Deborah Karasek, PhD

Assist Adjunct Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
+1 650 387-2562
Publications: 

Barriers to Accessing Paid Parental Leave Among Birthing Parents With Perinatal Health Complications: A Multiple-Methods Study.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Dumet LM, Dow WH, Karasek D, Franck LS, Goodman JM

Risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among African-born Black women in California, 2011-2020.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Chambers Butcher BD, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Riddell CA, Rogers EE, Torres JM, Blebu B

Structural racism, nativity and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women.

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Karasek D, Riddell CA, Torres JM, Blebu BE

Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births.

BMC public health

Karasek D, Batra A, Baer RJ, Butcher BDC, Feuer S, Fuchs JD, Kuppermann M, Gomez AM, Prather AA, Pantell M, Rogers E, Snowden JM, Torres J, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Hamad R

The Pent-Up Demand for Breastfeeding Among US Women: Trends After COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place.

American journal of public health

Hamad R, Collin DF, Gemmill A, Jackson K, Karasek D

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Perinatal Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

American journal of preventive medicine

Jackson KE, Hamad R, Karasek D, White JS

"It was just one moment that I felt like I was being judged": Pregnant and postpartum black Women's experiences of personal and group-based racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Chambers BD, Fontenot J, McKenzie-Sampson S, Blebu BE, Edwards BN, Hutchings N, Karasek D, Coleman-Phox K, Curry VC, Kuppermann M

A qualitative exploration of experiences accessing community and social services among pregnant low-income people of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women's health (London, England)

Blebu BE, Kuppermann M, Coleman-Phox K, Karasek D, Lessard L, Chambers BD

Perceived stress and COVID-19-related stressors: the moderating role of social support during pregnancy.

Women & health

Blebu BE, Tesfalul M, Karasek D, McCulloch CE, Fontenot J, Lessard L, Kuppermann M

Evaluating the Effect of San Francisco's Paid Parental Leave Ordinance on Birth Outcomes.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Karasek D, Raifman S, Dow WH, Hamad R, Goodman JM

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study.

BMC public health

Torres JM, Alcala E, Shaver A, Collin DF, Franck LS, Gomez AM, Karasek D, Nidey N, Hotard M, Hamad R, Pacheco-Werner T

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among women with a history of leukemia or lymphoma.

Pregnancy hypertension

Anand ST, Ryckman KK, Baer RJ, Charlton ME, Breheny PJ, Terry WW, McLemore MR, Karasek DA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Chrischilles EA

Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Matching Study in the California Population.

Maternal and child health journal

Congdon JL, Baer RJ, Arcara J, Feuer SK, Gómez AM, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L

Racial disparities in emergency mental healthcare utilization among birthing people with preterm infants.

American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM

Karvonen KL, Baer RJ, Blebu B, Calthorpe L, Fuchs JD, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Karasek D, McKenzie-Sampson S, Oltman SP, Rand L, Shannon MT, Washington TE, Woolridge T, Rogers EE, Pantell MS

Hyperlocalized Measures of Air Pollution and Preeclampsia in Oakland, California.

Environmental science & technology

Goin DE, Sudat S, Riddell C, Morello-Frosch R, Apte JS, Glymour MM, Karasek D, Casey JA

Racial Differences in the Association between the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit and Birthweight.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Batra A, Karasek D, Hamad R

Changes in preterm birth and caesarean deliveries in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

Gemmill A, Casey JA, Catalano R, Karasek D, Margerison CE, Bruckner T

The association of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy with preterm birth: A retrospective cohort study in California.

Lancet regional health. Americas

Karasek D, Baer RJ, McLemore MR, Bell AJ, Blebu BE, Casey JA, Coleman-Phox K, Costello JM, Felder JN, Flowers E, Fuchs JD, Gomez AM, Karvonen K, Kuppermann M, Liang L, McKenzie-Sampson S, McCulloch CE, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Piao X, Prather AA, Schmidt RJ, Scott KA, Spellen S, Stookey JD, Tesfalul M, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Maternal nativity and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women residing in California, 2011-2017.

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association

McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Blebu BE, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Rand L, Rogers EE, Torres JM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Scott KA, Chambers BD

The risk of preterm birth among women with a history of leukemia or lymphoma.

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Anand ST, Chrischilles EA, Baer RJ, Charlton ME, Breheny PJ, Terry WW, McLemore MR, Karasek DA, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Ryckman KK

African American Unemployment and the Disparity in Periviable Births.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

Catalano R, Karasek D, Bruckner T, Casey JA, Saxton K, Ncube CN, Shaw GM, Elser H, Gemmill A

Occurrence of fatal police violence during pregnancy and hazard of preterm birth in California.

