Deborah Karasek, PhD
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Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Epidemiology University of California 08/2017
• MPH Epidemiology/Biostatistics University of California 05/2008
• BA Human Biology Stanford University 06/2003

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Publications (86)

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Needs AssessmentParental LeavePovertyPremature BirthPatient Acceptance of Health CareLegislation, MedicalPregnancy ComplicationsInfant, Small for Gestational AgeIncomeHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedPrenatal CarePerinatal CarePregnancySalaries and Fringe BenefitsLegislation as Topic

• Critical windows for perinatal health: evaluating the impacts of timing of poverty alleviation benefits.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2026 Karasek D, Collin D, Turner C, Hubbard E, Batra A, Hamad R
• Enhanced Prenatal Care Models and Postpartum Depression: The EMBRACE Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA network open 2026 Felder JN, León-Martínez D, Karasek D, Curry V, Carraway K, Afulani PA, Blebu B, Chambers-Butcher B, Coleman-Phox K, Simard BJ, Blat C, Garza MA, McCulloch CE, Kuppermann M
• Comparative effectiveness of two enhanced prenatal care models on preterm birth: An exploratory analysis of the EMBRACE randomized trial.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2026 León-Martínez D, Curry V, Carraway K, Blat C, Coleman-Phox K, Blebu BE, Karasek D, Butcher BDC, Afulani PA, Tesfalul MA, Felder JN, Ramirez GR, Garza MA, Lessard L, Downer C, Rand L, McCulloch CE, …
• The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Children's Health and Well-Being: Evidence From a National Longitudinal Study.
  The Milbank quarterly 2025 Wang G, Collin DF, Karasek D, Hamad R
• Clinical risk factors and adverse perinatal outcomes among U.S. and African-born Black women in California.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2025 McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Costello J, Karasek D, Torres JM, Riddell CA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Blebu BE

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• Perinatal Health and Healthcare Utilisation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
  Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2025 Karasek D, Collin DF, Hamad R, Jackson K, Gemmill A
• Economic Insecurities and Mental Health Among Low-Income Pregnant People in the Central Valley Region of California.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2025 Zahid N, Blebu B, Felder J, McCulloch CE, Chambers BD, Curry VC, Carraway K, León-Martínez D, Coleman-Phox K, Kuppermann M, Karasek D
• Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project.
  JMIR formative research 2025 Karasek D, Williams JC, Taylor MA, De La Cruz MM, Arteaga S, Bell S, Castillo E, Chand MA, Coats A, Hubbard EM, Love-Goodlett L, Powell B, Spellen S, Malawa Z, Gomez AM
• Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: An Interrupted Time-series Analysis.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2024 Jackson K, Karasek D, Gemmill A, Collin DF, Hamad R
• A randomized comparative-effectiveness study of two enhanced prenatal care models for low-income pregnant people: Engaging Mothers & Babies; Reimagining Antenatal Care for Everyone (EMBRACE).
  Contemporary clinical trials 2024 Kuppermann M, Pressman A, Coleman-Phox K, Afulani P, Blebu B, Carraway K, Butcher BC, Curry V, Downer C, Edwards B, Felder JN, Fontenot J, Garza MA, Karasek D, Lessard L, Martinez E, McCulloch CE, …
• Barriers to Accessing Paid Parental Leave Among Birthing Parents With Perinatal Health Complications: A Multiple-Methods Study.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2024 Dumet LM, Dow WH, Karasek D, Franck LS, Goodman JM
• Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes Among African-born Black Women in California, 2011-2020.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2024 McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Chambers Butcher BD, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Riddell CA, Rogers EE, Torres JM, Blebu BE
• Structural racism, nativity and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women.
  Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2023 McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Karasek D, Riddell CA, Torres JM, Blebu BE
• Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births.
  BMC public health 2023 Karasek D, Batra A, Baer RJ, Butcher BDC, Feuer S, Fuchs JD, Kuppermann M, Gomez AM, Prather AA, Pantell M, Rogers E, Snowden JM, Torres J, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Hamad R
• The Pent-Up Demand for Breastfeeding Among US Women: Trends After COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place.
  American journal of public health 2023 Hamad R, Collin DF, Gemmill A, Jackson K, Karasek D
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Perinatal Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2023 Jackson KE, Hamad R, Karasek D, White JS
• "It was just one moment that I felt like I was being judged": Pregnant and postpartum black Women's experiences of personal and group-based racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2023 Chambers BD, Fontenot J, McKenzie-Sampson S, Blebu BE, Edwards BN, Hutchings N, Karasek D, Coleman-Phox K, Curry VC, Kuppermann M
• A qualitative exploration of experiences accessing community and social services among pregnant low-income people of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Women's health (London, England) 2023 Blebu BE, Kuppermann M, Coleman-Phox K, Karasek D, Lessard L, Chambers BD
• Perceived stress and COVID-19-related stressors: the moderating role of social support during pregnancy.
