Health and Human Performance
Roussos-Ross Lab
Led by Dikea Roussos-Ross · Health and Human Performance(unverified)
What we study
The Roussos-Ross Lab studies maternal and perinatal health. Recent work reviews medical charts to see how insurance type relates to postpartum emergency room visits; the PI's papers also cover perinatal mood and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Impact of Insurance Type on Frequency of Emergency Room Visits in the Postpartum Period
This study looks at how insurance type affects how often new mothers visit the emergency department in the first year after giving birth. Researchers reviewed 751 medical charts from 2021‑2023 and found that privately insured women had fewer emergency visits than those on Medicaid or uninsured.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 297
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Recent papers, explained
- Monitoring postpartum patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy for follow-up care and service linkages using a smartphone application (MOMitor): a cohort study
2026 · American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
- ECMO for the pregnant and peripartum patient: A practical review of indications, unique management considerations, and an approach framework
2025 · Perfusion
Reviews ECMO use for pregnant patients, focusing on unique management needs.
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- Assessing high-risk perinatal complications as risk factors for postpartum mood disorders
2025 · Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Links high-risk perinatal complications to postpartum mood disorders.
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Association of Breastfeeding’s Protective Effect on Postpartum Depression: A Comparative Analysis of Prepandemic and Pandemic Cohorts
2025 · Breastfeeding Medicine
Compares breastfeeding's effect on postpartum depression before and during COVID-19.
- Public stigma and recognition of perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder
2024 · Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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How to reach out
Dikea Roussos-Ross hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.