Department of Environmental Health

Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University

Skawińska 8, 31-066 Krakow, Poland

gjasienska@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION

2009: Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Biology, Jagiellonian University

1996: Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University

1992: MA, Anthropology, Harvard University

1985: MSc, Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Current Professional Appointment

2014 – present: Full Professor, Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University

2012 – present: Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University

 

Past Professional Appointments

2009 – 2014: Associate Professor (Tenure), Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University

2000 – 2009: Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University

1998 – 2000: Research Associate, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University

1996 – 1998: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Anthropology, Harvard University

 

Professional Affiliations

2012 – 2018: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

2010 – 2012: Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

2009 – 2010: Research Affiliate, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

2006 (July – September): Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

2005 – present: External Affiliate of Yale Center for Human and Primate Reproductive Ecology, Yale University

 

FELLOWSHIPS

2005 – 2006: Radcliffe Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

1999 – 2000: Research Fellowship, Research Council of Norway

 

AWARDS

2021: Jagiellonian University Rector’s Prize for Scientific Achievements for the year 2020

2020: Jagiellonian University Rector’s Prize for Scientific Achievements for the year 2019

2019: Jagiellonian University Rector’s Prize for Scientific Achievements for the year 2018

2018: Jagiellonian University Rector’s Prize for the overall Scientific Achievements

2016/17: Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Jagiellonian University

2010: Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum Rector’s Prize for Scientific Achievements for the year 2009

2009: Jagiellonian University Rector’s Prize for Scientific Achievements for the period 2005-2008

2005: StatSoft Poland and Polish Statistical Society National Competition – Advisor of Best Master Thesis in 2005

1996: Juan Comas Prize from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists

1995: Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Award

1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998: Certificates of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

1989 – 1993: Harvard Grant

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

– as Principal Investigator

 

2021  – 2023: “Relationships between reproductive tract microbiota and levels of sex steroid hormones, physical activity and psychological stress” (POB FutureSoc i POB qLIFE) 28 320 USD

2022 – 2023: “Trauma, resilience, health: Hormonal, immunological and genetic biomarkers of stress response among three generations of Ukrainian refugees” (NAWA Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) 66 667 USD

2018 – 2022: “Developmental programming and physical activity at adulthood in relation to levels of sex steroid hormones in women: implications for breast cancer prevention” (The National Science Centre) 377 880 USD

2011 – 2015: “Fertility and aging and lifespan of women” (IDEAS Plus Grant, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education) 215 000 USD

2011 – 2015: “Parameters of reproductive history and aging and lifespan of women” (The National Science Centre) 105 000 USD

2005 – 2008: “Levels of reproductive steroid hormones in women from populations with differences in risk of breast cancer. Interaction of genetic polymorphisms with lifestyle variation” (with P.T. Ellison, Harvard University and M. Kapiszewska, Jagiellonian University) (Polish Committee on Scientific Research) 68 000 USD

2001 – 2003: “Lifestyle, ovarian steroid hormones and risk of breast cancer in Polish and Norwegian women” (with P.T. Ellison, Harvard University and I. Thune, Tromso University) (Polish Committee on Scientific Research) 55 000 USD

1992 – 1994: “Energy Expenditure and Ovarian Function in Rural Women from Poland” (Ph.D. project, National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement grant)

1992: Mellon Foundation Award for Pre-dissertation Research

1991: Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

 

– as Collaborator

2014 – 2016: “Afast! Say it” (P.I.: M. Klimek, The National Centre for Research and Development) 270 160 USD

2013 – 2016: “Ecological determinants of luteal reproductive function“ (P.I.: K. Clancy, University of Illinois, USA, National Science Foundation) 229 643 USD

2012 – 2015: “Environmental factors and quality of life of patients with asthma” (P.I.: M. Scibor, The National Science Centre) 64 000 USD

2007 – 2009: “Psychological stress and reproductive function in Polish women” (P.I.: A. Ziomkiewicz – Wichary, Polish Committee on Scientific Research) 71 000 USD

2003 – 2005: “Diet with high flavonoid content and genetic stability of lymphocytes in women of reproductive age. Levels of estradiol and genetic polymorphism of COMT” (P.I.: M. Kapiszewska, Jagiellonian University, Polish Committee on Scientific Research) 61 000 USD

2001 – 2003: “Diet, physical activity, ovarian hormones and risk of breast cancer in Norwegian and Polish women” (P.I.: I. Thune, Tromso University, Norwegian Cancer Society) 161 000 USD

1997 – 1998: “Global variation in male testosterone decline with age” (P.I.: P.T. Ellison, Harvard University, SmithKline Beecham)

1996 – 1998: “Anxiety and Ovarian Function” (P.I.: P.T. Ellison, Harvard University, National Science Foundation)

1996 – 1998: “Exercise and Ovarian Steroids” (P.I.: P.T. Ellison, Harvard University, National Cancer Institute)

 

– as Supervisor

2017 – 2019:  “Cortisol levels in response to minority stress” (The National Science Centre, grant PRELUDIUM, supervisor of Magdalena Mijas, M.Sc.) 20 300 USD

2014 – 2017: “Levels of reproductive hormones and sexual selection: innovative approach to human sexual preferences” (The National Science Centre, grant FUGA, supervisor of post-doctoral research of Dr. Urszula Marcinkowska) 187 000 USD

2014 – 2015:  “Biomarkers of fetal programming and female health and fertility” (The National Science Centre, grant PRELUDIUM, supervisor of Magdalena Klimek, M.Sc.) 18 300 USD

 

– internal university grants

2021 – 2022: “Sleep in relation to levels of sex hormones in women”

2019 – 2020: “APOE polymorphism, a risk of dementia and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases”

2015 – 2018: “Duration of breastfeeding in relation to family characteristics”

2012 – 2014: “Parents and parents in law and fertility of women”

2005 – 2009: “Reproductive effort and health condition in women and men from rural Poland”

2005 – 2006: “Symmetry and fertility”

2003 – 2009: “Reproductive histories in Polish rural population. Analysis of demographic data from parish records from 1880 to 2002”

 

 

TEACHING

Jagiellonian University

Graduate courses:

Research Methods and Applying for Grants (2013 – present)

Seminar – Evolutionary Public Health (2008 – present)

Seminar – Human Reproduction: Evolutionary and Demographic Perspectives (2002 – present)

Advanced Epidemiology (2002 – 2009)

Evolutionary Demography (2010 – present)

Fertility and Maternity Related Health and Social Issues (2007 – 2011)

 

Undergraduate courses:

Seminar – Evolutionary Ecology and Disease Prevention (2002 – present)

