A5066549489- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Noise Effects and Management
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Heavy metals in environment
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
2015-2024
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2015-2024
Rütgers (Germany)
2024
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
2024
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
2020-2022
Rutgers Health
2021
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
2021
Black & Veatch (United Kingdom)
2018
Johnson University
2004-2015
University of Minnesota
1951-1952
Air and surface chlorpyrifos residues were measured for 24 hours following a 0.5 percent Dursban broadcast application fleas inside residence. Two of the three treated rooms ventilated application. Maximum air concentrations 3-7 post-application. Peak in infant breathing zone 94 micrograms/m3 nonventilated room 61 room, substantially higher than sitting adult zone. Concentrations approximately 30 detected Surface available through wipe sampling 0.7-1.6 micrograms/cm2 carpet on day 0.3-0.5...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with recurrent obstruction, subepithelial edema, and airway inflammation. The resultant inflammation may influence or be influenced by the nasal microbiome.To evaluate whether composition of microbiota obstructive inflammatory biomarkers.Two large cohorts were used: 1) a discovery cohort 472 subjects from WTCSNORE (Seated, Supine Post-Decongestion Nasal Resistance in World Trade Center Rescue Recovery Workers) cohort, 2) validation 93 rom Zaragoza...
Individuals with COVID-19 who do not require hospitalization are instructed to self-isolate in their residences. Due high secondary infection rates household members, there is a need understand airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within We report the first naturalistic intervention study suggesting reduction such risk using portable air cleaners (PACs) HEPA filters. Seventeen individuals newly diagnosed completed this single-blind, crossover, randomized study. Total and size-fractionated...
Tuberculosis (TB) and air pollution both contribute significantly to the global burden of disease. Epidemiological studies show that exposure household urban increase risk new infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) development TB in persons infected M.tb alter treatment outcomes. There is increasing evidence particulate matter (PM) weakens protective antimycobacterial host immunity. Mechanisms by which PM may adversely affect M.tb-specific human T cell functions have not been...
Associations between urban (outdoor) airborne particulate matter (PM) exposure and TB potential biological mechanisms are poorly explored.To examine whether in vivo to outdoor PM Mexico City vitro PM2.5 (< 2.5 µm median aerodynamic diameter) alters human host immune cell responses Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Cellular toxicity (flow cytometry, proliferation assay (MTS assay)), M. tuberculosis phagocytosis (microscopy), cytokine-producing cells (Enzyme-linked absorbent spot (ELISPOT)),...
Background: Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are ubiquitous pollutants associated with adverse health outcomes. High PFAS levels have been demonstrated among career firefighters; less is known about volunteer firefighters who comprise two-thirds of US firefighters. Methods: Volunteer fire department members completed a survey and provided blood samples. We calculated geometric means 95% CIs for reported by the National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). compared...
Abstract Chronic disruption of circadian rhythms by night shift work is associated with an increased breast cancer risk. However, little known about the impact on peripheral genes (CGs) and circadian‐controlled (CCGs) cancer. Hence, we assessed central clock markers (melatonin cortisol) in plasma, CGs ( PER1 , PER2 PER3 BMAL1 ) CCGs ESR1 ESR2 blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In day nurses n = 12), 24‐h cortisol melatonin were aligned shift‐oriented light/dark schedules. The mRNA expression...
Abstract Background Although firefighters have increased risk for colon and prostate cancer, limited information exists on screening practices these cancers in volunteer who compose two‐thirds of the US fire service. We estimated prevalence cancer among using eligibility criteria from 4 evidence‐based recommendations evaluated factors influencing screening. Methods ( n = 569) 498) a sample Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF), National Fire Protection Association, American Cancer Society,...
We have previously estimated that the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers is 75% identified having symptoms chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) an independent risk factor for OSA in this population. Nasal inflammation and/or elevated awake nasal resistance carried over into could explain association. To understand mechanism(s) observed responders with CRS we examined if supine was associated OSA, inflammatory biomarkers.
Exposure and dose estimation are essential to understanding the etiology of environmentally linked childhood diseases. The behavior resuspended particulate matter (PM) suggests that stationary measurements may underestimate household exposures in young children (ages 6−36 months). Because size weight sampling equipment, use personal samplers this age group is either difficult or impossible. Pretoddler Inhalable Particulate Environmental Robotic (PIPER Mk IV) sampler has been developed...
Indoor exposures to allergens, mold spores, and endotoxin have been suggested as etiological agents of asthma; therefore, accurate determination those exposures, especially in young children (6-36 months), is important for understanding the development asthma. Because use personal sampling equipment this population difficult, <1 year age impossible, we developed a surrogate: Pretoddler Inhalable Particulate Environmental Robotic (PIPER) sampler better estimate their exposures. During...
In this work, we studied several important parameters regarding the standardization of a portable sensor nitrite, key biomarker inflammation in respiratory tract untreated EBC samples.