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SARA DUBOWSKY ADAR

Department of Epidemiology

University of Michigan

1415 Washington Heights

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

(734) 615-9207 (phone)

(734) 936-2084 (fax)

[email protected]

EDUCATION

Harvard School of Public Health November 2005

Doctor of Science, Environmental Health

Thesis: “Acute Cardiopulmonary Responses to Traffic-Related Particles in St. Louis Seniors”

Major Field: Environmental Epidemiology, Minor Fields: Exposure Assessment and Biostatistics

Thesis Committee: Helen Suh (advisor), Joel Schwartz, Diane Gold, Brent Coull, Eric Rimm

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health January 1998

Master of Health Science, Environmental Health Science & Engineering

Thesis: “The Contribution of Traffic to Indoor Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”

Advisors: Timothy Buckley and Lance Wallace (USEPA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 1996

Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Associate Professor

University of Michigan School of Public Health,

Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI

September 2017 -

John G Searle Assistant Professor September 2011 – August 2017



Research Assistant Professor January 2010 – August 2011



Assistant Professor April 2008 – December 2009

University of Washington School of Public Health,

Department of Epidemiology and Department of Environmental

and Occupational Health Sciences (April 2009), Seattle, WA

Senior Fellow November 2005 – March 2008

University of Washington School of Public Health Department of

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA

Graduate Research Assistant August 2001-October 2005

Harvard School of Public Health,

Department of Environmental Health, Boston, MA

Senior Associate April 1998 – June 2001

ENVIRON International, Risk Assessment Group, Emeryville, CA

Environmental Scientist Summer 1997

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Reston, VA

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 Research paper selected as Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper of the Year by the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

2017 Highlighted “exemplary faculty promotion case”, University of Michigan Regents

2017 Nominee, University of Michigan Golden Apple Award (teaching award)

2016 Research paper selected an NIEHS paper of the year

2016 Elected, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Executive Board

2015 Nominee, Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

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2014 University of Michigan School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award

2013 Research paper selected as “Editor’s Picks” at PLoS Medicine

2012 Environmental Health Perspectives Top 12 Reviewers

2012 University of Michigan Epidemiology Student Org. “Most enthusiastic instructor”

2011-2017 John G Searle Assistant Professorship

2011 Am. Heart Assoc. Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovasc. Epidemiol.

2011 Abstract selected as Am. Heart Assoc. Best of Specialty Conferences: EPI/NPAM

2010 Research paper selected as “Editor’s Picks” at PLoS Medicine

1996-1998 NIOSH Fellowship Award, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

FUNDING HISTORY

University of Michigan M-LEEaD Center Pilot Funding (Adar). 1/18-3/18.

National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences P30 Center. Total Costs: $19,700

Neighborhood Noise Prediction Models for Chronic Epidemiology Studies: Which Ones Work?

This project will validate several modeling strategies for assessing noise exposures in the United

States against measurements in support of future epidemiology studies.

Role: Principal Investigator

Pilot Funding (Adar). 12/17.

Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. Total Costs: $5,000

Air Quality Onboard Electric School Buses

In this project, we collected air pollution samples inside a traditional diesel school bus and a new

electric school bus during typical commuting routes. The purpose was to provide preliminary data

comparing the air quality in these two types of vehicles.


1R01AG055273 (Lee and Langa). 4/18-3/23.

National Institute of Aging. Total Costs: $3,950,000

Modifiable Protective and Risk Factors of Late-Life Cognitive Health and Dementia

This project examines two key hypothesized modifiable risk factors of cognitive decline and

dementia – low educational attainment and air pollution in the Longitudinal Aging Study in India

(LASI).

Role: Co-Investigator

MCubed. (Adar, Neitzel, Parthasarathy). 9/16-12/17.

University of Michigan. Total Costs: $60,000

Public health and public policy approaches to electronic waste recycling

This research-to-practice project examines the human health impacts of electronic waste

recycling in South America. We will explore public policy options and public health interventions

that can improve health while preserving economic opportunities.

Role: Principal Investigator (Multiple)

16GRNT30960046 (Adar). 7/16-6/18.

American Heart Association. Total Costs: $148,000

Neighborhood Noise as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Incident Hypertension: Evidence from Two

Population-Based Cohort Studies

This study examines relations of long-term neighborhood noise with incident hypertension and the

progression of blood pressure among 10,000 adults followed for 10 years. It further explores the

racial/ethnic, social, and economic contexts associated with enhanced risk. Scored in the 0.01%.


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2016-NIRG-396139 (Adar). 5/1/16 – 4/30/18

Alzheimer’s Association. Total Costs: $100,000

Neighborhood Noise, Socioeconomic Context, and Alzheimer’s Disease

This investigation examines associations of long-term neighborhood noise with the risk of incident

Alzheimer’s Disease and the manifestation of symptoms among those with Alzheimer’s Disease. It

also explores the racial/ethnic, social, and economic contexts associated with enhanced risk.


R21 AI117371 (Adar). 2/16-1/18.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Total Costs: $426,000

Characterizing the Respiratory Microbiome via a Novel, Non-Invasive Technique

This study validates exhaled breath condensate as a non-invasive technique to characterize the

respiratory microbiome. This work serves as pilot data for planned studies on the importance of

the microbiome in the health effects of inhaled pollutants.


R01 NR014484 (Morishita). 6/14-9/17.

National Institutes of Nursing Research. Total Costs: $1,494,000

Reducing Air Pollution in a Detroit Intervention Study

This study explores indoor filtration as an inexpensive mechanism to reduce exposures and

improve health among seniors exposed to high traffic-related and industrial air pollution.

Role: Co-Investigator, Epidemiology Lead (Total Costs to My Group: $239,000)

5 T42 OH 008455 (Batterman). 6/13-5/18.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Total Costs: $10,500,000

Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health

This funding supports the training of students in occupational health and epidemiology.


Mentored Grants:

17PRE33440000 (Pedde). 1/17-12/18.

American Heart Association. Total Costs: $51,900

Long-Term Coarse Particulate Matter Exposure as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease:

Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

This doctoral student fellowship develops a new spatiotemporal exposure model for coarse

particles using satellite, land-use, and monitoring data and examines associations with chronic

cardiovascular disease.

Role: Mentor

Completed Funding:

Israeli Environmental Health Fund (Nirel). 6/14-10/15.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Subcontract Total Costs: $11,000

Leveraging Telemedicine to Assess Associations between Acute Cardiovascular Events and

Ambient Particulate Air Pollution in the Tel Aviv and Haifa Metropolitan Area

This project characterizes the associations between short-term exposures to particulate air

pollution and acute cardiovascular events using telemedicine files in two Israeli cities.

Role: Principal Investigator of University of Michigan Subcontract

MCubed. (Adar, Mohai, Gosman). 9/12-10/14.

University of Michigan. Total Costs: $60,000

School Siting: Environmental Justice, Health, and Law

This research examined how local environmental conditions might be considered when siting

schools in the State of Michigan.


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RD83169701 (Kaufman). 5/04-7/14.

Environmental Protection Agency. Total Costs: $30,000,000

Prospective Study of Atherosclerosis, Clinical Cardiovascular Disease, and Long Term Exposure to

Ambient Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort (“MESA Air”)

This multi-site cohort study examined the relationship between air pollutants, the progression of

subclinical atherosclerosis, and incidence of cardiovascular events.

Role: Principal Investigator of Michigan Subcontract (2014, Total Costs: $137,056), Co-

Investigator (2006-2014)

Department of Ecology (Adar). 2/12-8/13.

Washington State. Total Costs: $86,000

This grant examined the impacts of clean air technologies and fuels on childhood exposure to

diesel exhaust on school buses and reductions in respiratory illness.


UL1 RR024986 (Shanley). 6/12-5/17. (my involvement ended 6/13).

National Institutes of Health. Total Direct Costs: $48,789,000

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)

As part of this large University CTSA program, I provided epidemiological consultation services to

facilitate clinical research on campus and support researchers.


R83374101 (Adar and Larson). 3/08-3/13.

Environmental Protection Agency. Total Costs: $1,200,000

Spatial investigation of sources, composition, and long-term health effects of coarse particulate

matter (PM10-2.5) in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort

This grant characterized the spatial variability of coarse particles from natural and anthropogenic

sources and examines associations with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory disease.


R01 ES012657 (Liu). 9/03-6/08.

