Below are papers that were recently authored by members of the P3 Cohort team (names are in bold) related to preterm birth, the P3 Cohort and its associated substudies.
2025 (April to December)
Baker K, Stephenson N, Cuthbert C, Rabi D, Metcalfe A. A Retrospective Analysis of Postpartum Glucose Testing Incidence by Prenatal Care Provider Specialty in a Canadian Gestational Diabetes Cohort. Can J Diabetes. 2025;49(4):263-270.e3.
Benham JL, Stephenson N, Metcalfe A, Donovan LE, Feig DS, Pylylpjuk C, Ruth C, Berger H, Sigurdson S, Shah BR, Yamamoto J. Gestational Diabetes Laboratory Testing in Alberta Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Can J Diabetes. 2025;49(3):213-217.e1.
Bukhari A, Dawoud Z, Tang S, Matthews M, Yusuf K, Hasan SU. Respiratory insufficiency, feeding issues and length of stay in 33-36 weeks post-menstrual age infants. Pediatr Res. Published online September 27, 2025.
El-Dib M, Abdelgadir D, Ahmad KA, Ayed M, Burnsed J, Chavez-Valdez R, Cizmeci MN, Craig A, Groenendaal F, Gunn AJ, Kitsommart R, Lancaster T, Lucke AM, Malhotra A, Marks JD, Mathur A, Mietzsch U, Mohammad K, Northington FJ, Peeples ES, Shany E, Sinha B, Steggerda SJ, Toso P, Weiss M, Zanelli S, Inder T. Benefits and risks of therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in late preterm infants. Pediatr Res. Published online September 18, 2025.
Fifen JJ, Siddique M, Lodha Ar, Walker A, Benlamri A, Tang S, Makarchuk S, Lodha A, McAllister D. Anesthesia, extremely premature infants and full-scale intelligence quotient at 5 years of age. Pediatr Res. 2025;98(5):1904-1911.
Gibson PS, Kealy AJ, Steckham KE, Windram JD, Metcalfe A, Graham MM. Pregnancy-Associated Myocardial Infarction in Alberta: A Population-Based Study. JACC Adv. 2025;4(2):101554.
Han YC, Shearer J, Mu C, Slater DM, Tough SC, Duggan GE. Comparative analysis of machine learning techniques in metabolomic-based preterm birth prediction. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2025;27:3240-3250.
Hornaday KK, Werbicki T, Tough SC, Wood SL, Anderson DW, Li C H, Slater DM. Machine learning for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth using early second and third trimester maternal blood gene expression: A cautionary tale. PLoS One. 2025;20(6):e0310937.
Lambert T, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Slater D, Leijser LM, Metcalfe A. Impact of couple vs. individual participation in pregnancy research: A comparative analysis of participant characteristics and study retention. Ann Epidemiol. 2025;111:163-167. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Metcalfe A, Cairncross ZF, McMorris CA, Friedenreich CM, Nelson G, Bhatti P, Fell DB, Lisonkova S, Sikdar KC, Shack L, Ray JG. Cancer chemotherapy in pregnancy and adverse pediatric outcomes: a population-based cohort study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025;117(3):554-561.
Moitra S, Savu A, Annesi-Maesano I, Garcia-Aymerich J, Metcalfe A, Kaul P. Maternal Asthma and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: An Analysis of 434,068 Pregnancies in Canada. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025;13(7):1836-1845.e6.
Omidi A, Shamaei A, Aktar M, King R, Leijser L, Souza R. Improving skull-stripping for infant MRI via weakly supervised domain adaptation using adversarial learning. Comput Biol Med. 2025;196(Pt C):110903.
Pardo AC, Carrasco M, Wintermark P, Nunes D, Chock VY, Sen S, Wusthoff CJ, Newborn Brain Society, Guidelines and Publications Committee. Neuromonitoring practices for neonates with congenital heart disease: a scoping review. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(5):1492-1506.
Stephenson N, McNeil DA, Prisnie K, Castillo E, Kuret V, Nerenberg K, Parmar R, Teare GF, Klein K, Metcalfe A. Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions on the Home Birth Trends in Alberta: An Observational Retrospective Cohort Study. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2025;47(9):103021.
