Faculty

Carrie Breton

Carrie Breton

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Medicine
SSB 2nd floor 2001 N. Soto Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

Maternal glucose levels and late pregnancy circulating extracellular vesicle and particle miRNAs in the MADRES pregnancy cohort Epigenetics. 2024 Dec; 19(1):2404198. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and persistent postpartum depression Sci Total Environ. 2024 Nov 25; 953:176089. . View in PubMed

Organophosphate ester flame retardant chemicals and maternal depression during pregnancy Environ Res. 2024 Oct 15; 259:119581. . View in PubMed

Impact of Childhood Exposure to Traffic Related Air Pollution on Adult Cardiometabolic Health: Exploring the Role of Perceived Stress Environ Res. 2024 Oct 15; 120130. . View in PubMed

Association between maternal stress and child sleep quality: a nationwide ECHO prospective cohort study Pediatr Res. 2024 Oct 11. . View in PubMed

BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 28; 24(1):2655. . View in PubMed

Neighborhood Food Access in Early Life and Trajectories of Child Body Mass Index and Obesity JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Sep 16. . View in PubMed

Sources of personal PM25 exposure during pregnancy in the MADRES cohort. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Sep; 34(5):868-877. . View in PubMed

Smartphone GPS-Based Exposure to Greenspace and Walkability and Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Early Postpartum-Evidence from the MADRES Cohort J Urban Health. 2024 Aug 15. . View in PubMed

Association Between Cardiovascular Health and Subclinical Atherosclerosis Among Young Adults Using the American Heart Association's "Life's Essential 8" Metrics J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Aug 06; 13(15):e033990. . View in PubMed

Carotid Artery Wall Echogenicity Measured by Gray Scale Median of the Intima-Media Complex From Childhood to Young Adulthood J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Aug 06; 13(15):e034821. . View in PubMed

Maternal age is related to offspring DNA methylation: A meta-analysis of results from the PACE consortium Aging Cell. 2024 Aug; 23(8):e14194. . View in PubMed

Independent and joint effects of neighborhood-level environmental and socioeconomic exposures on body mass index in early childhood: The environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) cohort Environ Res. 2024 Jul 15; 253:119109. . View in PubMed

Prenatal air pollution exposure is associated with inflammatory, cardiovascular, and metabolic biomarkers in mothers and newborns Environ Res. 2024 Jul 01; 252(Pt 1):118797. . View in PubMed

Childhood Air Pollution Exposure Associated with Self-Reported Bronchitic Symptoms in Adulthood Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jun 28. . View in PubMed

Increased Risk of Gestational Hypertension by Periconceptional Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Effect Modification by Prenatal Depression Hypertension. 2024 Jun; 81(6):1285-1295. . View in PubMed

Development and Validation of a Novel Placental DNA Methylation Biomarker of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy in the ECHO Program Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Jun; 132(6):67005. . View in PubMed

Joint effects of traffic-related air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on maternal postpartum depressive and anxiety symptoms J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 May 31. . View in PubMed

A Comparison of Measured Airborne and Self-Reported Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the MADRES Pregnancy Cohort Study Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 May 22; 26(6):669-677. . View in PubMed

Maternal Urinary Fluoride and Child Neurobehavior at Age 36 Months JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2411987. . View in PubMed

Erratum: "Associations of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardant Exposures during Pregnancy with Gestational Duration and Fetal Growth: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program" Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Apr; 132(4):49003. . View in PubMed

GPS-derived environmental exposures during pregnancy and early postpartum - Evidence from the madres cohort Sci Total Environ. 2024 Mar 25; 918:170551. . View in PubMed

Maternal Dietary Patterns During Pregnancy Are Linked to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among a Predominantly Low-Income US Hispanic/Latina Pregnancy Cohort J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 05; 13(5):e029848. . View in PubMed

Effect of parental adverse childhood experiences on intergenerational DNA methylation signatures from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and buccal mucosa Transl Psychiatry. 2024 Feb 12; 14(1):89. . View in PubMed

Perceived Stress From Childhood to Adulthood and Cardiometabolic End Points in Young Adulthood: An 18-Year Prospective Study J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Feb 06; 13(3):e030741. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposures to organophosphate ester metabolites and early motor development in the MADRES cohort Environ Pollut. 2024 Feb 01; 342:123131. . View in PubMed

