Recent Publications

  (underlined names represent trainees)

• Skar S, Carranza C, Gonzalez Y, Zhang J, Osornio Vargas AR, Ohman-Srickland P, Torres M, Schwander S. Urban Airborne Particulate Matter Exposure Modifies Th1-Th2 Mtb Immunity in the Human Lung: Mechanistic Insights Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol, 72(2):222 – 225. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2024-0240LE. Feb 17, 2025

• Crighton EJ, Phipps E, Smith GN, Ahmed R, Cook JL, Masuda JR, Osornio-Vargas AR, Sanborn M, Brennan LJ, Phillips KP. Environmental health attitudes, practices and educational preferences: A national survey of reproductive-aged women in Canada. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(11), 1397; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111397. Oct 23, 2024. Open Access

• Meraz-Cruz N, Manzano-León N, Sandoval-Colin D, García de León Méndez MC, Quintana-Belmares R, Sevilla-Tapia L, Osornio-Vargas AR, Buxton MA, O ́Neill MS, Vadillo-Ortega F. Effects of PM10 Airborne Particles from Different Regions of a Megacity on in vitro Secretion of Cytokines by a Monocyte Line during Different Seasons. Toxics 12(2), 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12020149. Feb 15, 2024. Open Access

• Altamira-Colado E, Cuevas-González D, Reyna MA, García-Vázquez JP, Avitia RL, Osornio-Vargas AR. Drone-assisted particulate matter measurement in air monitoring: A patent review. Atmosphere 2024: 15, 515. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15050515. Apr 23, 2024. Open Access

• Buxton MA, Castillo-Castrejon M, Godines-Enriquez M, Morales-Hernández V, Monroy-Ramírez de Arellano L, Valentin-Cortes M, Sanchez BN, Osornio-Vargas A, O'Neill MS, Vadillo-Ortega F. Cohort Profile: The Pregnancy Research on Inflammation, Nutrition, & City Environment: Systematic Analyses Study (PRINCESA) Cohort, 2009-2015. Eur J Epidemiol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01040-1. Aug 29, 2023. 

• Goez H, Nielsen C, Bryan S, Clark B, Zwaigenmbaum L, Yamamoto S, Osornio-Vargas AR. Autistic regression and exposure to industrial chemicals - Preliminary Observations. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2023.265. Jul 31, 2023. Open Access

• Rivera-García MO, Reyna MA, Camarillo-Ramos MA, Reyna-Vargas MA, Avitia RL, Cuevas-González D, Osornio-Vargas AR. The Selection of Cyclone Samplers for Outdoor Air Particulate Matter Monitoring: A Patent Review. Atmosphere 2023: 14, 264:1-14, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14040624. Mar 25, 2023. Open Access

• Salma J, Tilstra M, Tiwari I, Nielsen C, Whitfield K, Jones A, Osornio Vargas A, Bulut O, Yamamoto S. Listening to Older Adults’ Perspectives on Climate Change: A Focus Group Study. International Health Trends and Perspectives 2(3):1-15, Special Issue: Planetary Health.  https://doi.org/10.32920/ihtp.v2i3.1697. Oct 10, 2022. Open Access

• Tiwari I, Tilstra M, Campbell SM, Nielsen CC, Hodgins S, Osornio Vargas AR, Whitfield K, Prasad Sapkota B; Yamamoto SS. Climate change impacts on the health of South Asian children and women subpopulations - A scoping review. Heliyon 8(10), art. no. e10811, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10811. Sep 27, 2022. Open Access

• Wilk P, Maltby A, Lau T, Gunz AC, Osornio Vargas A, Yamamoto SS, Ali S, Lavigne E. Geographic inequalities in pediatric emergency department visits in Ontario and Alberta: an analysis of 2.5 million visits. BMC Pediatrics 22:432-440. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03485-x. Jul 20, 2022. Open Access

• Tilstra M, Nielsen CC, Tiwari I, Jones A, Osornio Vargas AR, Quemerais B, Bulut O, Salma J, Yamamoto SS. Exploring socio-environmental effects on community health in Edmonton, Canada to understand older adult and immigrant risk in a changing climate. Urban Climate, 44:101225 (1-19). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101225. Jul 12, 2022. Open Access

• Suarez RG, Osornio Vargas AR, Wine E. Ambient air pollution and pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: An updated scoping review. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-022-07597-3. Jun 25, 2022.

• Wine O, Spier J, Kovacs-Burns K, van Manen M, Osornio Vargas A. A case study unpacking the collaborative research process: Eight essential components. Environmental Science & Policy, 131:209-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.006. May 1, 2022.

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