Publications

The NIH ECHO Program combines observational and intervention research to answer high-impact questions about how influences on early human development—even before conception—affect us throughout our lives and across generations.  The ECHO program has produced over 1,700 publications with a median relative citation ratio in the 85^th percentile.

ECHO Program publications by grantees

 Explore the publications from over 140 collaborative multi-awards.

ECHO Program publications by Program Office staff

NIH ECHO Program Office staff also create peer-reviewed scientific articles about ECHO. To maintain the scientific independence of researchers who receive grants from NIH, Program Office staff do not collaborate with funded researchers to produce these articles.

Principles and Practices of Returning Individual Research Results to Participants in Large Studies of Pregnancy and Childhood
Mash C, McAllister KA, Wonnum S, Vargas AJ, Dowling G, Arteaga SS, Blaisdell CJ, Hardy KK, Prabhu Das I, Raju TNK, and Gillman MW. In press, American Journal of Epidemiology. PMID: 39030726

How the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort can spur discoveries in environmental epidemiology
Park CH, Blaisdell CJ, Arteaga SS, Mash C, Laessig S, Hanspal M, Luetkemeier E, Thompson LC, and Gillman MW.  Am J Epidemiol. 2024 May 18:kwae073. PMID: 38760171

The NIH ECHO Program: Investigating How Early Environmental Influences Affect Child Health
Blaisdell CJ, Park C, Hanspal M, Roary M, Arteaga SS, Laessig S, Luetkemeier E, Gillman MW; program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes. Pediatr Res. 2022 Nov;92(5):1215-1216. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01574-8. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PMID: 34131291

The NIH ECHO Program: An Impetus for the Development of Early Childhood PROMIS Tools
Park CH, Gillman MW, Blaisdell CJ. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 47(5):497-499, June 2022.

Conceptual Models for Implementing Solution-Oriented Team Science in Large Research Consortia
Thompson LC, Hall KL, Vogel AL, Park CH, Gillman MW. J Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Jun 14;5(1):e139. doi: 10.1017/cts.2021.802. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34367683

Promoting Ideal Cardiovascular Health Through the Life Span
Arteaga SS, Gillman MW. Pediatrics. 2020 Apr;145(4):e20200159. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0159. Epub 2020 Mar 24. PMID: 32209702

Addressing the Impact of Opioids on Women and Children
Bianchi DW, Gillman MW. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Aug;221(2):123.e1-123.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.02.050. Epub 2019 May 28. PMID: 31151658

Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, a Research Program of the National Institutes of Health
Gillman MW, Blaisdell CJ. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2018 Apr;30(2):260-262. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000600. PMID: 29356702