Faculty

Vaia Lida Chatzi

Vaia Lida Chatzi

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics
Medicine
1845 N. Soto Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

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Harvard Medical School: Fulbright Scholarship, 2014-2014

Centre for Environmental Research, Spain: Erasmus Fellowship, 2012-2012

Department of Public Health, University of Sheffield, UK: Marie Curie Fellowship, 2003-2003

Risk Factors for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Thyroid. 2024 May; 34(5):646-658. . View in PubMed

Exposure to 4,4'-DDE in visceral adipose tissue and weight loss in adolescents from the Teen-LABS cohort Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 May; 32(5):1023-1032. . View in PubMed

Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and high-throughput proteomics in Hispanic youth Environ Int. 2024 Apr; 186:108601. . View in PubMed

Corrigendum to "In-utero and childhood chemical exposome in six European mother-child cohorts" [EnvironInt. 121(Part 1) (2018) 751-763]. Environ Int. 2024 Mar; 185:108376. . View in PubMed

Associations of dietary intake and longitudinal measures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in predominantly Hispanic young Adults: A multicohort study Environ Int. 2024 Mar; 185:108454. . View in PubMed

Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and longitudinal changes in bone mineral density in adolescents and young adults: A multi-cohort study Environ Res. 2024 Mar 01; 244:117611. . View in PubMed

Prenatal air pollution exposure and childhood obesity: Effect modification by maternal fruits and vegetables intake Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Mar; 256:114314. . View in PubMed

Association of Gestational Free and Total Triiodothyronine With Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, Preterm Birth, and Birth Weight: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Feb 20; 109(3):e1290-e1298. . View in PubMed

TSH and FT4 Reference Interval Recommendations and Prevalence of Gestational Thyroid Dysfunction: Quantification of Current Diagnostic Approaches J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Feb 20; 109(3):868-878. . View in PubMed

Associations between combined urban and lifestyle factors and respiratory health in European children Environ Res. 2024 Feb 01; 242:117774. . View in PubMed

Circulating microRNA expression and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents with severe obesity World J Gastroenterol. 2024 Jan 28; 30(4):332-345. . View in PubMed

Postprandial Metabolite Profiles and Risk of Prediabetes in Young People: A Longitudinal Multicohort Study Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 01; 47(1):151-159. . View in PubMed

Cardiometabolic profiles and proteomics associated with obesity phenotypes in a longitudinal cohort of young adults Sci Rep. 2024 03 28; 14(1):7384. . View in PubMed

A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation Commun Biol. 2024 01 09; 7(1):66. . View in PubMed

Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers with oxidative stress markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis Environ Res. 2023 Dec 15; 239(Pt 1):117308. . View in PubMed

Beyond the single-outcome approach: A comparison of outcome-wide analysis methods for exposome research Environ Int. 2023 Dec; 182:108344. . View in PubMed

Exposure to ambient air pollutants, serum miRNA networks, lipid metabolism, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in young adults Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2023 Oct 01; 264:115486. . View in PubMed

PFAS Exposures and the Human Metabolome: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies Curr Pollut Rep. 2023 Sep; 9(3):510-568. . View in PubMed

Influenza Vaccination Coverage Rates and Determinants in Greek Children until the Age of Ten (2008-2019), the Rhea Mother-Child Cohort Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jul 14; 11(7). . View in PubMed

The contribution to policies of an exposome-based approach to childhood obesity Exposome. 2023 May 26; 3(1):osad006. . View in PubMed

Mediators of the association between maternal body mass index and breastfeeding duration in 3 international cohorts Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 07; 118(1):255-263. . View in PubMed

Obesogens and Obesity: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions Summary from a Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptors Strategies Workshop Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 07; 118(1):329-337. . View in PubMed

Associations of Gestational Perfluoroalkyl Substances Exposure with Early Childhood BMI z-Scores and Risk of Overweight/Obesity: Results from the ECHO Cohorts Environ Health Perspect. 2023 06; 131(6):67001. . View in PubMed

Childhood exposure to non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals and multi-omic profiles: A panel study Environ Int. 2023 03; 173:107856. . View in PubMed

Metabolic Signatures of Youth Exposure to Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Multi-Cohort Study Environ Health Perspect. 2023 02; 131(2):27005. . View in PubMed

