A5085368388- Health disparities and outcomes
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Gut microbiota and health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Physical Activity and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
University of Illinois Chicago
2022-2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2015-2024
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2024
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2022-2024
Chicago Department of Public Health
2024
University of Wisconsin Health
2022-2024
Illinois Department of Public Health
2023
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
2017-2022
Wisconsin Division of Public Health
2008-2019
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
2014-2019
Green space is now widely viewed as a health-promoting characteristic of residential environments, and has been linked to mental health benefits such recovery from fatigue reduced stress, particularly through experimental work in environmental psychology. Few population level studies have examined the relationships between green health. Further, few considered role non-urban settings. This study contributes population-level perspective United States examine relationship outcomes area that...
Random forest (RF) is a machine-learning method that generally works well with high-dimensional problems and allows for nonlinear relationships between predictors; however, the presence of correlated predictors has been shown to impact its ability identify strong predictors. The Forest-Recursive Feature Elimination algorithm (RF-RFE) mitigates this problem in smaller data sets, but approach not tested omics sets. We integrated 202,919 genotypes 153,422 methylation sites 680 individuals,...
Abstract A number of important principles in effective risk communication established the late 20th century can provide scientific insight into patient response to risks posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Early scholars found acceptability was shaped 2 key components: hazard and outrage. The people who are exposed, infected, fall ill be considered hazard. How public patients respond messages regarding mitigation relates Social cultural factors, immediacy, uncertainty, familiarity,...
There are known health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people non-LGBT people, but only in the past couple of decades have population-based surveys United States included questions on sexual gender identity. We aimed to better understand LGBT health, care access utilization, quality care. Data from Survey Health Wisconsin (SHOW) 2014 2016 (n = 1957). The analyses focused comparing LGB non-LGB cisgender people. 3.8% 73) identified as gay or bisexual, 1.3% 25)...
Lead (Pb) is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant with an array of detrimental health effects in children and adults, including neurological immune dysfunction. Emerging evidence suggests that Pb exposure may alter the composition gut microbiota, however few studies have examined this association human populations. The purpose study was to examine between urinary concentration adult microbiota population-based sample adults. Data used were collected as part Survey Health Wisconsin (SHOW)...
Introduction The Survey of the Health Wisconsin (SHOW) was established in 2008 by University (UW) School Medicine and Public (SMPH) with goals (1) providing a timely accurate picture health state residents; (2) serving as an agile resource infrastructure for ancillary studies. Today, SHOW program continues to serve unique vital population research advancing public health. Methods currently includes 5,846 adult 980 minor participants recruited between 2019 four primary waves. WAVE I...
Abstract Social disparities continue to limit universal access health care, directly impacting both lifespan and quality of life. Concomitantly, the gut microbiome has been associated with downstream outcomes including global rise in antibiotic resistance. However, limited evidence exists examining socioeconomic status (SES) associations composition. To address this, we collected information on community-level SES, microbiota, other individual cofactors colonization by multidrug-resistant...
Evidence-based public health requires the existence of reliable information systems for priority setting and evaluation interventions. Existing data in United States are either too crude (e.g., vital statistics), rely on administrative Medicare) or, because their national scope NHANES), lack discriminatory power to assess specific needs evaluate community activities at state local level. This manuscript describes rationale methods Survey Health Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure...
The rising incidence of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) mirrors the epidemics obesity and metabolic syndrome. Primary care practitioners (PCPs) are central to management patients with NAFLD, but data on knowledge attitudes PCPs towards NAFLD lacking.We conducted a statewide, stratified survey 250 examine knowledge, practices regarding barriers providing for this condition.NAFLD was perceived as an important health problem by 83% PCPs. Eighty five percent underestimated population...
PCR amplicon sequencing may lead to detection of spurious operational taxonomic units (OTUs), inflating estimates gut microbial diversity. There is no consensus in the analytical approach as what filtering methods should be applied remove low-abundance OTUs; moreover, few studies have investigated reliability OTU within replicates. Here, we (% agreement detecting triplicates) and accuracy their quantification (assessed by coefficient variation (CV)) human stool specimens. Stool samples were...
Research suggests that the food environment influences individual eating practices. To date, little is known about effective interventions to improve of restaurants and stores promote healthy in rural communities. We tested "Waupaca Eating Smart " (WES), a pilot intervention supermarkets community. WES focused on labeling, promoting, increasing availability foods.We conducted randomized community trial, with two Midwestern U.S. communities randomly assigned serve as or control site....