MICHELE KIELY

1832 GREENPLACE TERRACE
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
(301) 610-0295

EDUCATION

UniversityFieldDegreeYear of Graduation
Columbia University
School of Public Health
Division of Epidemiology
Epidemiology Dr.P.H. 1985
Columbia University
School of Public Health
Division of Epidemiology
Epidemiology M.P.H. 1979
Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Biology B.A. 1977
San Diego State University Applied Arts A.B. 1975

HONORS AND AWARDS

1974 -1975 Boston University Scholar
1975 -1977 One Year Scholarship Award
1976 -1977 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Scholar
1977 Graduation, cum laude, Boston University
June 1995 Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance

MCH State Block Grant Guidance’s Group: For outstanding contributions in producing new and improved MCH State Block Grant Guidances to increase the effectiveness of MCH programs.

June 1995 Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance

Group responsible for the First OBRA '89 Required Annual Title V Report to Congress: For outstanding contributions in producing the first Annual Title V MCH Report to Congress.

June 1995 Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance

Health Care Reform Group: For outstanding contributions in producing the insightful description of the role of the MCH community under health care reform.

May 1996 Administrator's Special Citations

For significant commitment to the contributions related to the early discharge issue and strategy for resolving that issue

May 1998 Secretary's Award for Distinguished Services

For initiative, creativity, collaboration and leadership in developing a ground-breaking tool and an extraordinary contribution to our knowledge-the Nation's first report on key indicators of children's well-being

July 2006 Surgeon General’s Certificate of Appreciation

For excellent service in support of the Surgeon General Initiatives, in particular the Year of the Healthy Child

July 2008 Surgeon General’s Outstanding Service Award

For outstanding support and service in leading the development of the Surgeon General’s Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth

RESEARCH AND TEACHING POSITIONS

2010 - Epidemiology Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research
National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
2005 - 2008 Senior Visiting Scientist
Office of the Surgeon General
Washington, DC
2002 - 2010 Chief, Collaborative Studies Unit
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research
National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
1999 - 2002 Director, Center for the Promotion of Life Long Health
Division of General and Community Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio 454242
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (4/01)
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Director, Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
1990 - 1999 Chief Epidemiologist (8/92)
Epidemiologist
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland 20857
1989 - 1990 Epidemiologist
Epidemiology Branch
Division of AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
1980 - 1989 Research Scientist II (5/81)
Research Scientist I
Epidemiology Department
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Development Disabilities
Staten Island, New York 10314
1985 - 1989 Instructor
Epidemiology Department
Columbia University School of Public Health
New York, New York 10032
1978 - 1980 Research Assistant
Director, Early Pregnancy Project
Columbia University
New York, New York 10032
1975 - 1977 Research Associate Otitis Media Study
Department of Pediatrics
The Cambridge Hospital
Cambridge, Massachusetts

FELLOWSHIPS

Pre-doctoral Research Training Award,
Mental Retardation Training Program
Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University - 1978-1980

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Public Health Association
Society for Epidemiologic Research
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research
World Federation of Neurology, Epidemiology Section
American Association on Mental Deficiency
International Epidemiological Association
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

INVITED TALKS

An integrated intervention to reduce intimate partner violence in pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial. Presented at the Gender-based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group, CARE, Washington DC, May 2012

PUBLICATIONS

Chapters

Kiely M and Lubin R: Epidemiological methods in the study of mental retardation, In J.L. Matson and J.A. Mulick, (Eds.) Comprehensive Handbook on Mental Retardation, New York: Pergamon Press, 1983. (Revised for second edition, 1990.)

Lubin RA and Kiely M: Epidemiology of aging in developmental disabilities, In M. Janicki and H. Wisniewski (Eds). Aging and Development Disabilities, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1985.

Vietze PM and Kiely M: Principles of behavioral epidemiology: Multidisciplinary Approaches, In N.A. Krasnegor, G.D. Miller, and A.P. Simopoulos (Eds). Diet and Behavior, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990.

Niswander K and Kiely M: Intrapartum asphyxia and cerebral palsy, In M. Kiely (Ed). Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1991.

Kiely M: Quantitative approaches to analysis or how to look at your data, In J.B. Gould (Ed.) Quantitative Problem Solving in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Berkeley, California: Third Party Publishing Company, 1994.

