The journal Birth Defects Research publishes original research and reviews as well as short communications, case reports, opinions and  practice and policy articles in areas related to the discovery, description, etiology, and prevention of adverse reproductive and developmental  outcomes. In particular the journal is devoted to the publication of original research that contributes to the understanding of prenatal  development and the  causes and mechanisms leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes including pregnancy loss, structural and functional birth defects, and effects on maternal and children’s health, and to the identification of biological mechanisms and interventions that reduce these risks.

Adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes may have genetic, environmental, nutritional or epigenetic causes. Accordingly, the journal Birth Defects Research takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach in its organization and publication strategy.

The journal Birth Defects Research publishes original research and reviews in the following areas:

Clinical and epidemiological analyses of environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors, and their interactions, causing adverse effects on reproduction, pregnancy outcomes or children’s health.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of adverse developmental and reproductive outcomes.
Protective factors and their mechanisms
Reproductive and developmental toxicity of drugs, chemicals and biotechnology-derived products, and organismal, cellular and computational approaches to detecting and understanding toxicity to prevent birth defects and other adverse reproductive outcomes.
physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) mathematical modeling of pregnancy and delivery of agents to the developing organism;
approaches to risk assessment for developmental and reproductive toxicants;
toxicity related to direct exposure in juvenile animals
Parental nutritional, behavioral and socioeconomic factors that positively or negatively affect the risk of adverse reproductive outcomes.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michel Vekemans, MD, PhD, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Email: m_vekemans@yahoo.fr
EDITORS
Christina D. Chambers, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Diego, USA
John M. Rogers, PhD, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Michiko Watanabe, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Simon J. Conway, PhD, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA
Jan M. Friedman, MD, PhD, British Columbia Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Robert Greene, PhD, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Philip Lupo, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Sarah Obican, MD, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Gary M. Shaw, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Maja Bucan, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Robert Clark, Artemis Pharmaceutical Research, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Ralph Cooper, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Heather Etchevers, INSERM, Marseille, France
Suzanne Fenton, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jodie Flaws, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Paul Foster, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA
Barbara Hales, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Patricia Hunt, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
Robert Kavlock, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
William Kelce, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA
Margaret L. Kirby, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Nicole Kleinstreuer, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Gary Klinefelter, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA
Thomas Knudsen, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Susan Laws, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Ling Hong Li, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, USA
Cecilia W. Lo, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sue Marty, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, USA
Barry McIntyre, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA
Laura E. Mitchell, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
Maximilian Muenke, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Mary C. Mullins, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Terence R. S. Ozolins, Queen’s University School of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Louise Parks-Saldutti, Merck Research Laboratories, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sonja A. Rasmussen, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Luc De Schaepdrijver, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium
Lavinia Schuller-Faccini, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Jane Stewart, Apconix Ltd, Cheshire, UK
Donald Stump, Charles River Laboratories, Ashland, Ohio, USA
Naoto Ueno, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
 
EDITORS EMERITI
Harold Kalter (1968-1976)
Robert L. Brent (1977-1992)
Thomas W. Sadler (1993-1997)
Lewis B. Holmes (1998-2002)
Philip E. Mirkes (2003-2007)
Diana M. Juriloff (2008-2012)
George P. Daston (2003-2017)
Rocky S. Tuan (2003-2017)
SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Brian Enright, PhD, DABT, Chair
Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE, Vice Chair
Ludmila Bakhireva, MD, PhD, MPH, Member
Robert M. Cabrera, PhD, Member
James Cray, PhD, Member
Maia L. Green, PhD, Member
Judith W. Henck, PhD, DABT, Member
Julia Y. Hui, PhD, Member
Lutfiya Miller-Pinsler, PhD, DABT, Member
Wendy Nembhard, PhD, MPH, Member
Michel Vekemans, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Christina D. Chambers, PhD, MPH, Editor
John M. Rogers, PhD, Editor
Michiko Watanabe, PhD, Editor
Shao-yu Chen, PhD, Ad Hoc
Daoyin Dong, PhD, Ad Hoc
Carolyn Kapron, PhD, Ad Hoc
Norbert Makori, BVM, MSc, PhD, DABT, Ad Hoc
Christine Perdan Curran, PhD, President
Mark H. Paalman, PhD, Wiley Representative
SOCIETY COUNCIL 2019-2020
Christine Perdan Curran, PhD, President
Elise Madison Lewis, PhD, Vice President
Susan L. Makris, MSc, Vice President-Elect
Dana L. Shuey, PhD, DABT, Past President
Anthony M. DeLise, PhD, Secretary
Pragati S. Coder, PhD, DABT, Treasurer
Kimberly C. Brannen, PhD, Councilor
Gloria D. Jahnke, DVM, MS, DABT, Councilor
Nicole Churchill Kleinstreuer, PhD, Councilor
Brian Enright, PhD, DABT, Publications Committee Chair
Marcia Lynn Feldkamp, PhD, MSPH, PA, Public Affairs Committee Chair
Linda G. Roberts, PhD, DABT, Communications Committee Chair
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