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Nichole L. Nidey, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

Biography

I am a maternal and child health epidemiologist, grounded in social epidemiology with a commitment to improving the health and life outcomes for underserved and at-risk families. My research is focused on understanding the intergenerational effects of maternal adverse childhood events, perinatal mental health and maternal substance use. My long-term goal is to develop and discover interventions to mitigate the adverse intergenerational effects of these conditions and experiences.

Since coming to Cincinnati Children's in 2019, I started the EMPOWER (empowering mothers, providers and others to weigh in as experts in research). The EMPOWER project is a collaborative that includes patients who have had a lived experience of substance use during pregnancy, clinicians, researchers, and community stakeholders. Our mission is to improve care, health outcomes and wellbeing for pregnant women with or a history of substance use and their children through collaborating with patient, community, clinical, and academic stakeholders and co-designing and co-leading research initiatives.

PhD: University of Iowa College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, Iowa City, IA.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Research Areas

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Publications

Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation Among Women with Substance and Tobacco Use During Pregnancy: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System 2016-2018. Nidey, N; Groh, K; Agnoli, A; Wilder, C; Froehlich, TE; Weber, S; Kair, LR. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2022; 17:544-549.

Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Neonatal SCG5 DNA Methylation-Effect Modification by Prenatal Home Visiting. Folger, AT; Nidey, N; Ding, L; Ji, H; Yolton, K; Ammerman, RT; Bowers, KA. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2022; 191:636-645.

Home Visiting as an Equitable Intervention for Perinatal Depression: A Scoping Review. Tabb, KM; Bentley, B; Pineros Leano, M; Simonovich, SD; Nidey, N; Ross, K; Huang, WH D; Huang, H. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 13.

Substance Use and Utilization of Prenatal and Postpartum Care. Nidey, N; Kair, LR; Wilder, C; Froehlich, TE; Weber, S; Folger, A; Marcotte, M; Tabb, K; Bowers, K. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2022; 16:84-92.

Pregnancy and Infant Development (PRIDE)-a preliminary observational study of maternal adversity and infant development. Bowers, K; Ding, L; Yolton, K; Ji, H; Nidey, N; Meyer, J; Ammerman, RT; Van Ginkel, J; Folger, A. BMC Pediatrics. 2021; 21.

Association between perinatal depression and risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children: a retrospective cohort study. Nidey, NL; Momany, AM; Strathearn, L; Carter, KD; Wehby, GL; Bao, W; Xu, G; Scheiber, FA; Tabb, K; Froehlich, TE; et al. Annals of Epidemiology. 2021; 63:1-6.

Regional comparison of self-reported late pregnancy cigarette smoking to mass spectrometry analysis. Hall, ES; McAllister, JM; Kelly, EA; Setchell, KD R; Megaraj, V; Jimenez, KL; Nidey, N; Greenberg, JM; Wexelblatt, SL. Journal of Perinatology. 2021; 41:2417-2423.

Striving for Structure and Stability in Cincinnati's Family Homeless Shelters: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. Williams-Arya, P; Vaughn, LM; Nidey, N; Sawyer, M; Porter, K; Froehlich, TE. Family and Community Health. 2021; 44:282-291.

Meta-Analysis Of Antenatal Depression And Adverse Birth Outcomes In US Populations, 2010-20. Simonovich, SD; Nidey, NL; Gavin, AR; Piñeros-Leaño, M; Hsieh, WJ; Sbrilli, MD; Ables-Torres, LA; Huang, H; Ryckman, K; Tabb, KM. Health Affairs. 2021; 40:1560-1565.

Risk of Early Birth among Women with a Urinary Tract Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Baer, RJ; Nidey, N; Bandoli, G; Chambers, BD; Chambers, CD; Feuer, S; Karasek, D; Oltman, SP; Rand, L; Ryckman, KK; et al. AJP Reports. 2021; 11:e5-e14.