Keck School Faculty

Contribution of Tailpipe and Non-tailpipe Traffic Sources to Quasi-Ultrafine, Fine and Coarse Particulate Matter in Southern California J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2020 Sep 29. . View in PubMed

Chemical Characterization and Seasonality of Ambient Particles (PM25) in the City Centre of Addis Ababa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 24; 17(19). . View in PubMed

Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults Environ Int. 2020 Sep 03; 145:106091. . View in PubMed

Biomedical REAl-Time Health Evaluation (BREATHE): toward an mHealth informatics platform JAMIA Open. 2020 Jul; 3(2):190-200. . View in PubMed

Air pollution exposure is associated with the gut microbiome as revealed by shotgun metagenomic sequencing Environ Int. 2020 May; 138:105604. . View in PubMed

Associations of air pollution, obesity and cardiometabolic health in young adults: The Meta-AIR study Environ Int. 2019 12; 133(Pt A):105180. . View in PubMed

A GWAS approach identifies Dapp1 as a determinant of air pollution-induced airway hyperreactivity PLoS Genet. 2019 12; 15(12):e1008528. . View in PubMed

Cluster-based bagging of constrained mixed-effects models for high spatiotemporal resolution nitrogen oxides prediction over large regions Environ Int. 2019 07; 128:310-323. . View in PubMed

An admixture mapping meta-analysis implicates genetic variation at 18q21 with asthma susceptibility in Latinos J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 03; 143(3):957-969. . View in PubMed

Applying Multivariate Segmentation Methods to Human Activity Recognition From Wearable Sensors' Data JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 02 07; 7(2):e11201. . View in PubMed

Costimulation of type-2 innate lymphoid cells by GITR promotes effector function and ameliorates type 2 diabetes Nat Commun. 2019 02 12; 10(1):713. . View in PubMed

Association of Changes in Air Quality With Incident Asthma in Children in California, 1993-2014 JAMA. 2019 05 21; 321(19):1906-1915. . View in PubMed

A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity Hum Mol Genet. 2019 10 01; 28(19):3327-3338. . View in PubMed

Ambient and Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposures as Novel Risk Factors for Metabolic Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018 Jun; 5(2):79-91. . View in PubMed

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

Author Correction: Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping studies identify risk loci and genetic pathways underlying allergic rhinitis Nat Genet. 2018 09; 50(9):1343. . View in PubMed

Effect of inhaled allergens and air pollutants on childhood rhinitis development Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018 02; 120(2):212-214. . View in PubMed

Dietary Nutrient Intake, Ethnicity, and Epigenetic Silencing of Lung Cancer Genes Detected in Sputum in New Mexican Smokers Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2018 02; 11(2):93-102. . View in PubMed

Association of Prenatal Exposure to Ambient and Traffic-Related Air Pollution With Newborn Thyroid Function: Findings From the Children's Health Study JAMA Netw Open. 2018 09 07; 1(5):e182172. . View in PubMed

Constrained Mixed-Effect Models with Ensemble Learning for Prediction of Nitrogen Oxides Concentrations at High Spatiotemporal Resolution Environ Sci Technol. 2017 Sep 05; 51(17):9920-9929. . View in PubMed

Dietary nutrients associated with preservation of lung function in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white smokers from New Mexico Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2017; 12:3171-3181. . View in PubMed

Association of Changes in Air Quality With Bronchitic Symptoms in Children in California, 1993-2012 JAMA. 2016 Apr 12; 315(14):1491-501. . View in PubMed

Ambient Air Pollutants Have Adverse Effects on Insulin and Glucose Homeostasis in Mexican Americans Diabetes Care. 2016 Apr; 39(4):547-54. . View in PubMed

Does near-roadway air pollution contribute to childhood obesity? Pediatr Obes. 2016 Feb; 11(1):1-3.. View in PubMed

Air pollution affects lung cancer survival Thorax. 2016 10; 71(10):891-8. . View in PubMed

Ambient Air Pollution Is Associated With the Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Incident Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Evaluation J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 07 28; 5(8). . View in PubMed

A prospective and retrospective analysis of smoking behavior changes in ever smokers with high risk for lung cancer from New Mexico and Pennsylvania Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2016; 7(2):95-104. . View in PubMed

Air Pollution and Lung Function in Minority Youth with Asthma in the GALA II (Genes-Environments and Admixture in Latino Americans) and SAGE II (Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes, and Environments) Studies Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 06 01; 193(11):1271-80. . View in PubMed

Correction: Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Promoter Haplotypes and Residential Traffic-Related Air Pollution Jointly Influence Exhaled Nitric Oxide Level in Children PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0155567. . View in PubMed

Atopic allergic conditions and colorectal cancer risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Study Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 01; 181(11):889-97. . View in PubMed

A longitudinal cohort study of body mass index and childhood exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and air pollution: the Southern California Children's Health Study Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Apr; 123(4):360-6. . View in PubMed