National Institutes of Health. Total Costs: $2,849,000

Children's exposures and health effects from diesel exhaust before and after the switch of the

school bus fleets

This study used a natural experiment in public schools to examine whether the impacts of cleaner

diesel engines and fuels on school buses reduces asthmatic exacerbations and inflammation.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (Mentees starred)

1) Chen YH*, Mukherjee B, Adar SD, Berrocal VJ, Coull BA. Robust distributed lag models using

data adaptive shrinkage. Biostat. 2017. kxx041. doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxx041.

2) D’Souza J, Kawut S, Elkayam LR*, Sheppard L, Barr RG, Thorne P, Jacobs DR, Bluemke DA,

Lima J, Kaufman JD, Larson TV, Adar SD. Long-term exposures to ambient coarse particulate

matter and right ventricular mass and function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Env

Health Persp. 2017. 125(7):077019-1-077019-8. doi:10.1289/EHP658

3) Pedde M*, Szpiro AA, Hallenbeck M, Adar SD. Mortality and local fluctuations in traffic

congestion: A case-crossover study. Am J Epidemiol. 2017. 186(5):564-572 doi:

10.1093/aje/kwx130

4) Christine PJ*, Young R, Adar SD, Bertoni AG, Hayward, Heisler M, Carnethon M, Diez-Roux

AV. Inclusion of individual and area-level socioeconomic status risk prediction modeling: An

application to type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Prevent Med.

2017. 53(2): 201-209. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.019.

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5) Wing JJ*, Sanchez BN, Adar SD, Meurer WJ, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, Lisabeth LD.

Synergistic effects of short-term air pollution exposures and neighborhood on initial stroke

severity. 2017. Stroke. 48(11): 3126-3129. doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018816

6) Wing JJ*, Adar SD, Sanchez BN, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, Lisabeth LD. Short-term

exposures to ambient air pollution and risk of recurrent ischemic stroke. Environ Res. 2017.

Environ Res. 2017. 152:304-307. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.11.001.

7) Hirsch J*, Grengs J, Schultz A, Adar SD, Rodriguez DA, Brines SJ, Diez Roux AV. A descriptive

analysis of change in the built environment in seven U.S. cities. Soc Sci Med. 2016. 169:97-

105. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.032

8) Powers MC, Adar SD, Yanosky J, Weuve J. Exposure to air pollution as a potential contributor

to cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review of epidemiologic research. Neurotox.

2016. 56: 235-253. doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2016.06.004

9) Kaufman JD, Spalt EW, Curl CL, Hajat A, Jones MR, Kim SY, Vedal S, Szpiro A, Sheppard L,

Daviglus ML, Adar SD. Advances in Understanding Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases:

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Global Heart. 2016.

11(3):343-352. doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2016.07.004

10) Wing J*, Tomey KT, Adar SD, Dannenberg A, Hajat A, Kaufman JD, Sanchez B, Stein J,

Tattersall M, Diez Roux AV. Change in neighborhood characteristics and change in coronary

calcium: A longitudinal investigation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis cohort. Circ.

2016. 134(7): 504-513. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.020534

11) Kaufman JD, Adar SD, Barr RG, Budoff M, Burke GL, Curl CL, Daviglus ML, Diez Roux AV,

Gassett AJ, Jacobs DR Jr, Kronmal R, Larson TV, Navas-Acien A, Sampson PD, Sheppard L,

Siscovick DS, Stein JH, Szpiro AA, Watson KE. Air pollution and acceleration of coronary artery

calcification. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution. Lancet. 2016.

388(10045): 696-704. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00378-0 (Featured in NIEHS papers of

the year, Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper of 2017 award from the International

Society of Environmental Epidemiology)

12) Kaiser P*, Diez Roux AV, Mujahid M, Carnethon M, Bertoni A, Adar SD, Shea S, McClelland R.

Neighborhood environments and incident hypertension in the Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2016. 183(11):988-997. doi: 10.1093/aj3/kwv296 (Featured

“editor’s pick” paper)

13) Adar SD, Huffnagle G, Curtis J. Is the respiratory microbiome an underappreciated player in

the human response to inhaled pollutants? Ann Epidemiol. 2016. 26(5):355-359. doi:

10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.03.010.

14) Weatherspoon DJ*, Borrell LN, Johnson CW, Mujahid MS, Neighbors HW, Adar SD. Racial and

ethnic differences in periodontal disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

Oral Health Prev Dent. 2016. 14(3):249-257. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a35614.

15) Adhikari R*, D’Souza J, Kaufman J, Sheppard L, Park SK, Prineas RJ, Jacobs D, Burke G,

Daviglus M, Larson TV, Adar SD. Heart-rate variability and long-term exposures to coarse

particulate matter: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Epidemiol. 2016. 27(3): 405-

413. doi: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000455.

16) Hicken MT*, Adar SD, Hajat A, Kershaw K, Do P, Kaufman JD, Barr RG, Diez Roux AV. Air

pollution, cardiovascular outcomes, and social disadvantage: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. Epidemiol. 2016. 27(1):42-50. doi: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000367.

17) Spalt EW, Curl CL, Adar SD, Hinckley-Stukovsky K, Allen RW, Cohen M, Avol E, Castro C,

Nunn C, Mancera-Cuevas K, Kaufman JD. Time-location patterns of a diverse population of

older adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution. J Exp Sci Environ

Epidemiol. 2016. 26(4):349-355. doi: 10.1038/jes.2015.29

18) Spalt EW, Curl CL, Allen RW, Cohen M, Williams K, Hirsch JA, Adar SD, Kaufman JD. Factors

influencing time-location patterns and their impact on estimates of exposure: The Multi-Ethnic

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Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution. J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2016. 26(4): 341-348.

doi: 10.1038/jes.2015.26

19) Wang M, Keller JP, Adar SD, Kim SY, Larson TV, Olives C, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Szpiro

AA, Vedal S, Kaufman JD. Development of spatiotemporal models for ozone in six

metropolitan regions of the United States: The MESA Air Study. Atmos Environ. 2015. 123:79-

87. doi: 10.1016./j.atmosenv.2015.10.042

20) Wing JJ*, Adar SD, Sanchez BN, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, Lisabeth LD. Ethnic differences

in ambient air pollution and risk of acute ischemic stroke. Environ Res. 2015. 143: 62-67.

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.031

21) Christine PJ*, Auchincloss AH, Bertoni AG, Carnethon MR, Sanchez B, Moore K, Adar SD,

Horwich T, Watson KE, Diez Roux AV. Longitudinal relationships between neighborhood

physical and social environments and incident type II diabetes mellitus: the Multi-Ethnic Study

of Atherosclerosis (MESA). JAMA Internal Med. 2015. 175(8):1311-20 doi:10.1001/

jamainternmed.2015.2691

22) Adar SD, D’Souza J , Sheppard L, Jahnke J, Halstrand T, Kaufman JD, Davey ME, Sullivan JR,

Koenig J, Lewtas J, Liu LJS. Adopting Clean Fuels and Technologies on School Buses: Pollution

and Health Impacts in Children. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2015. 191(12): 1413-1421. doi:

10.1164/rccm.201410-1924OC

23) Adar SD, D’Souza J, Mendelsohn-Victor K*, Jacobs D, Cushman M, Sheppard L, Thorne PS,

Burke GL, Daviglus ML, Szpiro AA, Diez-Roux AV, Kaufman JD, Larson TV. Long-term

concentrations of airborne coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5), inflammation, and coagulation

in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Health Persp. 2015. 123(6): 541-

548. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1308069.

24) Park SK, Adar SD, O’Neill MS, Auchincloss AH, Szpiro A, Bertoni AG, Navas-Acien A, Kaufman

JD, Diez Roux AV. Long-term exposure to air pollution and type-2 diabetes in a multi-ethnic

cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2015. 181(5): 327-336. doi:10.1093/aje/kwu280.

25) Adar SD, Kaufman JD, Diez-Roux AV, Hoffman EA, D’Souza J, Hinckley Stukovsky KD, Rich

SS, Rotter JI, Guo X, Raffel LJ, Sampson P, Oron AP, Raghunathan T, Barr RG. Air pollution

and percent emphysema identified by computed tomography in the Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. Environ Health Persp. 2015. 123(2). 144-151. doi:10.1289/ehp.1307951.

26) Kim SY, Sheppard L, Kaufman JD, Bergen S, Szpiro AA, Larson T, Adar SD, Diez Roux AV,

Polak JF, Vedal S. Individual-level concentration to fine particulate matter chemical

components and subclinical atherosclerosis: A cross-sectional analysis based on 2 advanced

exposure prediction models in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol.

2014. 180(7): 718-728.