Human Biology (2012 – present)

Health in an Evolutionary Perspective (2010 – present)

Demography (2002 – present)

Epidemiology (2000 – 2002)

 

Harvard University

Laboratory Methods in Reproductive Ecology (1997 – 1998)

Tutorial: The Compleat Biologist – An Examination of Conceptual Issues in Biomedical Sciences (with M. Jasienski) (1996 – 1998)

Anthropology Junior Tutorial (1995, 1997 Fall and Spring)

Human Behavioral Biology (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996)

The Physiology of Human Adaptability (1992 – 1995)

Behavioral Biology of Women (1993)

Reproductive Biology (1993)

 

Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Human Fertility: Evolution, Demography and Health (2010)

 

 

 

STUDENT and POST-DOCS ADVISING

Post-doctoral fellows

• Urszula Marcinkowska (Ph.D. University of Turku, Finland) The National Science Centre Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2014-2017

 

Fellowship scholars

• Karolina Puskarczyk (Duke University) Fulbright Fellow, 2013-2014

 

Ph.D. dissertations (as supervisor)

• Aleksander Suseł, “Fertility of women and men born in the United Stated between years 1958-1987” 2011
• Andrzej Galbarczyk, “Polymorphism of CYP genes, lifestyle factors and levels of reproductive steroid hormones in women” 2012
• Magdalena Klimek, “Relative length of fingers (2D:4D), biological condition, and reproduction in rural populations” 2018
• Magdalena Jabłońska “Reproductive history and inflammation in postmenopausal women” 2020
• Magdalena Mijas 2021
• Karolina Miłkowska 2022
• Mateusz Blukacz (5^th year graduate student)
• Kinga Słojewska (4^th year graduate student)
• Anna Tubek (2^nd year graduate student)
• Karolina Koczur (1^st year graduate student)

 

 

Ph.D. dissertations (as co-supervisor)

• Anna Ziomkiewicz, “Anthropometrical correlates of levels of progesterone and estradiol in menstrual cycles of women 24 – 37 years of age, living in the rural and urban area of Poland” 2006
• Anna Merklinger-Gruchala, “Diet and levels of reproductive steroid hormones in women of reproductive age” 2010
• Ilona Nenko, “Reproductive history and longevity, self-rated health status, body mass, body fat percentage, WHR and BMI in the rural population” 2010

 

Bachelor and Master Degree Programs (as primary advisor)

• 53 Bachelor of Arts theses
• 42 Master of Science theses
• 7 Master of Science theses in the European Public Health Master Program.

 

Collaborations with international scholars and students conducting research at the Mogielica Human Ecology Study Site (MHESS)

• Katherine Clancy, Yale University, “Natural variation in endometrial function in women”
• Heidi Colleran, University College London, “Social networks and fertility decisions in women from rural Poland”
• Laura Klein, University of Illinois, “Gluten intolerance”; Harvard University, “Variation in milk volume and composition”
• Louis Alvarado, University of New Mexico, “Hormones, fertility status, body composition, and work habits across the lifespan of men from rural Poland”
• Amelia Sancilio, Richard Bribiescas, Catherine Panter-Brick, Yale University, “Reproductive ecology and health throughout the life course”
• Mary Rogers, University of Illinois, “Investigating combined effects of childhood environment and age at menarche on adult reproductive hormones”
• Katherine Lee, University of Illinois, “Bone health as a function of past conditions and current activity”

 

External Ph.D. dissertation, habilitation and tenure reviewer

• Warsaw University (2022)
• Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw (2019)
• Harvard University (2018)
• Wroclaw University (2016)
• Opole University (2015)
• Wroclaw University (2015)
• Jagiellonian University (2015, 2021)
• University of Western Australia (2012)
• Yale University (2011)
• University College London (2004, 2007)

From 2011: External reviewer of tenure appointments (several USA and Australian Universities)

 

External Ph.D. dissertation committee member

• Wroclaw University (2012-2015)
• University of New Mexico (2010-2015)
• Jagiellonian University (2009-present, 20 dissertations)
• Yale University (2009-2011)
• Harvard University (2005 and 2018)

 

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Journals

2020 – present: Associate Editor, American Journal of Human Biology

2019 – present: Editorial Board (in 2023: Associate Editor), American Journal of Physical Anthropology

2018 – present: Consulting Editor, Evolution and Human Behavior

2018 – 2021: Academic Editor, PLOS ONE

2017 – present: Senior Editor, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (Oxford University Press)

2015 – present: Consulting Editor, Human Nature: Biosocial Perspectives

2011 – present: Editorial Board, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (Oxford University Press)

2002 – 2019: Editorial Board, American Journal of Human Biology

2002 – present: Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals, including American Journal of Human Biology, Current Anthropology, Human Nature, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, PNAS, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Fertility & Sterility, Evolution & Human Behavior, PloS One, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of the American Aging Association, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, Human Reproduction, Rejuvenation Research, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Women’s Health, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Przegląd Lekarski, Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu

 

Scientific Societies

2020 – present: member of Publication Committee of the International Society of Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health

2017 – 2019: Secretary of the International Society of Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health 2017: Member of Organizational Committee of the 2017 meeting of the International Society of Evolution, Medicine & Public Health, August, Groningen, Netherlands

2017: Chair of the Omenn Prize Committee of the Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health Foundation

2016 – 2018: Chair of the International Society of Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health Meetings Committee

2016: Member of the Omenn Prize Committee of the Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health Foundation

 

Grant Reviewer

2022: Expert of European Commission, Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

2021-2022: Vice-Chair of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, Horizon 2020, MSC Individual Fellowships LIFE panel

2020: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, Horizon 2020, MSC Individual Fellowships LIFE panel

2020: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, H2020 FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)

2020: Expert of H2020 Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing’ challenge: Use of Real-World Data to advance research on the management of complex chronic conditions

2019: Chair of Expert Panel of the National Science Centre Poland

2019: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, H2020 WIDESPREAD Twinning 

2018 and 2019: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, H2020 Implementation research for maternal and child health

2018: Reviewer for Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission

2017: Reviewer for The United Arab Emirates University

2017: Reviewer for Programmatic Partnerships Austria

2016: Reviewer for National Centre for Research and Development in Poland

2015: Expert of the National Science Centre Poland

2014 – 2019: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, Horizon 2020, MSC Individual Fellowships LIFE panel

2013: Expert of the Research Executive Agency of the European Union, FP7-Career Integration Grants 2013 LIFE panel

2012 – 2013: Expert of The Polish-Norwegian Research Programme

2011 – 2013: Expert of EU Research Executive Agency, FP7-PEOPLE-2011, 2012 and 2013 LIFE panel