The Role of Social Support and Acculturation Factors on Postpartum Mental Health Among Latinas in the MADRES Pregnancy Cohort J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Feb; 26(1):72-80. . View in PubMed

Birth outcomes in relation to neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide cohort study Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 05; 119(5):1216-1226. . View in PubMed

Perinatal Outcomes during versus Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of Maternal Depression and Perceived Stress: A Report from the ECHO Program Am J Perinatol. 2024 05; 41(S 01):e1404-e1420. . View in PubMed

Maternal educational attainment in pregnancy and epigenome-wide DNA methylation changes in the offspring from birth until adolescence Mol Psychiatry. 2024 02; 29(2):348-358. . View in PubMed

The unseen patient: competing priorities between patients and providers when cannabis is used in pregnancy, a qualitative study Front Glob Womens Health. 2024; 5:1355375. . View in PubMed

Associations of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardant Exposures during Pregnancy with Gestational Duration and Fetal Growth: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Jan; 132(1):17004. . View in PubMed

A review of single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics studies in maternal and child health Epigenomics. 2024; 16(10):775-793. . View in PubMed

Sex-based differences in placental DNA methylation profiles related to gestational age: an NIH ECHO meta-analysis Epigenetics. 2023 Dec; 18(1):2179726. . View in PubMed

Development and psychometric validation of the Pandemic-Related Traumatic Stress Scale for children and adults Psychol Assess. 2023 Nov; 35(11):1054-1067. . View in PubMed

Neighborhood Opportunity and Vulnerability and Incident Asthma Among Children JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Oct 01; 177(10):1055-1064. . View in PubMed

Poor Sleep Quality Increases Gestational Weight Gain Rate in Pregnant People: Findings from the MADRES Study Res Sq. 2023 Sep 25. . View in PubMed

Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to air pollutants and risk of gestational diabetes in the MADRES prospective pregnancy cohort study Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Sep; 25:100575. . View in PubMed

Effect of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences on Intergenerational DNA Methylation Signatures Res Sq. 2023 Jun 26. . View in PubMed

Effects of In-Utero Personal Exposure to PM25 Sources and Components on Birthweight. Res Sq. 2023 Jun 07. . View in PubMed

Impact of sedentary behavior and emotional support on prenatal psychological distress and birth outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic Psychol Med. 2023 Mar 08; 1-14. . View in PubMed

"They might take my baby away:" Black and Latina peoples' experiences of using cannabis during pregnancy in California while engaged in perinatal care J Perinatol. 2023 12; 43(12):1497-1499. . View in PubMed

Incidence rates of childhood asthma with recurrent exacerbations in the US Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 07; 152(1):84-93. . View in PubMed

Sociodemographic Variation in Children's Health Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic Child Obes. 2023 06; 19(4):226-238. . View in PubMed

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: Perspectives and challenges J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 06; 151(6):1474-1476. . View in PubMed

When a birth cohort grows up: challenges and opportunities in longitudinal developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) research J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2023 04; 14(2):175-181. . View in PubMed

Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Environ Health Perspect. 2023 03; 131(3):37006. . View in PubMed

Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study Lancet Public Health. 2023 03; 8(3):e226-e237. . View in PubMed

Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and child weight trajectories from the 3rd trimester of pregnancy to 2 years of age: a cohort study BMC Med. 2023 09 07; 21(1):341. . View in PubMed

Effects of in-utero personal exposure to PM25 sources and components on birthweight. Sci Rep. 2023 12 11; 13(1):21987. . View in PubMed

Association of maternal education, neighborhood deprivation, and racial segregation with gestational age at birth by maternal race/ethnicity and United States Census region in the ECHO cohorts Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1165089. . View in PubMed

Analysis of DNA methylation at birth and in childhood reveals changes associated with season of birth and latitude Clin Epigenetics. 2023 09 11; 15(1):148. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposures to organophosphate ester metabolite mixtures and children's neurobehavioral outcomes in the MADRES pregnancy cohort Environ Health. 2023 09 22; 22(1):66. . View in PubMed