Kiely M, Hirayama, M, Wallace, HM, Kessel, W, Nakamura, Y, Kiely, JL, Nora, AH (1999): Infant Mortality in Japan and the USA, In H. Wallace, G. Green, K. Jaros, M. Story, L. Paine (Eds.) Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century, Boston, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 375-398

Winter S and Kiely M: Epidemiology of cerebral palsy. In: IL Rubin and AC Crocker (Eds.) Delivery of Medical Care for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities, 2nd Ed, Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., Inc. 2006

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Lubin RA, Jacobson J, Kiely M: Projected impact of the functional definition of developmental disabilities: The categorically disabled population and service eligibility, American Journal of Mental Deficiency 87:73-79, 1982.

Kiely M, Lubin RA, Kiely JL: The descriptive epidemiology of cerebral palsy. Public Health Reviews, 12:79-109, 1984.

Paneth N, Kiely M, Hiatt IM, Hegyi T: Temporal clustering of congenital heart disease. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 38:340-344, 1984.

Kiely M: The prevalence of mental retardation. Epidemiologic Reviews, 9: 194-218, 1987.

Hansen H and Kiely M: Importance of first day death rate in infant mortality, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 6:193-197, 1992.

Kiely JL, Kleinman, JC, Kiely M: Triplets and higher order multiple births in the United States: Time trends and infant mortality, American Journal of Diseases of Children, 146:862-868, 1992.

Schupf N, Ortiz M, Kapell D, Kiely M and Rudelli R: Prevalence of intestinal parasite infections among individuals with mental retardation in New York State. Mental Retardation, 33:84-89, 1995.

Gergen P, McQuillan G, Kiely M, Ezzati-Rice TM, Sutter R.: Serologic immunity to Tetanus in the United States Population: Implications for the National Vaccine Programs, New England Journal of Medicine, 332:761-6, 1995.

Kessel W, Kiely M, Nora AH, Sumaya CV: Early discharge: In the end its judgment, Pediatrics, 96: 739-42: 1995.

Savitz DA, Bornschein RL, Amler RW, Bove FI, Edmonds LD, Hanson JW, Kaye WE, Khoury M, Kiely M, Lemasters GK, Sever LE, Shepard TH, Spengler RF, Steinberg KK, Yeargin-Allsopp M: Assessment of reproductive disorders and birth defects in communities near hazardous chemical sites. I. Birth defects and developmental disorders, Reproductive Toxicology, 11: 223 - 30, 1997.

Kiely M, Drum MA, Kessel W: Early discharge: risks, benefits and who decides. Clinics in Perinatology 1998; 25:539-53.

Notzon FC, Komarov YM, Korotkova AV, Ermakov SP, Savinykh AI, Sharapova E, Zelinskaya DI, Armstrong TL, Kiely M: Maternal and child health statistics: Russian Federation and United States, selected years 1985-95. Vital Health Stat, 5, 1999, i-viii, 1-57, 1-63.

Kiely JK, Kiely M: Epidemiological trends in multiple births in the United States, 1971-1998. Twin Research 4: 1-3, 2001.

Sharps PW, El-Mohandes A, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, Walker T: Health beliefs and parenting attitudes influence breastfeeding patterns among low income African American women. J Perinatology 23(5): 414-419, 2003.

Siegel RM, Kiely M, Bien J, Joseph EC, Davis D, Mendel SG, Pestian J, DeWitt TG: Treatment of Otitis Media with Observation and a Safety-Net Antibiotic Prescription. Pediatrics; 112: 527-31, 2003.

Siegel RM, Bien J, Lichtenstein P, Davis J, Khoury J, Knight JE, Kiely M, Bernier J: A safety-net antibiotic prescription for Otitis media: the effects of a PBRN study on patients and practitioners. Clinical Pediatrics. (Phila). 2006 Jul; 45(6):518-24.

Murray KD, El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M: A comparison of low income minority mothers’ reports of infant health care utilization to medical records. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2007 May; 21(3):274-83.

El-Khorazaty MN, Johnson AA, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Subramanian S, Laryea H, Murray KB, Thornberry J, Joseph JG: Recruitment and retention of low-income minority women in a behavioral intervention to reduce smoking, depression, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy. BMC Public Health. 2007, September; 7:233-251.