2006 – present: Reviewer of research projects for the Wellcome Trust UK, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, MacArthur Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Science Centre, The Romanian National Research Council, The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, John Templeton Foundation

 

 

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

– at Jagiellonian University

2019 – present: Member of Advisory Board of Graduate School of Medical and Health Sciences

2012 – present: Chair of the Council, Institute of Public Health

2011 – 2016: Dean’s Plenipotentiary for International Scientific Cooperation

2008 – 2017: Chair of the Committee for Undergraduate Education, Institute of Public Health

2008 – 2016: Member of the Committee for Undergraduate Education, Faculty of Health Sciences

2012 – present: Scientific advisor to “Evolutionary Approaches to Health” Student Scientific Society

2003 – 2012: Scientific advisor to “Epidemiology and Population Studies” Student Scientific Society

2007 – 2012: Senior Tutor for Thesis Seminars, Institute of Public Health

2010: Admissions Committee Member, European Public Health Master Program

2000 – 2005, 2010: Admissions Committee Member for Students in Public Health

2000 – 2005: Faculty Advisor for Incoming Students, Public Health

 

– at Harvard University

1995 – 1998: Non-Resident Tutor in Anthropology, Winthrop House

1989 – 1995: Resident Affiliate in Anthropology, Winthrop House

 

VOLUNTEER AND PUBLIC SERVICE WORK

2009 – present: Founder and President of the Salus Publica Public Health Foundation

2002 – present: Founder and Director of the Mogielica Human Ecology Study Site

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Web of Science (Core Collection) – citations: 13 352, h-index 41

Google Scholar – citations: 25 762, h-index 53

 

Research Interests: Reproductive ecology, endocrinology, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary public health, evolutionary perspective on aging

 

Books

• G. Jasienska, D. S. Sherry, D. J. Holmes (eds), The Arc of Life. Evolution and Health Across the Life Course (Springer-Verlag New York, 2017)
• G. Jasienska, The Fragile Wisdom: An Evolutionary View on Women’s Biology and Health, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013)

 

Peer reviewed publications

 

2022

• A. Vinjamuri, J. C. C. Davis, S. M. Totten, L. D. Wu, L. D. Klein, M. Martin, E. A. Quinn, B. Scelza, A. Breakey, M. Gurven, G. Jasienska, H. Kaplan, C. Valeggia, K. Hinde, J. T. Smilowitz, A. M. Zivkovic, M. J. Barratt, J. I. Gordon, M. A. Underwood, J. B. German, C. B. Lebrilla “Human milk oligosaccharide compositions illustrate global variations in early nutrition“ Journal of Nutrition 152: 1239-1253 DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac027
• A. Merklinger-Gruchala, G. Jasienska, I. Thune, M. Kapiszewska „Joint effect of particulate matter and cigarette smoke on women’s sex hormones“ BMC Women’s Health 22 doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01586-w
• B.G. Hilton …G. Jasienska …S. A. Mehr “Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech & song across cultures” Nature Human Behaviour 6: 1545-1556 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01410-x
• M. Ścibor Monika, B. Balcerzak, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Associations between daily ambient air pollution and pulmonary function, asthma symptom occurrence, and quick-relief inhaler use among asthma patients” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, art. 4852 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084852
• H. E. Ban, K. M. N. Lee, M. P. Rogers-LaVanne, K. Zabłocka-Słowińska Katarzyna, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska, K. B. H. Clancy “Dietary protein source matters for changes in inflammation measured by urinary C-reactive protein in rural Polish women” American Journal of Biological Anthropology 178: 182-190 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24502
• N. Kerry, L. Al-Shawaf, M. Barbato, C. Batres, K. R. Blake, Y. Cha, G. V. Chauvin, J. D. W. Clifton, A. M. Fernandez, A. Galbarczyk, M. E. Ghossainy, D. Jang, G. Jasienska, M. Karasawa, L. Laustsen, R. Loria, F. Luberti, J. Moran, Z. Pavlovic, P. M. Bang, A. R. Smith, I. Zezelj, D. R. Murray “Experimental and cross-cultural evidence that parenthood and parental care motives increase social conservatism” Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 289, nr 1982, id. art. 20220978 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0978
• I. Nenko, M. Briga, A, Micek, G. Jasienska “From January to June : Birth seasonality across two centuries in a rural Polish community” Scientific Reports 12, id. art. 18579 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22159-3
• G. Jasieńska, I. Nenko, U. M. Marcinkowska, A. Galbarczyk, A. Ziomkiewicz-Wichary „Zdrowie reprodukcyjne w przebiegu życia” s. 373-385 w Zdrowie publiczne : wymiar społeczny i ekologiczny (ed. S. Golinowska) Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2022

 

2021

• G. Jasienska “Public health needs evolutionary thinking” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 18: e2110985118 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110985118
• M. Mijas, M. Blukacz, K. Koziara, K. Kasperek, M. Pliczko, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Dysregulated by stigma: Cortisol responses to repeated psychosocial stress in gay and heterosexual men” Psychoneuroendocrinology 131: id. art. 105325
• K. Miłkowska, A. Galbarczyk, M. Mijas, G. Jasienska “Disgust sensitivity among women during the COVID-19 outbreak” Frontiers Psychology 12:622634. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.622634
• M. Mijas, K. Koziara, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Cardiovascular disease risk in bears and other gay men : A descriptive study from Poland” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18: id. art. 1044
• K. Miłkowska, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, K, Zabłocka-Słowińska, G. Jasienska „Pathogen disgust, but not moral disgust, changes across the menstrual cycle”  Evolution and Human Behavior 42: 402-408
• A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, M. Blukacz, I. Nenko, M. Jabłońska, G. Jasienska “Inflammaging: blame the sons. Relationships between the number of sons and the level of inflammatory mediators among post-reproductive women.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 175: 656-664
• M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska “Biomarkers of fetal conditions: finger ridge-counts, facial fluctuating asymmetry, and digit ratio (2D:4D) – are they correlated in women?” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 74: 224-231
• M. Ścibor, B. Balcerzak, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Quality of life of patients with bronchial asthma exposed to gaseous air pollution in the place of residence” Sustainable Cities and Society 64: id. art. 102541
• U.M. Marcinkowska, M. Mijas, K. Koziara, N.M. Grebe, G. Jasienska „Variation in sociosexuality across natural menstrual cycles: Associations with ovarian hormones and cycle phase” Evolution and Human Behavior 42: 35-42
• MLC, Iurilli and NCD Risk Factor Collaboration NCD “Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)” eLife 10: Article Number: e60060 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60060