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

Goin DE, Gomez AM, Farkas K, Duarte C, Karasek D, Chambers BD, Jackson AV, Ahern J

1061 Experiences of discrimination in low-income pregnant women.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Maura E. Jones, Jazmin Fontenot, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Deborah Karasek, Bridgette Blebu, Lauren Lessard, Venise Curry, Andrea Wienmann, Miriam Kuppermann, Brittany D. Chambers

653 Perceived stress among low income pregnant women in during the COVID-19 pandemic.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Miriam Kuppermann, Bridgette Blebu, Jazmin Fontenot, Charles McCulloch, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Deborah Karasek, Andrea Wiemann, Lauren Lessard

Risk of Early Birth among Women with a Urinary Tract Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

AJP reports

Baer RJ, Nidey N, Bandoli G, Chambers BD, Chambers CD, Feuer S, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Risk and Protective Factors for Preterm Birth Among Black Women in Oakland, California.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

McLemore MR, Berkowitz RL, Oltman SP, Baer RJ, Franck L, Fuchs J, Karasek DA, Kuppermann M, McKenzie-Sampson S, Melbourne D, Taylor B, Williams S, Rand L, Chambers BD, Scott K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

The 2016 presidential election and periviable births among Latina women.

Early human development

Gemmill A, Catalano R, Alcalá H, Karasek D, Casey JA, Bruckner TA

Newborn metabolic vulnerability profile identifies preterm infants at risk for mortality and morbidity.

Pediatric Research

Oltman SP, Rogers EE, Baer RJ, Jasper EA, Anderson JG, Steurer MA, Pantell MS, Petersen MA, Partridge JC, Karasek D, Ross KM, Feuer SK, Franck LS, Rand L, Dagle JM, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL

Associations between historical redlining and birth outcomes from 2006 through 2015 in California.

PloS one

Nardone AL, Casey JA, Rudolph KE, Karasek D, Mujahid M, Morello-Frosch R

Examining the Impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Pandemic-Related Hardship on Adverse Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: Design and Launch of the HOPE COVID-19 Study.

The Journal of reproductive medicine

Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Karen A. Scott, Miriam Kuppermann, Rebecca Baer, April Bell, Gretchen Bandoli, Jean Costello, Nadia Diamond-Smith, Elissa Epel, Rebecca Jackson, Fei Jiang, Deborah A. Karasek, Christina Lindan, Allison O’Leary, Jeffrey Olgin, Matt Pantell, Alison Paquette, Nisha Parikh, Noah Peyser, Xianhua Piao, Aric Prather, George Rutherford, Kelli K. Ryckman, Martina Steurer-Muller, Jodi Stookey, Ganapati Srinivasa, Hollis Wright, Charles E. McCulloch, Brian Piening, Elizabeth E. Rogers, Christina Chambers

Stillbirths and live births in the periviable period.

Annals of epidemiology

Elser H, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Karasek D, Bruckner T, Mayo JA, Lee HC, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM, Catalano R

Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Puterman E, Weiss J, Hives BA, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Mendes WB, Rehkopf DH

Collective Optimism and Selection Against Male Twins in Utero.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies

Catalano RA, Goldman-Mellor S, Karasek DA, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Elser H, Bruckner TA, Hartig T

855: Risk of adverse birth outcome among Black women with post-traumatic stress disorder.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Brittany D. Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Gretchen Bandoli, Jennifer Felder, Sky K. Feuer, Elena Flowers, Linda Franck, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Deborah Karasek, Nichole L. Nidey, Scott P. Oltman, Elizabeth Rogers, Karen Scott, Larry Rand, Kelli K. Ryckman, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski

Reproductive suppression and longevity in human birth cohorts.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Saxton KB, Gemmill A, Casey JA, Elser H, Karasek D, Catalano R

The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

American journal of epidemiology

Hamad R, Batra A, Karasek D, LeWinn KZ, Bush NR, Davis RL, Tylavsky FA

Socioeconomic Status, Preeclampsia Risk and Gestational Length in Black and White Women.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

Ross KM, Dunkel Schetter C, McLemore MR, Chambers BD, Paynter RA, Baer R, Feuer SK, Flowers E, Karasek D, Pantell M, Prather AA, Ryckman K, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L

Association of Preterm Births Among US Latina Women With the 2016 Presidential Election.

JAMA network open

Gemmill A, Catalano R, Casey JA, Karasek D, Alcalá HE, Elser H, Torres JM

Sun Smoke in Sweden: Perinatal Implications of the Laki Volcanic Eruptions, 1783-1784.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Casey JA, Gemmill A, Elser H, Karasek D, Catalano R

479: One-year mortality risk by complication for Black compared to White preterm infants.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Scott P. Oltman, Brittany D. Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Monica R. McLemore, Karen Scott, Deborah Karasek, Miriam Kuppermann, Martina A. Steurer, James G. Anderson, Matthew Pantell, Elizabeth E. Rogers, Kelli K. Ryckman, Larry Rand, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski

690: Racial disparities in preterm birth risk by risk factor grouping.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Brittany Chambers, Rebecca J. Baer, Scott P. Oltman, Monica R. McLemore, Karen Scott, Deborah Karasek, Miriam Kuppermann

695: Recurrence of early preterm, late preterm, and early term birth by race/ethnicity and insurance status.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Deborah Karasek, Rebecca J. Baer, James G. Anderson, Jennet Arcara, Rachel Berkowitz, Brittany D. Chambers, Sky Feuer, Elena Flowers, Jonathan Fuchs, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Rita Hamad, Miriam Kuppermann, Tania Pacheco-Werner, Matt Pantell, Scott P. Oltman, Larry Rand, Kelli K. Ryckman, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlwski

Retirements of Coal and Oil Power Plants in California: Association With Reduced Preterm Birth Among Populations Nearby.

