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Michelle Villegas-Downs, PhD, RN

Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Human Development Nursing Science

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Contact

Building & Room:

841 NURS

Address:

845 S. Damen Ave., MC 802, Chicago, IL 60612

Office Phone:

312.355.2836

Selected Publications

Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Han, A., O’Brien, W. D., Simpson, D. G., Peters, T. A., Schlaeger, J. M., & McFarlin, B. L. (2024). Trajectory of Postpartum Cervical Remodeling in Women Delivering Full-Term and Spontaneous Preterm: Sensitivity to Quantitative Ultrasound Biomarkers. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, S0301562924002618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2024.06.015

Kent, D. A., Villegas-Downs, M., Marina Del Rios, Freedman, M., Krishnan, J. A., Menchaca, M. G., Patil, C. L., Sculley, J., Tintle, N., & Gerald, L. B. (2024). Returning individual research results to participants: Values, preferences, and expectations. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2024.568

Matthews, J., Soltis, I., Villegas‐Downs, M., Peters, T. A., Fink, A. M., Kim, J., Zhou, L., Romero, L., McFarlin, B. L., & Yeo, W. (2024). Cloud‐Integrated Smart Nanomembrane Wearables for Remote Wireless Continuous Health Monitoring of Postpartum Women. Advanced Science, 11(13), 2307609. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202307609

McFarlin, B. L., Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Han, A., Simpson, D. G., & O’Brien, W. D. (2023). Enhanced Identification of At-Risk Women for Preterm Birth via Quantitative Ultrasound: A Prospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 101250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101250

McFarlin, B. L., Liu, Y., Villegas-Downs, M., Mohammadi, M., Simpson, D. G., Han, A., & O’Brien, W. D. (2023). Predicting spontaneous pre-term birth risk is improved when quantitative ultrasound data are included with historical clinical data. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 49(5), 1145–1152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.12.018

Professional Memberships

Midwest Nursing Research Society

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing, Zeta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Chapters