BA, 1968, Stanford Universtiy
PhD, History, 1974, State University of New York at Buffalo
PhD, Epidemiology, 1985, University of Pennsylvania
MS, Mathematics, 1989, University of Cincinnati
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Courses Taught:
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EPI 591K: New Topics in Epidem. Methods
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Selected Research Projects:
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My current work is focused on four areas. First, the possible health consequences of PFOA resulting from contaminated drinking water around a chemical plant in W Virginia. PFOA is a fluorocarbon which is present in the blood of almost all Americans. It is considered a likely carcinogen in humans by EPA, but human health effects have not been established. Second, I work on neurologic diseases such as AD and PD, via the Emory Alzheimer Disease Research Center. Third, I work on the health effects of adult occupational lead exposure in a large cohort of lead exposed workers. Fourth, I have a grant to train researchers in environmental health in Chile and Peru; currenlty indoor air pollution is a focus of that research.
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Selected Publications:
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, Fletcher T, Savitz D
Epidemiologic Evidence on the Health Effects of PFOA
Environmental Health Perspectives , 118: 110-1108, 2010.
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, Seals R, Klein M, Jinot J, Kahn H
Risk Estimation with Epidemiological Data when Response Attenuates at High Exposure Levels
Environmental Health Perspectives , epub: 2011.
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Darrow L and
Confounding and bias in the attributable fraction
Epidemiology , 22: 53-58, 2011.
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, Wesseling I, Roman N, Quiros I, Juncos J
Occupational pesticide exposure and screening tests for neurodegenerative disease among an elderly population in Costa Rica,
Env Research (in press) , 2012.
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, Karnes C, Seals R, Carnevale C, Hermida A, Levey A,, in press J Alz Dis 2012;31:265-75
Late-life depression as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease in 30 U.S. Alzheimer Disease Centers
J Alz Dis 2012;31:265-75 , 31: 265-75, 2012.
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, Woskie S, Mortality patterns among workers exposed to PFOA
Mortality patterns among workers exposed to PFOA
in press Am J Epidemiol , 2012.
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Other affiliations and Activities:
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Public Health Practice:
- I am an editor for the American Journal of Industrial Medicine and an associate editor of Environmental Health Perspectives
- I am an editor of 2 books on occupational and environmental epidemiology
- I am a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research
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Link to this page: http://www.sph.emory.edu/faculty/NSTEENL
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