Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH

Cande Ananth, PhD, MPH is a tenured distinguished professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. His empirical research spans perinatal and women’s health. He is the recipient of the 2021 Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Senior Clinical or Health Sciences Investigator Award. He has published over 550 papers in peer-reviewed journals, almost 50 editorials/commentaries, and over 30 book chapters.

Dr. Ananth holds joint appointments in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, and the Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ. He is a member of

• Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

• Doctoral degree (PhD): Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
• Master’s in public health (MPH): Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
• Master of Science (MSc): Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, India
• Bachelor of Science (BSc): Statistics from Loyola College, India

Dr. Ananth’s research interests fall under three broad areas:

• The impact of ischemic placental disease and preterm delivery on long-term cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions that affect health of women and offspring along the life course.
• Impact of air pollution and extreme weather exposures on ischemic placental disease.
• Development and applications of innovative analytic approaches, including causal models and mediation methods, to studies in human reproduction.

Dr. Ananth is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. He has received several prestigious awards, including the “2001 Outstanding Young Professional Award” conferred by the national coalition for excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology and 13 national health organizations.

Since 2012, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology—the only specialty journal that caters to the fields of pediatric and perinatal epidemiology. He is a statistical editor for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Ananth CV, Brandt JS, Keyes KM, Graham HL, Kostis JB, Kostis WJ. Epidemiology and trends in stroke mortality in the USA, 1975-2019. International Journal of Epidemiology 2023 Jun 6;52(3):858-866. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac210. PMID: 36343092; PMCID: PMC10244057.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36343092/

Sachdev D, Yamada R, Lee R, Sauer MV, Ananth CV. Risk of Stroke Hospitalization After Infertility Treatment. JAMA Network Open 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2331470. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31470. PMID: 37647063; PMCID: PMC10469284.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37647063/

Lee R, Brandt JS, Joseph KS, Ananth CV. Pregnancy-associated mortality due to cardiovascular disease: Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2024 Mar;38(3):204-215. doi: 10.1111/ppe.13055. Epub 2024 Feb 20. PMID: 38375930; PMCID: PMC10978238. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38375930/

Joseph KS, Lisonkova S, Boutin A, Muraca GM, Razaz N, John S, Sabr Y, Chan WS, Mehrabadi A, Brandt JS, Schisterman EF, Ananth CV. Maternal mortality in the United States: are the high and rising rates due to changes in obstetrical factors, maternal medical conditions, or maternal mortality surveillance? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024 Apr;230(4):440.e1-440.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.12.038. Epub 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38480029. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38480029/

Ananth CV, Loh WW. Causal effects of competing obstetrical interventions: mediators of placental abruption and perinatal mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology 2025 Mar 4;194(3):625-634. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae273. PMID: 39123099; PMCID: PMC11879500. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39123099/

Lin R, Fields JC, Lee R, Rosenfeld EB, Daggett EE, Sharma R, Ananth CV. Hospitalization for cardiovascular disease in the year after delivery of twin pregnancies. European Heart Journal 2025 Apr 1;46(13):1219-1228. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf003. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2025 Nov 3;46(41):4348. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf263. PMID: 39894055; PMCID: PMC12249216. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39894055/

Fields JC, Rosenfeld EB, Lee R, Brandt JS, Graham HL, Rosen T, Ananth CV. Eclampsia and early readmission for cardiovascular disease. European Heart Journal 2025 Jul 21:ehaf389. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40689758.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40689758/

Ananth CV, Rosenfeld EB, Shi M, Backal A, Vasudevan S, Lin R, Lee R, Suarez EA. Postpartum kidney disease associated with placental abruption: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Lancet Regional Health Americas 2025 Jul 23;49:101192. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101192. PMID: 40747114; PMCID: PMC12310397.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40747114/