Sandrah Proctor Eckel, PhD

Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

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Overview

I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). My work focuses on on statistical methods and applications in environmental epidemiology and climate change and health. I led an NIEHS-funded R01 on statisical methods for exhaled nitric oxide and I led the statistical group working on methods for sensor-based, integrated health monitoring systems for measuring environmental, physiological, and behavioral factors in epidemiological studies of asthma in children. I direct the PhD Program in Biostatistics at USC.

Education and Training

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD — PhD — 2009 — Biostatistics

Research Funding

  • Statistical methods for exhaled breath biomarkers in environmental epidemiology
    NIH · R01ES027860 · Sep 30, 2017 – Jun 30, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Pediatric Research using Integrated Sensor Monitoring Systems (PRISMS): Data and Software Coordination and Integration Center (DSCIC)
    NIH · U24EB021996 · Sep 30, 2015 – Sep 29, 2019 · Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
  • Methods for modeling air pollution effects on exhaled biomarkers
    NIH · K22ES022987 · Aug 15, 2013 – Jul 31, 2017 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to air pollutants and risk of gestational diabetes in the MADRES prospective pregnancy cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Sep; 25:100575.. View in PubMed
  • Prenatal air pollution, maternal immune activation, and autism spectrum disorder. Environ Int. 2023 09; 179:108148.. View in PubMed
  • Agricultural burning in Imperial Valley, California and respiratory symptoms in children: A cross-sectional, repeated measures analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Nov 25; 901:165854.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal exposure to aircraft emitted ultrafine particles during pregnancy and likelihood of ASD in children. Environ Int. 2023 08; 178:108061.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of dual use of e-cigarette and cannabis during adolescence on cigarette use in young adulthood. Tob Control. 2023 May 05.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal hierarchical Bayesian models of covariate effects on airway and alveolar nitric oxide. Sci Rep. 2023 04 01; 13(1):5346.. View in PubMed
  • Sex-specific effects of prenatal organophosphate ester (OPE) metabolite mixtures and adverse infant birth outcomes in the maternal and developmental risks from environmental and social stressors (MADRES) pregnancy cohort. Environ Res. 2023 06 01; 226:115703.. View in PubMed
  • Ambient temperature and air pollution associations with suicide and homicide mortality in California: A statewide case-crossover study. Sci Total Environ. 2023 May 20; 874:162462.. View in PubMed
  • Geographic Variations in Human Mobility Patterns during the First Six Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in California. Appl Sci (Basel). 2023 Feb; 13(4).. View in PubMed
  • California’s early transition to electric vehicles: Observed health and air quality co-benefits. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Apr 01; 867:161761.. View in PubMed