Ph.D., 2006, Karolinska Institute

Sc.D., 2005, Harvard School of Public Health

Surkan PJ, Kawachi I, Peterson KE. Maternal depressive symptoms and child overweight. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (in press).

Surkan PJ, Schnaas L, Wright RJ, Tellez-Rojo MM, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Hu H, Hernandez-Avila M, Bellinger DC, Schwartz J, Perroni E, Wright RO. Maternal self-esteem, exposure to lead, and child neurodevelopment. Neurotoxicology (in press). 

Surkan PJ, Radestad I, Cnattingius S, Steineck G, Dickman PW. Events following a stillbirth in relation to maternal depressive symptoms. Birth (in press).

Surkan PJ, Steineck G, Kriecbergs U. Perceptions of a mental health questionnaire: The ethics of using population-based controls. Journal of Medical Ethics (in press). 

Surkan PJ, Kawachi I, Ryan LM, Berkman LF, Vieira LM, Peterson KE. Maternal depressive symtpoms, parenting self-efficacy and child growth. American Journal of Public Health 98(1):125-132, 2008.

Surkan PJ, Zhang A, Trachtenberg F, Daniel D, McKinlay S, Bellinger DC. Neuropsychological function in children with blood lead levels <10ug/dL. Neurotoxicology 28(6):1170-1177, 2007.  

Surkan PJ, Ryan LM, Vieira LM, Berkman LF, Peterson KE. Maternal social and psychological conditions and physical growth in low-income children in Piauí, Northeast Brazil. Social Science and Medicine 64(2): 375-388, 2007.

Surkan PJ, Dickman PW, Steineck G, Onelov E, Kreicbergs U. Home care of a child dying of a malignancy and parental awareness of a child's impending death. Palliative Medicine 20(3):161-169, 2006.

Surkan PJ, Peterson KE, Hughes MD, Gottlieb BR. The role of social networks and support in maternal women’s depression: A multiethnic urban sample. Maternal Child Health Journal 10(4):375-383, 2006.

Surkan PJ, Ryan LM, Bidwell HW, Brooks DR, Peterson KE, Gillman MW. Psychosocial correlates of leisure-time physical activity in working-class adults. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2(4):395-409, 2005.

Surkan PJ, Stephansson O, Dickman, PW, Cnattingius S. Previous preterm and small-for-gestational births and subsequent risk of stillbirth. New England Journal of Medicine 350(8): 777-785, 2004.

Surkan PJ, Hsieh CC, Johansson AL, Dickman PW, Cnattingius S. Reasons for increasing trends in large for gestational age births. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 104(4):720-6, 2004.