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Alan Bocking

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of Obstetrics & GynaecologyUniversity of Toronto

Alan Bocking

Professor Emeritus

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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622

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Research

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Latest papers

A harmonized analysis of five Canadian pregnancy cohort studies: exploring the characteristics and pregnancy outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · senior author
Cohort Profile: Research Advancement through Cohort Cataloguing and Harmonization (ReACH)
International Journal of Epidemiology · 2021
Low-intensity physical activity may protect pregnant women against spontaneous preterm labour: a prospective case-control study.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2021 · senior author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Improving Outcomes for Preterm Infants and their Families: A Canadian Collaborative Network
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$4,250,000
Developmental Pathways to Health and Disease: Fetal Programming and Protection
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$4,094,169
Pregnancy Complications and Developmental Health: Mechanisms, Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$5,575,713

All 4 grants and awards

14 publications.

A harmonized analysis of five Canadian pregnancy cohort studies: exploring the characteristics and pregnancy outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure

Schmidt RA, Wey TW, Harding KD, Fortier I, Atkinson S, Tough S, Letourneau N, Knight JA, Fraser WD, Bocking A

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth202310 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05447-2 PMID: W4322718784

Cohort Profile: Research Advancement through Cohort Cataloguing and Harmonization (ReACH)

Bergeron J, Massicotte R, Atkinson S, Bocking A, Fraser W, Fortier I, investigators TRMCP

International Journal of Epidemiology202114 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa207 PMID: W3116670097

Low-intensity physical activity may protect pregnant women against spontaneous preterm labour: a prospective case-control study.

Steckle V, Shynlova O, Lye S, Bocking A

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme20217 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0911 PMID: 32976725

Seasonality of plasma tryptophan and kynurenine in pregnant mothers with a history of seasonal affective disorder: Vulnerability or adaptation?

Levitan RD, Sqapi M, Atkinson L, Murphy K, Levitt A, Bocking A, Post M, Knight JA, Matthews SG

The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry202010 citations

DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2020.1769189 PMID: 32462949

Using Precision Medicine with a Neurodevelopmental Perspective to Study Inflammation and Depression.

Levitan RD, Zhang CXW, Knight JA, Hung R, Lye J, Murphy K, Atkinson L, Bocking A, Lye S, Matthews SG

Current psychiatry reports20201 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11920-020-01206-8 PMID: 33289044

The Potential for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention of a Harmonized Approach to Data Collection about Alcohol Use in Pregnancy Cohort Studies.

Poole N, Schmidt RA, Bocking A, Bergeron J, Fortier I

International journal of environmental research and public health201921 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16112019 PMID: 31174290

Association between maternal acetaminophen use and adverse birth outcomes in a pregnancy and birth cohort

Jasleen Arneja, Rayjean J. Hung, Ryan A. Seeto, Julia A. Knight, Sheryl L. Hewko, Alan D. Bocking, Stephen James Lye, Jennifer D. Brooks

Pediatric Research201920 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-019-0726-8 PMID: 31852009

Increased richness and diversity of the vaginal microbiota and spontaneous preterm birth

Aline C. Freitas, Alan D. Bocking, Janet E. Hill, Deborah Money

Microbiome2018217 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0502-8 PMID: 29954448

The Ontario Birth Study: A prospective pregnancy cohort study integrating perinatal research into clinical care

Anderson LN, Knight JA, Hung RJ, Hewko SL, Seeto RA, Martin M, Fleming A, Maguire JL, Matthews SG, Murphy KE

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology201831 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12473

The vaginal microbiome of pregnant women is less rich and diverse, with lower prevalence of Mollicutes, compared to non-pregnant women

Aline C. Freitas, Bonnie L. Chaban, Alan D. Bocking, Maria Thereza Fraga Rocco, Siwen Yang, Janet E. Hill, Deborah Money, Sean M. Hemmingsen, Gregor Reid, Tim Dumonceaux, Gregory Brian Gloor, Matthew G. Links, Kieran C. O’Doherty, Patrick Tang, Julianne van Schalkwyk, Mark Harris Yudin

Scientific Reports2017206 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07790-9 PMID: 28835692

Improving Outcomes for Preterm Infants and their Families: A Canadian Collaborative Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Preterm Birth Network

Principal investigators: Shah, Prakeshkumar; Barrett, Jon; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Chaillet, Nils; Foster, Jonathan; Joseph, K. S; McDonald, Sarah D; O'Brien, Karel; Pasquier, Jean Charles; Pechlivanoglou, Petros; Piedboeuf, Bruno; Robson, Kate; Shivananda, Sandesh; Synnes, Anne R

Keywords: Developmental Interventions; Economic Analysis; Knowledge Translation; Neonatology; Network; Obstetrics; Outcomes Improvement; Perinatal Health; Preterm Birth; Quality Improvement

$4,250,000

Developmental Pathways to Health and Disease: Fetal Programming and Protection

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G

Keywords: Blood-Brain-Barrier; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Human Development; Maternal/Child Health; Neuroendocrinology; Perinatal; Pregnancy; Programming; Stress Physiology

$4,094,169

Pregnancy Complications and Developmental Health: Mechanisms, Diagnostics and Therapeutics.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Lye, Stephen J

Keywords: Fetal/Child Development; Human Development; Labour; Maternal/Child Health; Myometrium; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Preterm Birth; Progesterone

$5,575,713

Disruptive Technologies in Paediatric and Foetal Intervention

Co-investigatorCFI2009Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2009

Principal investigators: Drake, James

Keywords: Natural Orifice Trans-Endoluminal Surgery (NOTES), Image-guidance for advanced surgical delivery, Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

$2,200,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Alan Bocking

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A harmonized analysis of five Canadian pregnancy cohort studies: exploring the characteristics and pregnancy outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure

Cohort Profile: Research Advancement through Cohort Cataloguing and Harmonization (ReACH)

Low-intensity physical activity may protect pregnant women against spontaneous preterm labour: a prospective case-control study.

Seasonality of plasma tryptophan and kynurenine in pregnant mothers with a history of seasonal affective disorder: Vulnerability or adaptation?

Using Precision Medicine with a Neurodevelopmental Perspective to Study Inflammation and Depression.

The Potential for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention of a Harmonized Approach to Data Collection about Alcohol Use in Pregnancy Cohort Studies.

Association between maternal acetaminophen use and adverse birth outcomes in a pregnancy and birth cohort

Increased richness and diversity of the vaginal microbiota and spontaneous preterm birth

The Ontario Birth Study: A prospective pregnancy cohort study integrating perinatal research into clinical care

The vaginal microbiome of pregnant women is less rich and diverse, with lower prevalence of Mollicutes, compared to non-pregnant women

Improving Outcomes for Preterm Infants and their Families: A Canadian Collaborative Network

Developmental Pathways to Health and Disease: Fetal Programming and Protection

Pregnancy Complications and Developmental Health: Mechanisms, Diagnostics and Therapeutics.

Disruptive Technologies in Paediatric and Foetal Intervention

Frequent collaborators

Stephen Lye

Stephanie Atkinson

Kellie Murphy

Isabel Fortier

Julie Bergeron

Deborah Money

Leslie Atkinson

William Fraser

Robert Levitan

Janet Hill

John Challis

Mark Yudin

Laura Anderson

Oksana Shynlova

Kieran O'Doherty

Jennifer Brooks

Julianne Van Schalkwyk

Gregory Gloor

Rayjean Hung

Anthony Levitt

Michel Boivin

Julie Shaw