Urinary fluoride levels and metal co-exposures among pregnant women in Los Angeles, California Environ Health. 2023 10 26; 22(1):74. . View in PubMed

The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort Am J Epidemiol. 2023 08 04; 192(8):1249-1263. . View in PubMed

Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the United States JAMA Netw Open. 2023 08 01; 6(8):e2330495. . View in PubMed

Evaluation of pediatric epigenetic clocks across multiple tissues Clin Epigenetics. 2023 09 02; 15(1):142. . View in PubMed

Developing a National-Scale Exposure Index for Combined Environmental Hazards and Social Stressors and Applications to the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 07 10; 20(14). . View in PubMed

Opportunities for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program Front Pediatr. 2023; 11:1171214. . View in PubMed

Sex-specific effects of prenatal organophosphate ester (OPE) metabolite mixtures and adverse infant birth outcomes in the maternal and developmental risks from environmental and social stressors (MADRES) pregnancy cohort Environ Res. 2023 06 01; 226:115703. . View in PubMed

Analysis of Pregnancy Complications and Epigenetic Gestational Age of Newborns JAMA Netw Open. 2023 02 01; 6(2):e230672. . View in PubMed

Depression, perceived stress, and distress during pregnancy and EV-associated miRNA profiles in MADRES J Affect Disord. 2023 02 15; 323:799-808. . View in PubMed

Perceptions and experiences of environmental health and risks among Latina mothers in urban Los Angeles, California, USA Environ Health. 2023 01 14; 22(1):8. . View in PubMed

A Vegetable, Oil, and Fruit Dietary Pattern in Late Pregnancy is Linked to Reduced Risks of Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic and Latina Pregnancy Cohort J Nutr. 2023 01 14; 152(12):2837-2846. . View in PubMed

Correction: Childhood traffic-related air pollution and adverse changes in subclinical atherosclerosis measures from childhood to adulthood Environ Health. 2022 Nov 16; 21(1):110. . View in PubMed

Exposure to melamine and its derivatives and aromatic amines among pregnant women in the United States: The ECHO Program Chemosphere. 2022 Nov; 307(Pt 2):135599. . View in PubMed

Detected prenatal perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure is associated with decreased fetal head biometric parameters in participants experiencing higher perceived stress during pregnancy in the MADRES cohort Environ Adv. 2022 Oct; 9. . View in PubMed

In-utero personal exposure to PM25 impacted by indoor and outdoor sources and birthweight in the MADRES cohort. Environ Adv. 2022 Oct; 9. . View in PubMed

Adverse childhood experiences and prenatal depression in the maternal and development risks from environmental and social stressors pregnancy cohort J Obstet Gynaecol. 2022 Oct; 42(7):3014-3020. . View in PubMed

Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptomatology Trends During Pregnancy J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Jun; 24(3):561-569. . View in PubMed

The role of epigenetics in multi-generational transmission of asthma: An NIAID workshop report-based narrative review Clin Exp Allergy. 2022 11; 52(11):1264-1275. . View in PubMed

The impact of GPS-derived activity spaces on personal PM25 exposures in the MADRES cohort. Environ Res. 2022 11; 214(Pt 2):114029. . View in PubMed

Urinary metals and maternal circulating extracellular vesicle microRNA in the MADRES pregnancy cohort Epigenetics. 2022 10; 17(10):1128-1142. . View in PubMed

Associations between combined exposure to environmental hazards and social stressors at the neighborhood level and individual perinatal outcomes in the ECHO-wide cohort Health Place. 2022 07; 76:102858. . View in PubMed

Time-activity and daily mobility patterns during pregnancy and early postpartum - evidence from the MADRES cohort Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2022 06; 41:100502. . View in PubMed

Household pesticide exposures and infant gross motor development in the MADRES cohort Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2022 03; 36(2):220-229. . View in PubMed

Extracellular vesicle microRNA in early versus late pregnancy with birth outcomes in the MADRES study Epigenetics. 2022 03; 17(3):269-285. . View in PubMed

Prenatal metal(loid) mixtures and birth weight for gestational age: A pooled analysis of three cohorts participating in the ECHO program Environ Int. 2022 03; 161:107102. . View in PubMed