 

2020

• G. Jasienska “Costs of reproduction and ageing in the human female” Philosophical Transactions B doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0615
• A. Sancilio, G. Jasienska, C. Panter-Brick, A. Ziomkiewicz, I. Nenko, R.G. Bribiescas „Accelerated senescence as a cost of reproduction: testing associations between oxidative stress and reproductive effort in rural and urban women” American Journal of Human Biology doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23537.
• U.M. Marcinkowska, A. Ziomkiewicz, K. Kleisner, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska, R.G. Bribiescas “Oxidative stress as a hidden cost of attractiveness in postmenopausal women” Scientific Reports 10: id. art. 21970
• K. Miłkowska, I. Nenko, M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Season of birth and biomarkers of early-life environment” American Journal of Human Biology doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23502
• M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska “Biomarkers of fetal conditions: finger ridge-counts, facial fluctuating asymmetry, and digit ratio (2D:4D) – are they correlated in women?” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 74: 224-231
• M. Ścibor, B. Balcerzak, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Quality of life of patients with bronchial asthma exposed to gaseous air pollution in the place of residence” Sustainable Cities and Society 64: id. art. 102541
• J.K. Fischer Pedersen, M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko,  J. Sobocki,  D. L. Christensen, G. Jasienska “Digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to cardiovascular diseases or their risk factors in menopausal women” American Journal of Human Biology doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23505
• K.M.N. Lee, M.P. Rogers , A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska, K.B.H. Clancy “Bone density and frame size in adult women: effects of body size, habitual use, and life history” American Journal of Human Biology doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23502
• M. Mijas, K. Koziara, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Chubby, hairy and fearless. Subcultural identities and predictors of self-esteem in a sample of Polish members of bear community” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17: 4439 doi:10.3390/ijerph17124439
• C. Taddei et al, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration “National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: a pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries” International Journal of Epidemiology 49: 173-192.
• C. Taddei, B. Zhou, H. Bixby, et al. “Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol” Nature 582: 73–77 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

 

2019

• A. Ziomkiewicz, S. Wichary, G. Jasienska “ Cognitive costs of reproduction: life history trade-offs explain cognitive decline during pregnancy in women” Biological Reviews 94: ‏ 1105-1115
• M.P. Rogers, K.M.N. Lee, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, L.D. Klein, K. Zabłocka-Słowińska, G. Jasienska, K.B.H. Clancy “Declining ages at menarche in an agrarian rural region of Poland” American Journal of Human Biology 32: Article Number e23362
• M. Ścibor, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Living well with pollution? The impact of the concentration of PM2.5 on the quality of life of patients with asthma.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16: Article Number 2502
• M. Ścibor, N. Targosz, B. Balcerzak, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Are we safe inside? Indoor air quality in relation to outdoor concentration of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 and to characteristics of homes.” Sustainable Cities and Society 48: Article Number UNSP 101537
• K. Miłkowska, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska “Disgust sensitivity in relation to menstrual cycle phase in women with and without an infection” American Journal of Human Biology 31: Article Number e23233
• A. Merklinger-Gruchała, G. Jasienska, M. Kapiszewska “Paternal investment and low birth weight – the mediating role of parity” PLOS ONE 14: Article Number e0210715
• K.M.N. Lee, M. P. Rogers, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska, K.B.H. Clancy “Physical activity in women of reproductive age in a transitioning rural Polish population” American Journal of Human Biology 31: Article Number e23231
• A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska “Sons may be bad for maternal health at older age: New evidence for costs of reproduction in humans” Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 74: ‏ 648-651
• U. M. Marcinkowska, S. Helle, B. Jones, G. Jasienska “ Does testosterone predict women’s preference for facial masculinity?” PLOS ONE 14: Article Number e0210636
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) “Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults” Nature 569: 260–264

 

2018

• L. D. Klein, J. Huang, E. A. Quinn, M. Martin, A. Breakey, M. Gurven, H. Kaplan, C. Valeggia, G. Jasienska, B. Scelza, C. Lebrilla, K. Hinde “Variation among populations in the immune protein composition of mother’s milk reflects subsistence pattern” Evolution, Medicine and Public Health 1: 230–245
• U. M. Marcinkowska, G. Kaminski, A.C. Little, G. Jasienska “Average ovarian hormone levels, rather than daily values and their fluctuations, are related to facial preferences among women” Hormones and Behavior 102: 114-119
• T. A. Reynolds, A. Makhanova, U. M. Marcinkowska, G. Jasienska, J. K. McNulty, L. A. Eckel, L. Nikonova, J. K. Maner “Progesterone and women’s anxiety across the menstrual cycle” Hormones and Behavior 102: 34-40
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) “Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based studies with 88.6 million participants” International Journal of Epidemiology 47: 872

 

2017

• G. Jasienska, R. G. Bribiescas, A.-S. Furberg, S. Helle, A. Núñez-de la Mora “Human reproduction and health: an evolutionary perspective” The Lancet 390: 510-520
• G. Richards, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska, U. M. Marcinkowska “Digit ratio (2D:4D) and circulating testosterone, oestradiol, and progesterone levels across the menstrual cycle” Early Human Development 117: 68-73
• B. Kuna, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska “Age difference between parents influences parity and number of sons” American Journal of Human Biology 30: 1-6
• U. M. Marcinkowska, A. C. Little, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska “Costs of reproduction are reflected in women’s faces: post-menopausal women with fewer children are perceived as more attractive, healthier and younger than women with more children” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165: 589-593
• U. M. Marcinkowska, A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska „La donna è mobile? Lack of cyclical shifts in facial symmetry, and facial and body masculinity preferences – a hormone based study” Psychoneuroendocrinology 88: 47-53
• B. J. W. Dixson, A. J. Lee, K. R. Blake, G. Jasienska, U. M. Marcinkowska “Women’s preferences for men’s beards show no relation to their ovarian cycle phase and sex hormone levels” Hormones and Behavior 97: 137-144
• U. M. Marcinkowska, G. Jasienska, P. Prokop “A comparison of masculinity facial preference among naturally cycling, pregnant, lactating, and post-menopausal women” Archives of Sexual Behavior doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1093-3
• L. Klein, A. A. Breakey, B. Scelza, C. Valeggia, G. Jasienska, K. Hinde ”Concentrations of trace elements in human milk: comparisons among women in Argentina, Namibia, Poland, and the United States” PLOS ONE 12: Article number: e0183367
• A. Merklinger-Gruchała, G. Jasienska, M. Kapiszewska “Effect of air pollution on menstrual cycle length – a prognostic factor of women’s reproductive health” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14: DOI:10.3390/ijerph14070816
• A. Merklinger-Gruchała, G. Jasienska, M. Kapiszewska “Parity conditions the risk for low birth weight after maternal exposure to air pollution” Biodemography and Social Biology 63: 71-86
• M. Klimek, U. M. Marcinkowska, G. Jasienska “Value of digit ratio 2D:4D, a biomarker of prenatal hormone exposure, is stable across the menstrual cycle” Early Human Development 110: 21-24
• D. J. Holmes & G. Jasienska “Introduction: Evolutionary medicine and life history theory” in G. Jasienska, D. S. Sherry, D. J. Holmes (eds) “The Arc of Life. Evolution and Health Across the Life Course” Springer-Verlag New York, p.1-6
• G. Jasienska “Costs of reproduction, health, and life span in women” in G. Jasienska, D. S. Sherry, D. J. Holmes (eds) “The Arc of Life. Evolution and Health Across the Life Course” Springer-Verlag New York, p. 159-176
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) “Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants” The Lancet 389: 37-55
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) 2017 “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” The Lancet 390: 2627-42

