Kate E Pickett
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology

Contact details

Tel: +44 (0)1904 321377
Fax: +44 (0)1904 321388
Email: kp6@york.ac.uk
Postal: Department of Health Sciences, Area 3, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.

Qualifications

1999: Ph.D. Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
1990: M.S. Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
1987: B.A. (honors) Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University

Research Group Membership

Inequalities in Health

Research Interests

Social determinants of health, smoking in pregnancy, epidemiological methods

Teaching and related duties

Programme leader, PhD programme in Health Sciences
Module leader, Epidemiology

Career details

2003-2006: Lecturer in Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
1999-2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, with a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1996-1999: Graduate Student Research Assistant and Instructor, Division of Public Health Biology and Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
1992-1995: Project Manager, Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University
1991-1992: Research Associate, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University
1991:Statistical Analyst, International Development Institute, Indiana University

Current Funded Research Projects

Wakshlag, LS, Pickett KE, Leventhal BL, et al. 2002-2007. Prenatal smoking and patterns of youth problem behavior, National Institute for Drug Abuse, $3,174,972.

Wakschlag LS, Espy K, Pickett KE, Pine D. 2006-2007. Prenatal smoking and the development of disruptive behavior: Uncovering neurobiologic mechanisms in the first years of life. Children's Brain Research Foundation, $100,000.

Godfrey C, Parrot S, Rice N, Pickett KE. Costs of smoking in pregnancy. Department of Health, Public Health Research Consortium, £58,325.

Godfrey C, Parrot S, Rice N, Pickett KE. Dynamic model of smoking related costs and consequences for England. Department of Health, Public Health Research Consortium, £73,682.

Pickett KE, Atkin K, Kiernan K, Wilkinson RG. Ethnic group density effects on physical health. Medical Research Council, £290,027.

Publications

Chapters in Books

Catalano R and Pickett KE. A taxonomy of research on place and health. In: Albrecht G, Fitpatrick R and Scrimshaw S, eds. Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine. London: Sage, 1999 and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000.

Abrams B and Pickett KE. Maternal nutrition. In: Creasy RR, Resnik R, Iams J (Eds). Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and practice, 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co, 2003.

Pickett KE, Collins JW. Low birthweight: psychosocial aspects of. In: Anderson N (Ed). The Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Ltd, 2004.

Pickett KE. Ethnic group density effects on health. In: Babones S (Ed). Inequality, Society and Health. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming.

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals

Pickett KE, Haas JD, Murdoch S, Rivera JA and Martorell R. Early nutritional supplementation and skeletal maturation in Guatemalan adolescents. Journal of Nutrition 1995;125:1097S-1103S.

Pickett KE. Creating the postpartum community. International Journal of Childbirth Education 1996; 11(2):38.

Abrams B, Altman SL and Pickett KE. Pregnancy weight gain: still controversial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000;71(5 Suppl):1233S-1241S.

Pickett KE, Abrams B and Selvin S. Maternal height, pregnancy weight gain and birth weight. American Journal of Human Biology 2000;12:682-687.

Pickett KE, Abrams B, Selvin S. Defining preterm delivery - the epidemiology of clinical presentation. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2000;14(4):305-308.

Pickett KE and Pearl M. Multi-level analyses of neighborhood social environments and health outcomes: a critical review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001;55:111-122.

Pickett KE, Abrams B, Shauffler, HH, King, J, Brandt P, Kalkbrenner A, Chapman SA. Coverage of tobacco dependence treatments for pregnant smokers in HMOs. American Journal of Public Health 2001;91:1393-4.

Herbst AL, Pickett, KE, Follen M, Noller KL. The management of low grade cervical cytologic abnormalities and HPV testing - a cautionary note. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001;98:849-51.

Wakschlag LS, Pickett KE, Cook E, Benowitz NL, Leventhal BL. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and severe antisocial behavior in offspring: are they causally linked? American Journal of Public Health 2002;92:966-974.

Pickett KE, Ahern J, Selvin S, Abrams B. Neighborhood socioeconomic status, maternal race and preterm delivery: a case-control study. Annals of Epidemiology 2002;12:410-418.

Pickett KE, Wakschlag LS, Rathouz P, Leventhal B, Abrams B. The working class context of pregnancy smoking. Health and Place 2002;8:167-175.

Chen L, Pickett KE. Preventing neural tube defects with folic acid: Policy development and suggested intervention strategies for China. Maternal and Child Health Journal of China 2002;17:568-570.

Pickett KE, Wakschlag LS, Leventhal BL. Fluctuations in maternal smoking during pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003;101:140-7.

Linda Titus-Ernstoff L, Perez K, Hatch EE, Troisi R, Palmer JR, Hartge P, Hyer M, Kaufman R, Adam E, Strohsnitter W, Noller N, Pickett KE, Hoover R. Psychosexual Characteristics of Men and Women Exposed Prenatally to DES (Diethylstilbestrol). Epidemiology 2003; 14:155-160.

