Rebecca J Scharf

Biographic Data

ID7018326
NAMERebecca J Scharf
GIVEN NAMESRebecca J
FAMILY NAMEScharf
SIGNATURESCHARF R J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Virginia
ORCID0000-0002-3381-5594
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Growth and cognition over eight years in three sites of the MAL-ED cohort study

    Open AccessAmber R Huggins, Rebecca J Scharf et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    The objective of this study was to examine if height at 2 years, 5 years, and 6–8 years of age was related to school-age cognitive development in low resource settings. Some studies report improved scores in those who catch up, while others found no improvement. We hypothesize that persistent stunting will be negatively associated with cognition and that children who experienced catch-up growth would show improved cognition.Follow-up anthropometr…

  • Enteric pathogen carriage in early childhood is associated with elevated CRP, lower IGF-1 and linear growth deficits

    Open AccessMark D DeBoer, Sarah Elwood et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Introduction Globally, enteric pathogens have been associated with poor child growth and development. Our aim was to assess for predictors, consequences and potential mechanisms of enteric pathogen burden morbidity among children in rural Tanzania. Methods We performed a secondary data analysis of 1140 children from the Early-Life Interventions for Childhood Growth and Development in Tanzania (ELICIT) study, assessing stool samples from ages 6, 1…

  • Co-recovery of physical size and cognitive ability from infancy to adolescence

    Open AccessSean R Womack, Christopher R Beam et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    This study tested phenotypic and biometric associations between physical and cognitive catch-up growth in a community sample of twins (n = 1285, 51.8% female, 89.3% White). Height and weight were measured at up to 17 time points between birth and 15 years, and cognitive ability was assessed at up to 16 time points between 3 months and 15 years. Weight and length at birth were positively associated with cognitive abilities in infancy and adolescen…

  • Early Childhood Stimulating Environment Predicts Later Childhood Resilience in an Indian Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

    Open AccessBeena Koshy, Manikandan Srinivasan et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    Follow-up of an Indian birth cohort showed that in addition to concurrent cognitive abilities, childhood resilience was related to early childhood stimulating home environment. Promoting optimal stimulating home environments in low-resource settings to nurture holistic childhood development including mental health is essential

  • Psychosocial and environmental determinants of child cognitive development in rural south africa and tanzania

    Open AccessFabrizio Drago, Rebecca J Scharf et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study shows a stronger association with child cognitive development at 5 years of age for socioeconomic status compared to more proximal measures of psychosocial and environmental determinants. A better understanding of the role of these factors is needed to inform interventions aiming to alleviate the burden of compromised cognitive development for children in LMICs

  • Early childhood growth and cognitive outcomes

    Open AccessRebecca J Scharf, Elizabeth T Rogawski et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Although many studies around the world hope to measure or improve developmental progress in children to promote community flourishing and productivity, growth is sometimes used as a surrogate because cognitive skills are more difficult to measure. Our objective was to assess how childhood measures of anthropometry correlate with measures of child development in low-income settings with high prevalence of poor nutrition and enteric disease, to inf…

  • Emergency Department and Primary Care Use by Refugees Compared to Non-refugee Controls

    Open AccessMatthew A Guess, Kawai O Tanabe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2018