Association of improved air quality with lung development in children N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 05; 372(10):905-13. . View in PubMed

15q12 variants, sputum gene promoter hypermethylation, and lung cancer risk: a GWAS in smokers J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 Feb 23; 107(5). . View in PubMed

Chronic effects of air pollution on respiratory health in Southern California children: findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study J Thorac Dis. 2015 Jan; 7(1):46-58. . View in PubMed

Correction: Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0139397. . View in PubMed

Determinants of Children's Exhaled Nitric Oxide: New Insights from Quantile Regression PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0130505. . View in PubMed

A genome-wide survey of CD4(+) lymphocyte regulatory genetic variants identifies novel asthma genes J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Nov; 134(5):1153-62. . View in PubMed

Analysis of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its hydrolytic metabolites in biological specimens by high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2014 Aug 15; 965:33-8. . View in PubMed

Associations of children's lung function with ambient air pollution: joint effects of regional and near-roadway pollutants Thorax. 2014 Jun; 69(6):540-7. . View in PubMed

Birth weight and carotid artery intima-media thicknessJ Pediatr. 2013 May; 162(5):906-11. e1-2. . View in PubMed

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for serum total IgE in diverse study populations J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Apr; 131(4):1176-84. . View in PubMed

Development of a regional-scale pollen emission and transport modeling framework for investigating the impact of climate change on allergic airway disease Biogeosciences. 2013 Mar 01; 10(3):3977-4023. . View in PubMed

Confounding and heterogeneity in genetic association studies with admixed populations Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Feb 15; 177(4):351-60. . View in PubMed

Effect of secondhand smoke on asthma control among black and Latino childrenJ Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Jun; 129(6):1478-83. e7. . View in PubMed

A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci Nat Genet. 2012 May; 44(5):526-31. . View in PubMed

DNA methylation in the arginase-nitric oxide synthase pathway is associated with exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul 15; 184(2):191-7. . View in PubMed

Association of the calcyon neuron-specific vesicular protein gene (CALY) with adolescent smoking initiation in China and California Am J Epidemiol. 2011 May 01; 173(9):1039-48. . View in PubMed

Childhood obesity and proximity to urban parks and recreational resources: a longitudinal cohort study Health Place. 2011 Jan; 17(1):207-14. . View in PubMed

Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jul; 118(7):1021-6. . View in PubMed

Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults PLoS One. 2010 Feb 08; 5(2):e9096. . View in PubMed

Dietary fat, tamoxifen use and circulating sex hormones in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors Nutr Cancer. 2010; 62(2):164-74. . View in PubMed

Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: a longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10-18 years Prev Med. 2010 Jan; 50 Suppl 1:S50-8. . View in PubMed

Ambient ozone modifies the effect of tumor necrosis factor G-308A on bronchitic symptoms among children with asthma Allergy. 2009 Sep; 64(9):1342-8. . View in PubMed

Breast cancer survivors who use estrogenic botanical supplements have lower serum estrogen levels than non users Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Sep; 117(1):111-9. . View in PubMed

Differential enzymatic activity of common haplotypic versions of the human acidic Mammalian chitinase protein J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 17; 284(29):19650-8. . View in PubMed

Correlates of circulating C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A concentrations in breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Mar; 114(1):155-67. . View in PubMed

Association between alcohol intake and serum sex hormones and peptides differs by tamoxifen use in breast cancer survivors Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Nov; 17(11):3224-32. . View in PubMed

Difference in airflow obstruction between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White female smokers COPD. 2008 Oct; 5(5):274-81. . View in PubMed

Association between common genetic variation in Cockayne syndrome A and B genes and nucleotide excision repair capacity among smokers Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Aug; 17(8):2062-9. . View in PubMed

5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study J Urol. 2008 May; 179(5 Suppl):S40-4. . View in PubMed

Double-strand break damage and associated DNA repair genes predispose smokers to gene methylation Cancer Res. 2008 Apr 15; 68(8):3049-56. . View in PubMed

Associations of FcepsilonRIbeta E237G polymorphism with wheezing in Taiwanese schoolchildren Clin Exp Allergy. 2008 Mar; 38(3):413-20. . View in PubMed

Associations between the CYP17, CYPIB1, COMT and SHBG polymorphisms and serum sex hormones in post-menopausal breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Sep; 105(1):45-54. . View in PubMed

Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study Lancet. 2007 Feb 17; 369(9561):571-7. . View in PubMed

Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthma Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Dec; 114(12):1910-5. . View in PubMed

An association between a common variant (G972R) in the IRS-1 gene and sex hormone levels in post-menopausal breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 Oct; 99(3):323-31. . View in PubMed

Associations of tumor necrosis factor G-308A with childhood asthma and wheezing Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 May 01; 173(9):970-6. . View in PubMed