Cord blood epigenome-wide meta-analysis in six European-based child cohorts identifies signatures linked to rapid weight growth BMC Med. 2023 01 11; 21(1):17. . View in PubMed

Associations of four biological age markers with child development: A multi-omic analysis in the European HELIX cohort Elife. 2023 06 06; 12. . View in PubMed

Prenatal environmental exposures associated with sex differences in childhood obesity and neurodevelopment BMC Med. 2023 04 12; 21(1):142. . View in PubMed

Paired Liver:Plasma PFAS Concentration Ratios from Adolescents in the Teen-LABS Study and Derivation of Empirical and Mass Balance Models to Predict and Explain Liver PFAS Accumulation Environ Sci Technol. 2023 10 10; 57(40):14817-14826. . View in PubMed

A systematic review of metabolomic studies of childhood obesity: State of the evidence for metabolic determinants and consequences Obes Rev. 2022 01; 23 Suppl 1:e13384. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies Obes Rev. 2022 01; 23 Suppl 1:e13383. . View in PubMed

Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome Nat Commun. 2022 11 21; 13(1):7024. . View in PubMed

Gestational Weight Gain by Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI and Childhood Problem Behaviours in School-Age Years: A Pooled Analysis of Two European Birth Cohorts Matern Child Health J. 2020 Oct; 24(10):1288-1298. . View in PubMed

Early life tobacco exposure and children's telomere length: The HELIX project Sci Total Environ. 2020 Apr 01; 711:135028. . View in PubMed

Using methylome data to inform exposome-health association studies: An application to the identification of environmental drivers of child body mass index Environ Int. 2020 05; 138:105622. . View in PubMed

Associations between air pollution and pediatric eczema, rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma: A meta-analysis of European birth cohorts Environ Int. 2020 03; 136:105474. . View in PubMed

Perfluoroalkyl substances and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver in Children: An untargeted metabolomics approach Environ Int. 2020 01; 134:105220. . 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

Association of Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure During Pregnancy With Metabolic Health and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Children JAMA Netw Open. 2020 03 02; 3(3):e201007. . 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

Association between the pregnancy exposome and fetal growth Int J Epidemiol. 2020 04 01; 49(2):572-586. . View in PubMed

A latent unknown clustering integrating multi-omics data (LUCID) with phenotypic traits Bioinformatics. 2020 02 01; 36(3):842-850. . View in PubMed

Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: an individual participant data meta-analysis of European, North American and Australian cohorts BJOG. 2019 Jul; 126(8):984-995. . 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

Horm Behav. 2019 11; 116:104585. . View in PubMed

Diet as a Source of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants for Pregnant Women and Children from Six European Countries Environ Health Perspect. 2019 10; 127(10):107005. . View in PubMed

Cord Leptin is Associated with Neuropsychomotor Development in Childhood Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 10; 27(10):1693-1702. . 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

Prenatal and Childhood Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure and Telomere Length in European Children: The HELIX Project Environ Health Perspect. 2019 08; 127(8):87001. . View in PubMed

Personal assessment of the external exposome during pregnancy and childhood in Europe Environ Res. 2019 07; 174:95-104. . View in PubMed

Socioeconomic position and exposure to multiple environmental chemical contaminants in six European mother-child cohorts Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 06; 222(5):864-872. . View in PubMed

Cytokine. 2019 05; 117:1-7. . View in PubMed

Perfluoroalkyl substances, metabolomic profiling, and alterations in glucose homeostasis among overweight and obese Hispanic children: A proof-of-concept analysis Environ Int. 2019 05; 126:445-453. . View in PubMed

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors Nat Genet. 2019 05; 51(5):804-814. . View in PubMed

Polyunsaturated fatty acid status at birth, childhood growth, and cardiometabolic risk: a pooled analysis of the MEFAB and RHEA cohorts Eur J Clin Nutr. 2019 04; 73(4):566-576. . View in PubMed

Influence of the Urban Exposome on Birth Weight Environ Health Perspect. 2019 04; 127(4):47007. . View in PubMed

Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis PLoS Med. 2019 02; 16(2):e1002744. . View in PubMed

The early-life exposome: Description and patterns in six European countries Environ Int. 2019 02; 123:189-200. . View in PubMed

