2023
- Dickens SP, Backus ASN. Behavioral Health and Stress in Agriculture. J Agromedicine. 2023 Jan;28(1):73-76. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2022.2140736. Epub 2022 Oct 28. PMID: 36300340.
- Hershey MS, Sotos-Prieto M, Andrieu S, Hofman A, Magiatis P, Martinez-Gonzalez MA, Yannakoulia M, Kales S, Scarmeas N. Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline with Diet and Lifestyle: Proceedings of the A. G. Leventis Foundation Conference. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2023;10(1):137-143. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2022.99. PMID: 36641619.
2022
- Scheibler C, Toprani SM, Mordukhovich I, Schaefer M, Staffa S, Nagel ZD, McNeely E. Cancer risks from cosmic radiation exposure in flight: A review. Front Public Health. 2022 Nov 22;10:947068. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.947068. PMID: 36483259; PMCID: PMC9723364.
- Young AS, Pickard HM, Sunderland EM, Allen JG. Organic Fluorine as an Indicator of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Dust from Buildings with Healthier versus Conventional Materials. Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Nov 4. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05198. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36331119.
- Stelson EA, Sabbath-Clayton LL, Sorensen G, Kubzansky LD, Berkman LF, Sabbath EL. Residential addiction treatment providers: Identifying the role of social context in worker health and turnover. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Dec;314:115462. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115462. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID: 36327634.
- Segule, M.N., LeMasters, K., Peterson, M. et al. Incarcerated workers: overlooked as essential workers. BMC Public Health 22, 506 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12886-7
- Patil A, Naila Segule M. How the Pandemic Further Isolated the Incarcerated. Am J Public Health. 2022 Apr;112(4):590-591. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306660. PMID: 35319930; PMCID: PMC8961828.
- Montoya-Barthelemy A, Gibson BR, Lee CD, Bade AM, Butler JW, Smith E, Skipworth D, Gutekunst J, Segula MN, Wicken C, Friedman E, Darbari I, Menegas S, Thatai S, Wheeler L; ACOEM Presidential Task Force on Correctional Institutions. Occupational and Environmental Hazards of Correctional Settings: A Scoping Literature Review From ACOEM’s Presidential Task Force on Correctional Institutions. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Mar 1;64(3):e172-e182. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002440. PMID: 35244092.
- Angelon-Gaetz KA, Segule MN, Wilson M. Lead Levels in Spices From Market Basket and Home Lead Investigation Samples in North Carolina. Public Health Rep. 2022 Jan 21:333549211066152. doi: 10.1177/00333549211066152. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35060792.
- Stelson, E., Sabbath, L.R., Sorensen, G., Kubzansky, L., Berkman, L. & Sabbath, E.R. (Forthcoming, Accepted for Sept 2022). Investigating the influence of socio-contextual factors on working conditions, worker health, and client care in addiction treatment facilities: A qualitative analysis. Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences. Minneapolis, MN.
- Stelson, E., Sabbath, L., Sorensen, G. & Sabbath, E. (Forthcoming, Accepted for Nov 2022). A critical qualitative analysis of structural inequality in the addiction treatment workforce: Occupational exposures and advancement opportunities. American Public Health Association 150thAnnual Meeting, Boston, MA.
- Segule, MN., Lin, J., Allen, J. & Jimenez, M. (Forthcoming, Accepted for Sep 2022). Heat Policies and AC Availability in US Prison Systems [Conference presentation abstract]. International Society for Environmental Epidemiologists 34th Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece.
- Lan FY, Scheibler C, Hershey MS, Romero-Cabrera JL, Gaviola GC, Yiannakou I, Fernandez-Montero A, Christophi CA, Christiani DC, Sotos-Prieto M, Kales SN. Effects of a healthy lifestyle intervention and COVID-19-adjusted training curriculum on firefighter recruits. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 23;12(1):10607. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10979-2. PMID: 35739126; PMCID: PMC9226180.
- Specht AJ, Zhang X, Young A, Nguyen VT, Christiani DC, Ceballos DM, Allen JG, Weuve J, Nie LH, Weisskopf MG. Validation of in vivo toenail measurements of manganese and mercury using a portable X-ray fluorescence device. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 May;32(3):427-433. doi: 10.1038/s41370-021-00358-w. Epub 2021 Jul 1. PMID: 34211112; PMCID: PMC8720103.
