Childbirth delivery mode and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a prospective population-based study.
Kapali A, Daltveit AK, Myhr KM, Bjornevik K, Baldin E, Pugliatti M, Riise T, Cortese M.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 21. PMID: 37479464
Dr. Cortese obtained her medical degree in 2013 from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. She completed her Ph.D. in Epidemiology in 2017 at the University of Bergen in Norway, in which she focused on risk factors and early signs of multiple sclerosis.
In 2018 to 2019, she joined Dr. Ascherio’s Neuroepidemiology Research Group at the Department of Nutrition for her postdoctoral research training and has since continued working with his team, currently as a Research Scientist, on understanding risk factors of the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis and other neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases using large prospective cohorts, such as theNurses’ Health Studies, the US military cohort, the Finnish Maternity Cohort, the BENEFIT trial follow-up cohort, and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.
Dr. Cortese is currently focusing on a unique project identifying a metabolomic signature of MS progression using blood of MS patients collected in the earliest disease stages. She is also investigating new risk factors of MS and examining the immune response to different viral infections using blood samples from the large cohort of active duty personnel in the US military. Finally, Dr. Cortese is working on projects on prenatal risk factors for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric diseases using Norwegian population registries.
Kapali A, Daltveit AK, Myhr KM, Bjornevik K, Baldin E, Pugliatti M, Riise T, Cortese M.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 21. PMID: 37479464
Bjornevik K, Cortese M, Furtado JD, Paganoni S, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz ME, Ascherio A.
Neurology. 2023 08 15. 101(7):e690-e698. PMID: 37344230
Tuominen JA, Bjørnevik K, Romanowska J, Solheim MH, Grydeland TB, Cortese M, Scherzer CR, Riise T, Igland J.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 05. 110:105389. PMID: 37027994
Gregori J, Colomer-Castell S, Campos C, Ibañez-Lligoña M, Garcia-Cehic D, Rando-Segura A, Adombie CM, Pintó R, Guix S, Bosch A, Domingo E, Gallego I, Perales C, Cortese MF, Tabernero D, Buti M, Riveiro-Barciela M, Esteban JI, Rodriguez-Frias F, Quer J.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 24. 23(23). PMID: 36498981
Eid K, Torkildsen Ø, Aarseth J, Celius EG, Cortese M, Holmøy T, Kapali A, Myhr KM, Torkildsen CF, Wergeland S, Gilhus NE, Bjørk MH.
J Neurol. 2022 Nov. 269(11):5901-5909. PMID: 35780399
García-García S, Caballero-Garralda A, Tabernero D, Cortese MF, Gregori J, Rodriguez-Algarra F, Quer J, Riveiro-Barciela M, Homs M, Rando-Segura A, Pacin-Ruiz B, Vila M, Ferrer-Costa R, Pumarola T, Buti M, Rodriguez-Frias F.
Biomedicines. 2022 May 21. 10(5). PMID: 35625929
Eid K, Torkildsen Ø, Aarseth J, Aalstad M, Bhan A, Celius EG, Cortese M, Daltveit AK, Holmøy T, Myhr KM, Riise T, Schüler S, Torkildsen CF, Wergeland S, Gilhus NE, Bjørk MH.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022 06. 93(6):645-650. PMID: 35379699
Bjornevik K, Cortese M, Healy BC, Kuhle J, Mina MJ, Leng Y, Elledge SJ, Niebuhr DW, Scher AI, Munger KL, Ascherio A.
Science. 2022 01 21. 375(6578):296-301. PMID: 35025605
Manuel Escobar J, Cortese M, Edan G, Freedman MS, Hartung HP, Montalbán X, Sandbrink R, Radü EW, Barkhof F, Wicklein EM, Kappos L, Ascherio A, Munger KL.
Mult Scler. 2022 07. 28(8):1277-1285. PMID: 34994579
Wilcox AJ, Cortese M, McConnaughey DR, Moster D, Basso O.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2021 Oct. 36(10):985-991. PMID: 34661814