  Women & health 2022 Blebu BE, Tesfalul M, Karasek D, McCulloch CE, Fontenot J, Lessard L, Kuppermann M
• Evaluating the Effect of San Francisco's Paid Parental Leave Ordinance on Birth Outcomes.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2022 Karasek D, Raifman S, Dow WH, Hamad R, Goodman JM
• The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study.
  BMC public health 2022 Torres JM, Alcala E, Shaver A, Collin DF, Franck LS, Gomez AM, Karasek D, Nidey N, Hotard M, Hamad R, Pacheco-Werner T
• Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among women with a history of leukemia or lymphoma.
  Pregnancy hypertension 2022 Anand ST, Ryckman KK, Baer RJ, Charlton ME, Breheny PJ, Terry WW, McLemore MR, Karasek DA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Chrischilles EA
• Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Matching Study in the California Population.
  Maternal and child health journal 2022 Congdon JL, Baer RJ, Arcara J, Feuer SK, Gómez AM, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L
• Racial disparities in emergency mental healthcare utilization among birthing people with preterm infants.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2021 Karvonen KL, Baer RJ, Blebu B, Calthorpe L, Fuchs JD, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Karasek D, McKenzie-Sampson S, Oltman SP, Rand L, Shannon MT, Washington TE, Woolridge T, Rogers EE, Pantell MS
• Hyperlocalized Measures of Air Pollution and Preeclampsia in Oakland, California.
  Environmental science & technology 2021 Goin DE, Sudat S, Riddell C, Morello-Frosch R, Apte JS, Glymour MM, Karasek D, Casey JA
• Racial Differences in the Association between the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit and Birthweight.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2021 Batra A, Karasek D, Hamad R
• Changes in preterm birth and caesarean deliveries in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
  Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2021 Gemmill A, Casey JA, Catalano R, Karasek D, Margerison CE, Bruckner T
• The association of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy with preterm birth: A retrospective cohort study in California.
  Lancet regional health. Americas 2021 Karasek D, Baer RJ, McLemore MR, Bell AJ, Blebu BE, Casey JA, Coleman-Phox K, Costello JM, Felder JN, Flowers E, Fuchs JD, Gomez AM, Karvonen K, Kuppermann M, Liang L, McKenzie-Sampson S, McCulloch CE…
• Maternal nativity and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women residing in California, 2011-2017.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2021 McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Blebu BE, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Rand L, Rogers EE, Torres JM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Scott KA, Chambers BD
• The risk of preterm birth among women with a history of leukemia or lymphoma.
  The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2021 Anand ST, Chrischilles EA, Baer RJ, Charlton ME, Breheny PJ, Terry WW, McLemore MR, Karasek DA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Ryckman KK
• African American Unemployment and the Disparity in Periviable Births.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2021 Catalano R, Karasek D, Bruckner T, Casey JA, Saxton K, Ncube CN, Shaw GM, Elser H, Gemmill A
• Occurrence of fatal police violence during pregnancy and hazard of preterm birth in California.
  Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2021 Goin DE, Gomez AM, Farkas K, Duarte C, Karasek D, Chambers BD, Jackson AV, Ahern J
• 1061 Experiences of discrimination in low-income pregnant women.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021 Maura E. Jones, Jazmin Fontenot, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Deborah Karasek, Bridgette Blebu, Lauren Lessard, Venise Curry, Andrea Wienmann, Miriam Kuppermann, Brittany D. Chambers
• 653 Perceived stress among low income pregnant women in during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021 Miriam Kuppermann, Bridgette Blebu, Jazmin Fontenot, Charles McCulloch, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Deborah Karasek, Andrea Wiemann, Lauren Lessard
• Risk of Early Birth among Women with a Urinary Tract Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  AJP reports 2021 Baer RJ, Nidey N, Bandoli G, Chambers BD, Chambers CD, Feuer S, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL
• Risk and Protective Factors for Preterm Birth Among Black Women in Oakland, California.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2020 McLemore MR, Berkowitz RL, Oltman SP, Baer RJ, Franck L, Fuchs J, Karasek DA, Kuppermann M, McKenzie-Sampson S, Melbourne D, Taylor B, Williams S, Rand L, Chambers BD, Scott K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL
• The 2016 presidential election and periviable births among Latina women.
  Early human development 2020 Gemmill A, Catalano R, Alcalá H, Karasek D, Casey JA, Bruckner TA
• Newborn metabolic vulnerability profile identifies preterm infants at risk for mortality and morbidity.