27) Adar SD, Filigrana-Villegas PA*, Clements NS, Peel J. Ambient coarse particulate matter and

human health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Curr Environ Health Reports. 2014. 1-

11. doi:10.1007/s40572-014-0022-z

28) Zheutlin AR, Adar SD, Park SK. Carbon dioxide emissions and change in prevalence of obesity

and diabetes in the United States. Environ Int. 2014. 73:111-116. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.

07.012

29) Zhang K*, Larson T, Gassett A, Szpiro AA, Sheppard L, Adar SD. Characterizing spatial

patterns of airborne coarse particulate (PM10-2.5) mass and chemical components in three

cities: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Health Persp. 2014. 122:

823-830. doi:10.1289/ehp.1307287.

30) Sturtz T, Adar SD, Gould T, Larson TV. Source apportionment of coarse particulate matter

and selected trace elements using positive matrix factorization with selected prior constraints

in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Coarse Particles (MESA Coarse). Atmos

Environ. 2014. 84: 65-77. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.031 (Shared senior authorship)

31) Szpiro AA, Sheppard L, Adar SD, Kaufman JD. Estimating acute air pollution health effects

from cohort study data. Biometrics. 2014. 70(1): 164-174. doi: 10.1111/biom.12125

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32) Hajat A, Diez Roux AV, Adar SD, Auchincloss AH, Lovassi GS, O’Neill MS, Sheppard L,

Kaufman JD. Air pollution and individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status: Evidence

from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Environ Health Persp. 2013. 121(11-

12). 1325-1333.

33) Hicken MT*, Adar SD, O’Neill MS, Auchincloss AH, Magzamen S, Kaufman J, Diez-Roux AV.

Do psychosocial stress and social disadvantage modify the association between air pollution

and blood pressure? The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2013.

178(10). 1550-1562.

34) Adar SD, Sheppard EL, Vedal S, Polak JF, Sampson PD, Roux AD, Budoff M, Jacobs D, Barr

RG, Watson K, Kaufman JD. Fine particulate air pollution and the progression of carotid artery

intima-medial thickness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution. PLoS

Med. 2013. 10(4): e1001430. (Featured “editor’s pick” paper)

35) Krishnan RM*, Adar SD, Szpiro A, Van-Hee V, Barr GR, O’Neill MS, Herrington D, Polak J,

Jorgensen N, Kaufman JD. Vascular responses to long and short-term exposure to ambient

air pollution: The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). JACC.

2012. 60(21):2158-2166.

36) Kaufman J, Adar SD, Allen R, Astor B, Barr RG, Budoff M, Burke G, Casillas A, Cohen M, Curl

C, Daviglus M, Diez Roux A, Jacobs D, Kronmal R, Larson T, Liu LJS, Lumley T, O’Leary D,

Sampson P, Sheppard L, Siscovick D, Tracy R. Prospective study of particulate air pollution

exposures, subclinical atherosclerosis, and clinical cardiovascular disease. The Multi-ethnic

Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Am J Epid. 2012. 176(9):825-837.

37) Allen RW, Adar SD, Avol E, Cohen M, Curl CL, Larson T, Liu LJS, Kaufman JD. Modeling the

residential infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air

Pollution (MESA Air). Env Health Perspect. 2012. 120(6):824-830.

38) Mercer LD, Szpiro AA, Sheppard EL, Lindstrom JL, Adar SD, Allen RW, Avol E, Oron AP,

Larson TV, Liu LJS, Kaufman JD. Comparing universal kriging and land-use regression for

predicting concentrations of gaseous oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for the Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution. Atmos Env. 2011. 45(26):4412-4420. PMC3146303

39) Gill EA, Curl CL, Adar SD, Allen RW, Auchincloss AH, O’Neill MS, Park SK, Van Hee VC, Diez

Roux AV, Kaufman JD. Air pollution and cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2011. 53(5):353-360

40) Adar, SD, Klein R, Klein BEK, Szpiro AA, Cotch MF, Wong T, O’Neill MS, Shrager S, Siscovick

D, Daviglus M, Sampson P, Kaufman J. Air pollution and the microvasculature: A cross-

sectional assessment of in vivo retinal images in the population-based Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis cohort. PLoS Med. 2010. 7(11):31000372. PMC2994677 (Featured “editor’s

pick” paper)

41) Van Hee VC, Adar SD, Szpiro AA, Barr RG, Diez Roux A, Bluemke DA, Sheppard L, Gill EA,

Bahrami H, Wassel C, Sale MM, Siscovick DS, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Kaufman JD. Common

genetic variation, residential proximity to traffic exposure, and left ventricular mass: The

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Health Persp. 2010. 118(7): 962-969.

PMC2920916

42) Malloy EJ, Coull BA, Morris JS, Adar SD, Suh HH. Wavelet-based functional linear mixed

models: an application to measurement error-corrected distributional lag models. Biostat.

2010. 11(3): 432-452. PMC2883305

43) Szpiro AA, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Lumley T, Adar SD, Kaufman J. Predicting intra-urban

variation in air pollution concentrations with complex spatio-temporal interactions. 2010.

Environmetrics. 21:606-631

44) Cohen MA, Adar SD, Allen RW, Avol E, Gould T, Hardie D, Ho A, Kinney P, Larson TV,

Sampson P, Sheppard L, Swan SS, Liu LJS, Kaufman JD. Approach to estimating participant

exposures in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Environ

Sci Technol. 2009. 43(13): 4687-4693. PMC2727607

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45) Allen RW, Davies H, Cohen MA, Mallach G, Kaufman J, Adar SD. The spatial relationship

between traffic-generated air pollution and noise in 2 US Cities. Environ Res. 2009. 109(3):

334-342. PMC3071639

46) Van Hee VC, Adar SD, Szpiro A, Sheppard L, Diez Roux A, Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Gill EA,

Kaufman J. Exposure to traffic and left ventricular mass and function: The Multi-Ethnic Study

of Atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2009. 179(9): 827-834. PMC2675567

47) Adar SD, Davey ME, Sullivan JR, Compher M, and Liu LJS. Predicting airborne particulate

levels aboard Washington school buses. Atmos Environ. 2008. 42(33): 7590-7599.

PMC2491491

48) Bielinski SJ, Pankow JS, Li N, Chi-Hsu F, Adar SD, Jenny NS, Bowden DW, Arnett D. ICAM1

and VCAM1 polymorphisms, coronary artery calcium, and circulating levels of soluble ICAM1:

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atheroscl. 2008. 201(2):339-3444.

PMC2615541

49) Peretz A, Kaufman JD, Trenga CA, Allen J, Carlste C, Aulet MR, Adar SD, Sullivan JH. Effects

of diesel exhaust inhalation on heart rate variability in human volunteers. Environ Res. 2008.

107: 178-184. PMC2518070

50) Adar SD and Kaufman J. Cardiovascular disease and air pollutants: Evaluating and improving

epidemiological data implicating traffic exposure. Inhal Toxicol. 2007. 19 (Suppl 1): 135-149.

51) Adar SD, Adamkiewicz G, Gold DR, Schwartz J, Coull BA, and Suh H. Ambient and micro-

environmental particles on exhaled nitric oxide before and after a group bus trip. Environ

Health Perspect. 2007. 115(4): 507-512.

52) Adar SD, Suh H, Schwartz J, Coull BA, Stone P, and Gold DR. Focused exposures to airborne

particulates from traffic and heart rate variability in the elderly. Epidemiol. 2007. 18(1):95-

103.

53) Dubowsky SD, Suh H, Schwartz J, Coull BA, and Gold DR. Diabetes, obesity, and

hypertension may enhance the associations between air pollution and markers of systemic

inflammation. Environ Health Perspect. 2006. 114(7): 992-998.

54) Dubowsky S, Buckley T, and Wallace L. The contribution of traffic on indoor concentrations of

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 1999. 9:312-321.

INVITED EDITORIALS

1) Adar SD. Childhood exposures to ozone: The fast track to cardiovascular disease? 2012. Circ.

126:1570-1572.

2) Allen RW and Adar SD. Are both air pollution and noise driving the adverse cardiovascular

health effects from motor vehicles? 2011. Environ Res. 111:184-185.

REPORTS

1) Health relevance of particulate matter from various sources. Report on a WHO Workshop.

Bonn, Germany, 26-27 March 2007. EU/07/5067587

PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVISION/REVIEW (Mentees starred)

1) Morishita M, Adar SD, D’Souza J, Spino C, Bard RL, Ziemba RA, Brook R. Air purification and

vascular health: A randomized crossover trial in a senior living facility. Under Revision.

