Grants & Select Publications

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Grants

NIEHS Award F31 ES033098. Role: PI. “Impact of COVID-19 related stay-at-home orders on traffic, traffic-related air pollution, and cardiovascular health in New York City.” September 1, 2021 - August 30, 2023. $32,849

NIEHS Center Pilot Award P30ES009089. Role: Co-I. “Tampons as a source of pesticide and metal exposure: A novel exposure assessment study.” April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023. $35,000

Selected Publications

Traffic-related Air Pollution

• Shearston JA, Rowland ST, Butt T, Chillrud SN, Casey JA, Edmondson D, Hilpert M, Kioumourtzoglou MA. (2023). Can Traffic-related Air Pollution Trigger Myocardial Infarction within a Few Hours of Exposure? Identifying Hourly Hazard Periods Environ Int; 178. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108086

• Shearston JA, Cerna-Turoff I, Hilpert M, Kioumourtzoglou M-A. (2022). Quantifying Changes in NO2 Due to COVID-19 Related Stay-at-home Orders in New York City Hyg Environ Health Adv; Dec, 4. doi: 10.1016/j.heha.2022.100032

• Benavides J, Rowland ST, Shearston JA, Nunez Y, Jack DW, Kioumourtzoglou MA. (2022). Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities. Curr Environ Health Rep. doi: 10.1007/s40572-022-00349-5

• Li M, Hilpert M, Goldsmith J, Brooks JL, Shearston JA, Chillrud SN, Ali T, Umans JG, Best LG, Yracheta J, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Navas-Acien A, Kioumourtzoglou MA. (2022). Air Pollution in American Indian Versus Non-American Indian Communities, 2000-2018. Am J Public Health; 112, 615-623. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306650

• Shearston JA, Martinez ME, Nunez Y, Hilpert M. (2021). Social Distancing Fatigue in Manhattan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Real-time Traffic. Sci Tot Environ. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotoenv.2021.148336

• Shearston JA, Johnson AM, Domingo-Relloso A, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Hernández D, Ross J, Chillrud SN, Hilpert M. (2020). Opening a Large Delivery Service Warehouse in the South Bronx: Impacts on Traffic, Air Pollution, and Noise. Int J Environ Public Health; 17(9). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093208. PMCID: PMC7246477

Menstruation and Environmental Health

• Shearston JA, Upson K, Balac O, Do V, Gordon M, Nguyen K, Yan B, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Schilling K. (2024). Tampons as a Source of Exposure to Metal(loid)s. Environ Int; Aug:190:108849. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108849

• Upson K, Shearston JA, Kioumourtzoglou MA. (2022). An Epidemiologic Review of Menstrual Blood Loss as an Excretion Route for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. Curr Environ Health Rep; 9, 29-37. doi: 10.1007/s40572-022-00332-0

• Upson K, Shearston JA, Kioumourtzoglou MA. (2022). Menstrual Products as a Source of Environmental Chemical Exposure: A Review from the Epidemiologic Perspective. Curr Environ Health Rep; 9, 38-52. doi: 10.1007/s40572-022-00331-1

Gas Stations

• Shearston JA, Hilpert M. (2020). Gasoline Vapor Emissions During Vehicle Refueling Events in a Vehicle Fleet Saturated with Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery Systems: Need for an Exposure Assessment. Front Public Health; 8(18). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00018. PMCID: PMC7020915

• Hsieh PY, Shearston JA, Hilpert M. (2021). Benzene Emissions from Gas Station Clusters: A New Framework for Estimating Lifetime Cancer Risk. J Environ Health Sci Engineer; doi: 10.1007/s40201-020-00601-w

Hookah, Electronic Cigarettes, and Cigarettes

• Al-Marzooq F, Al Kawas S, Rahman B, Shearston JA, Saad H, Benzina D, Weitzman M. (2022). Supragingival Microbiome Alterations as a Consequence of Smoking Different Tobacco Types and its Relation to Dental Caries. Sci Rep; 12, 2861. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06907-z

• Shearston JA, Eazor J, Lee L, Vilcassim R, Reed T, Ort D, Weitzman M, Gordon T. (2021). Effects of Electronic Cigarettes and Hookah Water Pipe Use on Home Air Quality. Tob Control. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056437

• Shearston JA, Lee L, Eazor J, Meherally S, Park SH, Vilcassim MJR, Weitzman M, Gordon T. (2019). Effects of Exposure to Direct and Secondhand Hookah and E-Cigarette Aerosols on Ambient Air Quality and Cardiopulmonary Health in Adults and Children: Protocol For A Panel Study. BMJ Open; 9(6) e029490. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029490. PMCID: PMC6597628

• Shearston JA, Shah K, Cheng E, Moosvi R, Park SH, Patel N, Spielman AI, Weitzman M. (2017). Dental, Dental Hygiene, and Advanced Dental Students’ Use, Knowledge, and Beliefs Regarding Tobacco Products. J Dental Educ; Nov:81(11):1317-1326. doi: 10.21815/JDE.017.091.

• Weitzman M, Yusufali AH, Bali F, Vilcassim MJ, Gandhi S, Peltier R, Nadas A, Sherman S, Lee L, Hong Z, Shearston JA, Park SH, Gordon T. (2016). Effects of hookah smoking on indoor air quality. Tob Control; pii: tobaccocontrol-2016-053165.

For a full list of publications please see my ORCID page or Google scholar profile

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