Kathleen O'Connor (PhD 1995, SUNY-Albany)
Research Interests:
Biodemography; human reproductive biology and ecology, human mortality patterns and correlates, paleodemography, men’s health
"My research and teaching interests focus on variation in human fertility and mortality, and the biological, cultural, and environmental factors contributing to this variation. In my research on human fertility I examine age-related, population and individual-level variation in female reproductive function. My laboratory specializes in developing and optimizing collection methods and assays for population-level research in reproductive ecology. My research on human mortality has focused on the application of etiologic models of the age pattern of mortality to paleodemographic data. My newest research focuses on men’s health, with the overarching goal of understanding why men tend to have higher mortality across all ages of the lifespan, including in utero, than women."
Lab Web Page: [Click Here]
Class Web Pages:
Reproductive Endocrinology Lab Seminar (Bio A 455)
Biodemography (Bio A 450)
Effective Teaching of Anthropology (Anth 599)
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Selected Publications: |
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2009 |
O'Connor KA, Ferrell RJ, Brindle E, Shofer J, Holman DJ, Miller RC, Schechter DE, Singer B, Weinstein M. Total and unopposed estrogen exposure across stages of the transition to menopause. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 18(3):828-836. |
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2008 |
Wander KW, Brindle E, O'Connor KA. C-reactive protein across the menstrual cycle. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136(2):138-146. |
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2007 |
Fujita M, Brindle E, Shofer J, Ndemwa P, Kombe Y, Shell-Duncan B, O'Connor KA. Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spots. Clinical Chemistry 53: 1972-1975. |
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2007 |
Ferrell RJ, O’Connor KA, Rodriguez G, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Miller RC, Simon J, Mansfield PK, Wood JW, Weinstein M. Monitoring reproductive aging in a 5-year prospective study: aggregate and individual changes in luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) with age. Menopause 14(1):29-37. |
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2006 |
O’Connor KA, Brindle E, Miller RC, Shofer JB, Ferrell RJ, Klein NA, Soules MR, Holman DJ, Mansfield PK, Wood JW. Ovulation detection methods for urinary hormones: Precision, daily and intermittent sampling, and a combined hierarchical method. Human Reproduction 21(6):1442-1452. |
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2005 |
Ferrell RJ, O’Connor KA, Rodriguez G, Gorrindo T, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Miller RC, Schechter DE, Korshalla L, Simon J, Mansfield PK, Wood JW, Weinstein M. Monitoring reproductive aging in a five year prospective study: aggregate and individual changes in steroid hormones and menstrual cycle lengths with age. Menopause 12(5):567-577. |
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2004 |
Miller RC, Brindle E, Holman DJ, Shofer JB, Klein NA, Soules MR, O’Connor KA Comparison of specific gravity and creatinine methods for normalizing urinary reproductive hormone concentrations. Clinical Chemistry 50(5):924-32. |
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2004 |
O’Connor KA, Brindle E, Shofer JB, Miller RC, Klein NA, Soules MR, Campbell KL, Mar C, Handcock MS. Statistical correction for non-parallelism in a urinary enzyme immunoassay. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry 25(3):259-278. |
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2003 |
O'Connor KA, Brindle E, Holman DJ, Klein NA, Soules MR, Campbell KL, Kohen F, Munro CJ, Shofer J, Lasley WL, Wood JW. Urinary estrone conjugate and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide enzyme-immunoassays for population research. Clinical Chemistry 49(7):1139-1148. |
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2001 |
O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Wood JW. Menstrual cycle variability and the perimenopause. American Journal of Human Biology 13(4):465-478. |
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