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Peter M Socha

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Center for Register-based Research at Aarhus University. My research aims to inform decision-making around interventions to improve women's and reproductive health.

Email: [email protected]

Addressing knowledge gaps on the benefits and harms of antenatal corticosteroids

Paper 1: Socha PM, Harper S, Strumpf E, Murphy KE, Hutcheon JA. Antenatal corticosteroids and newborn respiratory outcomes in twins: A regression discontinuity study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2024 131(8):1064-1071. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17754

Paper 2: Socha PM, Oskoui M, Hutcheon JA, Harper S. A multivariable model for improving the identification of cerebral palsy cases in administrative health data. (Under review.)

Paper 3: Socha PM, Hutcheon JA, Strumpf EC, Liauw J, Srour M, Ting JY, Skoll AM, Harper S. Antenatal corticosteroids and risk of cerebral palsy: A regression discontinuity study. (Under review.)

Wikipedia

I contribute to Wikipedia under the username American wigeon. I focus mostly on articles related to epidemiology and medicine, and am involved in collective efforts to improve content in these areas.

February 10, 2026: I will be co-chairing (with Dr. Anna Palmer) an online symposium on Wikipedia content in epidemiology at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Mid-Year Meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 12:00-13:00 Eastern Time (GMT -5).