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Nadia Hoffman

University of Cape Town (UCT)

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Rondebosch, Western Cape 7701

South Africa

  • University of Cape Town (UCT)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

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473

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3

Scholarly Papers (7)

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1.

Effects of Maternal and Early-Life Anaemia on Child Brain Development: A South African Birth Cohort Study

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Sep 2021
Catherine J. Wedderburn, Jessica Ringshaw, Kirsten Donald, Shantanu Joshi, Sivenesi Subramoney, Jean-Paul Fouche, Jacob A. M. Stadler, Whitney Barnett, Andrea M. Rehman, Nadia Hoffman, Annerine Roos, Katherine Narr, Heather Zar and Dan J. Stein
University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of California - Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute
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Anaemia, child, brain structure, haemoglobin, magnetic resonance imaging

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The Impact of Dialogic Book-Sharing on Receptive and Expressive Language: A Randomised Controlled Trial in the Drakenstein Child Health Cohort

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Jul 2022
Sheri-Michelle Koopowitz, Karen Thea Maré, Marilyn Lake, Christopher du Plooy, Nadia Hoffman, Kirsten Donald, Susan Malcolm-Smith, Lynne Murray, Heather Zar, Peter Cooper and Dan J. Stein
University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Reading, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Reading and University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute
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Parenting, language, Reading, Cognition, Theory of mind

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In-Utero Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution or Tobacco Smoke and Cognitive Development in a South African Birth Cohort Study

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jan 2022
Grace M. Christensen, Junyu Chen, Aneesa Vanker, Nastassja Koen, Meaghan J. Jones, Nicole Gladish, Nadia Hoffman, Kirsten Donald, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Michael Kobor, Heather Zar, Dan J. Stein and Anke Hüls
Emory University - Department of Epidemiology, Emory University - Department of Epidemiology, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Manitoba, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and Emory University - Department of Epidemiology
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environmental epidemiology, epigenomics, air pollution, neurodevelopment, particulate matter

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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and White Matter Microstructural Changes Across the First 6-7 Years of Life: A Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of a South African Birth Cohort

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Jul 2023
Kirsten Donald, Chanelle Hendrikse, Annerine Roos, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Sivenesi Subramoney, Jessica Ringshaw, Layla Bradford, Nadia Hoffman, Tiffany Burd, Katherine Narr, Roger Woods, Heather Zar, Shantanu Joshi and Dan J. Stein
University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of California - Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute
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early brain developmentprenatal alcohol exposurewhite matter maturationdiffusion tensor imaging

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Antenatal Maternal Intimate Partner Violence Exposure Predicts Sex-Specific Alterations in Brain Structure Among Neonates in Urban South Africa

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 May 2022
Lucy V. Hiscox, Graeme Fairchild, Kirsten Donald, Nynke A. Groenewold, Nastassja Koen, Annerine Roos, Katherine Narr, Marina Lawrence, Nadia Hoffman, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Whitney Barnett, Heather Zar, Dan J. Stein and Sarah L. Halligan
University of Bath, University of Bath, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of California - Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and University of Bath
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antenatal stress, intimate partner violence, neonate, brain imaging, LMIC, trauma

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Association of Maternal Antenatal Distress with Child Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Functional Connectivity at 2-3 Years in a South African Birth Cohort Study

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Marlie Miles, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Graeme Fairchild, Marilyn T. Lake, Katherine Narr, Shantanu Joshi, Marina Lawrence, Nadia Hoffman, Nynke A. Groenewold, Whitney Barnett, Stefan du Plessis, Jonathan Ipser, Sarah L. Halligan, Heather Zar, Dan J. Stein and Kirsten Donald
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Bath, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California - Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Vanderbilt University, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Bath, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
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maternal antenatal distress, amygdala-prefrontal cortex connectivity, child neurodevelopment, resting-state fMRI, low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), child psychopathology

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Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Phenols and Child Neurodevelopment at Two Years of Age in a South African Birth Cohort

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Jul 2024
Terry Zhou, Sarina Abrishamcar, Grace M. Christensen, Stephanie Eick, Dana Boyd Barr, Aneesa Vanker, Nadia Hoffman, Kirsten Donald, Catherine J. Wedderburn, Syam S. Andra, Robert O. Wright, Heather Zar, Dan J. Stein and Anke Hüls
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Emory University - Department of Epidemiology, Emory University - Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Emory University, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT), Mount Sinai Health System - Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System - Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and Emory University - Department of Epidemiology
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Environmental mixture methods, environmental phenols, chemical exposures during pregnancy, Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III, pentachlorophenol (PCP), bisphenol A (BPA)