Blake SM, Kiely M, Gard C, El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Walker L, Milligan R, White D: Pregnancy Intentions, Happiness, and Their Correlates Among Low-Income African American Women at High Risk for Adverse Infant Health Outcomes. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2007 December; 39 (4):194-205

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Joseph JG, Subramanian KS, Johnson AA, Blake SM, Gantz M, El-Khorazaty MN: An Integrated Intervention in Pregnant African Americans Reduces Postpartum Risk: A Randomized Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2008 Sep;112(3):611-20.

Kiely M: Prevention of Preterm Birth: A Challenge Not Yet Met. U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2008; 3(2): 48-50.

Courtney L, Warmoth E, Rodan M, Katz K, Subramanian S, Kiely M. New technologies and tools for study management: Lessons learned from designing and implementing a web-based data management system for a multisite longitudinal intervention study. RTI Press Publication No. MR-005-0812. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International, 2008.

Blake SM, Murray KD, Best D, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz M, Kiely M, Joseph JG, El-Mohandes AAE: Correlates of environmental tobacco smoke avoidance early in pregnancy among African American non-smokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009; 36(3):225-34.

Joseph JG, El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz M, Johnson AA, Katz KS, Blake SM, Rossi MW, Subramanian KS, Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial in High-Risk Pregnant African American Women to Reduce Psychosocial and Behavioral Risk Factors in Pregnancy. American Journal of Public Health 2009; 99(6): 1053-61.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, Blake SM, El-Khorazaty MN: Prediction of birth weight by cotinine levels during pregnancy in a population of black smokers. Pediatrics 2009; 124(4):e671-80.

Thornberry, J.S., Murray, K.D., El-Khorazaty, M.N., Kiely, M. Acceptance, Communication Mode, and Use of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing Using Touch Screen to Identify Risk Factors Among Pregnant Minority Women. RTI Press publication No. MR-0015-1001 2010, Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International.

Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Blake SM, Gantz MG. An Integrated Intervention to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010; 115(2, Part 1):273-283.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Blake SM, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN: A behavioral intervention reduces environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETSE) during pregnancy and improves outcomes in African-American women. Pediatrics 2010; 125:721-8.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN: Rates of very preterm birth are reduced in high risk African American mothers receiving a cognitive behavioral intervention: a randomized clinical trial. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; 15(1):19-28.

Kiely M, Thornberry J, Bhaskar B, Rodan M. Patterns of Alcohol Consumption among Selected Pregnant Women in the District of Columbia. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2011; 25(4):328-39.

Molina KM, Kiely M: Predicting Depressive Symptoms among Urban, Pregnant African American Women, Women's Health Issues 2011; Jul-Aug;21:293-303

Kiely M, Davis M, Thornberry JS, Joseph J. NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations in Washington, D.C.: History and Lessons Learned. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; 15: S4-S16.

Katz K, Rodan M, Milligan R, Tan S, Courtney L, Gantz M, Blake SM, McClain L, Davis M, Kiely M, Subramanian, S: Effectiveness of an intervention to postpone subsequent pregnancy in teen mothers: Results of a survival analysis of a RCT. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; 15: S42-S53.

Tan S, Courtney LP, Gantz MG, El-Mohandes AAE, Blake SM, Thornberry J, Perry D, Kiely M. Relationships Between Self-Reported Smoking, ETSE and Depression in a Pregnant Minority Population. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2011; 15: S65-S74.

Katz KS, Jarrett MH, El-Mohandes AAE, Schneider S, McNeely-Johnson D, Kiely M: Effectiveness of a Combined Home Visiting and Group Intervention for Low Income African American Mothers: The Pride in Parenting Program. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; 15: S75-S84.

Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. Understanding the Association of Biomedical, Psychosocial and Behavioral Risks with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2011; 15: S85-S95.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN: Smoking Behaviors in a Population of Pregnant African American Women in Washington, DC. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2011; S96-S105.

El-Mohandes AAE, Windsor R, Tan S, Perry DC, Gantz, MG, Kiely M: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Trans-Dermal Nicotine Replacement in Pregnant African-American Smokers. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2012 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Kiely M, Gantz M, El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE. Sequential screening for psychosocial and behavioral risk during pregnancy in a population of urban African Americans. (Under submission.)

