Thursday, May 22, 2025 12pm to 1pm
Dr. Kristina Whitworth is Associate Professor in the Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences in the Department of Medicine and the Center for Precision Environmental Health at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. She is an environmental epidemiologist whose research focuses on maternal and child health outcomes and completed post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Durham, North Carolina. She was a recipient of an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award from NIEHS in 2019 to evaluate susceptible windows of exposure to fine particulate matter on fetal growth and child neurodevelopmental outcomes. As multiple PI, she has also received NIH funding to evaluate the role of structural racism, including environmental injustice, on racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal health outcomes in Houston, TX. Recently, she and her colleagues were awarded a grant to support a Houston-based pregnancy cohort study site as part of the ECHO Program, a national birth cohort aimed to evaluate early-life environmental factors on child and adolescent health and development.
Title of Talk: Application of distributed lag non linear models (DLNM) to evaluate susceptible periods of environmental exposure for perinatal and child health.
Dr. Whitworth will discuss the results of epidemiologic studies conducted in her group to investigate susceptible periods of exposure to air pollution and heat on perinatal and children's health outcomes, including fetal growth, birthweight, and early neurodevelopment.
Time: May 22nd, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern Time
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