
Co-Investigator: Ira M. Bernstein, M.D.
09/2013 - 08/2018
National Institutes of Health (NIGMS) CoBRE P-20
Incentives Targeting Gestational Weight Gain in Overweight and Obese Low Income Women (PI: Higgins)
Project Mentor/Co-Investigator: Ira M. Bernstein, M.D. 09/2013 - 08/2018
2016 - 2017 University of Vermont: University Scholar Award
2011 - 2012 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy
2010 - 2011 National Institute of Health, NICHD Scientific Vision Workshop planner on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
2009 - 2011 National Institute of Health, Pregnancy and Neonatology Study Section Chair
2008 Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Research Excellence Award
2002 University of Vermont College of Medicine Distinguished Academic Achievement Award
1983 University of Vermont College of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Phillips JK, McBride CA, Morris EA, Crocker AM, Bernstein IM, Adiposity, but not Obesity, is Associated with Arterial Stiffness in Young Nulliparous Women Reprod Sci. 2018 Jun;25(6):909-915
Howe L, Badger G, Bernstein IM. Effect of Pregnancy Interval on Second Pregnancy Blood Pressure Following Prior Preeclampsia Reprod Sci. 2018 May;25(5):727-732.
McBride CA, Bernstein IM, Badger GJ, Soll RF. Maternal Hypertension and Mortality in Small for Gestational Age 22 to 29 Week Infants. Reprod Sci. 2018 Feb;25(2):276-280
Sites CK, Wilson D, Barsky M, Bernson D, Bernstein IM, Boulet S, Zhang Y. Embryo Cryopreservation and Preeclampsia Risk Fertil Steril. 2017 Nov;108(5):784-790.
Phillips J, King S, Bernstein I, Skelly J, Higgins S. Characterizing the Co-Occurrence of Maternal Obesity and Smoking on Perinatal Outcomes J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 May 14:1-7.
Bernstein IM, Hale SA, Badger GJ, McBride C. Cardiovascular Dynamics are Different in Nonpregnant Previous Preeclamptic Women Compared with Nulliparous Controls. In Press Pregnancy Hypertension 2016
McBride CA, Bernstein IM, Badger GJ, Soll RF. Infants of Hypertensive Mothers Born Between 22+0 and 29+6 Week Gestation Have Decreased Mortality Compared to Infants Born to Non-Hypertensive Mothers. Pregnancy Hypertension 2015;5(4):362-6
Morris EA, Hale SA, Badger GJ, Magness RR, Bernstein IM Pregnancy induces persistent changes in vascular compliance in primiparous women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 May;212(5):633.e1-6
Morris E, Hale SA, Badger GJ, Magness RR, Bernstein IM. Pregnancy Induces Persistent Changes in Vascular Compliance in Primiparous Women 2015 Jan 7. pii: S0002-9378(15)00006-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.005. [Epub ahead of print]
Higgins ST, Washio Y, Lopez AA, Heil SH, Solomon LJ, Lynch ME, Hanson JD, Higgins TM, Skelly JM, Redner R, Bernstein IM. Examining Two Different Schedules of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Pregnant Women. Preventive Medicine 2014;68;51-57.
Osol G and Bernstein IM. Preeclampsia and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease: Consequence or Prediposition? J Vasc Res 2014;51:290-304.
Buhimschi IA, Nayeri UA, Zhao G, Shook LL, Pensalfini A, Funai EF, Bernstein IM, Glabe CG, Buhimschi CS. Protein Misfolding, Urine Congophilia, Oligomeric State Immunoreactivity and Defective Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing in Preeclampsia. Science Translational Medicine 2014 Jul 16;6(245).
Osol G and Bernstein IM. Preeclampsia and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease: Consequence or Prediposition? J Vasc Res 2014;51:290-304.
Hypertension in Pregnancy: Executive Summary: Report of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists’ Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy Obstet Gynecol 2013;122:1122-31.
See PubMed listing here.