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EHSRC Investigator Detail

Paul A. Romitti, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Email: paul-romitti@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-5012
EHSRC Role(s): Member, Genomics Initiative

As Director of the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders (formerly the Iowa Birth Defects Registry), Dr. Romitti is active in surveillance for congenital and inherited disorders in the State of Iowa.

Among Dr. Romitti's primary research interests are the etiology and prevention of birth defects, family history and health, pregnancy loss, and molecular epidemiology. He has also explored behavioral and environmental epidemiology of congenital and inherited disorders. In addition, Dr. Romitti has conducted research in cancer and reproductive health.

Recent Publications

  1. Romitti PA, Sun L, Honein MA, Reefhuis J, Correa A, Rasmussen SA; the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Maternal Periconceptional Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Orofacial Clefts. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jul 3; [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Browne ML, Bell EM, Druschel CM, Gensburg LJ, Mitchell AA, Lin AE, Romitti PA, Correa A; and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Maternal caffeine consumption and risk of cardiovascular malformations. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2007 Jul;79(7):533-43.
  3. Romitti PA, Herring AM, Dennis LK, Wong-Gibbons DL. Meta-analysis: pesticides and orofacial clefts. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2007 Jul;44(4):358-65.
  4. Honein MA, Rasmussen SA, Reefhuis J, Romitti PA, Lammer EJ, Sun L, Correa A. Maternal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure and the risk of orofacial clefts. Epidemiology. 2007 Mar;18(2):226-33.
  5. Freeman SB, Allen EG, Oxford-Wright CL, Tinker SW, Druschel C, Hobbs CA, O'Leary LA, Romitti PA, Royle MH, Torfs CP, Sherman SL. The National Down Syndrome Project: design and implementation. Public Health Rep. 2007 Jan-Feb;122(1):62-72.
  6. Avila JR, Jezewski PA, Vieira AR, Orioli IM, Castilla EE, Christensen K, Daack-Hirsch S, Romitti PA, Murray JC. PVRL1 variants contribute to non-syndromic cleft lip and palate in multiple populations. Am J Med Genet A. 2006 Dec 1;140(23):2562-70.
  7. Miller LA, Romitti PA, Cunniff C, Druschel C, Mathews KD, Meaney FJ, Matthews D, Kantamneni J, Feng ZF, Zemblidge N, Miller TM, Andrews J, Fox D, Ciafaloni E, Pandya S, Montgomery A, Kenneson A. The muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network (MD STARnet): surveillance methodology. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2006 Nov;76(11):793-7.
  8. Damiano PC, Tyler MC, Romitti PA, Momany ET, Canady JW, Karnell MP, Murray JC. Type of oral cleft and mothers' perceptions of care, health status, and outcomes for preadolescent children. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2006 Nov;43(6):715-21.
  9. Warrington A, Vieira AR, Christensen K, Orioli IM, Castilla EE, Romitti PA, Murray JC. Genetic evidence for the role of loci at 19q13 in cleft lip and palate. J Med Genet. 2006 Jun;43(6):e26.
 

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