Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Director, Maternal Health Practices and Child Development Program, Director, Training Programs in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Alcohol Research, Telephone: 412-681-3482; Fax: 412-681-1261.

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education: B.A., Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967
M.P.H., Yale University School of Public Health, 1969
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1976

Committees:

• 1988-1989, Chair, Psychosocial Research Initial Review Group, NIAAA, Prevention and Epidemiology Subcommittee
• 1990-1993, Chair, Psychosocial Institutional Review Board, University of Pittsburgh
• 1991-1995, Member, National Advisory Council, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health

Selected Recent Publications:

• Leech, S., Richardson, G., Goldschmidt, L., Day, N. Prenatal substance exposure: Effects on attention and impulsivity of six-year-olds. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 21:109-118, 1999.
• Ness, R.B., Grisso, J.A., Hirschinger, N., Markovic, N., Day, N.L., Kline, J. Cocaine use and tobacco smoking and the risk of spontaneous abortion. New England Journal of Medicine 340:333-339, 1999.
• Day, N.L., Zuo, Y., Richardson, G.A., Goldschmidt, L., Larkby, C.A., Cornelius, M.D. Prenatal alcohol use and offspring size at 10 years of age. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 23:863-869, 1999.
• Scher, M.S., Richardson, G.A., Day, N.L. Effects of prenatal cocaine/crack and other drug exposure on EEG-sleep studies at birth and one year. Pediatrics 105:39-48, 2000.
• Goldschmidt, L., Day, N.L., Richardson, G.A. Effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on child behavior problems at age 10. Neurotoxicology and Eratology (in press).
• Day, N.L., Richardson, G.A., Goldschmidt, L., Cornelius, M. The effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on preschooler's behavior. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (in press).
• Kelly, S.J., Day, N.L., Streissguth, A.P. Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on social behavior in humans and other species. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 22:143-149, 2000.
• Cornelius, M., Leech, S., Goldschmidt, L., Lebow, H., Day, N. Prenatal tobacco exposure: Is it a risk factor for early tobacco experimentation? Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2:45-52, 2000.

Current Research Funding:

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