Accomplishments: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper on "Prenatal exposure to a mixture of organophosphate esters and intelligence among 8-year-old children of the HOME Study" in the journal NeuroToxicology. 
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published a paper entitled "Childhood exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and neurobehavioral domains in children at age 8 years" in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 
The UNLV Contact Tracing Team was named Program of the Year by the Nevada Public Health Association at its 2021 Annual Conference, which took place Sept. 13-15.  Led by School of Public Health graduate students, the contact tracing team has been at the forefront of Southern Nevada's COVID-19 response since spring 2020, having investigated…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) presented two of her research projects, "Exposure to a mixture of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during pregnancy and maternal cardiometabolic health: the HOME Study" and "Associations of neonicotinoids with insulin and glucose homeostasis parameters in US adults: NHANES 2015-2016" at the…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) publihed an article on "Associations of neonicotinoids with insulin and glucose homeostasis parameters in US adults: NHANES 2015-2016" in the journal, Chemosphere.  This study is the first to investigate whether neonicotinoids are associated with insulin and glucose homeostasis …
Chad Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) provided an invited departmental seminar to the faculty in the department of entomology and nematology at the University of Florida titled "Use of Healthcare Utilization Inpatient Records for Estimating Trends in Vector-Borne Diseases." The seminar highlighted original research on the most…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article on "Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and cardio metabolic indices during pregnancy: The HOME Study" in the journal, Environment International.
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health), and School of Public Health graduate student Brianna Rivera presented their research, "Assessing the Healthcare Burden of Parasites: An Analysis of Hospital Discharge Records for Characterizing Patients and Analyzing Trends in Human Cestode Cases in…
Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Helena Berlin (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health), and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published an article on "Obesity in Early Childhood: Examining the Relationship among Demographic, Behavioral, Nutritional, and…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health) have published an article on "Lagged Meteorological Impacts on COVID-19 Incidence among High-risk Counties in the United States—a Spatiotemporal Analysis" in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. This study…
Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) recently presented research on “Exposure to a Mixture of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) During Pregnancy and Maternal Cardiometabolic Health: The HOME Study" at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research last month. 
Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health (Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara Hallvik, Christi Hildebran), Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Scott G. Weiner, Michael A. Fischer), and Brandeis University (Grant Ritter) presented a poster at the 2021 Academy Health virtual Annual Research Meeting titled “Defining…