2) Nirel R, Adar SD, Dayan U, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Golovner M, Levy I, Alon Z, Peretz A.

Leveraging Telemedicine to Assess Associations Between Acute Cardiovascular Events and

Ambient Particulate Air Pollution. Under Revision.

3) Adar SD, Chen YH*, D’Souza J, O’Neill MS, Szpiro AA, Auchincloss AH, Park SK, Daviglus ML,

Diez-Roux AV, Kaufman JD. Longitudinal analysis of long-term air pollution exposures and blood

pressure: A cautionary tale from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Under Revision.

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4) Wang M, Barr RG, Hoffman EA, Madrigano J, Aaron CP, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Adar SD,

Vedal S, Kaufman JD. Long-term exposure to ozone and accelerated progression of percent

emphysema and decline in lung function: the MESA Air and Lung Studies. Under Revision.

5) O’Neal WT, Adar SD, Efird JT, Alonso A, Kamel H, Heckbert SR, Kaufman JD, Solimon EZ.

Long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution and incident atrial fibrillation: The Multi-

Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Under Review.

6) Seith R*, Langeland A, Nambunmee K, Adar SD, Neitzel R. Self-Reported Health and Heavy

Metal Body Burden in an Electronic Waste Recycling Community in Kalasin, Thailand. Under

Review.

7) Christine PJ*, Smith JS, Mukherjee B, Adar SD, Moore K, Bertoni AG, Larsen PG, Zhao W,

Carnethon MR, Meigs JB, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Lange LA, Fornage M, Kardia SLR, Diez Roux

AV. The interaction of neighborhood environments and genetic risk for type 2 diabetes: MESA

and CARDIA. Under Review.

8) Gronlund CJ, Diez Roux AV, Sheppard L, O’Neill MS, Auchincloss A, Adar SD, Kaufman J,

Madrigano J. Vulnerability to the Cardiovascular Effects of Ambient Heat in Six US Cities:

Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Under Review.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION (Mentees starred)

1) Maestas MM, Brook RD, Ziemba RA, Li F, Crane RC, Bard RL, Spino C, Adar SD, Morishita M.

Reduction of personal PM2.5 exposures via indoor air filtration systems in Detroit Intervention

Study.

2) Weuve J, D’Souza J, Beck T, Evans DA, Kaufman JD, Mendes de Leon C, Adar SD.

Associations of long-term noise exposure and cognition in older adults.

3) Chen YH*, Adar SD, Marshall J, Hirsch J, Park SK, Rodriguez DA, Evans K, Sampson P,

Magzamen S, Kaufman JD, Diez-Roux AV, O’Neill MS. Air pollution, social disadvantage, and

walking in six United States cities: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

4) Adar SD, D’Souza J, Larson TV, Gassett A, Hoffman E, Sheppard L, Zhang K, Jacobs D,

Kaufman JD, Barr RG. Long-term exposures to coarse particulate matter and progression of

emphysema: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

5) Zhang X*, Jin Y, Adar SD, Gao J, Wu S, Chen J, Su J. Spatial and time distribution of

particulate matter in two Shanghai metro stations.

6) Nichols M*, D’Souza J, Kaufman J, Sheppard L, Jacobs D, Burke G, Daviglus M, Larson TV,

Adar SD. Left ventricular mass index and long-term exposure to coarse particulate matter:

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

7) Qi W*, D’Souza J, Klein R, Klein BEK, Szpiro A, Cotch MF, Wong TY, Shrager S, Siscovick D,

Daviglus M, Jacobs D, O’Neill MS, Kaufman JD, Larson TV, Adar SD. Coarse particulate matter

and the microvasculature assessed via retinal imaging: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis.

8) Chen YH*, O’Neill MS, Diez-Roux AV, D’Souza J, Park SK, Sheppard L, Burke G, Daviglus ML,

Jacobs D, Auchincloss AH, Kaufman JD, Larson TV, Adar SD. Associations between blood

pressure and long-term concentrations of coarse particulate matter mass and components:

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

9) Strane D*, D’Souza J, Royan R*, Zsabo Z*, Adar SD. Blood lead levels among children in

close proximity to building demolitions before and after dust suppression controls were

implemented in Detroit.

REFEREED CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUMS

1) Sound Off for Environmental Noise Research: Milestones in Exposure Assessment and Health

Evidence, Invited Speaker, August 2018.

2) Evidence-Based Research on Interventions to Reduce Personal Exposures to Environmental

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Pollutants, International Society of Exposure Science Conference, Chair, October 2016.

3) The Broadening Noise Phenome and Its Biological Link. International Society of Environmental

Epidemiology Conference, Invited Discussant, August 2016.

4) Community Noise and Air Pollution, International Societies of Exposure Science and

Environmental Epidemiology Conference, Co-Chair, Oct 2008.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/ABSTRACTS (Mentored trainees starred)

1) D’Souza J, Weuve J, Brook RD, Evans DA, Kaufman JD, Adar SD. Long-term exposures to

community noise and blood pressure levels in Chicago, IL. American Heart Association

EPI|Lifestyle Conference. March 2018. (Poster)

2) Pedde M*, Kloog I, Larson TV, Adar SD. Satellite Predictions of PM10-2.5 in Chicago.

International Society of Exposure Science. October 2017. (Oral)

3) Maestas MM, Brook R, Bard R, Ziemba R, Li F, Crane R, Thompson K, Adar S, Spino C,

Morishita M. Reductions in personal PM2.5 exposure via indoor air filtration in Reducing Air

Pollution in Detroit Intervention Study (RAPIDS). International Society of Exposure Science.

October 2017. (Oral)

4) Adar SD, Brook R, D’Souza J, Spino C, Bard RL, Ziemba RA, Morishita M. Air purification and

vascular health: A randomized crossover trial in a senior living facility. International Society of

Environmental Epidemiology. September 2017. (Oral)

5) D’Souza J, Weuve J, Beck T, Evans DA, Kaufman JD, Mendes de Leon C, Adar SD.

Associations of long-term noise exposure and cognition in older adults. International Society

of Environmental Epidemiology. September 2017. (Oral)

6) D’Souza J, Weuve J, Beck T, Evans DA, Kaufman JD, Mendes de Leon C, Adar SD.

Associations between long-term exposures to noise and physical disability in older adults.

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. September 2017. (Poster)

7) Ziemba RA, Brook RD, Bard RL, Spino C, Adar SD, Morishita M. Improving Air Quality and

Cardiovascular Health for Low-Income Elderly in Detroit, Michigan. World Congress of

Gerontology and Geriatrics. July 2017. (Poster)

8) D’Souza J, Weuve J, Beck T, Evans DA, Kaufman J, Adar SD. A Novel Environmental Risk

Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease: Community Noise and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults.

Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center Conference. June 2017. (Poster)

9) D’Souza J and Adar SD. How representative are current particulate matter concentrations of

historical levels? An evaluation of stability over 10-years in the US. International Society of

Environmental Epidemiology. August 2016. (Oral)

10) Chen YH*, Adar SD, Marshall JD, Hirsch JA*, Rodriguez DA, Evenson KR, Sampson PD,

Magzamen S, Kaufman JD, Diez-Roux AV, O’Neill MS. Air Pollution, Social Disadvantage, and

Walking in Six United States Cities: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. International

Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2016. (Oral)

11) Adar SD and Peel J. Are there toxic places? Examining the correlations between the

associations of fine and coarse particulate matter with mortality. International Society of

Environmental Epidemiology. August 2016. (Poster)

12) Nirel R, Dayan U, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Peretz A, Levy I, Golovner M, Adar SD. Using

Telemedicine Data to Characterize Sub-Daily Associations between Particulate Matter

Exposures during Dust Storms and Incident Cardiac Events. International Society of


13) Young M, Adar SD, Cotch MF, Sheppard L, Szpiro A, Wong TY, Klein R, Klein B, Kaufman JD.

Long-term air pollution exposures and retinal arteriolar diameters over 8 years of follow-up in

the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) International Society of Environmental

Epidemiology. August 2016. (Poster)

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14) Powers MC, Adar SD, Yanosky J, Weuve J. A systematic review of the association of air

pollution exposure with cognition, dementia, and dementia-related neuroimaging markers.