Early-life exposome and lung function in children in Europe: an analysis of data from the longitudinal, population-based HELIX cohort Lancet Planet Health. 2019 02; 3(2):e81-e92. . View in PubMed

Unraveling the Serum Metabolomic Profile of Post-partum Depression Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:833. . View in PubMed

Regional and traffic-related air pollutants are associated with higher consumption of fast food and trans fat among adolescents Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 01 01; 109(1):99-108. . View in PubMed

Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Blood Pressure in Children J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 09 10; 74(10):1317-1328. . View in PubMed

Association of Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution With Thyroid Function During Pregnancy JAMA Netw Open. 2019 10 02; 2(10):e1912902. . View in PubMed

Obesity is associated with shorter telomeres in 8 year-old children Sci Rep. 2019 12 10; 9(1):18739. . View in PubMed

Association of Thyroid Function Test Abnormalities and Thyroid Autoimmunity With Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis JAMA. 2019 08 20; 322(7):632-641. . View in PubMed

Lupus. 2019 Jan; 28(1):104-113. . View in PubMed

Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes JAMA. 2019 05 07; 321(17):1702-1715. . View in PubMed

Associations of Prenatal Exposure to Cadmium With Child Growth, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Traits Am J Epidemiol. 2019 01 01; 188(1):141-150. . 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

Air pollution during pregnancy and childhood obesity risk: Potential protective effect of diet Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2018 Apr; 24:187. . View in PubMed

Maternal diet during pregnancy and micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood T lymphocytes in mothers and newborns (Rhea cohort, Crete) Eur J Nutr. 2018 Feb; 57(1):209-218. . View in PubMed

In-utero and childhood chemical exposome in six European mother-child cohorts Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 1):751-763. . View in PubMed

Variability of urinary concentrations of non-persistent chemicals in pregnant women and school-aged children Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 1):561-573. . View in PubMed

Is early life exposure to polyomaviruses and herpesviruses associated with obesity indices and metabolic traits in childhood? Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 09; 42(9):1590-1601.. View in PubMed

Eur Respir J. 2018 09; 52(3). . View in PubMed

Low maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy increases the risk of childhood obesity Pediatr Obes. 2018 08; 13(8):467-475. . View in PubMed

Patterns of Early-Life Social and Environmental Exposures and Child Cognitive Development, Rhea Birth Cohort, Crete, Greece Child Dev. 2018 07; 89(4):1063-1073. . View in PubMed

The Urban Exposome during Pregnancy and Its Socioeconomic Determinants Environ Health Perspect. 2018 07; 126(7):077005. . View in PubMed

Pregnancy, perinatal and postpartum complications as determinants of postpartum depression: the Rhea mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2018 06; 27(3):244-255. . View in PubMed

DNA methylation in childhood asthma: an epigenome-wide meta-analysis Lancet Respir Med. 2018 05; 6(5):379-388. . View in PubMed

Air pollution, weight loss and metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery: a potential model for study of metabolic effects of environmental exposures Pediatr Obes. 2018 05; 13(5):312-320. . View in PubMed

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 04; 42(4):775-784. . View in PubMed

PUFA status at birth and allergy-related phenotypes in childhood: a pooled analysis of the Maastricht Essential Fatty Acid Birth (MEFAB) and RHEA birth cohorts Br J Nutr. 2018 01; 119(2):202-210. . View in PubMed

Association of Early Life Exposure to Phthalates With Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits in Childhood: Sex Specific Associations Front Public Health. 2018; 6:327. . View in PubMed

Human Early Life Exposome (HELIX) study: a European population-based exposome cohort BMJ Open. 2018 09 10; 8(9):e021311. . View in PubMed

Determinants of the urinary and serum metabolome in children from six European populations BMC Med. 2018 11 08; 16(1):202. . View in PubMed

Gestational weight gain charts for different body mass index groups for women in Europe, North America, and Oceania BMC Med. 2018 11 05; 16(1):201. . View in PubMed

High maternal vitamin D levels in early pregnancy may protect against behavioral difficulties at preschool age: the Rhea mother-child cohort, Crete, Greece Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018 Jan; 27(1):79-88. . View in PubMed

Cord Blood Metabolic Signatures of Birth Weight: A Population-Based Study J Proteome Res. 2018 03 02; 17(3):1235-1247. . View in PubMed

