Ayako Nakaki
Research group
- Fetal and perinatal medicine Post-doctoral researcher (R2A)
About me
Dr. Ayako Nakaki is a Japanese board-certified Obstetrics and Gynecologist, now perusing her passion as a post-doctoral researcher aiming to improve maternal and their offspring’s life by exploring the mechanism of the interaction between prenatal maternal condition and fetal health.
After working as an OBGYN specialist for 3 years, she joined BCNatal, Fetal Medicine Research Center Barcelona, University of Barcelona, as a predoctoral clinical researcher in the project of IMPACT Barcelona randomized clinical trial (Crovetto JAMA 2021), which aimed to improve the fetal growth through maternal lifestyle interventions without medication. Her participation to IMPACT BCN trial later elaborated her doctoral research which focused on the neurodevelopment of the fetus and the infants from the tria
Featured publications
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An automatic pipeline for atlas-based fetal and neonatal brain segmentation and analysis
Authors:Reference: Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine 2023. -
Fetal neurosonography and infant neurobehavior in assisted reproductive technologies following fresh and frozen embryo transfer
Authors:Reference: Ultrasound In Obstetrics & Gynecology 2022. -
Fetal neurosonography at 31-35 weeks reveals altered cortical development in pre-eclampsia with and without small-for-gestational-age fetus
Authors:Reference: Ultrasound In Obstetrics & Gynecology 2022. -
Maternal Dietary Inflammatory Index during Pregnancy Is Associated with Perinatal Outcomes: Results from the IMPACT BCN Trial
Authors:Reference: Nutrients 2022. -
Fetal neurosonography detects differences in cortical development and corpus callosum in late-onset small fetuses
Authors:Reference: Ultrasound In Obstetrics & Gynecology 2021.