Wakschlag LS, Pickett KE, Middlecamp M, Walton L, Leventhal BLL. Pregnant smokers who quit, pregnant smokers who can't: Does history of problem behavior make a difference? Social Science and Medicine 2003;56:2449-2460

Ahern J, Pickett KE, Selvin S, Abrams B. Preterm birth among African American and White women: A multilevel analysis of neighborhood socioeconomic risk factors and the role of cigarette smoking. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003;57:606-611

Garfield C, Pickett KE, Chung PJ and Lantos J. Who will take care of the children? Pediatricians' attitudes to, and use of, parental leave. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2003;3:228-233.

Lamont EB, Hayreh D, Pickett KE, Dignam JJ, List MA, Stenson KM, Haraf DJ, Brockstein BE, Sellergren SA, Vokes EE. Is patient travel distance associated with survival on Phase II clinical trials in oncology? Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95:1370-1375.

Ritch CR, Brendler CB, Wan RL, Pickett KE, Sokoloff MH. Relationship of erythrocyte membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids and prostate-specific antigen levels in Jamaican men. British Journal of Urology International 2004;93:1211-5.

Gulati M, Kurina L, Everson-Rose S, Chung PJ, Kandula N, Cohen N, Lukezic R, Karandalo K, Powell L, Pickett KE. Loss of physical function after the menopause in African American and Caucasian women. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004;160:484-491.

Pickett KE, Collins JW, Masi C, Wilkinson RG. The effects of racial density and income incongruity on pregnancy outcomes. Social Science and Medicine 2005;60:2229-2238.

Pickett KE, Mookherjee J, Wilkinson RG. Teenage births and violence are related to income inequality among rich countries. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95:1181-1183.

Pickett KE, Kelly S, Leach R, Brunner E, Wilkinson RG. Wider income gaps, wider waistbands? An ecological study of income inequality and obesity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005;59: 670-674.

Pickett KE, Rathouz PJ, Kasza K,, Wakschlag LS, Wright RJ. Self-reported smoking, cotinine levels and patterns of smoking in pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2005;19:368-376.

Pickett KE, Luo Y, Lauderdale DS. Widening social inequalities in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States. American Journal of Public Health 2005; 95: 1976-1981.

Wilkinson RG, Pickett KE. Income inequality and health: A review and explanation of the evidence. Social Science and Medicine 2006; 62:1768-1784.

Wakschlag LS, Pickett KE, Loeber R. Is maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with a developmental pattern of conduct problems in young boys? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2006;45:461-467.

Kiernan, K, Pickett KE. Marital status disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy, breastfeeding and maternal depression. Social Science and Medicine 2006: 63:335-346.

Pickett KE, James O, Wilkinson RG. Income inequality and the prevalence of mental illness: A preliminary international analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006;60:646-647.

Wakschlag LS, Leventhal BL, Pine DS, Pickett KE, Carter AS. Elucidating early mechanisms of developmental psychopathology: The case of prenatal smoking and disruptive behavior. Child Development 2006; 77:893-906.

Fisher B, Dowding D, Pickett KE, Fylan F. Health promotion at breast cancer screening clinics. Health Promotion International 2007; Advance Publication Online, doi:10.1093/heapro/dal043

Wilkinson RG, Pickett KE. The problems of relative deprivation: why some societies do better than others. In press: Social Science and Medicine.

Invited Contributions to Peer-Reviewed Journals

Wakschlag L, Leventhal B, Cook E, Pickett KE. Intergenerational health consequences of maternal smoking. The Economics of Neuroscience (TEN) 2000; 2(1): 47-54.

Pickett KE. Commentary: Prepregnancy body mass index and pregnancy weight gain: associations with preterm delivery. JAMA Women's Health Information Center 2000: http://www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/library/scan/comment.htm

Pickett KE. Commentary on: "Results of a randomized trial on the management of cytology interpretations of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance" and "A randomized trial on the management of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cytology interpretations". Evidence Based Obstetrics and Gynecology 2004; 6(3): 147-9.

Pickett KE. Commentary on: "Breast Cancer and abortion: collaborative reanalysis of data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 83000 women with breast cancer from 16 countries". Evidence-Based Nursing 2004;7:122.

Bioeffects Committee, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Bioeffects literature review: Prenatal ultrasonography and the occurrence of subsequent non-right-handedness. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 2004;23:1535-1542.

Wilkinson RG, Pickett KE. Health inequalities and the UK Presidency of the EU. Lancet 2006; 367:1126-1128.

Wilkinson RG, Pickett KE. IQ and economic development: A response to Kanazawa. British Journal of Health Psychology, In press.

Kate E Pickett Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology