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sidebar__group-headline" aria-expanded="false"> Area of Research </div><!--/.group-headline--> <div class="researcher-sidebar__info sidebar__info"> <p><a href="https://mageewomens.org/what-we-do/pregnancy-newborn-medicine">Pregnancy & Newborn Medicine</a></p> </div><!--/.info--> </div><!--/.group--> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group"> <div class="researcher-sidebar__group-headline sidebar__group-headline" aria-expanded="false"> Education </div><!--/.group-headline--> <div class="researcher-sidebar__info sidebar__info"> <p>MD, University of Michigan</p> <p>Internship, Internal Medicine</p> <p>Residency in OB-GYN, University of Michigan</p> <p>Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco</p> </div><!--/.info--> </div><!--/.group--> </div><!--/.researcher--> </aside> <section class="content content--sidebar"> <div class="content-inner"> <blockquote> Pregnancy is the most complex physiological human adaptation. One human (the mother) with a unique genetic makeup and environment is in intimate contact with another human (the baby) with different genes in a different environment. Understanding pregnancy and its problems demands worldwide collaborations, sharing data, biological samples and ideas. <br> <span class="quote-author">James Roberts, MD</span> </blockquote> <h3>Research in Brief</h3> <p>Dr Roberts’ research is interdisciplinary and involves fundamental, clinical, behavioral and epidemiological studies. He has been involved in several seminal studies of preeclampsia including the recognition of preeclampsia as involving endothelial dysfunction and being more than hypertension in pregnancy. He currently is involved in global health research and is on the Management Committee of the Bill and Melinda Gates funded, <a href="https://pre-empt.cfri.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia monitoring prevention and treatment (PRE-EMPT)</a> study. He also heads the <a href="https://pre-empt.cfri.ca/collaboration/global-pregnancy-collaboration" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Global Pregnancy Collaboration</a> a consortium of 34 centers world wide that facilitates collaborative research. He is a Co-Investigator on studies in Brazil and South Africa.</p> </div> <div class="accordion"> <h4 class="accordion-title" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Selected Publications</h4> <div class="collapse"> <div class="collapse-inner"> <ul><li><strong>Roberts JM</strong>, Taylor RN, Musci TJ, Rodgers GM, Hubel CA, McLaughlin MK: Preeclampsia: An endothelial cell disorder? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1989;161(5):1200-1204.</li><li><strong>Roberts JM</strong>, Myatt L, Spong C, Thom E, Hauth J, Leveno K, Pearson G, Wapner R, Varner M, Thorp J, Mercer B, Peaceman A, Ramin S, Carpenter M, Samuels P, Sciscione A, Harper M, Smith W, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Anderson G, for the Eunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Vitamins C and E to prevent adverse outcomes with pregnancy-associated hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2010; 362(14):1282-91.</li><li>Myatt L, Redman CW, Staff AC, Hansson S, Wilson ML, Laivuori H, Poston L, <strong>Roberts JM</strong>, Global Pregnancy C. Strategy for standardization of preeclampsia research study design. Hypertension. 2014;63(6):1293-301.</li><li>Myatt L, <strong>Roberts JM</strong>. Preeclampsia: Syndrome or Disease? Curr Hypertens Rep. 2015;17(11):83.</li></ul><p>For additional publications, visit <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/james.roberts.1/bibliograpahy/40477803/public/?s%20ort=date&direction=descending">Pubmed</a>.</p> </div><!--/.collapse-inner--> </div><!--/.collapse--> </div><!--/.accordion--> </div><!--/.inner--> </section> </div><!--.wrapper--> <section class="cta--newsletter bg-color--dark-purple"> <div class="wrapper"> <h4>Be the First to Know</h4> <p>Get the latest research, news, events, and more delivered to your inbox.</p> <div class="form__container"> <form id="subscribeInline" class="luminateApi survey-form" method="POST" action="#" data-luminateApi='{"callback": "submitSurveyCallback", "requiresAuth": "true"}'> <input type="hidden" name="method" value="submitSurvey" /> <input id="surv" type="hidden" /> <input type="hidden" name="cons_email_opt_in" value="true" /> <div class="form__group form__group--two"> <div class="form__field"> <label 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