Kimberly Coleman-Phox, MPH
Recall NFA
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

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Publications (53)

Top publication keywords:
Postpartum PeriodPregnancy ComplicationsStress, PsychologicalVentilationLeukocytesPrenatal CareDepressionPremature BirthWeight GainSudden Infant DeathMindfulnessPregnancyPovertyAdiposityTelomere

• Comparative Effect of Two Enhanced Prenatal Care Models on Care Experiences: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2026 Afulani PA, León-Martínez D, Carraway K, Curry VC, Chambers Butcher BD, Simard B, Blat C, Coleman-Phox K, Blebu BE, Felder JN, Karasek D, Tesfalul MA, Garza MA, Mcculloch CE, Kuppermann M
• 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, …
• Infant emergency department visits, readmission, and mortality by maternal anxiety disorder during pregnancy occurring with and without other mental health conditions: a retrospective cohort study.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2025 Baer RJ, Oltman SP, Adeyemi D, Amsalu R, Blackman KCA, Blebu B, Coleman-Phox K, Felder JN, Gano D, Lyndon A, McKenzie-Sampson S, Ponting C, Rand L, Rogers EE, Ryckman KK, Steurer MA, Subramaniam A, …
• Infant Emergency Department Visits, Readmission, and Mortality by Maternal Anxiety Disorder during Pregnancy Occurring with and without Other Mental Health Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  2025 Rebecca J Baer, Scott P Oltman, Deborah Adeyemi, Ribka Amsalu, Kacie C A Blackman, Bridgette Blebu, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Jennifer N Felder, Dawn Gano, Audrey Lyndon, Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, Carolyn…

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• Leukocyte telomere length and birth characteristics associated with obesity in infancy in a predominantly Latinx cohort.
  Pediatric obesity 2025 Duque A, Lin J, Jeliffe-Pawlowski L, Coleman-Phox K, Rand L, Wojcicki JM
• 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
• The Association Between Longer Maternal Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Immediate Postpartum Period and Preterm Birth in a Predominately Latina Cohort of Mothers.
  Maternal and child health journal 2025 Dutson U, Lin J, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Coleman-Phox K, Rand L, Wojcicki JM
• 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, …
• Feasibility and acceptability of chaplain decision coaching on Periviable resuscitation decision quality: A pilot study.
  PEC innovation 2024 Varner-Perez SE, Hoffman SM, Coleman-Phox K, Bhamidipalli S, Monahan PO, Kuppermann M, Tucker Edmonds B
• Psychometric assessment of the US person-centered prenatal and maternity care scales in a low-income predominantly Latinx population in California.
  BMC women's health 2023 Afulani PA, Coleman-Phox K, Leon-Martinez D, Fung KZ, Martinez E, Garza MA, McCulloch CE, Kuppermann M
• "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
• Long-term effects of a prenatal mindfulness intervention on depressive symptoms in a diverse sample of women.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2022 Roubinov DS, Epel ES, Coccia M, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Adler NE, Laraia B, Bush NR
• Pregnancy-related COVID worry, depressive symptom severity, and mediation through sleep disturbance in a low-income, primarily Latinx population in California's Central valley.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2022 Felder JN, Afulani PA, Coleman-Phox K, Omowale SS, McCulloch CE, Lessard L, Kuppermann M
• In pursuit of a community-informed group prenatal care model for telehealth use.
  The Journal of Health Design 2022 Lauren N Lessard, Andrea Wiemann, Christy Oberholtzer, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Brittany Chambers, Miriam Kuppermann
• Risk of early birth by body mass index in a propensity score-matched sample: A retrospective cohort study.
  BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2022 Baer RJ, Chambers BD, Coleman-Phox K, Flowers E, Fuchs JD, Oltman SP, Scott KA, Ryckman KK, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL
• Consideration of social determinants of health in preterm birth risk and resiliency scoring.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2022 Rebecca J. Baer, April Bell, Bridgette Blebu, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Jean Costello, Elena Flowers, Kayla Karvonen, Miriam Kuppermann, Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, Monica McLemore, Scott P. Oltman, Aric …
• 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…
• Patient and provider perspectives on preterm birth risk assessment and communication.