Third trimester cortisol is positively associated with gestational weight gain in pregnant women with class one obesity Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 02; 46(2):366-373. . View in PubMed

Identifying pre-conception and pre-natal periods in which ambient air pollution exposure affects fetal growth in the predominately Hispanic MADRES cohort Environ Health. 2022 11 26; 21(1):115. . View in PubMed

Perceived vulnerability to immigration policies among postpartum Hispanic/Latina women in the MADRES pregnancy cohort before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Womens Health (Lond). 2022 Jan-Dec; 18:17455057221125103. . View in PubMed

COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences and Symptoms of Pandemic-Associated Traumatic Stress Among Mothers in the US JAMA Netw Open. 2022 12 01; 5(12):e2247330. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Exposure Is Associated With Lower Infant Birthweight Within the MADRES Pregnancy Cohort Front Epidemiol. 2022; 2:934715. . View in PubMed

Correction: Racial and geographic variation in effects of maternal education and neighborhood-level measures of socioeconomic status on gestational age at birth: Findings from the ECHO cohorts PLoS One. 2022; 17(5):e0268423. . View in PubMed

Association of Breastfeeding Duration with 12-Month Postpartum Blood Lipids in a Predominately Lower-Income Hispanic Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 03 04; 19(5). . View in PubMed

Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Birth Weight by Maternal Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Stressors JAMA Netw Open. 2022 10 03; 5(10):e2238174. . View in PubMed

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in newborns and children show widespread sex differences in blood DNA methylation Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res. 2022 Jan-Jun; 789:108415. . View in PubMed

Exposure to Contemporary and Emerging Chemicals in Commerce among Pregnant Women in the United States: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Program Environ Sci Technol. 2022 05 17; 56(10):6560-6573. . View in PubMed

The Role of Childhood Asthma in Obesity Development: A Nationwide US Multicohort Study Epidemiology. 2022 01 01; 33(1):131-140. . View in PubMed

Exposición a químicos disruptores endócrinos obesogénicos y obesidad en niños y jóvenes de origen latino o hispano en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica: una perspectiva del curso de la vida Obes Rev. 2021 10; 22 Suppl 5:e13352. . View in PubMed

Invited Perspective: Metal Mixtures and Child Health: The Complex Interplay of Essential and Toxic Elements Environ Health Perspect. 2021 06; 129(6):61301. . View in PubMed

Exposure to obesogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals and obesity among youth of Latino or Hispanic origin in the United States and Latin America: A lifecourse perspective Obes Rev. 2021 06; 22 Suppl 3:e13245. . View in PubMed

Prenatal metal mixtures and fetal size in mid-pregnancy in the MADRES study Environ Res. 2021 05; 196:110388. . View in PubMed

Demographic predictors of urinary arsenic in a low-income predominantly Hispanic pregnancy cohort in Los Angeles J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 02; 31(1):94-107. . View in PubMed

Exploring the evidence for epigenetic regulation of environmental influences on child health across generations Commun Biol. 2021 06 22; 4(1):769. . View in PubMed

Childhood traffic-related air pollution and adverse changes in subclinical atherosclerosis measures from childhood to adulthood Environ Health. 2021 04 14; 20(1):44. . View in PubMed

Environ Health. 2021 11 27; 20(1):121. . View in PubMed

Disparities in Risks of Inadequate and Excessive Intake of Micronutrients during Pregnancy J Nutr. 2021 11 02; 151(11):3555-3569. . View in PubMed

Extracellular vesicle-enriched miRNA profiles across pregnancy in the MADRES cohort PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0251259. . View in PubMed

Racial and geographic variation in effects of maternal education and neighborhood-level measures of socioeconomic status on gestational age at birth: Findings from the ECHO cohorts PLoS One. 2021; 16(1):e0245064. . View in PubMed

Exposure Measurement Error in Air Pollution Studies: The Impact of Shared, Multiplicative Measurement Error on Epidemiological Health Risk Estimates Air Qual Atmos Health. 2020 Jun; 13(6):631-643. . View in PubMed

Spatiotemporal Imputation of MAIAC AOD Using Deep Learning with Downscaling Remote Sens Environ. 2020 Feb; 237. . View in PubMed