Epidemiology Congress of the Americas. June 2016. (Poster)


Telemedicine data indicate short-term associations between clinical cardiovascular events and

particulate air pollution. Israeli Environmental Health Fund Conference. April 2016. (Oral)


Telemedicine data indicate short-term associations between clinical cardiovascular events and

ambient particulate air pollution. American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Conference. March

2016. (Poster)

17) Wing JJ*, Adar SD, Sanchez BN, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, Lisabeth LD. Short-Term

Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke. International

Stroke Conference. February 2016. (Poster)

18) Filigrana P*, Pedde M,* Adar SD. Spatial and temporal variation of traffic on major roadways

in Puget Sound, WA. International Society of Exposure Science. October 2015. (Oral)

19) Wing JJ*, Sanchez BN, Adar SD, Maurer W, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, Lisabeth LD. Ethnic

differences in ambient air pollution and risk of acute ischemic stroke. Best of Specialty

Conferences Session. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. November 2015.

(Poster)

20) Koman PD,* Adhikari R, Kwyon BS, Adar SD, Mohai P. Michigan school children proximity to

leaking underground storage tanks and hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal

sites. American Public Health Association Meeting. November 2015. (Poster)

21) Pedde M*, Szpiro AA, Hallenbeck M, Adar SD. Mortality and local fluctuations in traffic

congestion: A case-crossover study. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.

August 2015. (Oral)

22) Adar SD, D’Souza J, Elkayam LR*, Kawut S, Kaufman J, Zhang K, Sheppard L, Barr RG, Van

Hee V, Larson TV. Long-term exposures to ambient coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5) and

the right ventricle. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. August 2015. (Oral)

23) Kaiser P*, Lisabeth L, Clarke P, Adar SD, Mujahid M, McClelland R, Carnethon M, Bertoni A,

Shea S, Diez Roux AV. Neighborhood characteristics and changes in systolic blood pressure

over time: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle.

March 2015. (Poster)

24) Wing JJ*, Sanchez BN, Adar SD, Meurer WJ, Morgenstern LB, Smith MA, and Lisabeth LD.

Synergistic effects of short-term air pollution exposures and neighborhood. International

Stroke Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, February 2015. (Oral)

25) Adar SD, Adhikari R*, Daskin MS, Gosman SR, Koman PD, Kweon BS, Mohai P. School siting:

Are Michigan schools safeguarding children’s environmental health? University of Michigan

MCubed Symposium. October 2014. (Poster)

26) Adar SD, D’Souza J, Gassett A, Sheppard L, Polak J, Kaufman JD, Stein J, Diez Roux AV,

Jacobs D, Burke G, Daviglus M, Larson TV. Longitudinal associations between coarse

particulate matter (PM10-2.5) and percent emphysema on CT: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis and Airborne Coarse Particulate Matter (MESA Coarse). International Society

of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2014. (Oral)

27) Chen Y*, Adar SD, Diez Roux AV, Auchincloss AH, Park SK, Daviglus ML, Szpiro AA, O’Neill

MS, Kaufman JD. Long-Term Exposure to Airborne Fine Particulate Matter and Oxides of

Nitrogen and Changes in Blood Pressure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2014. (Oral)

28) Kaufman J, Adar SD, Allen R, Barr RG, Budoff M, Casillas A, Cohen M, Curl C, Daviglus M,

Diez Roux A, Jacobs D, Kronmal R, Larson T, Liu LJS, Lumley T, Navas-Acien A, O’Leary D,

Rotter JI, Sampson P, Sheppard L, Siscovick D, Stein JH, Szpiro AA, Tracy RP. A Prospective

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Study of Atherosclerosis, Clinical Cardiovascular Disease, and Long-Term Exposure to Ambient

Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort (MESA Air). International


29) Kaufman J, Adar SD, Barr RG, Budoff M, Burke G, Curl C, Daviglus M, Diez Roux A, Gassett A,

Jacobs D, Kronmal R, Larson T, Navas-Acien A, Sampson P, Sheppard L, Siscovick D, Stein JH,

Szpiro AA, Watson KE. Air Pollution and Progression of Coronary Artery Calcification: MESA

Air. International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2014. (Oral)

30) Madrigano J, Adar SD, Aaron C, Schwartz J, Hoffman E, Enright P, Austin J, Szpiro A,

Stukovsky KH, Kinney P, Vedal S, Diez-Roux AV, Kaufman JD, Barr RG. Ambient Air Pollution

Exposure and Longitudinal Change in Percent Emphysema on Computed Tomography (CT):

the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung and Air Pollution Studies. International


31) Adar SD, Barr RG, D’Souza J, Madrigano J, Sheppard L, Zhang K, Hoffman E, Kaufman JD,

Larson TV. Long-term residential coarse particulate matter concentrations and the progression

of atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Coarse Particles (MESA

Coarse). International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2014. (Poster)

32) Hicken M*, Adar SD, Hajat A, Kershaw K, Barr RG, Kaufman JD, Diez-Roux AV. Air Pollution,

Cardiovascular Health, and the Modifying Role of Social Disadvantage: the Multi-Ethnic Study

of Atherosclerosis. International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2014.

(Poster)

33) Kaiser P*, Diez Roux AV, Mujahid M, Camethon M, Bertoni A, Adar SD, Shea S, McClelland R.

Longitudinal Neighborhood Characteristics and Incident Hypertension. Society for

Epidemiological Research. June 2014. (Poster)

34) Adar SD, Adhikari R*, Daskin MS, Gosman SR, Koman PD, Kweon BS, Mohai P. School siting:

Are Michigan schools safeguarding children’s environmental health? University of Michigan

MCubed Symposium. October 2013. (Poster)

35) Adar SD, D’Souza J, Victor-Mendelsohn K*, Sheppard L, Cushman M, Diez Roux AV, Jacobs

D, Kaufman J, Larson TV. Long-term concentrations of airborne coarse particulate matter and

systemic inflammation/coagulation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. August 2013. (Oral)

36) Hajat A, Diez-Roux AV, Adar SD, Auchincloss A, Lovasi G, O’Neill M, Sheppard L, Kaufman J.

The burden of air pollution on poor individuals and neighborhoods: Evidence from the Multi-

Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). International Society of Environmental Epidemiology.

August 2013. (Oral)

37) Hajat A, Diez-Roux AV, Adar SD, Auchincloss A, Lovasi G, O’Neill MS, Sheppard L, Kaufman

JD. The burden of air pollution on poor individuals and neighborhoods. Evidence from the

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Conference of the International Society of


38) Sullivan MD, Vedal S, Kaufman JD, Adar SD, Hoffman EA, Watson K, Navas-Acien

A, Barr RG. Ambient transition metals, lung density and lung function in the Multi-Ethnic

Study of Atherosclerosis. American Thoracic Society Conference. May 2013. (Oral)

39) D’Souza J, Adar SD, Larson TV, Zhang K, Hoffman E, Vedal S, Sheppard L, Kaufman J, Barr

RG. Airborne coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5) and lung function and structure: The Multi-

Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Airborne Coarse Particulate Matter (MESA Coarse).

American Thoracic Society Conference. May 2013. (Oral)

40) Krishnan R*, Adar SD, Szpiro A, Jorgensen N, Oron AP, Van Hee VR, O’Neill MS, Barr RG,

Herrington D, Polak JF, Kaufman JD. Long-term exposure to traffic related air pollution and

endothelial dysfunction: Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air).

American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. March 2013. (Oral)

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41) Nirel R, Perez A, Dayan U, Adar SD. Leveraging telemedicine to assess associations between

acute cardiovascular events and ambient particulate air pollution in the Tel Aviv and Haifa

metropolitan areas. Israeli Environmental Health Fund Symposium. December 2012. (Poster)

42) Adar SD, Diez-Roux A, Oron A, Kaufman J, Allen R. Modeled air pollution, modeled noise, and

perceived noise in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Conference of the

International Society of Exposure Science. October 2012. (Oral)

43) Zhang K*, Gassett A, Larson T, Szpiro A, Jacobs D, Daviglus M, Burke G, Kaufman J, Adar

SD. Predicting the spatial variability of chemical components of coarse particulate matter

(PM10-2.5) in three cities: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Coarse Particles (MESA

Coarse). Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science. October 2012. (Oral)

44) Curl C, Adar SD, Allen R, Kaufman J. Transitioning from concentration to exposure:

Incorporating individual-level time-location information into air pollution exposure predictions.

Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science. October 2012. (Oral)

45) Allen R, Adar SD, Avol E, Cohen M, Curl C, Larson T, Liu L, Sheppard L, Kaufman J. Modeling

the infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 into residences in MESA Air. Conference of the International

Society of Exposure Science. October 2012. (Oral)

46) Szpiro A, Adar SD, Kaufman J, Larson T, Lindstrom J, Lumley T, Oron A, Sampson PD,

Sheppard L. Integrating Multiple Sources of Air Pollutant Monitoring Data with Unique Spatial

and Temporal Characteristics to Predict Ambient Air Pollutant Concentrations at a Fine Spatial

Scale. Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science. October 2012. (Oral)

47) Sturtz T, Adar SD, Gould T, Larson T. Source apportionment of coarse PM using PMF with

prior source profile constraints. Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science.