  Patient education and counseling 2021 Tesfalul MA, Feuer SK, Castillo E, Coleman-Phox K, O'Leary A, Kuppermann M
• 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
• Persistent organic pollutants and maternal glycemic outcomes in a diverse pregnancy cohort of overweight women.
  Environmental research 2020 Mehta SS, James-Todd T, Applebaum KM, Bellavia A, Coleman-Phox K, Adler N, Laraia B, Epel E, Parry E, Wang M, Park JS, Zota AR
• User-testing of a decision-support tool for parents facing threatened periviable delivery: The Periviable GOALS decision aid.
  Patient education and counseling 2020 Tucker Edmonds B, Hoffman SM, Laitano T, Coleman-Phox K, Castillo E, Kuppermann M
• Prenatal Maternal Objective and Subjective Stress Exposures and Rapid Infant Weight Gain.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2020 Felder JN, Epel E, Coccia M, Cordeiro A, Laraia B, Adler N, Coleman-Phox K, Bush NR
• Bringing Statistics to Life.
  Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, Shelley Hoffman, Tatiana Laitano, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Esperanza Castillo, Miriam Kuppermann
• Cardiovascular Disease-Related Pregnancy Complications Are Associated with Increased Maternal Levels and Trajectories of Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers During and After Pregnancy.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2020 Parikh NI, Laria B, Nah G, Singhal M, Vittinghoff E, Vieten C, Stotland N, Coleman-Phox K, Adler N, Albert MA, Epel E
• 196: Odds of early birth by class of obesity in a propensity matched sample.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 Rebecca J. Baer, Brittany D. Chambers, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Sky K. Feuer, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Kelli K. Ryckman, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski
• Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Distress, Weight Gain, and Glucose Control for Pregnant Low-Income Women: A Quasi-Experimental Trial Using the ORBIT Model.
  International journal of behavioral medicine 2019 Epel E, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Leung C, Vieten C, Mellin L, Kristeller JL, Thomas M, Stotland N, Bush N, Lustig RH, Dallman M, Hecht FM, Adler N
• Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and exposures to PBDEs, OH-PBDEs, PCBs, and PFASs in a diverse, overweight population of pregnant women.
  Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 2019 Mehta SS, Applebaum KM, James-Todd T, Coleman-Phox K, Adler N, Laraia B, Epel E, Parry E, Wang M, Park JS, Zota AR
• Neighborhood Typology and Cardiometabolic Pregnancy Outcomes in the Maternal Adiposity Metabolism and Stress Study.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2018 Headen I, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Adler N, Epel E
• Prenatal Persistent Halogenated EDCs and Gestational Glucose Levels in a Racially Diverse Pregnancy Cohort of Overweight Women.
  ISEE Conference Abstracts 2018 Suril S Mehta, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nancy Adler, Barbara Laraia, Elissa Epel, Katie M. Applebaum, Tamarra James-Todd, Ami R Zota
• The mindful moms training: development of a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce stress and overeating during pregnancy.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2018 Vieten C, Laraia BA, Kristeller J, Adler N, Coleman-Phox K, Bush NR, Wahbeh H, Duncan LG, Epel E
• Novel Interventions to Reduce Stress and Overeating in Overweight Pregnant Women: A Feasibility Study.
  Maternal and child health journal 2018 Laraia BA, Adler NE, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Mellin L, Kristeller JL, Thomas M, Stotland NE, Lustig RH, Dallman MF, Hecht FM, Bush NR, de Groat CL, Epel E
• Association between persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals (PBDEs, OH-PBDEs, PCBs, and PFASs) and biomarkers of inflammation and cellular aging during pregnancy and postpartum.
  Environment international 2018 Zota AR, Geller RJ, Romano LE, Coleman-Phox K, Adler NE, Parry E, Wang M, Park JS, Elmi AF, Laraia BA, Epel ES
• Effect of prenatal mindfulness training on depressive symptom severity through 18-months postpartum: A latent profile analysis.
  Journal of clinical psychology 2018 Felder JN, Roubinov D, Bush NR, Coleman-Phox K, Vieten C, Laraia B, Adler NE, Epel E
• Maternal depressive symptoms and infant healthcare utilization: The moderating role of prenatal mindfulness.
