2025
Associations between PM2.5 exposure and birth outcomes and effect modification by extreme heat events during pregnancy in a North Carolina cohort
Krajewski A, Alman B, Vaidyanathan A, Warren J, Luben T, Rappazzo K. Associations between PM2.5 exposure and birth outcomes and effect modification by extreme heat events during pregnancy in a North Carolina cohort. Atmospheric Environment 2025, 362: 121500. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBirth outcomesPreterm birthPM2.5 exposureExposure to extreme heat eventsPoor health outcomesBirth registry dataEffect measure modificationAdverse birth outcomesInteraction termsNorth Carolina cohortEntire pregnancyHealth outcomesGeocoded addressesSingleton birthsMeasure modificationEffect modificationBirth recordsCensus tractsRegistry dataTLBWRisk differenceNeonatal mortalityEnvironmental exposuresExposure dataWeeks gestationHeat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors
Fitch A, Huang M, Strickland M, Newman A, Kalb C, Warren J, Kelley S, Zheng X, Chang H, Darrow L. Heat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2025gh001348. PMID: 40271078, PMCID: PMC12015208, DOI: 10.1029/2025gh001348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZip code tabulation areasArea-level factorsEarly term birthSocial deprivationSocial deprivation indexHigh social deprivationTerm birthsCase-crossover designState vital recordsInverse-variance weightingDeprivation indexSocioeconomic disadvantageHealth outcomesMaternal residenceHeat wave exposureMaternal educationVital recordsExposure windowsOdds ratioArea levelIndividual-levelMaternal ageBirth riskPositive associationSchool educationDistribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis
Chitwood M, Corbett E, Ndhlovu V, Sobkowiak B, Colijn C, Andrews J, Burke R, Cudahy P, Dodd P, Imai-Eaton J, Engelthaler D, Folkerts M, Feasey H, Lan Y, Lewis J, McNichol J, Menzies N, Chipungu G, Nliwasa M, Weinberger D, Warren J, Salomon J, MacPherson P, Cohen T. Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0004040. PMID: 40173177, PMCID: PMC11964229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh HIV prevalence citiesTime of tuberculosisPoor health outcomesCity-wide interventionsTransmission of M. tuberculosisHealth outcomesTargeted interventionsHighest tuberculosis burdenTargeted screeningGeneral populationGeographic concentrationSurveillance dataCommunity characteristicsTuberculosis burdenLocal tacticsBlantyreWhole-genome sequencingInfectious tuberculosisCulture-positive tuberculosis casesInterventionMalawiSustained impactTreated individualsCityEvidence of local transmissionRace, wealth and health: The role of reparations
Whittaker S, Hyacinthe M, Keene D, Dulin A, Kershaw T, Warren J. Race, wealth and health: The role of reparations. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 373: 117963. PMID: 40168833, PMCID: PMC12147558, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRacial health gapsGeneral healthHealth gapPredictors of self-rated healthReport adverse health outcomesPredictors of general healthSelf-rated healthBlack respondentsExcellent/very good healthAssociated with healthMulti-level regression modelsAdverse health outcomesJustice interventionsReparation paymentsNational Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979Dismantle systems of oppressionHealth outcomesHealth variablesPhysical healthMental healthAssess raceNational Longitudinal SurveyRacial wealth gapSystems of oppressionHealth measures
2024
A scalar-on-quantile-function approach for estimating short-term health effects of environmental exposures
Zhang Y, Chang H, Warren J, Ebelt S. A scalar-on-quantile-function approach for estimating short-term health effects of environmental exposures. Biometrics 2024, 80: ujae008. PMID: 38477485, PMCID: PMC10934338, DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentAir pollutionHealth effects of environmental exposuresShort-term health effectsAnalysis of air pollutionStochastic Human ExposureAmbient air pollutionEnvironmental epidemiology studiesEffects of environmental exposuresAggregate health outcomesPopulation-level exposureHealth outcomesED visitsPopulation exposureHuman exposureExposure heterogeneitySpatial variationEpidemiological studiesEnvironmental exposuresPollutionHealth analysisEstimated effectsEffects of short-termVisitsQuantile function
2016
Bayesian multinomial probit modeling of daily windows of susceptibility for maternal PM2.5 exposure and congenital heart defects
Warren JL, Stingone JA, Herring AH, Luben TJ, Fuentes M, Aylsworth AS, Langlois PH, Botto LD, Correa A, Olshan AF, Study B. Bayesian multinomial probit modeling of daily windows of susceptibility for maternal PM2.5 exposure and congenital heart defects. Statistics In Medicine 2016, 35: 2786-2801. PMID: 26853919, PMCID: PMC4899303, DOI: 10.1002/sim.6891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weeks 2Week 2PM2.5 exposureCongenital heartAmbient air pollution exposureMaternal PM2.5 exposureTetralogy of FallotNational Birth Defect Prevention StudyAir pollution exposureCritical periodDaily PM2.5 exposurePrevention StudyExposure modelEpidemiologic studiesFetal developmentHealth outcomesSignificant associationPollution exposureDay 53PregnancyDay 50Adverse effectsElevated exposureExposureHeart
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