American journal of epidemiology

Casey JA, Karasek D, Ogburn EL, Goin DE, Dang K, Braveman PA, Morello-Frosch R

Increase in fertility following coal and oil power plant retirements in California.

Environmental health : a global access science source

Casey JA, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Ogburn EL, Goin DE, Morello-Frosch R

Reproductive suppression, birth defects, and periviable birth.

Evolutionary applications

Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Yang W, Shaw GM

Understanding periviable birth: A microeconomic alternative to the dysregulation narrative.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Catalano R, Bruckner T, Avalos LA, Stewart H, Karasek D, Kariv S, Gemmill A, Saxton K, Casey J

Separating the Bruce and Trivers-Willard effects in theory and in human data.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Catalano R, Gemmill A, Casey J, Karasek D, Stewart H, Saxton K

Cohort Variation in Selection During Pregnancy and Risk of Selected Birth Defects Among Males.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Yang W, Shaw GM, Catalano RA

Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Puterman E, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Weir D, Adler NE, Prather AA, Epel ES

Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Role of Childhood Adversities for Mental Disorders Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Ahern J, Karasek D, Luedtke AR, Bruckner TA, van der Laan MJ

Shared risk aversion in spontaneous and induced abortion.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)

Catalano R, Bruckner TA, Karasek D, Adler NE, Mortensen LH

Racial and ethnic differences in women's preferences for features of contraceptive methods.

Contraception

Jackson AV, Karasek D, Dehlendorf C, Foster DG

Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession.

Economics and human biology

Falconi A, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Goodman J, Anderson B, Lee M, Bellows B, Catalano R

Abortion Patients' Experience and Perceptions of Waiting Periods: Survey Evidence before Arizona's Two-visit 24-hour Mandatory Waiting Period Law.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Karasek D, Roberts SC, Weitz TA

Do macroeconomic contractions induce or 'harvest' suicides? A test of competing hypotheses.

Journal of epidemiology and community health

Gemmill A, Falconi A, Karasek D, Hartig T, Anderson E, Catalano R

Timing of birth: Parsimony favors strategic over dysregulated parturition.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Catalano R, Goodman J, Margerison-Zilko C, Falconi A, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Anderson E

Twins less frequent than expected among male births in risk averse populations.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies

Karasek D, Goodman J, Gemmill A, Falconi A, Hartig T, Magganas A, Catalano R

16. A Home of One's Own: Formerly Homeless Youth's Experiences of Transition into Permanent Supportive Housing.

Journal of Adolescent Health

Sarah Brothers, Jeffrey Schonberg, Jessica Lin, Deborah Karasek, Colette Auerswald

Very low birthweight: dysregulated gestation versus evolutionary adaptation.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Catalano R, Karasek D, Gemmill A, Falconi A, Goodman J, Magganas A, Hartig T

Contraceptive features preferred by black and Latina women.

Contraception

A. Jackson, D. Karasek, C. Dehlendorf, D. Greene-Foster

Contraceptive features preferred by women at high risk of unintended pregnancy.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Lessard LN, Karasek D, Ma S, Darney P, Deardorff J, Lahiff M, Grossman D, Foster DG

Women's empowerment and ideal family size: an examination of DHS empowerment measures in Sub-Saharan Africa.

International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Upadhyay UD, Karasek D

Unprotected intercourse among women wanting to avoid pregnancy: attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Biggs MA, Karasek D, Foster DG

Social norms, collective efficacy, and smoking cessation in urban neighborhoods.

American journal of public health

Karasek D, Ahern J, Galea S

Inability to predict postpartum hemorrhage: insights from Egyptian intervention data.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Prata N, Hamza S, Bell S, Karasek D, Vahidnia F, Holston M

Attitudes toward unprotected intercourse and risk of pregnancy among women seeking abortion.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Foster DG, Higgins JA, Karasek D, Ma S, Grossman D

Interest in using intrauterine contraception when the option of self-removal is provided.

Contraception

D. Foster, D. Karasek, D. Grossman, P. Darney, E. Schwarz

Interest in using intrauterine contraception when the option of self-removal is provided.

Contraception

Foster DG, Karasek D, Grossman D, Darney P, Schwarz EB

Community-based provision of DMPA in Tigray, Ethiopia: Task shifting to reach women.

Contraception

N. Prata, A. Gessessew, A. Cartwright, D. Karasek, M. Potts