- Mi-Sun Lee, Joseph G. Allen, Ki-Do Eum, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, David C. Christiani. Vaping Habits and Respiratory Health Outcomes Using a Smartphone App Platform. American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Francisco, May 13-18, 2022
- Singh D, Marrocco A, Wohlleben W, Park HR, Diwadkar AR, Himes BE, Lu Q, Christiani DC, Demokritou P. Release of particulate matter from nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs) across their lifecycle: Potential occupational health and safety implications. J Hazard Mater. 2022 Jan 15;422:126771. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126771. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34391975; PMCID: PMC8595827.
- Jie Yin, Gregory N. Bratman, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, John D. Spengler, Hector A. Olvera-Alvarez, Stress recovery from virtual exposure to a brown (desert) environment versus a green environment, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 81, 2022,101775, ISSN02724944
- Rokoff LB, Shoaff JR, Coull BA, Enlow MB, Bellinger DC, Korrick SA. Prenatal exposure to a mixture of organochlorines and metals and internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence. Environ Res. 2022 May 15; 208:112701. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112701. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 35016863; PMCID: PMC8917058.
2021
- Park HR, Vallarino J, O’Sullivan M, Wirth C, Panganiban RA, Webb G, Shumyatcher M, Himes BE, Park JA, Christiani DC, Allen J, Lu Q. Electronic cigarette smoke reduces ribosomal protein gene expression to impair protein synthesis in primary human airway epithelial cells. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 1;11(1):17517. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97013-z. PMID: 34471210; PMCID: PMC8410828.
- Chin WSY, Kurowski A, Gore R, Chen G, Punnett L; SHIFT Research Team. Use of a Mobile App for the Process Evaluation of an Intervention in Health Care: Development and Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Oct 28;5(10):e20739. doi: 10.2196/20739. PMID: 34709186; PMCID: PMC8587183.
- Singh D, Marrocco A, Wohlleben W, Park HR, Diwadkar AR, Himes BE, Lu Q, Christiani DC, Demokritou P. Release of particulate matter from nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs) across their lifecycle: Potential occupational health and safety implications. J Hazard Mater. 2022 Jan 15;422:126771. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126771. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 34391975; PMCID: PMC8595827.
- Peters SE, Sorensen G, Katz JN, Gundersen DA, Wagner GR. Thriving from Work: Conceptualization and Measurement. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 5;18(13):7196. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137196. PMID: 34281131; PMCID: PMC8296939.
- Chan M, Mita C, Bellavia A, Parker M, James-Todd T. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy and Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Commonly Used in Personal Care Products. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2021 Jun;8(2):98-112. doi: 10.1007/s40572-021-00317-5. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34046860; PMCID: PMC8208930.
- Ceballos DM, Young AS, Allen JG, Specht AJ, Nguyen VT, Craig JA, Miller M, Webster TF. Exposures in nail salons to trace elements in nail polish from impurities or pigment ingredients – A pilot study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Mar;232:113687. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113687. Epub 2021 Jan 11. PMID: 33445102; PMCID: PMC7854487.
- Azimi P, Keshavarz Z, Lahaie Luna M, Cedeno Laurent JG, Vallarino J, Christiani DC, Allen JG. An Unrecognized Hazard in E-Cigarette Vapor: Preliminary Quantification of Methylglyoxal Formation from Propylene Glycol in E-Cigarettes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 6;18(2):385. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020385. PMID: 33419122; PMCID: PMC7825490.
- Ceballos DM, Young AS, Allen JG, Specht AJ, Nguyen VT, Craig JA, Miller M, Webster TF. Exposures in nail salons to trace elements in nail polish from impurities or pigment ingredients – A pilot study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021 Mar;232:113687. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113687. Epub 2021 Jan 11. PMID: 33445102; PMCID: PMC7854487.
- Specht AJ, Zhang X, Young A, Nguyen VT, Christiani DC, Ceballos DM, Allen JG, Weuve J, Nie LH, Weisskopf MG. Validation of in vivo toenail measurements of manganese and mercury using a portable X-ray fluorescence device. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 May;32(3):427-433. doi: 10.1038/s41370-021-00358-w. Epub 2021 Jul 1. PMID: 34211112; PMCID: PMC8720103.
- Lan FY, Yiannakou I, Scheibler C, Hershey MS, Cabrera JLR, Gaviola GC, Fernandez-Montero A, Christophi CA, Christiani DC, Sotos-Prieto M, Kales SN. The Effects of Fire Academy Training and Probationary Firefighter Status on Select Basic Health and Fitness Measurements. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Apr 1;53(4):740-748. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002533. PMID: 33044439.
- Tomasso LP, Yin J, Cedeño Laurent JG, Chen JT, Catalano PJ, Spengler JD. The Relationship between Nature Deprivation and Individual Wellbeing across Urban Gradients under COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 5;18(4):1511. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041511. PMID: 33562586; PMCID: PMC7915014.
- I. Holland, N. DeVille, M. Browning, R. Buehler, J. Hart, J. Aaron Hipp, R. Mitchell, D. Rakow, J. Schiff, M. White, J. Yin, P. James, Measuring Nature Contact: A Narrative Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8) (2021) 4092
- Stelson, E., Sabbath, L., Sorensen, G. & Sabbath, E. (2021, Nov.) Coping and smoking among addiction treatment providers: A qualitative analysis of the relationship between occupational stress in recovery homes, coping behaviors, and personal addiction history. American Psychological Association: Work, Stress, and Health. Online due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hu B, Li S, Chen Y, Kavi R, Coppola S. Applying deep neural networks and inertial measurement unit in recognizing irregular walking differences in the real world. Appl Ergon. 2021 Oct;96:103414. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103414. Epub 2021 Jun 1. PMID: 34087702.
2020
- Elliott EG, Laden F, James P, Rimm EB, Rexrode KM, Hart JE. Interaction between Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Physical Activity, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Overall Mortality in U.S. Women. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Dec;128(12):127012. doi: 10.1289/EHP7402. Epub 2020 Dec 23. PMID: 33356515; PMCID: PMC7757788.
- Lan FY, Fernandez-Montero A, Yiannakou I, Marinos-Iatrides O, Ankeny JT, Kiser J, Christophi CA, Christiani DC, Sotos-Prieto M, Kales SN. A Mediterranean Lifestyle Is Associated With Lower Hypertension Prevalence and Better Aerobic Capacity Among New England Firefighter Recruits. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Jul;62(7):466-471. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001868. PMID: 32730021; PMCID: PMC7765687
- Luo, Y., Coppola, S.M., Dixon, P.C. et al. A database of human gait performance on irregular and uneven surfaces collected by wearable sensors. Sci Data 7, 219 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0563-y
- Y. Diaz-Linhart, Presentations: Designing Work for Complex Care Management Programs: What Works for the Workers? (June 2020)
- Wilcox C, Yang J, Filler R, Chen PH, Hyun YJ, Rielly A, Kales SN. Sleep Apnea Screening for Commercial Drivers: A Retrospective Comparison of the 2016 FMCSA MRB Recommendations and the 2006 Joint Task Force Consensus Guidelines. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Aug;62(8):e442-e448. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001937. PMID: 32568819; PMCID: PMC7811885.
- Yin J, Yuan J, Arfaei N, Catalano PJ, Allen JG, Spengler JD. Effects of biophilic indoor environment on stress and anxiety recovery: A between-subjects experiment in virtual reality. Environ Int. 2020 Mar;136:105427. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105427. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 31881421.
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- Yin J, Presentations: Speaker (2020). Testing the Savanna Hypothesis: Effect of Desert Landscape on Physiological Stress Recovery. 32nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. August 24-27. Virtual Conference
- Jones NM, McDonnell M, Sparer-Fine E, Rosner B, Dennerlein JT, Kales S, Messerlian C. Associations Between the Breakroom Built Environment, Worker Health Habits, and Worker Health Outcomes: A Pilot Study Among Public Transit Rail Operators. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Aug;62(8):e398-e406. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001909. PMID: 32404827; PMCID: PMC7769126.
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- Peters SE, Nielsen KM, Nagler EM, Revette AC, Madden J, Sorensen G. Ensuring Organization-Intervention Fit for a Participatory Organizational Intervention to Improve Food Service Workers’ Health and Wellbeing: Workplace Organizational Health Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Feb;62(2):e33-e45. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001792. PMID: 31815814.
PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings
Boston, MA – Buildings renovated with healthier furnishings had significantly lower levels of the entire group of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS)—toxic chemicals linked with many negative health effects—than buildings with conventional furnishings, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The study was published online Nov. 4, 2022 in Environmental Science & Technology.
“We have decades of research showing that PFAS are concerning for human health and the environment. Our findings provide desperately needed scientific evidence for the success of healthier materials—which don’t have to be more expensive or perform less well—as a real-world solution to reduce indoor exposure to forever chemicals as a whole,” said Anna Young, research associate in the Department of Environmental Health, associate director of the Healthy Buildings program, and lead author of the study. Read more.
“This study addresses a key question: If we demand products without any forever chemicals, do we see a reduction in total PFAS beyond the usual 15 measured in a lab?” said @j_g_allen. #HealthyBuildings.