  General hospital psychiatry 2018 Roubinov DS, Felder JN, Vieten C, Coleman-Phox K, Laraia B, Adler N, Wilson L, Epel E, Bush NR
• Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population-CORRIGENDUM.
  Development and psychopathology 2017 Bush NR, Jones-Mason K, Coccia M, Caron Z, Alkon A, Thomas M, Coleman-Phox K, Wadhwa PD, Laraia BA, Adler NE, Epel ES
• Effects of pre- and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population.
  Development and psychopathology 2017 Bush NR, Jones-Mason K, Coccia M, Caron Z, Alkon A, Thomas M, Coleman-Phox K, Wadhwa PD, Laraia BA, Adler NE, Epel ES
• Abstract P319: Do Pregnancy Complications Elevate Cardiovascular Risk After Pregnancy? An Examination of Cardiometabolic Biomarker and Risk Factor Trajectories Up to the First Nine Months Postpartum in Low Income Women.
  Circulation 2017 Nisha I Parikh, Barbara Laraia, Gregory Nah, Meghali Singhal, Eric Vittinghoff, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nancy Adler, Michelle A Albert, Elissa Epel
• Poor Sleep Quality, Psychological Distress, and the Buffering Effect of Mindfulness Training During Pregnancy.
  Behavioral sleep medicine 2017 Felder JN, Laraia B, Coleman-Phox K, Bush N, Suresh M, Thomas M, Adler N, Epel E, Prather AA
• Perinatal psychological distress as a potential modifier of the association between prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (PBDEs, PCBs, and PFASs) and measures of thyroid function during pregnancy and postpartum.
  ISEE Conference Abstracts 2016 Ami Zota*, Susanna Mitro, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nancy Adler, Barbara Laraia, Elissa Epel
• Sugary beverage and food consumption, and leukocyte telomere length maintenance in pregnant women.
  European journal of clinical nutrition 2016 Leung CW, Laraia BA, Coleman-Phox K, Bush NR, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Adler NE, Epel ES
• Maternal diet quality during pregnancy and fetal growth outcomes: a pilot study of lower-income pregnant women.
  The FASEB Journal 2016 Cindy W Leung, Elissa S Epel, Nicole R Bush, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nancy E Adler, Barbara A Laraia
• Sugary beverage and food consumption and leukocyte telomere length maintenance in pregnant women: a pilot study.
  The FASEB Journal 2016 Cindy W Leung, Barbara A Laraia, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nicole R Bush, Jue Lin, Elizabeth H Blackburn, Nancy E Adler, Elissa S Epel
• Potential for a stress reduction intervention to promote healthy gestational weight gain: focus groups with low-income pregnant women.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Thomas M, Vieten C, Adler N, Ammondson I, Coleman-Phox K, Epel E, Laraia B
• Recruitment and retention of pregnant women for a behavioral intervention: lessons from the maternal adiposity, metabolism, and stress (MAMAS) study.
  Preventing chronic disease 2013 Coleman-Phox K, Laraia BA, Adler N, Vieten C, Thomas M, Epel E
• Patient-to-nurse ratios and outcomes of moderately preterm infants.
  Pediatrics 2010 Profit J, Petersen LA, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Coleman-Phox K, Zheng Z, Pietz K, Zupancic JA
• Should We Really Encourage Fan Use?—Reply.
  JAMA Pediatrics 2009 Kimberly Coleman-Phox, De-Kun Li
• Use of a fan during sleep and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2008 Coleman-Phox K, Odouli R, Li DK
• Neonatal intensive care unit census influences discharge of moderately preterm infants.
  Pediatrics 2007 Profit J, McCormick MC, Escobar GJ, Richardson DK, Zheng Z, Coleman-Phox K, Roberts R, Zupancic JA
• Unstudied infants: outcomes of moderately premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.
  Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2006 Escobar GJ, McCormick MC, Zupancic JA, Coleman-Phox K, Armstrong MA, Greene JD, Eichenwald EC, Richardson DK
• A randomized comparison of home visits and hospital-based group follow-up visits after early postpartum discharge.
  Pediatrics 2001 Escobar GJ, Braveman PA, Ackerson L, Odouli R, Coleman-Phox K, Capra AM, Wong C, Lieu TA