Bowers K, Laughon SK, Kim S, Mumford SL, Brite J, Kiely M, Zhang C. The association between a medical history of depression and onset of gestational diabetes in a population-based sample of the United States. (Under submission.)

Shneyderman Y, Kiely M. Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: Victim or Perpetrator? Does It Make a Difference? (Under preparation.)

Adisasmita A, Smith C, El-Mohandes AAE, Deviany PE, Ryon J, Kiely M, Rogers-Bloch Q, Gipson R. Maternal Care Delivery at the District Hospital Level in East Java. (Under preparation.)

Mohsen L, Achadi E, El-Mohandes AAE, Smith C, Kiely M, Rogers-Bloch Q, Ryon J, Gipson R. Observation of Quality of Care Based on National Standards for Maternal and Neonatal Hospital Care. (Under preparation.)

Trisari A, El-Mohandes AAE, Qomariyah N, Ryon J, Gipson R, Kiely M, Zinner B, Achadi A, Wright L. Influence of Maternal Characteristics and Admission Diagnoses on Neonatal Outcomes in Two District Hospitals Delivery Sites in East Java. (Under preparation.)

Bao W, Rong Y, Bowers K, Yeung E, Kiely M, Zhang. Genetic variants and gestational diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (Under preparation.)

Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. The association between intimate partner violence and depression in a population of pregnant African American residents of the District of Columbia. (Under preparation.)

BOOKS

Kiely M. (Ed.): Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology, Boca Raton, Fl.: CRC Press, 1991.

PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS (limited to last 5 years)

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Subramanian KNS, Gantz MG. The Association of Multiple Psycho-Social and Behavioral Risk Factors with Poor Pregnancy Outcomes in a Population of High Risk African American Mothers. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. A Multiple Risk Factor Behavioral Intervention Reduces Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure (ETSE) Effects on Pregnancy Outcomes. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, Kiely M. Psycho-Social and Behavioral Risk Associations for Recurrence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) during Pregnancy and Postpartum (PP): Effect of an Integrated Behavioral Intervention. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

Joseph J, Gantz MG, Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN. Maternal SES and Infant Health at Birth: Evidence of Protective Factors among 880 At-Risk, Urban African American Women. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

Joseph JG, Gantz MG, Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN. Resiliency in the Face of Adversity: A Study of 535 Pregnant African American Women. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

Katz K, Rodan M, McClain L, Courtney L, Klerman L, Tan S, Kiely M, Subramanian KNS, The NIH-DC Initiative. Missed Opportunities for Preventing Subsequent Teen Pregnancy. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2007.

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE. Depression and Smoking during Pregnancy Impact the Efficacy of An Integrated Behavioral Intervention to Resolve Risks. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008.

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, El-Mohandes AAE. The Association between Intimate Partner Violence and Depression in a Population of Pregnant African American Residents of the District of Columbia. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE. Impact of Behavioral/Psychosocial Intervention on Resolving Multiple Risk Factors among High Risk Pregnant Minority Women: A Classification and Regression Trees (CART) Analysis. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M. Risk Factors for Poor Pregnancy Outcomes among Minority Women: Application of Classification and Regression Trees (CART) Methodology to a Behavioral Intervention Randomized Trial. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. An Integrated Intervention Designed to Reduce Psychobehavioral Risk has Varying Efficacy on Targeted Risk Factors in A Population of High Risk Pregnant African Americans. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, Kiely M. Smoking Effect on Birth Weight May be Predicted by Cotinine Levels Early in Pregnancy in a Population of African American Smokers. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE. Smoking and Depression during Pregnancy: A Combination that Contributes to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

Katz KS, Rodan MF, Blake SM, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, Kiely M, Subramanian KNS, and the NIH-DC Initiative. Threats to Social Support in Pregnant African American Women. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Blake SM, Tan SM, Perry DC, Windsor RA, Kiely M. Correlation of Biomarkers for Nicotine Expression in Early and Late Pregnancy. Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Honolulu, HI, May 2008