Ensemble-based deep learning for estimating PM25 over California with multisource big data including wildfire smoke. Environ Int. 2020 12; 145:106143. . View in PubMed

Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults Environ Int. 2020 12; 145:106091. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Metal Mixtures and Birth Weight for Gestational Age in a Predominately Lower-Income Hispanic Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles Environ Health Perspect. 2020 11; 128(11):117001. . View in PubMed

Arsenic and birth outcomes in a predominately lower income Hispanic pregnancy cohort in Los Angeles Environ Res. 2020 05; 184:109294. . View in PubMed

Understanding childhood obesity in the US: the NIH environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) program Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 03; 44(3):617-627. . View in PubMed

Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Newborn DNA Methylation: Findings From the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium Diabetes Care. 2020 01; 43(1):98-105. . View in PubMed

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age Genome Med. 2020 03 02; 12(1):25. . View in PubMed

DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies Genome Med. 2020 11 25; 12(1):105. . View in PubMed

The Dynamic Relationship Between Asthma and Obesity in Schoolchildren Am J Epidemiol. 2020 06 01; 189(6):583-591. . View in PubMed

The mitochondrial derived peptide humanin is a regulator of lifespan and healthspan Aging (Albany NY). 2020 06 23; 12(12):11185-11199. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Maternal Cortisol Levels and Infant Birth Weight in a Predominately Low-Income Hispanic Cohort Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 21; 17(18). . View in PubMed

Study Design, Protocol and Profile of the Maternal And Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Pregnancy Cohort: a Prospective Cohort Study in Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic Women in Urban Los Angeles BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 May 30; 19(1):189. . View in PubMed

Within-subject effects of environmental and social stressors on pre- and post-partum obesity-related biobehavioral responses in low-income Hispanic women: protocol of an intensive longitudinal study BMC Public Health. 2019 Feb 28; 19(1):253. . View in PubMed

Near-roadway air pollution exposure and altered fatty acid oxidation among adolescents and young adults - The interplay with obesity Environ Int. 2019 09; 130:104935. . View in PubMed

Cluster-based bagging of constrained mixed-effects models for high spatiotemporal resolution nitrogen oxides prediction over large regions Environ Int. 2019 07; 128:310-323. . View in PubMed

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 06; 143(6):2062-2074. . View in PubMed

Effects of air pollution on mitochondrial function, mitochondrial DNA methylation, and mitochondrial peptide expression Mitochondrion. 2019 05; 46:22-29. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Particulate Air Pollution and DNA Methylation in Newborns: An Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis Environ Health Perspect. 2019 05; 127(5):57012. . View in PubMed

Newborn DNA-methylation, childhood lung function, and the risks of asthma and COPD across the life course Eur Respir J. 2019 04; 53(4). . View in PubMed

Exposure measurement error in air pollution studies: A framework for assessing shared, multiplicative measurement error in ensemble learning estimates of nitrogen oxides Environ Int. 2019 04; 125:97-106. . View in PubMed

Associations between Maternal Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Cord Blood [Formula: see text] DNA Methylome Environ Health Perspect. 2019 04; 127(4):047009. . View in PubMed

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight Nat Commun. 2019 04 23; 10(1):1893. . View in PubMed

Ambient and Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposures as Novel Risk Factors for Metabolic Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018 Jun; 5(2):79-91. . View in PubMed

Prenatal traffic-related air pollution exposures, cord blood adipokines and infant weight Pediatr Obes. 2018 06; 13(6):348-356. . View in PubMed

Association between AXL promoter methylation and lung function growth during adolescence Epigenetics. 2018; 13(10-11):1027-1038. . View in PubMed

Self-reported prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, AXL gene-body methylation, and childhood asthma phenotypes Clin Epigenetics. 2018 07 20; 10(1):98. . View in PubMed

Genetic-Epigenetic Interactions in Asthma Revealed by a Genome-Wide Gene-Centric Search Hum Hered. 2018; 83(3):130-152. . View in PubMed

Cohort Profile: Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium Int J Epidemiol. 2018 02 01; 47(1):22-23u. . View in PubMed

Association of Prenatal Exposure to Ambient and Traffic-Related Air Pollution With Newborn Thyroid Function: Findings From the Children's Health Study JAMA Netw Open. 2018 09 07; 1(5):e182172. . View in PubMed

Maternal undernutrition programs the apelinergic system of adipose tissue in adult male rat offspring J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2017 Feb; 8(1):3-7. . View in PubMed

Small-Magnitude Effect Sizes in Epigenetic End Points are Important in Children's Environmental Health Studies: The Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center's Epigenetics Working Group Environ Health Perspect. 2017 04; 125(4):511-526. . View in PubMed

Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Methylation in Children Related to Prenatal NO2 Air Pollution Exposure Environ Health Perspect. 2017 01; 125(1):104-110. . View in PubMed

Epigenetic regulation of AXL and risk of childhood asthma symptoms Clin Epigenetics. 2017; 9:121. . View in PubMed

DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis Am J Hum Genet. 2016 Apr 07; 98(4):680-96. . View in PubMed

Particulate matter, the newborn methylome, and cardio-respiratory health outcomes in childhood Environ Epigenet. 2016 Apr; 2(2):dvw005. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposures, DNA Methyl Transferase Genotypes, and Associations with Newborn LINE1 and Alu Methylation and Childhood Blood Pressure and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Children's Health Study Environ Health Perspect. 2016 12; 124(12):1905-1912. . View in PubMed

Ambient Air Pollution Is Associated With the Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Incident Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Evaluation J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 07 28; 5(8). . View in PubMed

cit: hypothesis testing software for mediation analysis in genomic applications Bioinformatics. 2016 08 01; 32(15):2364-5. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and Early Cardiovascular Phenotypes in Young Adults PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0150825. . View in PubMed

Maternal perinatal undernutrition modifies lactose and serotranferrin in milk: relevance to the programming of metabolic diseases? Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Mar 01; 308(5):E393-401.. View in PubMed

Chronic effects of air pollution on respiratory health in Southern California children: findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study J Thorac Dis. 2015 Jan; 7(1):46-58. . View in PubMed

NOS1 methylation and carotid artery intima-media thickness in children Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Apr; 7(2):116-22. . View in PubMed

Short- and long-term effects of maternal perinatal undernutrition are lowered by cross-fostering during lactation in the male rat J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2014 Apr; 5(2):109-20. . View in PubMed

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure is associated with childhood DNA CpG methylation PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99716. . View in PubMed

HDL anti-oxidant function associates with LDL level in young adults Atherosclerosis. 2014 Jan; 232(1):165-70. . View in PubMed

Response to letter regarding article, “Childhood air pollutant exposure and carotid artery intima–media thickness in young adults” Circulation. 2013 Jun 04; 127(22):e659. . View in PubMed

Birth weight and carotid artery intima-media thicknessJ Pediatr. 2013 May; 162(5):906-11. e1-2. . View in PubMed

Environmental epigenetics: prospects for studying epigenetic mediation of exposure-response relationships Hum Genet. 2012 Oct; 131(10):1565-89. . View in PubMed

Childhood air pollutant exposure and carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults Circulation. 2012 Sep 25; 126(13):1614-20. . View in PubMed

Particulate matter, DNA methylation in nitric oxide synthase, and childhood respiratory disease Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Sep; 120(9):1320-6. . View in PubMed

Air pollution and health: emerging information on susceptible populations Air Qual Atmos Health. 2012 Jun 01; 5(2):189-201. . View in PubMed

Genetic and epigenetic variations in inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter, particulate pollution, and exhaled nitric oxide levels in childrenJ Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Jan; 129(1):232-9. e1-7. . View in PubMed

Carotid artery intima-media thickness in college students: race/ethnicity matters Atherosclerosis. 2011 Aug; 217(2):441-6. . View in PubMed

Maternal perinatal undernutrition has long-term consequences on morphology, function and gene expression of the adrenal medulla in the adult male rat J Neuroendocrinol. 2011 Aug; 23(8):711-24. . View in PubMed

DNA methylation in the arginase-nitric oxide synthase pathway is associated with exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul 15; 184(2):191-7. . View in PubMed

Heritability and role for the environment in DNA methylation in AXL receptor tyrosine kinase Epigenetics. 2011 Jul; 6(7):895-8. . View in PubMed