Tougas S, Bhullar H, Stritzke A, Tang S, Makarchuk S, Lodha A. Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 5 Years in Preterm Infants Born at <27 Weeks’ Gestational Age following Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes. Am J Perinatol. 2026;43(6):839-846.
Verschuur AS, King R, Tax CMW, Boomsma MF, van Wezel-Meijler G, Leemans A, Leijser LM. Methodological considerations on diffusion MRI tractography in infants aged 0-2 years: a scoping review. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(3): 880-897.
Verschuur AS, Tax CMW, Nijholt IM, van Wezel-Meijler G, Hendson L, Zein H, Scotland J, King R, Mohammad K, Boomsma M F, Leemans A, Leijser LM. Diffusion MRI tractography with along-tract profiling reveals subtle neurodevelopmental differences between moderate and late preterm infants. Eur J Radiol. 2025;187:112098.
Verschuur AS, van Wezel-Meijler G, Low S, Nijholt IM, Metcalfe A, Skiffington J, Slater DM, Bergeron A, Fiedrich E, Boomsma MF, Tax CMW, Leemans A., Leijser LM. Trends in Term-Equivalent Age Brain Volumes in Infants Born Across the Gestational Age Spectrum. Children (Basel). 2025;12(8):1026. [P3 Brain Health Study Data Analyzed]
Wilson D, Breitbart S, DiFonzo L, Kelly E, Diambomba Y, Kajal D, Raghuram K, Wong S, Ng E, Church P, Asztalos E, Glanc P, Cisecki MN, Yankanah R, Traubici J, Leijser LM, Miller SP, Kulkarni AV, Ly L. Implementation of an early intervention strategy for post hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2025, Jul 25.
Wood EM, Hornaday KK, Newton M, Wang M, Wood SL, Slater DM. Urinary prostaglandin metabolites as biomarkers for human labour: Insights into future predictors. PLoS One. 2025;20(7):e0315484.
2026 (January to March)
Caughey AB, Sultan P, Monks DT, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli DM, Sauro KM, Shah PS, Muraca GM, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Jago CA, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Wilson RDW, Nelson G. Guidelines for intraoperative care in in caesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 2) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S170-S183.
Cizmeci MN, Leijser LM, de Vries LS. Diagnostic neuroimaging and early detection of germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2026.
Gano D, Boardman JP, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Tarui T, Chau V, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Scelsa B, Vollmer B, Mulkey SB, Scher MS, Hart AR, Peeples ES, Nakwa F, Molloy E, Pardo AC; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Neonatal neurocritical care considerations for prenatally identified neurological disorders. Pediatr Res. 2026.
Leijser LM, de Vries LS, Cizmeci MN. Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and follow-up of germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2026.
Musiime GM, Hendson L, Mohammad K, Kwong GPS, Riva-Cambrin J, Benlamri A, Tang S, Scott JN, Momin S, Zein H, Leijser LM. Neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants following progressive post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. J Perinatol. 2026.
Salah H, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Leijser LM, Slater D, Metcalfe A. The association between neighborhood walkability and postpartum weight retention: A prospective cohort study. Public Health. 2026;254:106228. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Srajer A, Harris M, Santos J, Dalere J, King JA, Skiffington JC, Slater D, Leijser L, Metcalfe A. Obstetrical outcomes in pregnant patients following a gluten-free diet: A prospective cohort study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2026. [P3 Cohort Data Analyzed]
Sultan P, Monks D, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli D, Sauro KM, Shah P, Muraca G, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Caughey AB, Wilson RDW, Nelson G. Guidelines for postoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 3) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S184-S198
Wilson RD, Monks D, Sharawi N, Bamber J, Panelli D, Sauro KM, Shah P, Muraca G, Metcalfe A, Wood SL, Jago CA, Daly S, Blake L, Macones GA, Caughey AB, Sultan P, Nelson G. Guidelines for antenatal and pre-operative care in caesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations (Part 1) – 2025 update. AJOG 2026. 233(6): S153-169.