Ahrens, Katherine
Formal Title:
PostDoctoral Fellow
Responsibilities:
Phone 301-594-9148
Email:
ahrenska@mail.nih.gov
Address:
6100 Executive Blvd Room 7B03, MSC 7510
Bethesda Md 20892-7510
For FedEx use:
Rockville Md 20852
Topics in my portfolio:
Pregnancy
Menstruation and Menstrual Problems
Preconception Care and Prenatal Care
Birth Defects
Preterm Labor and Birth
Biosketch:
Katherine Ahrens, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the DESPR Epidemiology Branch. She earned her master's degree in epidemiology from University of Michigan School of Public Health and a doctoral degree in epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health. Her research interests focus on factors related to menstrual cycle hormones, time to conception, and pregnancy outcomes.
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Publications (PubMed):
| Title |
Authors |
Publication |
Date |
| A time and place for causal inference methods in perinatal and paediatric epidemiology. | Ahrens KA,Schisterman EF | Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol | 2013 May |
| Correcting for exposure misclassification using survival analysis with a time-varying exposure. | Ahrens K,Lash TL,Louik C,Mitchell AA,Werler MM | Ann Epidemiol | 2012 Nov |
| Use of antiepileptic medications in pregnancy in relation to risks of birth defects. | Werler MM,Ahrens KA,Bosco JL,Mitchell AA,Anderka MT,Gilboa SM,Holmes LB,National Birth Defects Prevention Study | Ann Epidemiol | 2011 Nov |
| Folic acid intake and spina bifida in the era of dietary folic acid fortification. | Ahrens K,Yazdy MM,Mitchell AA,Werler MM | Epidemiology | 2011 Sep |
| Molecular epidemiology of syphilis--San Francisco, 2004-2007. | Katz KA,Pillay A,Ahrens K,Kohn RP,Hermanstyne K,Bernstein KT,Ballard RC,Klausner JD | Sex Transm Dis | 2010 Oct |
| Increased knowledge of safe and appropriate penicillin injection after viewing brief instructional video titled "how to inject Bicillin LA". | Gertler S,Ahrens K,Klausner JD | Sex Transm Dis | 2009 Mar |
| Using surveillance data to monitor entry into care of newly diagnosed HIV-infected persons: San Francisco, 2006-2007. | Zetola NM,Bernstein K,Ahrens K,Marcus JL,Philip S,Nieri G,Jones D,Hare CB,Hsu L,Scheer S,Klausner JD | BMC Public Health | 2009 Jan 14 |
| Evaluation of a new point-of-care serologic assay for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection. | Philip SS,Ahrens K,Shayevich C,de la Roca R,Williams M,Wilson D,Bernstein K,Klausner JD | Clin Infect Dis | 2008 Nov 15 |
| Limited knowledge and use of HIV post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay and bisexual men. | Liu AY,Kittredge PV,Vittinghoff E,Raymond HF,Ahrens K,Matheson T,Hecht J,Klausner JD,Buchbinder SP | J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr | 2008 Feb 1 |
| High prevalence of gonococcal and chlamydial infection in men who have sex with men with newly diagnosed HIV infection: an opportunity for same-day presumptive treatment. | Scott KC,Philip S,Ahrens K,Kent CK,Klausner JD | J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr | 2008 May 1 |
| HIV partner notification outcomes for HIV-infected patients by duration of infection, San Francisco, 2004 to 2006. | Ahrens K,Kent CK,Kohn RP,Nieri G,Reynolds A,Philip S,Klausner JD | J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr | 2007 Dec 1 |
| Predictors of incident herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in young women at risk for unintended pregnancy in San Francisco. | Moss NJ,Harper CC,Ahrens K,Scott K,Kao S,Padian N,Raine T,Klausner JD | BMC Infect Dis | 2007 Sep 26 |
| The use and performance of oral-throat rinses to detect pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections. | Papp JR,Ahrens K,Phillips C,Kent CK,Philip S,Klausner JD | Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis | 2007 Nov |
| Indicators of use of methamphetamine and other substances among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2003-2006. | Vaudrey J,Raymond HF,Chen S,Hecht J,Ahrens K,McFarland W | Drug Alcohol Depend | 2007 Sep 6 |
| Trends in the use of sexually transmitted disease diagnostic technologies in California, 1996-2003. | Ahrens K,Bradbury KJ,Bauer HM,Samuel MC,Gould G,Donatoni G,Higgins C,Kerndt P,Bolan G | Sex Transm Dis | 2007 Jul |
| The acceptability and feasibility of the Positive Reinforcement Opportunity Project, a community-based contingency management methamphetamine treatment program for gay and bisexual men in San Francisco. | Strona FV,McCright J,Hjord H,Ahrens K,Tierney S,Shoptaw S,Klausner JD | J Psychoactive Drugs | 2006 Nov |
| Healthy Penis: San Francisco's social marketing campaign to increase syphilis testing among gay and bisexual men. | Ahrens K,Kent CK,Montoya JA,Rotblatt H,McCright J,Kerndt P,Klausner JD | PLoS Med | 2006 Dec |
| The decline in clinical sequelae of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection supports current control strategies. | Moss NJ,Ahrens K,Kent CK,Klausner JD | J Infect Dis | 2006 May 1 |
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