  Pediatric research 2020 Oltman SP, Rogers EE, Baer RJ, Jasper EA, Anderson JG, Steurer MA, Pantell MS, Petersen MA, Partridge JC, Karasek D, Ross KM, Feuer SK, Franck LS, Rand L, Dagle JM, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL
• Associations between historical redlining and birth outcomes from 2006 through 2015 in California.
  PloS one 2020 Nardone AL, Casey JA, Rudolph KE, Karasek D, Mujahid M, Morello-Frosch R
• Examining the Impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Pandemic-Related Hardship on Adverse Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: Design and Launch of the HOPE COVID-19 Study.
  The Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2020 Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Karen A. Scott, Miriam Kuppermann, Rebecca Baer, April Bell, Gretchen Bandoli, Jean Costello, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Elissa Epel, Rebecca …
• Stillbirths and live births in the periviable period.
  Annals of epidemiology 2020 Elser H, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Karasek D, Bruckner T, Mayo JA, Lee HC, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM, Catalano R
• Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Puterman E, Weiss J, Hives BA, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Mendes WB, Rehkopf DH
• Neighborhood Privilege, Preterm Delivery, and Related Racial/Ethnic Disparities: An Intergenerational Application of the Index of Concentration at the Extremes.
  American journal of epidemiology 2020 Shrimali BP, Pearl M, Karasek D, Reid C, Abrams B, Mujahid M
• Collective Optimism and Selection Against Male Twins in Utero.
  Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies 2020 Catalano RA, Goldman-Mellor S, Karasek DA, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Elser H, Bruckner TA, Hartig T
• 855: Risk of adverse birth outcome among Black women with post-traumatic stress disorder.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Brittany D. Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Gretchen Bandoli, Jennifer Felder, Sky K. Feuer, Elena Flowers, Linda Franck, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Deborah Karasek, Nichole L. Nidey, Scott P. Oltman, …
• Reproductive suppression and longevity in human birth cohorts.
  American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 2019 Saxton KB, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Elser H, Karasek D, Catalano R
• The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum.
  American journal of epidemiology 2019 Hamad R, Batra A, Karasek D, LeWinn KZ, Bush NR, Davis RL, Tylavsky FA
• Socioeconomic Status, Preeclampsia Risk and Gestational Length in Black and White Women.
  Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2019 Ross KM, Dunkel Schetter C, McLemore MR, Chambers BD, Paynter RA, Baer R, Feuer SK, Flowers E, Karasek D, Pantell M, Prather AA, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L
• Association of Preterm Births Among US Latina Women With the 2016 Presidential Election.
  JAMA network open 2019 Gemmill A, Catalano R, Casey JA, Karasek D, Alcalá HE, Elser H, Torres JM
• Sun Smoke in Sweden: Perinatal Implications of the Laki Volcanic Eruptions, 1783-1784.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2019 Casey JA, Gemmill A, Elser H, Karasek D, Catalano R
• 479: One-year mortality risk by complication for Black compared to White preterm infants.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Scott P. Oltman, Brittany D. Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Monica R. McLemore, Karen Scott, Deborah Karasek, Miriam Kuppermann, Martina A. Steurer, James G. Anderson, Matthew Pantell, Elizabeth E. Rogers…
• 690: Racial disparities in preterm birth risk by risk factor grouping.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Brittany Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Scott P. Oltman, Monica R. McLemore, Karen Scott, Deborah Karasek, Miriam Kuppermann
• 695: Recurrence of early preterm, late preterm, and early term birth by race/ethnicity and insurance status.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019 Deborah Karasek, Rebecca J. Baer, James G. Anderson, Jennet Arcara, Rachel Berkowitz, Brittany D. Chambers, Sky Feuer, Elena Flowers, Jonathan Fuchs, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Rita Hamad, Miriam …
• Retirements of Coal and Oil Power Plants in California: Association With Reduced Preterm Birth Among Populations Nearby.
  American journal of epidemiology 2018 Casey JA, Karasek D, Ogburn EL, Goin DE, Dang K, Braveman PA, Morello-Frosch R
• Increase in fertility following coal and oil power plant retirements in California.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2018 Casey JA, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Ogburn EL, Goin DE, Morello-Frosch R
• Reproductive suppression, birth defects, and periviable birth.
  Evolutionary applications 2018 Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Yang W, Shaw GM
• Understanding periviable birth: A microeconomic alternative to the dysregulation narrative.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2017 Catalano R, Bruckner T, Avalos LA, Stewart H, Karasek D, Kariv S, Gemmill A, Saxton K, Casey J
• Separating the Bruce and Trivers-Willard effects in theory and in human data.
  American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 2017 Catalano R, Gemmill A, Casey J, Karasek D, Stewart H, Saxton K
• Cohort Variation in Selection During Pregnancy and Risk of Selected Birth Defects Among Males.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2017 Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Yang W, Shaw GM, Catalano RA
• Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2016 Puterman E, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Weir D, Adler NE, Prather AA, Epel ES
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Role of Childhood Adversities for Mental Disorders Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2016 Ahern J, Karasek D, Luedtke AR, Bruckner TA, van der Laan MJ
• Shared risk aversion in spontaneous and induced abortion.
  Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 2016 Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Adler NE, Mortensen LH
• Racial and ethnic differences in women's preferences for features of contraceptive methods.
  Contraception 2015 Jackson AV, Karasek D, Dehlendorf C, Foster DG
• Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession.
  Economics and human biology 2015 Falconi A, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Goodman J, Anderson B, Lee M, Bellows B, Catalano R
• Abortion Patients' Experience and Perceptions of Waiting Periods: Survey Evidence before Arizona's Two-visit 24-hour Mandatory Waiting Period Law.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015 Karasek D, Roberts SC, Weitz TA
• Do macroeconomic contractions induce or 'harvest' suicides? A test of competing hypotheses.
  Journal of epidemiology and community health 2015 Gemmill A, Falconi A, Karasek D, Hartig T, Anderson E, Catalano R
• Timing of birth: Parsimony favors strategic over dysregulated parturition.
  American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council 2015 Catalano R, Goodman J, Margerison-Zilko C, Falconi A, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Anderson E
• Twins less frequent than expected among male births in risk averse populations.
  Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies 2015 Karasek D, Goodman J, Gemmill A, Falconi A, Hartig T, Magganas A, Catalano R
• 16. A Home of One's Own: Formerly Homeless Youth's Experiences of Transition into Permanent Supportive Housing.
  Journal of Adolescent Health 2015 Sarah Brothers, Jeffrey Schonberg, Jessica Lin, Deborah Karasek, Colette Auerswald
• Cervical cancer precursors and hormonal contraceptive use in HIV-positive women: application of a causal model and semi-parametric estimation methods.
  PloS one 2014 Leslie HH, Karasek DA, Harris LF, Chang E, Abdulrahim N, Maloba M, Huchko MJ
• Very low birthweight: dysregulated gestation versus evolutionary adaptation.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2014 Catalano R, Karasek D, Gemmill A, Falconi A, Goodman J, Magganas A, Hartig T
• Delayed pregnancy testing and second-trimester abortion: can public health interventions assist with earlier detection of unintended pregnancy?
  Contraception 2013 Swanson M, Karasek D, Drey E, Foster DG
• Patient contraceptive preferences and disparities in the use of effective contraceptive methods in the United States.
  Contraception 2013 A. Jackson, D. Karasek, C. Dehlendorf, D. Foster
• Contraceptive features preferred by black and Latina women.
  Contraception 2013 A. Jackson, D. Karasek, C. Dehlendorf, D. Greene-Foster
• The contribution of attenuated selection in utero to small-for-gestational-age (SGA) among term African American male infants.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2013 Goodman JM, Karasek D, Anderson E, Catalano RA
• Contraceptive features preferred by women at high risk of unintended pregnancy.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012 Lessard LN, Karasek D, Ma S, Darney P, Deardorff J, Lahiff M, Grossman D, Foster DG
• Women's empowerment and ideal family size: an examination of DHS empowerment measures in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012 Upadhyay UD, Karasek D
• Unprotected intercourse among women wanting to avoid pregnancy: attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2012 Biggs MA, Karasek D, Foster DG
• Evaluating the clinical competency of nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants learning to provide aspiration abortions.
  Contraception 2012 A. Levi, D. Karasek, D. Taylor, S. Nyborg, M. Battistelli
• Social norms, collective efficacy, and smoking cessation in urban neighborhoods.
  American journal of public health 2011 Karasek D, Ahern J, Galea S
• Inability to predict postpartum hemorrhage: insights from Egyptian intervention data.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2011 Prata N, Hamza S, Bell S, Karasek D, Vahidnia F, Holston M
• Attitudes toward unprotected intercourse and risk of pregnancy among women seeking abortion.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2011 Foster DG, Higgins JA, Karasek D, Ma S, Grossman D
• Interest in using intrauterine contraception when the option of self-removal is provided.
  Contraception 2011 D. Foster, D. Karasek, D. Grossman, P. Darney, E. Schwarz
• Training to competence and beyond: evaluation of a standardized training program for establishing and maintaining competence in early aspiration abortion care.
  Contraception 2011 D. Taylor, A. Levi, J. Waldman, S. Goodman, M. Battistelli, D. Karasek, T. Weitz
• Interest in using intrauterine contraception when the option of self-removal is provided.
  Contraception 2011 Foster DG, Karasek D, Grossman D, Darney P, Schwarz EB
• Community-based provision of DMPA in Tigray, Ethiopia: Task shifting to reach women.
  Contraception 2010 N. Prata, A. Gessessew, A. Cartwright, D. Karasek, M. Potts