DNA Methylome Marks of Exposure to Particulate Matter at Three Time Points in Early Life Environ Sci Technol. 2018 05 01; 52(9):5427-5437. . View in PubMed

Hum Mol Genet. 2018 02 15; 27(4):742-756. . View in PubMed

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

Epidemiology and burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Southern European population: data from the community-based lupus registry of Crete, Greece Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Dec; 76(12):1992-2000. . View in PubMed

Polyunsaturated fatty acid levels at birth and child-to-adult growth: Results from the MEFAB cohort Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2017 Nov; 126:72-78. . View in PubMed

Variations in the prevalence of childhood asthma and wheeze in MeDALL cohorts in Europe ERJ Open Res. 2017 Jul; 3(3). . View in PubMed

Effect of parental obesity and gestational diabetes on child neuropsychological and behavioral development at 4 years of age: the Rhea mother-child cohort, Crete, Greece Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2017 Jun; 26(6):703-714. . View in PubMed

Associations of cord blood metabolites with perinatal characteristics, newborn anthropometry, and cord blood hormones in project viva Metabolism. 2017 11; 76:11-22. . View in PubMed

Association of light-to-moderate alcohol drinking in pregnancy with preterm birth and birth weight: elucidating bias by pooling data from nine European cohorts Eur J Epidemiol. 2017 09; 32(9):751-764. . View in PubMed

Vitamin D insufficient levels during pregnancy and micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood T lymphocytes mothers and newborns (Rhea cohort, Crete) Clin Nutr. 2017 08; 36(4):1029-1035. . View in PubMed

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and offspring adiposity and cardiometabolic traits in childhood Pediatr Obes. 2017 08; 12 Suppl 1:47-56. . View in PubMed

Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity and Childhood Neurodevelopment, the Rhea Birth Cohort in Crete, Greece Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 07; 31(4):374-384. . View in PubMed

Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL): Introducing novel concepts in allergy phenotypes J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 02; 139(2):388-399. . View in PubMed

Maternal depression and personality traits in association with child neuropsychological and behavioral development in preschool years: Mother-child cohort (Rhea Study) in Crete, Greece J Affect Disord. 2017 08 01; 217:89-98. . View in PubMed

Land Use Regression Models for Ultrafine Particles in Six European Areas Environ Sci Technol. 2017 03 21; 51(6):3336-3345. . View in PubMed

Persistent organic pollutants in early pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus Environ Int. 2017 Jan; 98:89-95. . View in PubMed

The Influence of Meteorological Factors and Atmospheric Pollutants on the Risk of Preterm Birth Am J Epidemiol. 2017 02 15; 185(4):247-258. . View in PubMed

Fish and seafood consumption during pregnancy and the risk of asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood: a pooled analysis of 18 European and US birth cohorts Int J Epidemiol. 2017 10 01; 46(5):1465-1477. . View in PubMed

Erratum to: Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5) Clin Transl Allergy. 2017; 7:5. . View in PubMed

Cohort Profile: The Mother-Child Cohort in Crete, Greece (Rhea Study) Int J Epidemiol. 2017 10 01; 46(5):1392-1393k. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants in association with offspring neuropsychological development at 4years of age: The Rhea mother-child cohort, Crete, Greece Environ Int. 2016 Dec; 97:204-211. . View in PubMed

Classification of neck/shoulder pain in epidemiological research: a comparison of personal and occupational characteristics, disability, and prognosis among 12,195 workers from 18 countries Pain. 2016 May; 157(5):1028-1036. . View in PubMed

Fish Intake in Pregnancy and Child Growth: A Pooled Analysis of 15 European and US Birth Cohorts JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 170(4):381-90. . View in PubMed

The Natural History of Human Polyomaviruses and Herpesviruses in Early Life--The Rhea Birth Cohort in Greece Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Apr 01; 183(7):671-9. . View in PubMed

Association of early life exposure to bisphenol A with obesity and cardiometabolic traits in childhood Environ Res. 2016 Apr; 146:379-87. . View in PubMed

Exposure of Preschool-Age Greek Children (RHEA Cohort) to Bisphenol A, Parabens, Phthalates, and Organophosphates Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jan 19; 50(2):932-41. . View in PubMed