 

2016

• F. N. Fjeldheim, H. Frydenberg, V. G. Flote, A. McTiernan, A.-S. Furberg, P. T. Ellison, E. S. Barrett, T. Wilsgaard, G. Jasienska, G. Ursin, E. A. Wist, I. Thune “Polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1), daily cycling estrogen and mammographic density phenotypes” BMC Cancer 16: 776
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) 2016 “A century of trends in adult human height” eLife 5 e13410
• M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska 2016 “Women with more feminine 2D:4D have higher reproductive success” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160: 549-553
• A. Ziomkiewicz, A. Sancilio, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, G. Jasienska, G. R. Bribiescas 2016 “Evidence for the cost of reproduction in humans: women with high reproductive effort have higher levels of oxidative stress in post-reproductive years” PLoS ONE 11(1): e0145753
• A. Iversen, H. Frydenberg, A.-S. Furberg, V.G. Flote, S. Espetvedt Finstad, A. McTiernan, G. Ursin, T. Wilsgaard, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, I. Thune 2016 “Cyclic endogenous estrogen and progesterone vary by mammographic density phenotypes in premenopausal women”. European Journal of Cancer Prevention 25: 9-18
• U. M. Marcinkowska, P. T. Ellison, A. Galbarczyk, K. Milkowska, B. Pawlowski, I. Thune, G. Jasienska 2016 “Lack of support for relation between woman’s masculinity preference, estradiol level and mating context” Hormones and Behavior 78: 1-7
• M. Karmacharya, G. Jasienska, P. Bissell, S. P. Wasti, L. Bajracharya 2016 “Factors influencing the utilization of health facilities for childbirth in a disadvantaged community of Lalitpur, Nepal” Nessa Journal of Gynecology 1: 1-27
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) 2016 “Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants” The Lancet 387: 1377-66
• NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) 2016 “Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: pooled analysis of 751 population-based measurement studies with over 4.4 million participants” The Lancet 387: 1513-30

 

2015

• H. Frydenberg, V. G. Flote, I. M. Larsson, E. S. Barrett, A.-S. Furberg, G. Ursin, T. Wilsgaard, P. T. Ellison, A. McTiernan, A. Hjartåker, G. Jasienska, I. Thune 2015 “Alcohol consumption, endogenous estrogen and mammographic density among premenopausal women” Breast Cancer Research 17: 103
• G. Danaei, …. A. Galbarczyk, … G. Jasienska, et al. 2015 “Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331 288 participants” The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 3: 624-637
• L. C. Alvarado, M. N. Muller, M. Emery Thompson, M. Klimek, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska 2015 “The Paternal Provisioning Hypothesis: effects of workload and testosterone production on men’s musculature” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 19-35
• H. Colleran, G. Jasienska, I. Nenko, A. Galbarczyk, R. Mace 2015 “Fertility decline and the changing dynamics of wealth, status and inequality” Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282 Article Number: 20150287
• M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, H. Colleran, I. Thune, P. T. Ellison, A. Ziomkiewicz-Wichary, G. Jasienska 2015 “Digit ratio (2D:4D) does not correlate with daily 17β–estradiol and progesterone concentrations in healthy women of reproductive age” American Journal of Human Biology 27: 667-673
• K. Puskarczyk, A. Galbarczyk, M. Klimek, I. Nenko, L. Odrzywolek, G. Jasienska 2015 “Being born after your brother is not a disadvantage: Reproductive success does not depend on the sex of the preceding sibling” American Journal of Human Biology 27: 731-733
• A. Merklinger-Gruchala, G. Jasienska, M. Kapiszewska 2015 “Short interpregnancy interval and low birth weight: a role of parity” American Journal of Human Biology 27: 660-666
• G. Jasienska, P.T. Ellison, A. Galbarczyk, M. Jasienski, M. Kalemba-Drozdz, M. Kapiszewska, I. Nenko, I. Thune, A. Ziomkiewicz 2015 “Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism is related to differences in potential fertility in women: a case of antagonistic pleiotropy?” Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282 Article Number: 20142395

 

2014

• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 2014 “Nature-nurture interaction is ubiquitous, essential, but elusive” Current Anthropology 55: 541-542
• The Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration 2014 “Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment” The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2: 634 – 647
• M. Klimek, A. Galbarczyk, I. Nenko, L.C. Alvarado, G. Jasienska 2014 “Digit ratio (2D:4D) as an indicator of body size, testosterone concentration and number of children in human males” Annals of Human Biology 41: 518-523
• H. Colleran, G. Jasienska, I. Nenko, A. Galbarczyk, R. Mace 2014 „Community level education accelerates the cultural evolution of fertility decline” Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281 Article Number: 20132732

 

2013

• A. Galbarczyk, G. Jasienska 2013 “Timing of natural menopause covaries with timing of birth of a first daughter: evidence for a mother-daughter evolutionary contract?” HOMO – Journal of Comparative Human Biology 64: 228-232
• • K. B. H. Clancy, L. D. Klein, A. Ziomkiewicz, I. Nenko, G. Jasienska, R. G. Bribiescas 2013 “Relationships between biomarkers of inflammation, ovarian steroids, and age at menarche in a rural Polish sample” American Journal of Human Biology 25: 389–398
• G. Danaei et al (G. Jasienska: member of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group) 2013  “The global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with national income, urbanization, and western diet in 1980 and 2008” Circulation 127: 1493–1502