A testing framework for identifying susceptibility genes in the presence of epistasis Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Jan; 78(1):15-27. . View in PubMed

Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide Epidemiology. 2005 Nov; 16(6):737-43. . View in PubMed

Birth outcomes and prenatal exposure to ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter: results from the Children's Health Study Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Nov; 113(11):1638-44. . View in PubMed

Air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women and children: lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Oct; 113(10):1447-54. . View in PubMed

5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the prostate cancer outcomes study J Urol. 2005 May; 173(5):1701-5. . View in PubMed

Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Feb; 113(2):201-6. . View in PubMed

Changes in body fat and weight after a breast cancer diagnosis: influence of demographic, prognostic, and lifestyle factors J Clin Oncol. 2005 Feb 01; 23(4):774-82. . View in PubMed

Association of body composition and weight history with breast cancer prognostic markers: divergent pattern for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Dec 01; 160(11):1087-97. . View in PubMed

Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of health-related quality of life between patients with prostate carcinoma and matched controls Cancer. 2004 Nov 01; 101(9):2011-9. . View in PubMed

Early-life environmental risk factors for asthma: findings from the Children's Health Study Environ Health Perspect. 2004 May; 112(6):760-5. . View in PubMed

Effect of glutathione-S-transferase M1 and P1 genotypes on xenobiotic enhancement of allergic responses: randomised, placebo-controlled crossover study Lancet. 2004 Jan 10; 363(9403):119-25. . View in PubMed

Children's lung function and antioxidant vitamin, fruit, juice, and vegetable intake Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Sep 15; 158(6):576-84. . View in PubMed

Breathless in Los Angeles: the exhausting search for clean air Am J Public Health. 2003 Sep; 93(9):1494-9. . View in PubMed

Adiposity and sex hormones in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors J Clin Oncol. 2003 May 15; 21(10):1961-6. . View in PubMed

Associations of weight, weight change, and body mass with breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women Ann Epidemiol. 2002 Aug; 12(6):435-4. . View in PubMed

Aberrant promoter methylation in bronchial epithelium and sputum from current and former smokers Cancer Res. 2002 Apr 15; 62(8):2370-7. . View in PubMed

Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study Lancet. 2002 Feb 02; 359(9304):386-91. . View in PubMed

Dietary magnesium, potassium, sodium, and children's lung function Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Jan 15; 155(2):125-31. . View in PubMed

Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Oct; 162(4 Pt 1):1383-90. . View in PubMed

Biologic characteristics of interval and screen-detected breast cancers J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000 May 03; 92(9):743-9. . View in PubMed

A population-based survey of prostate cancer testing in New Mexico J Community Health. 1999 Dec; 24(6):409-19. . View in PubMed

Association between outcome and telomere DNA content in prostate cancer J Urol. 1999 Nov; 162(5):1788-92. . View in PubMed

Effect of spirometer temperature on FEV1 in a longitudinal epidemiological study Occup Environ Med. 1999 Oct; 56(10):718-20. . View in PubMed

Air pollution and bronchitic symptoms in Southern California children with asthma Environ Health Perspect. 1999 Sep; 107(9):757-60. . View in PubMed

A theoretical basis for investigating ambient air pollution and children's respiratory health Environ Health Perspect. 1999 Jun; 107 Suppl 3:403-7. . View in PubMed

Effects of age, breast density, ethnicity, and estrogen replacement therapy on screening mammographic sensitivity and cancer stage at diagnosis: review of 183,134 screening mammograms in Albuquerque, New Mexico Radiology. 1998 Nov; 209(2):511-8. . View in PubMed

An epidemiologic investigation of reproductive hormones in men with occupational exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid J Occup Environ Med. 1998 Jul; 40(7):614-22. . View in PubMed

Concurrent fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry for the detection of chromosome aberrations in exfoliated bronchial epithelial cells Acta Cytol. 1997 Nov-Dec; 41(6):1769-73. . View in PubMed

Breast cancer survival among New Mexico Hispanic, American Indian, and non-Hispanic white women (1973-1992) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996 Nov; 5(11):861-6. . View in PubMed

Detection of trisomy 7 in nonmalignant bronchial epithelium from lung cancer patients and individuals at risk for lung cancer Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1996 Aug; 5(8):631-7. . View in PubMed

Decreasing rates of cervical cancer among American Indians and Hispanics in New Mexico (United States) Cancer Causes Control. 1996 Mar; 7(2):205-13. . View in PubMed

Contrasting trends of prostate cancer incidence and mortality in New Mexico's Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, American Indians, and blacks Cancer. 1994 Apr 15; 73(8):2192-9. . View in PubMed

Determinants of the Spatial Distributions of Elemental Carbon and Particulate Matter in Eight Southern Californian Communities Atmos Environ (1994). 2014 Apr 01; 86:84-92. . View in PubMed