A pathway-based analysis of urinary arsenic metabolites and skin lesions Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Apr 01; 173(7):778-86. . View in PubMed

Workplace bullying and psychotropic drug use: the mediating role of physical and mental health status Ann Occup Hyg. 2011 Mar; 55(2):152-63. . View in PubMed

Investigating air pollution and atherosclerosis in humans: concepts and outlook Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 Mar-Apr; 53(5):334-43. . View in PubMed

Genetic variation in the glutathione synthesis pathway, air pollution, and children's lung function growth Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan 15; 183(2):243-8. . View in PubMed

Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in asthma risk and lung function growth during adolescence Thorax. 2010 Feb; 65(2):139-45. . View in PubMed

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure affects global and gene-specific DNA methylation Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep 01; 180(5):462-7. . View in PubMed

Variation in the GST mu locus and tobacco smoke exposure as determinants of childhood lung function Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Apr 01; 179(7):601-7. . View in PubMed

Maternal perinatal undernutrition impairs chromaffin cells proliferation in the postnatal rat Horm Metab Res. 2008 Jun; 40(6):386-90. . View in PubMed

Tissue-specific programming expression of glucocorticoid receptors and 11 beta-HSDs by maternal perinatal undernutrition in the HPA axis of adult male rats Horm Metab Res. 2008 Apr; 40(4):257-61. . View in PubMed

GSTM1 and APE1 genotypes affect arsenic-induced oxidative stress: a repeated measures study Environ Health. 2007 Dec 04; 6:39. . View in PubMed

Maternal arsenic exposure associated with low birth weight in Bangladesh J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Oct; 49(10):1097-104. . View in PubMed

Association between total ingested arsenic and toenail arsenic concentrations J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2007 Oct; 42(12):1827-34. . View in PubMed

Susceptibility to arsenic-induced skin lesions from polymorphisms in base excision repair genes Carcinogenesis. 2007 Jul; 28(7):1520-5. . View in PubMed

Dietary arsenic exposure in bangladesh Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Jun; 115(6):889-93. . View in PubMed

Characteristics of work related asthma: results from a population based survey Occup Environ Med. 2006 Jun; 63(6):411-5. . View in PubMed

Gender-specific protective effect of hemoglobin on arsenic-induced skin lesions Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 May; 15(5):902-7. . View in PubMed

Downstream targets of let-60 Ras in Caenorhabditis elegans Dev Biol. 2002 Jul 01; 247(1):127-36. . View in PubMed

Estradiol-stimulated nitric oxide release in human granulocytes is dependent on intracellular calcium transients: evidence of a cell surface estrogen receptor Blood. 2000 Jun 15; 95(12):3951-8. . View in PubMed

Cell-surface estrogen receptors mediate calcium-dependent nitric oxide release in human endothelia Circulation. 2000 Apr 04; 101(13):1594-7. . View in PubMed

Estradiol coupling to human monocyte nitric oxide release is dependent on intracellular calcium transients: evidence for an estrogen surface receptor J Immunol. 1999 Oct 01; 163(7):3758-63. . View in PubMed

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As an environmental epidemiologist, I lead an interdisciplinary program of research focused on understanding the long-term health risks for cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic diseases resulting from the interplay between early-life environmental exposures, susceptibility factors, and biological mechanisms. I co-direct the Maternal And Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center located in the Environmental Health Division. Within the Center, my work addresses the interplay between environmental health inequities, social stressors, and epigenetic mechanisms underlying child health outcomes. I take multigenerational approach to examine whether pre- and postpartum environmental exposures such as air pollution, tobacco smoke, heavy metals and chemical exposures, coupled with exposures to psychosocial and built environment stressors, affect birth outcomes, perturbed infant growth trajectories and increased childhood obesity risk. Additional work has investigated how environmental exposures alter epigenetic profiles in pregnancy and in newborns and young children, and what roles those changes play in responding to environmental exposures and driving disease risk, particularly in vulnerable populations. I has conducted both epigenome-wide and targeted epigenomic investigations, as well as multi-generational investigations, to better understand the roles of DNA methylation and miRNA underlying environment health effects.
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