Leptin, acylcarnitine metabolites and development of adiposity in the Rhea mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece Obes Sci Pract. 2016 12; 2(4):471-476. . View in PubMed

Common infections with polyomaviruses and herpesviruses and neuropsychological development at 4 years of age, the Rhea birth cohort in Crete, Greece J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 11; 57(11):1268-1276. . View in PubMed

Paving the way of systems biology and precision medicine in allergic diseases: the MeDALL success story: Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EU FP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015 Allergy. 2016 11; 71(11):1513-1525. . View in PubMed

Impact of prenatal exposure to cadmium on cognitive development at preschool age and the importance of selenium and iodine Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 11; 31(11):1123-1134. . View in PubMed

The independent role of prenatal and postnatal exposure to active and passive smoking on the development of early wheeze in children Eur Respir J. 2016 07; 48(1):115-24. . View in PubMed

Is there an association between eating behaviour and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in preschool children? J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 06; 57(6):676-84.. View in PubMed

Cord blood leptin levels in relation to child growth trajectories Metabolism. 2016 06; 65(6):874-82. . View in PubMed

Dietary patterns in early childhood and child cognitive and psychomotor development: the Rhea mother-child cohort study in Crete Br J Nutr. 2016 04; 115(8):1431-7. . View in PubMed

ARIA 2016: Care pathways implementing emerging technologies for predictive medicine in rhinitis and asthma across the life cycle Clin Transl Allergy. 2016; 6:47. . View in PubMed

Erratum: "Environmental, Dietary, Maternal, and Fetal Predictors of Bulky DNA Adducts in Cord Blood: A European Mother-Child Study (NewGeneris)" Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Jan; 124(1):A12. . View in PubMed

Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study PLoS One. 2016; 11(4):e0153748. . View in PubMed

Fish Intake During Pregnancy and Offspring Adiposity-Reply JAMA Pediatr. 2016 08 01; 170(8):809-10. . View in PubMed

Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5) Clin Transl Allergy. 2016; 6:29. . View in PubMed

Early life determinants of dietary patterns in preschool children: Rhea mother-child cohort, Crete, Greece Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jan; 70(1):60-5. . View in PubMed

Outdoor air pollution exposures and micronuclei frequencies in lymphocytes from pregnant women and newborns in Crete, Greece (Rhea cohort) Environ Res. 2015 Nov; 143(Pt A):170-6. . View in PubMed

MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK for allergic rhinitis (MASK-rhinitis): the new generation guideline implementation Allergy. 2015 Nov; 70(11):1372-92. . View in PubMed

Association of Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits in Early Childhood: The Rhea Mother-Child Cohort (Crete, Greece) Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Oct; 123(10):1015-21. . View in PubMed

Are allergic multimorbidities and IgE polysensitization associated with the persistence or re-occurrence of foetal type 2 signalling? The MeDALL hypothesis. Allergy. 2015 Sep; 70(9):1062-78.. View in PubMed

Pregestational excess weight, maternal obstetric complications and mode of delivery in the Rhea cohort in Crete Eur J Public Health. 2015 Aug; 25(4):632-7. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Measured with Urine Cotinine May Reduce Gross Motor Development at 18 Months of AgeJ Pediatr. 2015 Aug; 167(2):246-52. e2. . View in PubMed

Social capital, tolerance of diversity and adherence to Mediterranean diet: the Rhea Mother-Child Cohort in Crete, Greece Public Health Nutr. 2015 May; 18(7):1300-7. . View in PubMed

Association of trimester-specific gestational weight gain with fetal growth, offspring obesity, and cardiometabolic traits in early childhoodAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Apr; 212(4):502. e1-14. . View in PubMed

Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris) Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Apr; 123(4):374-80. . View in PubMed

Breastfeeding duration and cognitive, language and motor development at 18 months of age: Rhea mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Mar; 69(3):232-9. . View in PubMed

Relative validity of an FFQ for pre-school children in the mother-child 'Rhea' birth cohort in Crete, Greece Public Health Nutr. 2015 Feb; 18(3):421-7. . View in PubMed

