Prof. Minerva Marcia Thame

Research Interests

• Pregnancy Outcome and Maternal Weight Gain in Women with Homozygous SS Disease and Birth Outcome
• A Comparison of Body Composition between Pregnancies of Teenage Girls and Mature Women and the Impact on Fetal Growth and Birth Outcome
• A comparison of anthropometry of mothers and infants within the puerperium with respect to maternal age

Citations

Journal, Article

• Thame, Minerva M., Trotman-Edwards, Helen L., Fletcher, Horace M., Antoine, Mathias. Body Composition Between Pregnancies of Adolescent Girls and Mature Women and the Impact on Fetal Growth and Birthweight [Abstract]
• Bennett, Franklyn I., Watson-Brown, C., Thame, Minerva M., Wilks, Rainford J., Osmond, C., Hales, N., Barker, D. J. , Forrester, Terrence E.. Shortness at birth is associated with insulin resistance in pre-pubertal Jamaican children
• Duncan, N. D. , Trotman, H. , Seepersaud, M. , Dundas, S. E. , Thame, M. , Antoine, M. . Obstruction of the duodenum by a preduodenal portal vein in situs inversus
• Melbourne-Chambers, Roxanne H., Singh-Minott, Indira, Mowatt, Lizette L., Johnson, Peter B., Thame, Minerva M. Aicardi syndrome associated with anterior cephalocele in a female infant
• Serjeant, Graham R., Hambleton, Ian R., Thame, Minerva M.. Fecundity and pregnancy outcome in a cohort with sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease followed from birth
• Nichols S.D., Boyne, Michael S., Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, Clive, Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma., Young Ronald E., Forrester, Terrence E.. Cold-induced elevation of forearm vascular resistance is inversely related to birth weight
• Trotman, Helen L. , Bell, Y. , Thame, Minerva M. , Nicholson, A., Barton, M. . Predictors of poor outcome in neonates with bacterial sepsis admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Bell, Y. , Barton, M. , Thame, M.M. , Nicholson, A. , Trotman, Helen L.. Neonatal sepsis in Jamaican neonates [Abstract]
• Walker, S. P. , Thame, M. M. , Chang, S. M. , Bennett, F. , Forrester, T. . Association of growth in utero with cognitive function at age 6-8 years
• Phillips, David, Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Thame, Minerva M., Boyne, Michael S., Osmond, Clive, Forrester, Terrence E. . Maternal body composition, offspring blood pressure and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• Serjeant, Graham R., Look-Loy, L., Crowtler, M., Hambleton, Ian R., Thame, Minerva M.. The Outcome of Pregnancy in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease: Observations from the Jamaican Cohort
• Barton-Forbes, Michelle , Thame, Minerva M., Melbourne-Chambers, R. , Gabay, L. , Gray, Robert H. . Recent Upsurge of Tuberculosis in Paediatric Admissions at the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, C., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E. . Second-trimester placental volume and infant size at birth
• Thame, Minerva M, Jackson, Maria D, Manswell, Inger P, Osmond, Clive, Antoine, Matthias G. Weight retention within the puerperium in adolescents: a risk factor for obesity
• Bell, Y., Barton-Forbes, Michelle, Thame, Minerva M., Nicholson, Alison M., Trotman-Edwards, Helen L.. The Edpidemiology of Bacterial Infections in the Neonatal Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies [Abstract]
• Thame, Minerva.M., Osmond, Clive., Fletcher, Horace M., Forrester, Terrence E.. Ultrasound Derived Fetal Growth Curves for a Jamaican Population
• Thame,Minerva M., Wilks,Rainford J., Bennett,Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson,Norma , Osmond,C, Forrester,Terrence E.. The effect of maternal nutrition on foetal growth and blood presure at age 2 years [Abstract only]
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, C., Fletcher, Horace M.., Forrester, Terrence E.. Ultrasound derived foetal growth curves for a Jamaican population [Abstract only]
• Thame, Minerva M., Stephen, C. A., Wilks, Rainford J., Forrester, Terrence E. . The appropriateness of the current antibiotic empiric therapy based on the bacteria isolated from severely malnourished Jamaican children
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, C., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Forrester, Terrence E. . Blood pressure is related to placental volume and birth weight
• Thame, Minerva M., Wilks, Rainford J., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E.. Relationship between maternal nutritional status and infant's weight and body proportions at birth