• M. Kapiszewska, A. Merklinger-Gruchala, G. Jasienska 2013 “The modulating influence of tea polyphenols on estrogen metabolism in Asian and Caucasian Populations: Breast cancer prevention.” in: Tea in Health and Disease Prevention, V. Preedy (ed) Academic Press, London UK, 551-562
• C. Torris, I. Thune, A. Emaus, S. E. Finstad, A. Bye, A.-S. Furberg, E. S. Barrett, G. Jasienska, P. Ellison, A. Hjartåker 2013 “Duration of lactation, maternal metabolic profile and body composition in the Norwegian EBBA I-study” Breastfeeding Medicine 8: 8-15
• I. Nenko, G. Jasienska 2013 “First birth interval, an indicator of energetic status, is a predictor of lifetime reproductive strategy” American Journal of Human Biology 25: 78-82
• E. S. Barrett, V. Tran, S. Thurston, G. Jasienska, A.-S. Furberg, P. T. Ellison, I. Thune 2013 “Marriage and motherhood are associated with lower testosterone concentrations in women” Hormones and Behavior 63: 72-79

 

2012

• A. Ziomkiewicz, B. Pawlowski, P. T. Ellison, S. F. Lipson, I. Thune, G. Jasienska 2012 “Higher luteal progesterone is associated with low levels of premenstrual aggressive behavior and fatigue” Biological Psychology 91: 376-382
• G. Jasienska, M. Jasienski, P.T. Ellison 2012 “Testosterone levels correlate with the number of children in human males, but the direction of the relationship depends on paternal education” Evolution and Human Behavior 33: 665-671
• A. Ziomkiewicz, S. Wichary, D. Bochenek, B. Pawlowski, G. Jasienska 2012 “Temperament and ovarian reproductive hormones in women: evidence from a study during the entire menstrual cycle” Hormones and Behavior 61: 535-540
• A. Iversen, I. Thune, K.W. Makar, T. Wilsgaard, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, V. Flote, E.M. Poole, A-S. Furberg 2012 “Genetic polymorphism CYP17 rs2486758 and metabolic risk factors predict daily salivary 17-beta estradiol concentrations in healthy premenopausal Norwegian women. The EBBA-I Study” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 97: E852-857
• P. Lima-Pereira, C. Bermudez-Tamayo, G. Jasienska 2012 “Use of the Internet as a source of health information amongst participants of antenatal classes” Journal of Clinical Nursing 21: 322-330
• G.A. Stevens, G. M. Singh, Y. Lu, G. Danaei, J. K. Lin, M. M. Finucane, A. N. Bahalim, R. K. McIntire, H. R. Gutierrez, M. Cowan, C. J. Paciorek, F. Farzadfar, L. Riley, M. Ezzati and the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (G. Jasienska: member of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group) 2012 “National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences” Population Health Metrics 10: 22

 

2011

• M.M. Finucane et al (G. Jasienska: member of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group) 2011 “National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 91 million participants” Lancet 377: 557-567
• G. Jasienska 2011 „Ecological and evolutionary determinants of variation in levels of ovarian hormones” in Individual and Environmental Determinants of Variation in Levels of Reproductive Hormones in Women, M. Kapiszewska (ed) 27-40 (in Polish)
• I. Nenko, G. Jasienska 2011 „Costs of reproduction and health, and lifespan of women” in Individual and Environmental Determinants of Variation in Levels of Reproductive Hormones in Women, M. Kapiszewska (ed) 105-118 (in Polish)
• A. Merklinger-Gruchala, G. Jasienska 2011 “Diet and levels of reproductive hormones (estrogens and progesterone) in women of reproductive age: Implications for risk of breast cancer” in Individual and Environmental Determinants of Variation in Levels of Reproductive Hormones in Women, M. Kapiszewska (ed) 119-136 (in Polish)
• A. Iversen, I. Thune, A. McTiernan, A. Emaus, S.E. Finstad, V. Flote, T. Wilsgaard, S.F. Lipson, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, A.-S. Furberg 2011 “Ovarian hormones and reproductive risk factors for breast cancer in premenopausal women: the Norwegian EBBA-I study” Human Reproduction 26: 1519-1529

 

2010

• A. Suseł, G. Jasienska 2010 “Determinants of female fertility in the United States: Review of current literature“ Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia. Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarzadzanie VIII, 2: 101-108 (in Polish)
• G. Jasienska 2010 “Why Women Differ in Ovarian Function: Genetic Polymorphism, Developmental Conditions, and Adult Lifestyle” in: Human Evolutionary Biology, Michael Muehlenbein (ed). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge p. 322-337

 

2009

• S. Espetvedt Finstad, A. Emaus, S. Tretli, G. Jasienska, P.T. Ellison, A-S. Furberg, E. Wist, I. Thune 2009 “Adult height, insulin, and 17-beta estradiol in young women” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 18: 1477-1483
• I. Nenko, G. Jasienska “Fertility, body size, and shape: An empirical test of the Covert Maternal Depletion hypothesis” 2009 American Journal of Human Biology 21: 520-523
• K.B.H. Clancy, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, R.G. Bribiescas 2009 “Endometrial thickness is not independent of luteal phase length in a rural Polish population” Anthropological Science 117: 159-163
• G. Jasienska 2009 “Reproduction and lifespan: trade-offs, overall energy budgets, intergenerational costs, and costs neglected by research” American Journal of Human Biology 21: 524-532
• S. Espetvedt Finstad, A. Emaus, N. Potischman, E. Barrett, AS. Furberg, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, I. Thune 2009 “Influence of birth weight and adult body composition on 17-beta estradiol levels in young women” Cancer Causes and Control 20: 233-42
• • G. Jasienska 2009 “Low birth weight of contemporary African Americans: an intergenerational effect of slavery?” American Journal of Human Biology 21:16-24
• P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska 2009 “Adaptation, Health, and the Temporal Domain of Human Reproductive Physiology”: in C. Panter-Brick and A. Fuentes (eds). Health, Risk and Adversity: A Contextual View from Anthropology, Berghahn Books, New York, p. 108-128.