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, El-Mohandes AAE. Intimate Partner Violence and Depression in a Population of Pregnant African American Residents of the District of Columbia: A Risky Combination. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE. Do Smoking and Depression during Pregnancy Impact Risk Resolution in Women Receiving An Integrated Behavioral Intervention? Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. Very Premature Birth Rates Reduced in an Integrated Behavioral Intervention Targeting High Risk Pregnancy in African American Residents of the District of Columbia. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE. Utility of Classification and Regression Trees (CART) Analysis in Assessing the Impact of a Behavioral/Psychosocial Intervention on Resolving Multiple Risks among High Risk Pregnant Minority Women. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AEE, Kiely M. Application of Classification and Regression Trees (CART) Methodology to Evaluate a Behavioral Intervention Impacting Poor Pregnancy Outcomes among Minority Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

Blake SM, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, Katta PS, Milligan RA, Rodan MF, Kiely M. Factors Associated with Diagnosed Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) during Pregnancy among African American (AA) Women. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, San Diego, CA, October 2008

El-Mohandes AE, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, Gantz MG. Chronic Hypertension is Significant Predictor of Perinatal Mortality in High Risk African American Women in Washington DC. International Stillbirth Conference, World Health Organization, Oslo, Norway, November, 2008.

El-Mohandes AE, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M. Illicit Substance Use: A Predictor of In-Utero Growth Restriction in African American Urban Women in Washington DC. International Stillbirth Conference, World Health Organization, Oslo, Norway, November, 2008.

Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Johnson A, Joseph J, Subramanian S: Project DC HOPE: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate an Integrated Behavioral Intervention Addressing Psychosocial Risks in Minority Women. Presented at the 2008 NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD, December 2008.

Katz K, Blake SM, Milligan RA, Sharps PW, White DB, Rodan MF, Rossi M, Murray K, Kiely M: An Integrated Intervention to Address Multiple Behavioral and Psychosocial Risk Factors among Pregnant African American Women: Design, Implementation and Acceptability. Presented at the 2008 NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD, December 2008.

El-Khorazaty MN, Johnson AA, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Subramanian S, Laryea H, Murray KB, Thornberry J, Joseph JG. Recruitment and retention of low-income minority women in a behavioral intervention to reduce smoking, depression, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy. Presented at the 2008 NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD, December 2008.

Joseph J, El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz M, Johnson AA, Katz KS, Blake SM, Rossi MW, Subramanian KS. Clinic-based Integrated Counseling Reduces Psychosocial/Behavioral Risk Factors: Results of a Multi-Site Intervention Randomized Trial of High Risk Pregnant African American Women. Presented at the 2008 NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD, December 2008.

El-Khorazaty MN, Thornberry JS, Kiely M, El-Mohandes A.E. Diabetes and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among African Americans in Washington, DC, USA: Accounting for Eclampsia, BMI, Hypertension, and Psychosocial/Behavioral Risks. 5th International Symposium on Diabetes and Pregnancy, Sorrento, Italy, March, 2009.

El-Mohandes AE, Windsor RA, Katta PSR, Blake SM, Perry DM, Tan SM, Kiely M. Correlation of Urinary and Salivary Cotinine Levels Early and Late In Pregnancy in a Population of African American Mothers. Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, Saggart Co., Dublin, Ireland, April, 2009.

Katz K, Blake SM, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M. Depression Treatment for Low Income African American Women in Prenatal Care: Who Fails To Benefit? Presented at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Baltimore, MD, May 2009

Katz K, Courtney L, Tan S, Andrews KM, Milligan RA, Kiely M. Taking Chances: Factors Associated with Use of a Reliable Pregnancy Prevention Plan by Minority Teen Mothers 1 Year Postpartum, Presented at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Baltimore, MD, May 2009.

El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Gantz MG. Predictors of Caesarian section in a population of high risk minority pregnant women in Washington, DC. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

El-Mohandes AAE, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. Interaction between socio-demographic and psychosocial factors on the initiation of breastfeeding in a population of African American mothers in the District of Columbia. Presented at the 2008 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, Gantz MG, El-Mohandes AAE. Predictors of intimate partner violence victimization in a population of high risk minority pregnant women in Washington, DC. Presented at the 2009 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

El-Mohandes AAE, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, Gantz MG. Chronic hypertension is a significant predictor of perinatal mortality in high risk African American women in Washington, DC. Presented at the 2009 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

El-Mohandes AAE, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M. A comparative analysis of risks associated with tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use during pregnancy in a population of African American mothers in the District of Columbia. Presented at the 2009 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

Anthony RS, Cobb A, Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE. Outcomes of chronic hypertension in pregnancy: Origins of health disparities. Presented at the 2009 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE, Thornberry JS, Kiely M. Association of diabetes, eclampsia, BMI, hypertension and behavioral risks with poor pregnancy outcomes among high risk African Americans (AAs) in Washington, DC. Presented at the 2009 American Public Health Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE. Sequential screening for psychosocial and behavioral risk during pregnancy in a population of urban African Americans. Presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies & American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Meetings, Vancouver, BC, May 2010.