• Samms-Vaughan, M. , Thame, M. , Osmond, C. , Hambleton, I. R. , McCaw-Binns, A. , Ashley, D. E. , Serjeant, G. R. . Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates
• Thame, M. , Lewis, J. , Trotman, H. , Hambleton, I. , Serjeant, G. . The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease
• Perry, D., Reid, Marvin E., Thame, Minerva M., Fletcher, Horace M., Mullings, Anthony M., McCaw-Binns, Affette M., King, D., Rattray, Carole A.. HIV infection seroprevalence and risk factor study among pregnant women attending the Antenatal Clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
• Stephen,C.A., Thame,Minerva M., Gray,Robert H., Mckenzie,Colin A., Wilks,Rainford J., Forrester,Terrence E.. Primary malnutrition- can we tell? [Abstract only]
• Young, J., Trotman, Helen, Thame, Minerva. The impact of antenatal care on pregnancy performance between adolescent girls and older women
• Thame, Minerva M., Wilks, Rainford J., Matadial, Lennox, Forrester, Terrence E. . A comparative study of pregnancy outcome in teenage girls and mature women
• Walker, Susan P, Thame, Minerva.M, Chang, Susan M, Bennett, Franklyn, Forrester, Terrence E.. Association of growth in utero with cognitive function at age 6-8 years.
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, Clive., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E.. Fetal Growth is Directly Related to Maternal Anthropometry and Placental Volume
• Boyne, Michael S., Thame, Minerva M., Bennett, Franklyn I., Osmond, Clive, Miell, John P., Forrester, Terrence E. . The relationship among circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF) -1, IGF- binding proteins-1 and -2, and birth anthropometry: a prospective study
• Boyne, Michael S., Thame, Minerva M., Bennett, Franklyn I., Osmond, Clive, Miell, John P., Forrester, Terrence E.. Relationship Between Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor -I (IGF-I), IGF-I Binding Proteins-1 and 2 and Birth Anthropometry: A Prospective Study
• Boyne, Michael S., Osmond, C., Thame, Minerva M., Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Forrester, Terrence E.. Early Adiposity Rebound and Maternal Adiposity Predicts Blood Pressure in Children: The Vulnerable Windows Study. [Abstract]
• Thame, Minerva M., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., Osmond, C., Forrester, Terrence E.. Second trimester placental volumes predict birth size [Abstract]
• Thame, M. , Trotman, H. , Osmond, C. , Fletcher, H. , Antoine, M. . Body composition in pregnancies of adolescents and mature women and the relationship to birth anthropometry
• Thame, Minerva M., Burton, K. A., Forrester, Terrence E. . The human ruminant
• Serjeant, Graham R., Luana, Look Loy, Crother, Mark, Hambleton, Ian R., Thame, Minerva M.. Outcome of Pregnancy in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease
• Barton, Michelle, Bell, Y., Thame, Minerva, Nicholson, Alison, Trotman, Helen. Urinary tract infection in neonates with serious bacterial infections admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies.
• Stephen,C. A, Thame,Minerva M., Gray,Robert H., Barker,D. J., Wilks,Rainford J., Forrester,Terrence E., McKenzie,Colin A,. Primary malnutrition: Can we always tell?
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, C., Forrester, Terrence E.. First trimester maternal weight influences feto-placental growth [Abstract only]
• Thame,Minerva M., Osmond,C, Bennett,Franklyn I., Wilks,Rainford J., Forrester,Terrence E.. Materno-placental characteristics of fetal growth [Abstract only]
• Thame, Minerva M., Lewis, J., Trotman-Edwards, Helen L., Serjeant, Graham. R.. Pregnancy Performance in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica [Abstract]
• Thame, Minerva M., Gray, Robert H., Forrester, Terrence E.. Parkinsonian-like tremors in the recovery phase of kwashiorkor
• Thame, Minerva M., Franklin, L., Young, J., Hall, C., Saunders, Geoffrey, Williams, Nadia P.. An Unusual Presentation of Group B Streptococcal Sepsis
• Walker, Susan. P., Thame, Minerva. M., Chang, Susan M., Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E.. The Effects of Growth in utero on cognitive function at age six to eight years [Abstract]
• Bell, Y., Barton-Forbes, Michelle, Thame, Minerva M., Nicholson, Alison M., Trotman-Edwards, Helen L. Urinary Tract Infection in Jamaican Neonates with Serious Bacterial Infections [Abstract]

Postgraduate Advisement:

• Ewan,Carol
• Buchanan,Keron
• Gayle,Dorren
• Thummalapalli,Mohan
• Manswell,Inger
• Lewis,Jillian
• Sigh-Minott,Indira
• Singh-Minott,Indira
• Singh,Debbie Shirley
• Lord,Carol