October 2012. (Poster)

48) *Chen YH, Diez-Roux A, Park SK, Adar SD, Auchincloss AH, Daviglus, Szpiro AA, Kaufman

JD, O’Neill MS. Ambient Particulate Matter Exposure and Hypertension Incidence in the Multi-

Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Conference of the International Society of


49) Adar SD, Sheppard EL, Polak JF, Sampson P, Roux AD, Budoff M, Jacobs D, Barr RG, Watson

K, Kaufman JD. Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between fine particulate air

pollution and intima-medial thickness of the common carotid artery: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. Best of Specialty Conferences Session. American Heart Association Scientific

Sessions Conference. November 2011. (Poster)

50) Allen NB, Daviglus M, Adar SD, Burke GL, Diez-Roux A, O'Leary D, Raghunathan T, Stein JH,

Kaufman J. Effect modification of airborne particulate matter on subclinical atherosclerosis by

risk factor burden: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Heart

Association Scientific Sessions Conference. November 2011. (Poster)

51) Zhang K*, Gassett A, Szpiro A, Jacobs D, Daviglus ML, Burke G, Kaufman JD, Larson TV, Adar

SD. Predicting Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter (PM10-2.5) in Three Cities Using Land Use

Regression and Universal Kriging: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science. October 2011. (Oral)

52) Adar SD, Zhang K*, Klein R, Klein BEK, Szpiro A, Cotch MF, Wong TY, Shrager S, Siscovick D,

Daviglus ML, Jacobs D, O’Neill MS, Kaufman JD, Larson TV. Coarse and traffic-related

particulate matter and the human microvasculature in vivo assessed via retinal imaging: The

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Conference of the International Society of

Environmental Epidemiology. September 2011. (Oral)

53) Adar SD, Sheppard EL, Polak JF, Sampson P, Roux AD, Budoff M, Jacobs D, Barr RG, Watson

K, Kaufman JD. Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between fine particulate air

pollution and intima-medial thickness of the common carotid artery: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis. American Heart Association Epidemiology Conference. March 2011. (Poster)

54) Park SK, O’Neill M, Auchincloss M, Bertoni A, Adar S, Szprio A, Navas-Acien A, Szklo M,

Kaufman J, Diez Roux A. Association between proximity to traffic and type-2 diabetes: the

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Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Joint Conference of the International Society of

Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. August 2010. (Poster)

55) Adar SD, Klein R, Klein BE, Cotch MF, Wong T, Szpiro A, O’Niell MS, Shrager S, Barr RG,

Siscovick D, Daviguls ML, Sampson P, Kaufman JD. Air pollution and the human

microvasculature in vivo assessed via retinal imaging: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). NIEHS-EPA Symposium on Air Pollution and

Cardiovascular Disease. June 2010. (Poster)

56) Mercer L, Szpiro A, Sheppard L, Adar S, Allen R, Avol E, Oron A, Larson T, Liu LJS, Kaufman

K. Predicting concentrations of oxides of nitrogen in Los Angeles, CA using universal kriging.

TIES Meeting, Venezula, June 2010. (Poster)

57) Van Hee VC, Szpiro AA, Adar SD, Barr RG, Diez Roux AV, Bluemke DA, Sheppard EL, Gill EA,

Bahrami H, Wassel C, Sale MM, Arnett D, Rotter D, Rich SS, Kaufman JD. Interactions

between candidate cardiovascular disease genes, traffic proximity, and left ventricular mass:

the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. American Thoracic Society International Conference.

May 2010. (Poster)

58) Allen RW, Adar SD, Cohen M, Curl C, Larson TV, Liu LJS, Sheppard EL, Kaufman JK. Modeling

the infiltration of outdoor PM2.5 into residences in the MESA Air Study. Conference of the

International Society of Exposure Science. Nov 2009. (Oral)

59) Tsai MY, Simpson C, Phuleria H, Davey M, Adar SD, Sullivan J*, Corwine E, Schindler C,

Ineichen A, Schaffner E, Miller-Schulze J, Liu LJS. Assessment of school children’s exposure to

traffic exhaust at various outdoor environments in the Seattle area using outdoor and

biological measurements. Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science. Nov

2009. (Poster)

60) Adar SD, Hallstrand TS, Kaufman JD, Liu LJS. Changes in pulmonary function in childhood are

associated with exposures to traffic from school bus exhaust and residential proximity to

roadways. American Thoracic Society. May 2009. Published in American Journal of

Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2009: 179. (Poster)

61) Vedal S, Kim SY, Sheppard L, Adar SD, Diez Roux AV, O'Leary DH, Kaufman JD. Chemical

components of ambient particulate matter and atherosclerosis: Cross-sectional relationships in

the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). American Thoracic

Society. May 2009. Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

2009: 179. (Poster)

62) Krishnan RM*, Adar SD, Van Hee V, Jorgensen N, ONeill MS, Polak J, Barr RG, Kaufman JD.

Vascular responses and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution: The Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). American Thoracic Society. May 2009. Published

in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2009: 179. (Poster)

63) Rosenberg SR, Adar SD, Gupta RS, Kalhan R, Kaufman JD, Weiss KB, Zhang X, Smith LJ,

Daviglus ML. Childhood asthma prevalence in Chicago is associated with living close to major

highways. American Thoracic Society. May 2009. Published in American Journal of Respiratory

and Critical Care Medicine 2009: 179. (Poster)

64) Rosenberg S, Gupta RS, Adar SD, Kalhan R, Kaufman JD, Weiss KB, Zhang X, Smith LJ,

Daviglus ML. Chicago childhood asthma prevalence is associated with residence proximity to

roadway. Meeting of the Central Society for Clinical Research and Midwestern Section of the

American Federation for Medical Research. Mar 2009. (Oral)

65) Adar SD, Klein R, Klein BEK, Cotch MF, Wong T, O’Neill MS, Shrager S, Siscovick D, Daviglus

M, Sampson P, Kaufman J. Long-term exposures to air pollution and micro-vascular

abnormalities: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Joint Conference of the

International Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Oral)

66) Stamper EE*, Adar SD, Auchincloss A, Pearson A, Diez Roux A, Yi M*, Kaufman J.

Characterizing the spatial accuracy of geocoding for exposure assessment: The multi-ethnic

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study of atherosclerosis and air pollution (MESA Air). Joint Conference of the International

Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Oral)

67) Van Hee VC, Adar SD, Szpiro A, Sheppard L, Diez Roux A, Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Gill EA,

Kaufman J. Genetic polymorphisms, proximity to traffic, and left ventricular mass: The Multi-

ethnic study of atherosclerosis and air pollution. Joint Conference of the International

Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Oral)

68) Szpiro AA, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Wilton D, Larson T, Lumley T, Adar SD, Kaufman J.

Spatio-temporal modeling to predict intra-urban variation in air pollution levels. Joint

Conference of the International Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental

Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Oral)

69) Liu L, Adar SD, Hallstrand T. Respiratory effects of diesel exhaust exposures among children

bus riders before and after the diesel bus engine retrofit. Joint Conference of the International

Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Poster)

70) Curl CL, Adar SD, Cohen M, Stukovsky KH, Allen R, Mancera-Cuevas K, Nunn C, Castro C,

Avol E, Kaufman JD. An evaluation of time-location data: The multi-ethnic study of

atherosclerosis and air pollution (MESA Air). Joint Conference of the International Societies of

Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Oct 2008. (Poster)

71) Szpiro AA, Sampson PD, Sheppard L, Wilton D, Larson T, Lumley T, Adar SD, Kaufman J.

Spatio-temporal modeling to predict intra-urban variation in air pollution levels. Joint

Statistical Conference. August 2008. (Oral)

72) Sturek JM, Hedrick CC, Mauldin JP, Huang CC, Carr J, Swords-Jenny N, Goodarzi MO, Taylor K,

Rotter JI, Adar SD, Kao WHL, Post WR, Daniel KR, Rich SS. ABCG1 SNPs, diabetes, and

variation in lipid levels in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am. Heart Association

Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Conference. March 2008. (Oral)

73) Adar SD, Spziro A, Davies H, Allen RW. Predicting spatial variation in community-level noise.

