Research Interests
- Human exposure in indoor environments
- Use of silicone wristbands to measure human exposure
- Chemical exposures and cancer risk
- Targeted & Nontargeted mass spectrometry methods applied to environmental samples
- Effects of halogenated organic contaminants (e.g. BFRs, PFAS) on thyroid hormone regulation
Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029An integrated and diverse genomic medicine program for undiagnosed diseases
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2028The 10,000 Families Cohort: a new study to understand the environmental causes of cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2023 - 2027Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2027Impact of Early-life Exposure to Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) on Neonatal and Early Childhood Immune Function
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027Testing Silicone Wristbands as a Tool to Monitor Healthcare Workers' Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Oncology Nursing Society Foundation · 2025 - 2027The North Carolina Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study (NC-FCCS): Investigating PFAS & Chemical Exposures as Cancer Risks
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Policy Collaboratory · 2024 - 2026Extent of PFAS Contamination Resulting from a Fire at a Hazardous Waste Incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Kentucky · 2023 - 2026Flame retardant effects on thyroid hormone regulation at the fetal-maternal interface of the placenta
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2020 - 2026Customized Approaches for Evaluating and Reducing Chemical Exposures from Home Building Materials
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Housing and Urban Development · 2022 - 2025Wildland Firefighters: Expanded Exposure Measurement and Exposure Reduction Interventions
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Arizona · 2023 - 2025Multimedia Measurement of PFAS in the Residential Environment: Evaluating Human Exposure Pathways
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2022 - 2025Duke Environmental Analysis Laboratory
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 202518th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and their Health Effects
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2024 - 2025PFAS-Related Research Equipment
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Policy Collaboratory · 2023 - 2024Levasseur Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar Award
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2020 - 2024The placenta: a novel target of sex specific neurotoxicity by fire retardants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2017 - 2024Characterizing PFAS Exposure in NC Communities and Improving Estimates of Exposure from Indoor Air
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2024PFAS UNITEDD: U.S. National Investigation of Transport & Exposure from Drinking Water & Diet
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2019 - 2024Feasibility Assessment for Silicone Dog Tags in the Dog Aging Project
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2023 - 2023A Canine Model for Human High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Human Bladder Cancer-Molecular and Environmental Considerations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2019 - 2023The 10,000 Families Cohort: a new study to understand the environmental causes of cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2022 - 2023CFN PFAS Exposure
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Community Foundation for Nantucket · 2022 - 2023Developmental Toxicity of Organophosphate-based Flame Retardants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Riverside · 2017 - 2023The Racial/Ethnic and Geographical Connection Between Cognitive Function and Environmental Chemicals in Older Adults
ResearchMentor · Awarded by University of Southern California · 2021 - 2022Univ. of Washington Wristband Analyses
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2021 - 2022MRI: Acquisition of a GC Hybrid Orbitrap High Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Science
EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021Mechanisms of Environmental-Mixture Induced Metabolic Disruption
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020An Investigation of Elemental Coal Ash Contamination of Soils in Iredell County, NC
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2020Children Exposure to SVOC Mixtures Indoors and Associations with Obesity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020Exposomics Reserach Project
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Wallace Genetic Foundation · 2017 - 2019Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2013 - 2019Development of affinity-directed isolation methods to identify novel hormonally active chemicals
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Maternal and Paternal Flame Retardant Exposure, Impact on Fertility and Pregnancy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Harvard University · 2014 - 2019Residential Exposure of Young Children to SVOCs
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2014 - 2018Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphates and Associations with Child Growth
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2014 - 2017Analysis of Flame Retardant Chemicals in Furniture Barriers
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation · 2016 - 2017Developmental Toxicity of Organophosphate-based Flame Retardants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Riverside · 2014 - 2017Evaluation of Changes in Flame Retardant Exposure in NYC
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Columbia University · 2015 - 2016Urinary Concentrations of Flame Retardant Metabolites in Mothers and Children
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Working Group · 2015 - 2016Toxicokinetics and Metabolic Disrupting Actions of the Flame Retardant Mixture Firemaster 550
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2014 - 2016Exposure to Halogenated Aromatic Compounds and Risk of Thyroid Cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2016 - 2016Evaluating Human Exposure to Triphenyl Phosphate from Nail Polish Applications
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Working Group · 2015 - 2015Developmental Toxicity of Organophosphate-based Flame Retardants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of South Carolina · 2014 - 2015Deiodinase Activity as a Biomarker of Response to Brominated Flame Retardants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2015Current-Use Flame Retardants: Maternal Exposure and Neurodevelopment in Children
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Berkeley · 2013 - 2015Duke University Superfund Research Center (P42 ES010356)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2000 - 2014Fate of Biosolid Derived Organic Contaminants in Soils and Effects on Soil Microbial Communities
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2013Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Making bonds, breaking bonds: Chemical industries, environmental justice, and the global history of race in the American South ·
2021
Co-Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost
https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
External Relationships
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
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