2008

• A. Merklinger-Gruchala , P. T. Ellison, S. F. Lipson, I. Thune, G. Jasienska 2008 “Estradiol levels in women of reproductive age having low sleep variation” European Journal of Cancer Prevention 17: 467-472
• A. Ziomkiewicz, P. T. Ellison, S. F. Lipson, I. Thune, G. Jasienska 2008 “Body fat, energy balance and estradiol levels: a study based on hormonal profiles from complete menstrual cycles” Human Reproduction 23: 2555-2563
• G. Jasienska, P. T. Ellison 2008 “Analyses do not support CYP17 genotype-estradiol associations In response” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 17: 1550
• A. Emaus, M.B. Veierød, A.S. Furberg, S. Espetvedt, C. Friedenreich, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, L.B. Andersen, I. Thune 2008 “Physical activity, heart rate, metabolic profile and estradiol in premenopausal women” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 40: 1024-1032
• A. Emaus, S. Espetvedt, R. Ballard-Barbash, A.S. Furberg, P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska, M.B. Veierod, A. Hjartaaker, I. Thune 2008 “17-ß-estradiol in relation to age at menarche and adult obesity in premenopausal women” Human Reproduction 23: 919-927
• B. Pawlowski, G. Jasienska 2008. “Women’s body morphology and preferences for sexual partners’ characteristics” Evolution & Human Behavior 29: 19-25
• G. Jasienska, M. Jasienski 2008 “Inter-population, inter-individual, inter-cycle, and intra-cycle natural variation in progesterone levels: a quantitative assessment and implications for population studies“ American Journal of Human Biology 20: 35-42

 

2007

• P.T. Ellison, S.F. Lipson, G. Jasienska, P.L. Ellison 2007 “Moderate anxiety, whether acute or chronic, is not associated with ovarian suppression in healthy women” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134: 513-519
• P.T. Ellison, G. Jasienska 2007 “Constraint, pathology and adaptation: how can we tell them apart?” American Journal of Human Biology 19: 622-630

 

2006

• G. Jasienska, M. Kapiszewska, P.T. Ellison, M. Kalemba, I.Nenko, I. Thune, A. Ziomkiewicz 2006 ^“CYP17 genotypes differ in salivary 17-ß estradiol levels: a study based on hormonal profiles from entire menstrual cycles” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 15: 2131-2135
•  G. Jasienska, I. Thune, P.T. Ellison 2006 “Fatness at birth predicts adult susceptibility to ovarian suppression: an empirical test of the “Predictive Adaptive Response” hypothesis” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 34: 12759-62
• K.B.H. Clancy, I. Nenko, G, Jasienska 2006 “Menstruation does not cause anemia: endometrial thickness correlates positively with red blood cell count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women” American Journal of Human Biology 18: 710-713
• G. Jasienska, I. Nenko, M. Jasienski 2006 “Daughters increase longevity of fathers, but daughters and sons equally reduce longevity of mothers” American Journal of Human Biology 18: 422-425
• G. Jasienska, S. F. Lipson, P. T. Ellison, I. Thune, A. Ziomkiewicz 2006 “Symmetrical women have higher potential fertility” Evolution & Human Behavior 27: 390-400
• G. Jasienska, A. Ziomkiewicz, I. Thune, S.F. Lipson, P.T. Ellison 2006 “Habitual physical activity and estradiol levels in women of reproductive age” European Journal of Cancer Prevention 15: 439-445
• M. Kapiszewska, M. Miskiewicz, P.T. Ellison, I. Thune, G. Jasienska 2006 “High tea consumption diminishes the salivary 17b-estradiol concentration” British Journal of Nutrition 95: 989-995
• G. Jasienska, A. Ziomkiewicz, S.F. Lipson, I. Thune, P.T. Ellison 2006 “High ponderal index at birth predicts high estradiol levels in adult women” American Journal of Human Biology 18: 133-140

2005

• G. Jasienska, A. Ziomkiewicz, M. Górkiewicz, A. Pajak 2005 ”Body mass, depressive symptoms and menopausal status: an examination of the “Jolly Fat” hypothesis” Women’s Health Issues 15: 145-151
• B. Pawlowski, G. Jasienska 2005 “Woman’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in height depend on menstrual cycle phase and expected duration of relationship” Biological Psychology 70: 38-43
• A.S. Furberg, G. Jasienska, N. Bjurstam, P.A. Torjesen, A. Emaus, S.F. Lipson, P.T. Ellison, I. Thune 2005 “Metabolic and hormonal profiles: HDL cholesterol as a plausible biomarker of breast cancer risk. The Norwegian EBBA study” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 14: 33-40

 

2004 and older

• G. Jasienska, P. T. Ellison 2004 “Energetic factors and seasonal changes in ovarian function in women from rural Poland” American Journal of Human Biology 16: 563-580
• G. Jasienska, A. Ziomkiewicz, P.T. Ellison, S.F. Lipson, I. Thune 2004 “Large breasts and narrow waists indicate high reproductive potential in women” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 1213-1217
• G. Jasienska 2003 “Energy metabolism and the evolution of reproductive suppression in human female” Acta Biotheoretica 51: 1-18
• G. Jasienska 2001″Why energy expenditure causes reproductive suppression in women: an evolutionary and bioenergetic perspective” in: P.T. Ellison (ed.) Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution (Aldine, Chicago)
• G. Jasienska, I. Thune 2001 “Lifestyle, progesterone and breast cancer” British Medical Journal 323: 1002
• G. Jasienska, I. Thune 2001 “Lifestyle, hormones, and risk of breast cancer” British Medical Journal 322: 586-587
• G. Jasienska, I. Thune, P.T. Ellison 2000 “Energetic factors, ovarian steroids and the risk of breast cancer” European Journal of Cancer Prevention 9: 231-239
• G. Jasienska, P. T. Ellison 1998 “Physical work causes suppression of ovarian function in women” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 265: 1847-1851
• G. Jasienska 1996 “Energy expenditure and ovarian function in rural women from Poland”. Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
• G. R. Bentley, G. Jasienska, T. Goldberg 1993 “Is the fertility of agriculturalists higher than that of nonagriculturalists?” Current Anthropology 34: 778-786
• G. R. Bentley, T. Goldberg, G. Jasienska 1993 “The fertility of agricultural and non-agricultural traditional societies” Population Studies 47: 269-281
• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 1988 “Parental correlates of the variability in body mass at hatching in Arctia caja larvae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Entomologia Generalis 13: 87-93
• G. Jasienska 1985 “Oviposition in the Polish species of newts (Triturus sp.): temporal and spatial variation”. M.Sc. Thesis, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Popular science (in Polish)

