Publications
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Chemicals, Microbes, & Health
2024
Midya V, Nagdeo K, Lane JM, Torres-Olascoaga LA, Gennings C, Horton MK, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Arora M, Eggers S. Prenatal Metals and Childhood Gut Microbes Associated with Depression Score in Late Childhood. Science of the Total Environment. 2024 Jan 24;170361. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170361. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38278245.
2023
Eggers S, Midya V, Bixby M, Gennings C, Torres-Olascoaga LA, Walker RW, Wright RO, Arora M, Téllez-Rojo MM. Prenatal lead exposure is negatively associated with the gut microbiome in childhood. Front Microbiol. 2023;14:1193919. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1193919. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37426026; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10325945.
2022
Bixby M, Gennings C, Malecki KMC, Sethi AK, Safdar N, Peppard PE, Eggers S. Individual Nutrition Is Associated with Altered Gut Microbiome Composition for Adults with Food Insecurity. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 19;14(16). doi: 10.3390/nu14163407. PubMed PMID: 36014913; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9416073.
2020
Eggers S, Gennings C, Malecki KMC, Safdar N, Arora M. Exposure to environmental chemical mixtures is associated with nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus: NHANES 2001-2004. Environ Res. 2020 Nov;190:109994. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109994. Epub 2020 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 32771801; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7530026.
Sitarik AR, Arora M, Austin C, Bielak LF, Eggers S, Johnson CC, Lynch SV, Kyun Park S, Hank Wu KH, Yong GJM, Cassidy-Bushrow AE. Fetal and early postnatal lead exposure measured in teeth associates with infant gut microbiota. Environ Int. 2020 Nov;144:106062. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106062. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 32871381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7572588.
2019
Eggers S, Safdar N, Sethi AK, Suen G, Peppard PE, Kates AE, Skarlupka JH, Kanarek M, Malecki KMC. Urinary lead concentration and composition of the adult gut microbiota in a cross-sectional population-based sample. Environ Int. 2019 Dec;133(Pt A):105122. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105122. Epub 2019 Sep 10. PubMed PMID: 31518933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7230144.
2018
Eggers S, Safdar N, Malecki KM. Heavy metal exposure and nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization: analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Environ Health. 2018 Jan 5;17(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0349-7. PubMed PMID: 29304819; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5756436.
Methods Development
2023
Midya V, Lane JM, Gennings C, Torres-Olascoaga LA, Wright RO, Arora M, Téllez-Rojo MM, Eggers S. Prenatal Pb exposure is associated with reduced abundance of beneficial gut microbial cliques in late childhood: an investigation using Microbial Co-occurrence Analysis (MiCA). Environmental Science & Technology. October 2023. Doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04346.
Midya V, & Gennings C. Detecting Shape-based Interactions among Environmental Chemicals using an Ensemble of Exposure-Mixture Regression and Interpretable Machine Learning Tools. Statistics in Biosciences. Nov 2023. Doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2996735/v1
Midya V, Alcala CS, Rechtman E, Gregory JK, Kannan K, Hertz-Picciotto I, Teitelbaum SL, Gennings C, Rosa MJ, and Valvi D. Machine Learning Assisted Discovery of Interactions between Pesticides, Phthalates, Phenols, and Trace Elements in Child Neurodevelopment. Environmental Science & Technology. August 2023. Doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00848
2022
Eggers S, Bixby M, Renzetti S, Curtin P, Gennings C. Human Microbiome Mixture Analysis Using Weighted Quantile Sum Regression. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 21;20(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010094. PubMed PMID: 36612415; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9819204.
Reverse Translation
2021
Eggers S, Safdar N, Kates A, Sethi AK, Peppard PE, Kanarek MS, Malecki KMC. Urinary lead level and colonization by antibiotic resistant bacteria: Evidence from a population-based study. Environ Epidemiol. 2021 Dec;5(6):e175. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000175. eCollection 2021 Dec. PubMed PMID: 34909555; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8663876.
other environmental epidemiology
2021
Niedzwiecki MM, Eggers S, Joshi A, Dolios G, Amarasiriwardena C, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Petrick L. Lead Exposure and Serum Metabolite Profiles in Pregnant Women in Mexico City. BMC Environmental Health. December 2021. Vol. 20, No. 125. Doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00810-2.
other microbiome research
2023
Zuniga-Chaves I, Eggers S, Kates AE, Safdar S, Suen G, Malecki KMC. Neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with low diversity gut microbiomes and multi-drug resistant microorganism colonization. NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes. August 2023. Vol 9, No. 1, pp. 1-9. Doi: 10.1038/s41522-023-00430-3.
Lane JM, Wright RO, Eggers S. The Interconnection between Obesity, Executive Function, and the Gut Microbiome in Adolescence. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. July 2023. Doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105337.
2022
Bixby M, Gennings C, Malecki KMC, Sethi AK, Safdar N, Peppard PE, Eggers S. Individual Nutrition is Associated with Altered Gut Microbiome Composition for Adults with Food Insecurity. Nutrients. August 2022. Vol. 14, No. 16, pp. 3407. Doi: 10.3390/nu14163407.
2018
DeWolfe T, Eggers S, Barker A, Duster M, Dill-McFarland K, Suen G, Safdar N. Oral Probiotic Combination of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Alters the Gastrointestinal Microbiota During Antibiotic Treatment for Clostridium difficile Infection. PLOS One. September 2018, Vol. 13, No. 9. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204253.
Eggers S, Malecki KMC, Peppard PE, Mares J, Shirley D, Shukla SK, Poulsen K, Gangnon R, Duster M, Kates A, Suen G, Sethi AK, Safdar N. The Wisconsin Microbiome Study, a Cross-Sectional Investigation of Dietary Fiber, Microbiome Composition, and Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms: Rationale and Methods. BMJ Open. March 2018, Vol. 8, No. 3. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019450.
Eggers S, Barker AK, Valentine S, Hess T, Duster M, Safdar N. Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 on Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: Results of the Impact of Probiotics for Reducing Infections in Veterans (IMPROVE) Study. BMC Infectious Diseases. March 2018, Vol 18, No. 1, pp. 129. Doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3028-6.
Kalluru S, Eggers S, Shirley D, Sethi AK, Barker AK, Sengupta S, Yeptho K, Safdar N. Risk Factors for Infection with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Haryana, India. American Journal of Infection Control. March 2018, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 341-345. Doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.08.021.
2017
Eggers S, Barker A, Valentine S, Hess T, Duster M, Safdar N. Impact of Probiotics for Reducing Infections in Veterans (IMPROVE): Study Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Contemporary Clinical Trials: January 2017, Vol. 52, pp. 39-45. Doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.11.004.