Metabolic profile in early pregnancy is associated with offspring adiposity at 4 years of age: the Rhea pregnancy cohort Crete, Greece PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0126327. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposure to PCB-153, p,p'-DDE and birth outcomes in 9000 mother-child pairs: exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers Environ Int. 2015 Jan; 74:23-31. . View in PubMed

Postnatal weight growth and trihalomethane exposure during pregnancy Environ Res. 2015 Jan; 136:280-8. . View in PubMed

Effect of maternal n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation during pregnancy and/or lactation on adiposity in childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Eur J Clin Nutr. 2014 Dec; 68(12):1277-87. . View in PubMed

The effect of dietary estimates calculated using food frequency questionnaires on micronuclei formation in European pregnant women: a NewGeneris study Mutagenesis. 2014 Nov; 29(6):393-400. . View in PubMed

Caesarean deliveries in the Mother-Child (Rhea) cohort in Crete, Greece: almost as frequent as vaginal births and even more common in first-time mothers Hippokratia. 2014 Oct-Dec; 18(4):298-305. . View in PubMed

Air pollution during pregnancy and childhood cognitive and psychomotor development: six European birth cohorts Epidemiology. 2014 Sep; 25(5):636-47. . View in PubMed

Urinary metabolic profiles in early pregnancy are associated with preterm birth and fetal growth restriction in the Rhea mother-child cohort study BMC Med. 2014 Jul 11; 12:110. . View in PubMed

Smoking and caesarean deliveries: major negative predictors for breastfeeding in the mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece (Rhea study) Matern Child Nutr. 2014 Jul; 10(3):335-46. . View in PubMed

Prenatal exposure to DDE and PCB 153 and respiratory health in early childhood: a meta-analysis Epidemiology. 2014 Jul; 25(4):544-53. . View in PubMed

Maternal diet, prenatal exposure to dioxin-like compounds and birth outcomes in a European prospective mother-child study (NewGeneris) Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jun 15; 484:121-8. . View in PubMed

The human early-life exposome (HELIX): project rationale and design Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jun; 122(6):535-44. . View in PubMed

Preterm birth, infant weight gain, and childhood asthma risk: a meta-analysis of 147,000 European children J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 May; 133(5):1317-29. . View in PubMed

Antenatal maternal mental health as determinant of postpartum depression in a population based mother-child cohort (Rhea Study) in Crete, Greece Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2014 May; 49(5):711-21. . View in PubMed

Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Mar; 99(3):506-16. . View in PubMed

In utero exposure to compounds with dioxin-like activity and birth outcomes Epidemiology. 2014 Mar; 25(2):215-24. . View in PubMed

Persistent organic pollutants exposure during pregnancy, maternal gestational weight gain, and birth outcomes in the mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece (RHEA study) Environ Int. 2014 Mar; 64:116-23. . View in PubMed

Micronuclei in cord blood lymphocytes and associations with biomarkers of exposure to carcinogens and hormonally active factors, gene polymorphisms, and gene expression: the NewGeneris cohort Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Feb; 122(2):193-200. . View in PubMed

Exposure to brominated trihalomethanes in water during pregnancy and micronuclei frequency in maternal and cord blood lymphocytes Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jan; 122(1):100-6. . View in PubMed

Mediterranean diet adherence during pregnancy and risk of wheeze and eczema in the first year of life: INMA (Spain) and RHEA (Greece) mother-child cohort studies Br J Nutr. 2013 Dec 14; 110(11):2058-68. . View in PubMed

Increased frequency of micronuclei in mononucleated lymphocytes and cytome analysis in healthy newborns as an early warning biomarkers of possible future health risks Reprod Toxicol. 2013 Dec; 42:110-5. . View in PubMed

Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE) Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Nov; 1(9):695-704. . View in PubMed

Bulky dna adducts in cord blood, maternal fruit-and-vegetable consumption, and birth weight in a European mother-child study (NewGeneris) Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Oct; 121(10):1200-6. . View in PubMed

Patterns of multisite pain and associations with risk factors Pain. 2013 Sep; 154(9):1769-1777. . View in PubMed

Maternal diet, prenatal exposure to dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants and anogenital distance in children Sci Total Environ. 2013 Sep 01; 461-462:222-9. . View in PubMed

Maternal weight status, cord blood leptin and fetal growth: a prospective mother-child cohort study (Rhea study) Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2013 Sep; 27(5):461-71. . View in PubMed