International Society of Exposure Analysis Conference. Oct 2007. (Oral)

74) Allen RW, Mallach G, Davies H, Cohen M, Kaufman J, Adar SD. The relationship between

traffic-generated air pollution and noise in 2 US cities. International Society of Exposure

Analysis Conference. Oct 2007. (Oral)

75) Van Hee VC, Adar S, Sheppard L, Diez Roux A, Barr RG, Bluemke D, Gill E, Kaufman J.

Proximity to major roadways and left ventricular mass and function in a multi-ethnic cohort.

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference. Sept 2007. (Oral)

76) Spziro A, Sampson P, Sheppard L, Lumley T, Adar S, Kaufman J. Methods of spatio-temporal

modeling of outdoor pollutant concentrations to estimate long-term exposures for the MESA

Air cohort. International Environmetrics Society Meeting. June 2007. (Oral)

77) Van Hee, V, Adar SD, Sheppard L, Diez Roux A, Barr RG, Bluemke D, Gill E, Kaufman J.

Proximity to major roadways and left ventricular mass and function in a multi-ethnic study.

Joint International Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology Conference

2007. (Oral)

78) Adar SD, Davey ME, and Liu SJ. Modeling children's diesel exhaust exposures from commuting

by diesel school buses before and after engine retrofits. Joint Conference of the International

Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Sept 2006. (Oral)

79) Adar SD, Gold DR, Schwartz J, Coull B, Stone P, Adamkiewicz G, and Suh H. The St. Louis

Bus Study: A Summary of Methods and Findings. Joint Conference of the International

Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Sept 2006. (Poster)

80) Sheppard L, Sampson P, Adar SD, Larson T, Ho A, and Kaufman J. Air Pollution Concentration

Sampling Design in MESA Air. Joint Conference of the International Societies of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Sept 2006. (Poster)

81) Dubowsky SD, Suh H, Schwartz J, Coull BA, Stone P, and Gold DR. The effects of focused

exposures to traffic-related particles on heart rate variability in the elderly. American Thoracic

Society Conference. May 2006. (Oral)

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82) Malloy EJ, Coull BA, Morris JS, Anderson MD, Dubowsky SD, Suh HH. Adaptive Bayesian

smoothing of functional predictors in linear mixed models using wavelet shrinkage.

International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region. March 2006. (Oral)

83) Dubowsky SD, Gold DR, Schwartz J, Coull B, and Suh H. Air pollution and inflammatory

markers in the blood. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference.

Abstract published in Epidemiology 15(4): S23-S23. July 2004. (Poster)

84) Dubowsky SD, Adamkiewicz G, Schwartz J, Suh H, and Gold DR. Associations between

traffic-related PM2.5 concentrations and exhaled nitric oxide in a panel of older adults.

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference. Abstract published in

Epidemiology 15(4): S63-S63. July 2004. (Poster)

85) Oliver D, Dubowsky S, and Lu E. Effect of the building slab on indoor air for risk-based

closures. Battelle's Second International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and

Recalcitrant Compounds. May 2000. (Oral)

86) Dubowsky S, Buckley T, and Wallace L. The effect of traffic on indoor concentrations of

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Joint Conference of the International Societies of Exposure

Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Aug 1998. (Oral)

INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1) From Tailpipe to Windpipe: Characterizing the Health Impacts of Motor Vehicles. University of

British Columbia. November 2017.

2) Where You Live Influences Your Health: Characterizing the Impacts of Community Air Pollution

and Noise for Epidemiology. Institute for Social Research. University of Michigan. May 2017.

3) How Air Pollution Impacts Health and What We Can Do About It (Plenary talk). National Tribal

Forum on Air Quality. May 2017.

4) The Broadening Noise Phenome and Its Biological Link (Invited Discussant.) International

Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference. August 2016.

5) Characterizing the Health Impacts of Air Pollution. West China Hospital and School of

Medicine/ University of Michigan Symposium. Sichuan University. June 2016.

6) Characterizing the Health Impacts of Air Pollution. University of Michigan/Shanghai Jiao Tong

University Symposium. University of Michigan. April 2016.

7) From Tailpipe to Windpipe: Characterizing the Health Impacts of Motor Vehicles. Johns

Hopkins Department of Environmental Health Sciences. March 2016.

8) From Tailpipe to Windpipe: Characterizing the Health Impacts of Motor Vehicles. National

Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Epidemiology Branch. February 2016.

9) Minimizing the Impacts of the Tailpipe on the Windpipe. Environmental Protection Agency.

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (EPA NVFEL). August 2015.

10) Health Impacts of Air Pollution: The Co-Benefits of the Clean Power Plan. Vanderbilt University

Workshop on Clean Power Plan: Health, Energy, and Economic Effects. May 2015.

11) From Tailpipe to Windpipe: Characterizing the Health Impacts of Motor Vehicles. Wayne State

University. Jan 2015.

12) Ambient coarse particulate matter and health. Ben Gurion University. March 2014.

13) Air Pollution and Health. Michigan House of Representatives Legislative Luncheon. Dec 2013.

14) Long-Term Exposure to and Health Effects of Airborne Coarse Particulate Matter (Plenary

talk). 12th Annual Michigan Epidemiology Conference. April 2012.

15) MESA Coarse: Characterizing Long-Term Exposure to PM10-2.5 and Health. Environmental

Protection Agency. March 2012.

16) Particulate Air Pollution and Health: Studying Change to Change the World. University of

Michigan. Dec 2012.

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17) Multi-Level Modeling in Epidemiology: Putting the Environment into Context. Environmental

Protection Agency Workshop on Methods to Integrate Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors in

Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA): Cardiovascular Disease. Environmental Protection

Agency. Nov 2012.

18) Idling and Health. Washtenaw County Green Room. Aired on Ann Arbor Community Television

Network. May 2012.

19) Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Brief Highlights of the Epidemiological Findings. MI

Air, MI Health Clean Air Coalition. April 2012.

20) Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Brief Highlights of the Epidemiological Findings.

Physicians for Social Responsibility and US Environmental Protection Agency Webinar on Air

Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. April 2012.

21) Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Brief Highlights of the Epidemiology Findings. Green

Heart: US Environmental Protection Agency Webinar on Air Pollution and the Heart. Jan 2012.

22) Adverse health and air pollution: Getting to the heart of the particulate matter. University of

Michigan Vascular Neurology Faculty Lecture. Dec 2011.

23) From Tailpipe to Windpipe: Assessing the Health Effects of Traffic. Environmental Protection

Agency. National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory. Oct 2011.

24) Adverse Health and Particulate Air Pollution: Is Traffic Driving the Associations? University of

Michigan. Department of Epidemiology. Feb 2011.

25) Spatial Investigation of Sources, Composition, and Long-Term Health Effects of Coarse PM.

Environmental Protection Agency. Sept 2010.

26) Progression of intima-medial thickness and long-term exposures to air pollution. Multi-Ethnic

Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Steering Committee. Sept 2010.

27) Exploring the health effects of traffic-related pollution. University of Washington Department

of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. March 2009.

28) Assessing the health effects of traffic-related pollution. University of Michigan. Department of

Epidemiology. April 2009.

29) Long-term exposures to air pollution and micro-vascular abnormalities. Multi-Ethnic Study of

Atherosclerosis (MESA) Steering Committee. Sept 2008.

30) Spatial Investigation of Sources, Composition, and Long-Term Health Effects of Coarse PM.

Environmental Protection Agency. February and May 2008.

31) Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: Getting to the heart of the particulate matter.

University of Washington Department of Epidemiology. Aug 2007.

32) Source characterization in the MESA Air and WHI cohorts. World Health Organization Health

Relevance of PM from Various Sources workshop. March 2007.

33) Acute cardiopulmonary health effects of traffic-related particles in St. Louis seniors. University

of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. March 2007.