Kiely M, El-Mohandes AAE, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty, MN: A randomized controlled trial to address psycho-behavioral risks reduces very preterm birth. Presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research Meetings, Seattle, WA, June, 2010.

Kiely M, Kiely J, El-Mohandes AAE. A history of intimate partner violence in the year preceding pregnancy increases the likelihood of poor pregnancy outcome. Presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research Meetings, Montreal, QC, June, 2011.

Courtney LP, Tan S, El-Mohandes AAE, Blake SM, Gantz MG, Thornberry J, Perry D, Kiely M for the NIH-DC Initiative. A Critical Combination: Household Secondhand Smoke and Depressive Symptoms in a Pregnant Minority Population. Presented at the 2011 American Public Health Association Meetings, Washington, DC, November 2011.

Kiely M, El-Khorazaty MN, El-Mohandes AAE. Sequential screening for psychosocial and behavioral risk during pregnancy in a population of urban African Americans. Presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research Meetings, Minneapolis, MN, June 2012.

Bao W, Rong Y, Bowers K, Yeung E, Kiely M, Zhang C. Genetic variants and gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research Meetings, Minneapolis, MN, June 2012.

Bowers K, Laughon SK, Kim SD, Mumford SL, Kiely M, Brite J, Zhang C. Depression and gestational diabetes: Findings from a large population-based cohort in the US. Presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiological Research Meetings and Society for Epidemiological Research Meetings, Minneapolis, MN, June 2012.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Consultant to the California State Department of Health's Birth Defect Monitoring Program Ad-Hoc Committee on a Cerebral Palsy Registry of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 1980-1982

Member, Commissioner's Task Force on the Definition of Neurological Impairment, New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Research Consultant, New York Association for the Learning Disabled, 1981 - 1984

Member, Task Force on Prevention and Early Intervention of Developmental Disabilities Outside Reviewer, Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Member, Child Fatality Review Advisory Work Group, Department of Health and Human Services.

External Member, Association for Maternal and Child Health Programs, Committee on Data and Reporting

Chairperson of Program Committee, 1992 Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research

Member, Advisory Committee on Biological Markers for Developmental Problems, ATSDR/CDC

Member, Health and Human Services Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Member, Federal Interagency Forum on Children and Families, 1997 - 1999

Member, Cincinnati SafeKids, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 - 2002

Member, Advisory Board, Cincinnati Oral Health Council, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 – 2002

Member, Advisory Board, International Adoption Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000 - 2002

Member, School Health Advisory Board, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 - 2002

Chair, Health Tomorrows Grant Reviews, Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and Services Administration, 2003 - 2005

Chair, Maternal and Child Health Systematic Reviews Panel, Tulane U., 2005

Advisor, Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities, 2005

Child Health Stamp Advisory Committee, United States Postal Service, 2005

Chair, Research Work Group, Research to Policy and Practice: Periodontal Health and Birth Outcomes, Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and Services Administration, 2006

Surgeon General’s Liaison to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice on Health and Health Care for Incarcerated Youth, 2006 - 2008

Advisor to cross-national research project sponsored jointly by the Health Resources and Services Administration/Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Office of Adolescent Health and CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, 2007

Chair, Site Visit Panel, Division for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007

Advisor, Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking, 2007

Member, Washington DC Department of Health Perinatal Advisory Committee, 2007 - present

Editorship

American Co-Editor, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (2001 – 2007)

Reviewer for the following journals

American Journal of Epidemiology
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
American Journal of Public Health
Annals of Epidemiology
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
BMC Public Health
International Journal of Epidemiology
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Journal of Injury and Violence Research
Journal of Women’s Health
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Pediatrics
Perspectives on Sexual Health
PLoS ONE
Preventing Chronic Disease
Social Science and Medicine
Women’s Health Issues

Outside Activities

Gardening, Reading, Knitting, Trapeze Flying

References Available on Request