Antenatal and postnatal maternal mental health as determinants of infant neurodevelopment at 18 months of age in a mother-child cohort (Rhea Study) in Crete, Greece Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 48(8):1335-45. . View in PubMed

Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person, or the culture? Pain. 2013 Jun; 154(6):856-63.. View in PubMed

Exposure to different sources of second-hand smoke during pregnancy and its effect on urinary cotinine and tobacco-specific nitrosamine (NNAL) concentrations Tob Control. 2013 May; 22(3):194-200. . View in PubMed

Maternal personality traits and risk of preterm birth and fetal growth restriction Eur Psychiatry. 2013 May; 28(4):213-8. . View in PubMed

Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity, and child neuropsychological development: two Southern European birth cohort studies Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr; 42(2):506-17. . View in PubMed

The effect of high doses of folic acid and iron supplementation in early-to-mid pregnancy on prematurity and fetal growth retardation: the mother-child cohort study in Crete, Greece (Rhea study) Eur J Nutr. 2013 Feb; 52(1):327-36. . View in PubMed

Risk factors for new onset and persistence of multi-site musculoskeletal pain in a longitudinal study of workers in Crete Occup Environ Med. 2013 Jan; 70(1):29-34. . View in PubMed

Social capital in pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms: a prospective mother-child cohort study (the Rhea study) Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Jan; 50(1):63-72. . View in PubMed

Anogenital distances in newborns and children from Spain and Greece: predictors, tracking and reliability Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2013 Jan; 27(1):89-99. . View in PubMed

In utero exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and anogenital distance in newborns and infants Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Jan; 121(1):125-30. . View in PubMed

Thyroid dysfunction and autoantibodies in early pregnancy are associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes and adverse birth outcomes J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec; 97(12):4464-72. . View in PubMed

Gender-specific reference intervals for cord blood leptin in Crete, Greece Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Oct; 171(10):1563-6. . View in PubMed

Effect of high doses of folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy on child neurodevelopment at 18 months of age: the mother-child cohort 'Rhea' study in Crete, Greece Public Health Nutr. 2012 Sep; 15(9):1728-36. . View in PubMed

Influence of fetal glutathione S-transferase copy number variants on adverse reproductive outcomes BJOG. 2012 Aug; 119(9):1141-6. . View in PubMed

Exposure to second-hand smoke and reproductive outcomes depending on maternal asthma Eur Respir J. 2012 Aug; 40(2):371-6. . View in PubMed

Understanding the complexity of IgE-related phenotypes from childhood to young adulthood: a Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL) seminarJ Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Apr; 129(4):943-54. e4. . View in PubMed

Birth weight, head circumference, and prenatal exposure to acrylamide from maternal diet: the European prospective mother-child study (NewGeneris) Environ Health Perspect. 2012 12; 120(12):1739-45. . View in PubMed

The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) study: methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e39820. . View in PubMed

Epidemiological Differences Between Localized and Nonlocalized Low Back Pain Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 May 15; 42(10):740-747. . View in PubMed

Dr. Chatzi is Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Division of Environmental Health at the University of Southern California. She has more than 20 years of experience in environmental health research and a track record of research productivity in multi-disciplinary translational settings (R01s, R21s and U01) focusing on the influence of environmental chemical exposures on health outcomes by integrating human population data and experimental study designs. She has demonstrated her leadership skills as Director (USC Center for Translational Research on Environmental Health) and Deputy Director [NIEHS-funded P30 Southern California Environmental Health Science Center (SCEHSC)] in centers featuring novel bench to population team science, community engaged solution-based research, and training/career development at all stages.
As a physician, epidemiologist and public health researcher, she leads an interdisciplinary program of research focused on advancing our understanding of how exposure to environmental chemicals affect metabolic health. Overall, her investigations have focused on the health effects of environmental toxicants classified as endocrine disruptors, including perfluoroalkyl substances, organochlorine pesticides, phenols, phthalates, and metals, on long-term youth health, especially, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease. As Director of the USC Center for Translational Research on Environmental Health (USC-R-TEN), she is focused on understanding the influence of environmental pollutants on health outcomes by integrating human population-data and multi-omics methods to develop and comprehensive understanding of exposure risk and disease development.
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