• G. Jasienska 2015 „Hourglass figure and fertility“ (book chapter) in „How to conceive: A book for those who want a baby“ Agora, Warszawa: 170-175
• G. Jasienska 2013 “Why do we need parasites?” Polityka, May 27
• G. Jasienska 2011 “Our fertility” Gazeta Wyborcza (Wysokie Obcasy) 17: 26-30
• G. Jasienska 1999 “Dealing with menopause” Gazeta Wyborcza (Wysokie Obcasy) 14: 28-29
• G. Jasienska 1991 “Ecological and evolutionary aspects of menstrual synchrony in women” Kosmos 40 (2-3): 187-193
• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 1988 “Evolutionary strategies and the reproductive biology of toads. I. Behavioral ecology of the common toad (Bufo bufo L.)” Wszechswiat 89: 70-71
• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 1988 “Evolutionary strategies and the reproductive biology of toads. II. Trade-offs in mate choice” Wszechswiat 89: 99-100
• G. Jasienska, M. Jasienski 1988 “Evolutionary strategies and the reproductive biology of toads. III. Interactions among males” Wszechswiat 89: 119-120
• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 1988 “Evolutionary strategies and the reproductive biology of toads. IV. How to find a female in a pond” Wszechswiat 89: 144-145
• M. Jasienski, G. Jasienska 1985 “On the evolution of sexual reproduction in diatoms” Wszechswiat 86: 239-242

 

INVITED LECTURES (selected)

2022

• “Sex hormones, fertility and evolutionary public health“ University of Zurich
• “Public Health needs evolutionary thinking” Oxford University Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health, February 2022

 

2021

• “Physical activity and women’s reproductive health” The Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) University of California, San Diego, May 2021

 

2018

• “Why understanding of human health needs evolutionary perspective: trade-offs, constraints and intergenerational effects” ENGHUM workshop, Warsaw (plenary), November 2018.
• “Evolutionary perspective on women’s reproduction and health” 5th International Conference of the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies, Warsaw (plenary), September 2018.
• “Does medicine need Darwin?” Jagiellonian University Open Days, Krakow, March 2018.

 

2017

• “Evolution of female reproduction and breast cancer: it was never about the 3 Rs” International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer 2017 Conference, Tempe, USA (plenary), December 2017.

 

2016

• “Evolutionary approach to women’s health” The Swiss Association for Science Journalism, Murten, Switzerland, November 2016.
• “Evolutionary perspective on women’s health: why public health needs evolution?” Invited lecture for Public Health faculty and students from Maastricht University, Netherlands, November 2016.
• “Evolutionary perspective on women’s reproduction and health” European Human Behavior and Evolution Association, London, UK (plenary), April 2016.

 

2015

• “An evolutionary view on women’s biology and health” 3rd Polish Evolutionary Conference, Poznan (plenary), September 2015.

 

2014

• “What is beneficial for reproduction could be detrimental for heath: costs of reproduction, trade-offs and human health ” The Lancet Meeting, Arizona State University, October 2014.
• “Menstrual cycles, ovulation, and reproductive hormones: methodological challenges in studies on human mate choice” 5th Nordic Evolutionary Psychology Meeting (plenary), September 2014, Finland
• “Evolutionary perspective on women’s reproduction and health: is there such a thing as “normal” levels of reproductive hormones?“ 2013-14 Evolution and Human Adaptation lecture series ‘What does it mean to be a modern human?’ University of Michigan, April 2014.
• “How much is too much: Are modern women above the norm for levels of reproductive hormones?” Center for Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health, Arizona State University, April 2014.

 

2013

• “Evolutionary medicine and evolutionary public health” Department of Mathematics & Biological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, November 2013.
• “Variation in natural fertility: evolution and health” Invited lecture for Public Health faculty and students from Maastricht University, Netherlands, November 2013.

 

2012

• “Dangers of philanthropy: why public health needs evolutionary biology” Invited lecture for Public Health faculty and students from Maastricht University, Netherlands, November 2012.
• “Marie Curie Individual Fellowships – People 7PR. How to write a successful grant application,” International Mobility Conference – A Key to a Successful Research Career, Krakow, June 2012.
• “How to apply for a European grant?” Women in Science and Business Conference, Krakow, March 2012.

 

2011

• “Marie Curie Individual Fellowships from the perspective of an Expert of the European Commission,” Nowy Sacz School of Business – National-Louis University, December 2011
• “Female fertility and reproductive cancers” Department of Biochemistry, Frycz Modrzewski University, Krakow, May 2011.

 

2010

• “Natural variation in women’s potential fertility: determinants and implications for health” Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, November 2010.

 

2009

• “Variation in fertility: Ecological and evolutionary determinants” Polish Academy of Science, Department of Anthropology, Wroclaw, December 2009.
• “Early development and reproductive health in later life” Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments Symposium, World Health Summit, October 2009 (invited co-organizer and co-leader of symposium with G.R. Bentley).
• “Evolutionary ecology of human reproduction” Polish Academy of Sciences 48th Workshop on Evolutionary Biology and Related Topics, Year of Darwin Session. Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, May 2009.

 

2008

• “Reproduction and lifespan: overall energy budgets, trade-offs, intergenerational costs and costs neglected by research” Seminar on Trade-offs in Female Life Histories: Raising New Questions in an Integrative Framework. Bristol, United Kingdom.

 

2006

• “Are ovarian steroid hormones suitable as biomarkers of reproductive aging: determinants and variation of hormone levels” Biomarkers of Reproductive Aging Seminar, Harvard University.
• “Genetic polymorphism, dietary phytoestrogens, and fetal programming: forgotten factors in human reproductive ecology” Department of Biological Anthropology, Yale University.
• “Markers of biological quality: endocrinological answers to evolutionary questions” The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University.
• “Genetic polymorphism, dietary phytoestrogens, and fetal programming: forgotten factors in human reproductive ecology” The Biological Anthropology Colloquium Series, Harvard University.
• “Lifestyle and ovarian hormones: Implications for prevention of hormone-dependent cancers” Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health.

 

2005

• “Size at birth as a predictor of estradiol levels in adult women”. Workshop “Early life influences on reproductive function in women” Durham, England, March 2005.

 

2004

• “Measures of biological quality in endocrinology, evolutionary psychology and demography” The Biological Anthropology Seminar Series, University College London, December 2004.
• “Markers of biological quality: endocrinological answers to evolutionary questions” The Biological Anthropology Colloquium Series, Harvard University.

 

2002

• “Comparison of energy intake, energy expenditure and energy balance in relation to ovarian steroid hormones”. 18 th UICC International Cancer Congress, Symposium “Methodological Aspects in Studies on Energy Balance and Cancer Risk”. Oslo, Norway.

 

1999

• “Reproductive cancers: a perspective from reproductive ecology”. Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromso, Norway (sponsored by the Research Council of Norway), September 1999.