Olga Basso, McGill University

Research

Child Health Infertility Infertility Treatment Pregnancy Early Detection Of Ovarian Cancer Reducing False Positive Results Triage Of Symptomatic Patients

Latest papers

Infertility etiology, assisted reproduction, and occurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cohort study.
Pregnancy hypertension · 2026 · senior author
Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study.
International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025
Risk of major gynecologic surgery before age 40 among daughters of young mothers.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2025

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Impact of Infertility and its Treatment on Women's Mental Health
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$332,776
Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$105,000
Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$382,500

All 7 grants and awards

52 publications.

01

Infertility etiology, assisted reproduction, and occurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cohort study.

Twardowski SE, Shapiro GD, Platt RW, Buckett W, Basso O

Pregnancy hypertension2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2026.101524 PMID: 42731373

02

Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study.

Grindstad T, Håberg SE, Basso O, Hanevik HI, Caspersen IH, Arge LA, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Myrskyla M, Magnus MC

International journal of hygiene and environmental health2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114492 PMID: 39579600

03

Risk of major gynecologic surgery before age 40 among daughters of young mothers.

Weinberg CR, Basso O, D'Aloisio AA, Sandler DP

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)2025

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deaf048 PMID: 40135625

04

Evaluation of the association between patent ductus arteriosus approach and neurodevelopment in extremely preterm infants.

Cervera SB, Saeed S, Luu TM, Gorgos A, Beltempo M, Claveau M, Basso O, Lapointe A, Tremblay S, Altit G

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-01877-8 PMID: 38278962

05

On the study of fetal growth restriction: time to abandon SGA.

Wilcox AJ, Snowden JM, Ferguson K, Hutcheon J, Basso O

European journal of epidemiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-024-01098-5 PMID: 38429604

06

Type of infertility and prevalence of congenital malformations.

Basso O, Shapiro GD, Gagnon R, Tamblyn R, Platt RW

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology2024First author

DOI: 10.1111/ppe.13012 PMID: 37859584

07

Inferring fetal growth restriction as rare, severe, and stable over time.

Wilcox AJ, Basso O

European journal of epidemiology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-023-00985-7 PMID: 37052754

08

Differences in birthweight by maternal and paternal nativity status in Canada.

Behlim T, Basso O, Bushnik T, Kramer MS, Kaufman JS, Yang S

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology2022

DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12817 PMID: 34811763

09

The influence of regulation of medically assisted reproduction on the risk of hospitalization in the first 2 years of life.

Basso O, Shapiro GD, Twardowski SE, Monnier P, Buckett W, Tamblyn R

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)2022First author

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac158 PMID: 35861659

10

Parents' age at birth and daughters' time to pregnancy: a study within the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort.

Basso O, Magnus MC, Arge LA, Håberg SE

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)2022First author

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac086 PMID: 35535686

Impact of Infertility and its Treatment on Women's Mental Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dayan, Natalie; Vélez, Maria Del Pilar

Keywords: Assisted Reproduction; Infertility; Mental Health; Mental Illness; Pregnancy; Women'S Health

$332,776

Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Principal investigators: Vinet, Evelyne

Keywords: Ankylosing Spondylitis; Chronic Inflammatory Diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Pregnancy; Psoriasis; Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Rotavirus Vaccine; Serious Infections; Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

$105,000

Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vinet, Evelyne

Keywords: Administrative Database; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Chronic Inflammatory Diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Pregnancy; Psoriasis And Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Rotavirus Vaccine; Serious Infections; Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors (Tnfi)

$382,500

The FERTILE network (FERTility therapy and its Impact on Long-term health Events)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Vélez, Maria Del Pilar; Dayan, Natalie

Keywords: Fertility Therapy; Infertility; Women'S Health

$15,000

Prediction of Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Women Who Give Birth Following Assisted Reproductive Technology

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Analyses of Existing Cohorts & Databases - IHDCYH

Principal investigators: Dayan, Natalie

Keywords: Healthy Pregnancy; Reproductive, Child, And Maternal Health

$74,982

Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer Early (DOvE)by targeting symptomatic women

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Gilbert, Lucy; Basso, Olga

Keywords: Early Detection Of Ovarian Cancer; Reducing False Positive Results; Triage Of Symptomatic Patients

$1,404,691

Do the causes of infertility play a role in the health of children born to couples with low fertility?

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Basso, Olga

Keywords: Child Health; Infertility; Infertility Treatment; Pregnancy

$597,618

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
Medicine/Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medicine
Obstétrique et gynécologie
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Other

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Lucy Gilbert

Obstetrics and Gynecology

3 shared papers, latest 2020

Robyn Tamblyn

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Natalie Dayan

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Robert Gagnon

Medicine/Obstetrics & Gynecology

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Gabriel Altit

Pediatrics

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Gabriel Altit

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Marc Beltempo

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Marc Beltempo

Obstétrique et gynécologie

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Seungmi Yang

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Louise Pilote

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Sahar Saeed

Public Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Michal Abrahamowicz

Clinical Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Louise Pilote

Cardiology

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Jennifer Hutcheon

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Patricia Monnier

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Michael Wolfson

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Anie Lapointe

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Alfonso Iorio

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Infertility etiology, assisted reproduction, and occurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cohort study.

Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study.

Risk of major gynecologic surgery before age 40 among daughters of young mothers.

Evaluation of the association between patent ductus arteriosus approach and neurodevelopment in extremely preterm infants.

On the study of fetal growth restriction: time to abandon SGA.

Type of infertility and prevalence of congenital malformations.

Inferring fetal growth restriction as rare, severe, and stable over time.

Differences in birthweight by maternal and paternal nativity status in Canada.

The influence of regulation of medically assisted reproduction on the risk of hospitalization in the first 2&#xa0;years of life.

Parents' age at birth and daughters' time to pregnancy: a study within the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort.

Impact of Infertility and its Treatment on Women's Mental Health

Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring

Risk of infections with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in pregnant women and their offspring

The FERTILE network (FERTility therapy and its Impact on Long-term health Events)

Prediction of Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Women Who Give Birth Following Assisted Reproductive Technology

Diagnosing Ovarian Cancer Early (DOvE)by targeting symptomatic women

Do the causes of infertility play a role in the health of children born to couples with low fertility?

Frequent collaborators

Lucy Gilbert

Robyn Tamblyn

Natalie Dayan

Robert Gagnon

Gabriel Altit

Gabriel Altit

Marc Beltempo

Marc Beltempo

Seungmi Yang

Louise Pilote

Sahar Saeed

Michal Abrahamowicz

Louise Pilote

Jennifer Hutcheon

Patricia Monnier

Michael Wolfson

Anie Lapointe

Alfonso Iorio

The influence of regulation of medically assisted reproduction on the risk of hospitalization in the first 2 years of life.