Melinda Power
Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology
Education
ScD in Epidemiology and Environmental Health, 2012, Harvard School of Public Health
BA in Psychology, 2004, Boston College
Fellowships
F31 Individual Pre-doctoral National Research Service Award, 2011-2012
T32 Institutional Pre-doctoral National Research Service Award, 2008-2011
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Power M.C., Weisskopf M.G., Alexeeff S., Wright R.O. Coull B., Spiro A., Schwartz, J. (in press) Modification by hemochromatosis gene polymorphisms of the association between traffic-related air pollution and cognition in older men. Environmental Health.
Power M.C., Webster T., Baccarelli A.A., Weisskopf M.G. (2013) Cross-sectional association between polyfluoroalkyl chemicals and cognitive function in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Neuroepidemiology, 40 (2):125-132.
Power M.C., Weuve J., Gagne J.J., McQueen M., Viswanathan A., Blacker D. (2011) The association between blood pressure and incident Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology, 22(5):646-659.
Power M.C., Weuve J., Gagne J.J., McQueen M., Viswanathan A., Blacker D. (2011) Hypertension and Alzheimer disease: Is there a link?. Epidemiology, 23(1): 177-8. Authors Reply.
Power M.C., Weisskopf M.G., Alexeeff S., Coull B., Spiro A., Schwartz, J. (2011) Traffic-related air pollution and cognitive function in a cohort of older men. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(5): 682-7.
Gagne J.J. & Power M.C. (2010) Effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on risk of Parkinson Disease: A meta-analysis. Neurology, 74(12), 995-1002
Holmes, M.C. & Sholl, M.J. (2005). Allocentric coding of object-to-object relations in over-learned and novel environments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 1069-1087.
Other Publications
Power M.C. & Weisskopf , M.G. (2012) Lead: Neurotoxic Effects in Adults. The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health. ed. Robert H. Friis
Power M.C., Weuve J., Gagne J.J., McQueen M.B., Viswanathan A., Blacker D. (2010) “Blood Pressure.” The AlzRisk Database. Alzheimer Research Forum. Available at: http://www.alzrisk.org.