A selection of recent publications (updated June 10, 2012)

• McCartney CR, Prendergast KA, Chhabra S, Eagleson CA, Yoo RY, Chang RJ, Foster CM, Marshall JC. The association of obesity and hyperandrogenemia during the pubertal transition in girls: obesity as a potential factor in the genesis of postpubertal hyperandrogenism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91: 1714-1722, 2006
• McCartney CR, Blank SK, Prendergast KA, Chhabra S, Eagleson CA, Helm KD, Yoo RY, Chang RJ, Foster CM, Caprio C, Marshall JC. Obesity and sex steroid changes across puberty: evidence for marked hyperandrogenemia in pre- and early pubertal obese girls. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92: 430-436, 2007
• McCartney CR, Blank SK, Marshall JC. Progesterone acutely increases LH pulse amplitude but does not acutely influence nocturnal LH pulse frequency slowing during the late follicular phase in women. Am J Physiol - Endocrinol Metab 292: E900-E906, 2007 
• McCartney CR, Stukenborg GJ. Decision analysis of discordant thyroid nodule biopsy guideline criteria. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93: 3037-3044, 2008
• McCartney CR, Blank SK, Helm KD, Prendergast KA, Chhabra S, Marshall JC. Maturation of LH (GnRH) secretion across puberty: evidence for altered regulation in obese peripubertal girls. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94: 56-66, 2009 
• McCartney CR, Blank SK, Marshall JC. Slow LH pulse frequencies induced by estradiol and progesterone are not reversed by subsequent administration of mifepristone with estradiol. Endocrine, 36: 239-245, 2009 
• Knudsen KL, Blank SK, Burt Solorzano C, Patrie JT, Chang RJ, Caprio C, Marshall JC, McCartney CR. Variable hyperandrogenemia in obese peripubertal girls: correlates and potential etiological determinants, Obesity (Silver Spring), 18: 2118-2124, 2010
• Burt Solorzano C, McCartney CR. “Obesity and the pubertal transition in girls and boys,” Reproduction 140: 399-410, 2010 
• McCartney CR. Maturation of sleep-wake GnRH secretion across puberty in girls: potential mechanisms and relevance to the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 22: 701-709, 2010
• Beller JP, McCartney CR. “Cardiovascular risk and combined oral contraceptives: clinical decisions in settings of uncertainty.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 1, 2012 [Epub ahead of print]
• Collins JS, Marshall JC, McCartney CR. "Differential day-night influence of progesterone on GnRH pulse secretion." Neuroendocrinology, March 1, 2012 [Epub ahead of print]

A selection of recent presentations

• June 21, 2010: “Hyperandrogenemia and Altered Day-Night Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion during Puberty: Relevance for Adolescent Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS),” Outstanding Invited Speaker for Symposium entitled “PCOS: Where Do We Begin?” at the 92nd Meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Diego, CA
• July 14, 2010: “Maturation of GnRH secretion across puberty,” State-of-the-Art lecture at the 7th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology, Rouen, France
• May 13, 2011: "Etiological determinants of hyperandrogenemia in peripubertal girls with obesity." NICHD Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research (SCCPIR) Meeting, Chicago, IL
• May 9, 2012: “Hyperandrogenism in obese girls – what is the significance?” Symposium lecture, 15th International Congress of Endocrinology/14th European Congress of Endocrinology, Florence, Italy.
• August 1, 2012: “Human models for PCOS: Steroid actions on the hypothalamic/pituitary/ovarian axis.” Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) 2012 Summer Research Conference (“Integration of Genomic and Non-Genomic Steroid Receptor Actions”), Capitol Peaks Conference Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.