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

Korean Broadcasting System’s Mysteries of the Human Body (3 million viewership)

Michigan National Public Radio

New York Times

Scientific American

O (Oprah) Magazine

Forbes

Huffington Post

USA Today

El Mostrador (Chile)

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN SERVICE

2016-2017 Co-Chair of Doctoral Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2016 University of Michigan Health System and Peking University Health Science Center

Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research Program Grant Review

2014-2015 Chair Search Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2014-2015 Recruitment Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2013-2014 Organizer of Air Pollution Epidemiology Seminar, University of Michigan SPH

2012-2016 Doctoral or Doctoral Task Force Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2011-2013 Epidemiology Consultant for Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research

Program, University of Michigan

2011-2013 Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research Program Pilot Grant Review,


2012 Office of Vice President for Research Pilot Grant review, University of Michigan

2012 Faculty Search Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2010-2011 General Epidemiology Committee, Department of Epidemiology

2010-2011 Research Faculty Committee, Department of Epidemiology

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

2017-curr. Organizing Committee for the 2018 Joint Conference of the International Societies of

Exposures Science and Environmental Epidemiology

2017-curr. Associate Editor, Environmental Health Perspectives

2017-curr. Secretary/Treasurer for International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

(elected position)

2017-curr. Data Safety and Monitoring Board Member, A Mixed Methods Approach for

Developing Culturally and Ecologically Appropriate Interventions for Improving Sleep

Health in a Community-Based Sample of African Americans (KO1 PI: Johnson, D.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital)

2016-curr. Technical Oversight Committee for Non-Communicable Disease Studies Member,

United Nations Foundation’s Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

2016 Judge, New Investigator Abstract Competition, International Society of

Environmental Epidemiology

2016 Expert Reviewer, Draft Integrated Science Assessment for the EPA’s National

Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter

2016 Invited Participant, Health Effects Institute Research Committee Workshop on

Traffic-Related Pollution

2015 Invited Panelist, Vanderbilt University Law School Workshop on Clean Power Plan

2015 Invited Panelist, EPA Workshop to Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to Inform EPA’s

Review of the Primary and Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for the

Effects of Particulate Matter

2015 Abstract Review, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference

2015-curr. Section Editor, Current Environmental Health Reports

2014 Expert Review, Draft Integrated Science Assessment for the EPA’s National Ambient

Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides, 2014

2014 Scientific Program Committee, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

Conference

2014 Invited Speaker, Michigan State Senators and House of Representatives luncheon

2013 Scientific Program Committee, Joint Meeting of the International Societies of

Environmental Epidemiology, Exposure Science, and Indoor Air Quality

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2013 Judge, Student Travel Awards, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

2012-2017 Editorial Review Board, Environmental Health Perspectives

2012-2016 Judge, Student Poster Awards, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

2012 Invited Panelist, EPA Workshop on Methods to Integrate Chemical and Non-Chemical

Stressors in Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA): Cardiovascular Disease

2011-2015 External Scientific Advisory Committee Member, EPA-funded Great Lakes Air Center

for Integrative Environmental Research (GLACIER)

2008 Invited Participant, EPA Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Health Research

Workshop

2008 Expert Review, Draft Integrated Science Assessment for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter

2007 Invited Participant, World Health Organization European Center for Environment and

Health, Workshop on the health relevance of particulate matter from various sources

GRANT PROPOSAL REVIEW

2018 National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZES1

RAM-K (LP) 1

2017 National Institutes of Health, Temporary Member of the Community Influences of

Health Behavior (CIHB) Study Section

2017 Health Effects Institute RFA on Health Impacts of Traffic-Related Pollution

2017 Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Pilot Grants

2017 Health Canada Air Quality Research Program

2016 National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZES1

LWJ-D (K) 1

2016 Harvard School of Public Health-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Pilot Grants

2016 University of Michigan Health System and Peking University Health Science Center

Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research Program Grant Review,


2015-2016 Belgium’s Flanders Research Foundation Grants Program

2015 United Nations Foundation’s Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves Grant Program

2014 Israeli Environmental Health Fund

2014 German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

2014 Wayne State University Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors

2013 Harvard School of Public Health-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Pilot Grant

Program

2011-2013 University of Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research Program

2010 United Kingdom’s Environmental Research Council

2009 German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

2008 Environmental Protection Agency STAR Grant Graduate Fellowship Program

2007 Broad Medical Research Foundation

SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL REVIEW

American Journal of Epidemiology

Atmospheric Environment

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Circulation

Environmental Health Perspectives (Associate Editor)

Environment International

Environmental Research

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Environmental Science and Technology

Epidemiology

European Journal of Public Health

European Respiratory Journal

Inhalation Toxicology

Journal of Air and Waste Management Association

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Medical Association Cardiology

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

PLoS Medicine

PLoS One

Science of the Total Environment

Stroke

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Heart Association

American Thoracic Society

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

International Society of Exposure Science

TEACHING

Winner of the 2014 UM School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award.

Designed and taught Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies (EPID811, 2017). 15

students per semester. Course Evaluation Scores (average): Q1 (overall class): 4.71/5.0 Q2

(teaching): 4.95/5.0

Taught and participated in design of Strategies and Uses for Epidemiology (UM EPID503.

2013-2017). 50 students per section, 1-2 sections per semester. Course Evaluation Scores

(average): Q1 (overall class): 4.13/5.0 Q2 (teaching): 4.78/5.0

Designed and taught SAS for Epidemiological Research (UM EPID640. 2011-2017). 95

students per semester. Course Evaluation Scores (average): Q1 (overall class): 4.75/5.0 Q2

(teaching): 4.92/5.0

Guest lecturer in Advanced Epidemiologic Methods (UM EPID811, 2011)

Guest lecturer in Environmental Health Sciences (UM EHS688, 2010)

Guest lecturer in Quantitative Occupational Exposure Analysis (UW ENV556, 2009)

Guest lecturer in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (UW ENV570, 2009)

Guest lecturer in Environmental Health Seminar (UW ENV580, 2007, 2009)

ADVISING AND MENTORING

Postdoctoral Trainees and Research Fellows: Margaret Hicken UM SPH 2011-2013 Mentor

Kai Zhang UM SPH 2010-2012 Supervisor and mentor

Ranjini Krishnan UW SPH 2008-2010 Mentor

Doctoral Students: Meredith Pedde UM SPH 2015-current Chair of doctoral committee

Yin-Hsiu Chen UM SPH 2015-2017 Member of doctoral committee

Paul Christine UM SPH 2014-2015 Co-chair of doctoral committee

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Paulina Kaiser UM SPH 2014 Member of doctoral committee

Paola Filigrana UM SPH 2013-current Chair of doctoral committee

Jana Hirsch UM SPH 2013-2014 Member of doctoral committee

Jeffrey Wing UM SPH 2012-2014 Member of doctoral committee

Hussein Mwanga UM SPH 2012 Mentor for Visiting Millennium Fellow

Yeh-Hsin Chen UM SPH 2010-2013 Co-chair of doctoral committee

Masters Students:

Rita Seith UM SPH 2016-2017 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Stephanie McCracken UM SPH 2016-2017 Capstone project mentor

Brad Petrowitz UM SPH 2016-2017 Supervisor and mentor, advisor

Zsuzsanna Szabo UM SPH 2016 Capstone project mentor

Claire McMenamy UM SPH 2015-2016 Capstone project mentor

Karin Dove UM SPH 2015-2016 Capstone project mentor

Sissi Wang UM SPH 2015-2016 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Christopher Barnett UM SPH 2014-2015 Capstone project mentor

Douglas Strane UM SPH 2014-2015 Capstone project mentor

Meredith Pedde UM SPH 2014-2015 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Richa Adhikari UM SPH 2013-2014 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Meredith Nichols UM SPH 2013-2014 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Wendy Qi UM SPH 2013-2014 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Jordan Jahnke UM SPH 2012-2013 Supervisor and mentor

TaNisha Roby UM SPH 2012-2013 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Haley Aja UM SPH 2012-2013 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Darien Weatherspoon UM SPH 2011-2012 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Kari Mendelson-Victor UM SPH 2011-2012 Capstone project mentor

Laura Elkayam UM SPH 2011-2012 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Yiting Li UM SPH 2011-2012 Capstone project mentor, advisor

Claudia Slater UM SPH 2011-2012 Capstone project mentor

Michael Thompson UM SPH 2010-2011 Capstone project mentor

Huda Elasaad UM SPH 2010-2011 Committee member, supervisor

Phyllis Reed UW SPH 2008-2010 Supervisor, committee member

Undergraduate Researchers: Rio Mizuno UM 2017-current Supervisor and mentor

Haris Sohail UM 2015-2016 Supervisor and mentor

Emily Chen BU 2015-2016 Supervisor and mentor

Megan Bushlow UM 2013-2015 Supervisor and mentor

Emily Schottenfels UM 2013 Supervisor and mentor

Mobashira Farooqi UM 2013 Supervisor and mentor

Nicolette Chao UM 2011-2012 Supervisor and mentor

Medical Students: Joan Marc SUNY Med Summer 2016 Supervisor and mentor

Visiting Scholars:

Jianghua Zhang Shanghai CDC 2017 Mentor

Xia Zhang Shanghai CDC 2016 Mentor

Li Xudong Beijing CDC 2014 Mentor

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