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Melissa Smarr
Adjunct Asst Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Environmental Health
As an environmental health scientist, I use knowledge of environmental exposures coupled with epidemiological methods to investigate questions regarding human health. My research is focused on environmental influences on reproductive, prenatal, fetal and children’s health. I am particularly interested in environmental exposures that affect vulnerable populations, and how such early exposures impact health across the lifespan consistent with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease research paradigm. I currently work as a Health Scientist Administrator and Program Officer in the Population Health Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
Areas of Interest
- Air Pollution
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Environmental Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Reproductive Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Women’s Health
Education
- B.S. 2007, North Carolina Central University
- Ph.D. 2014, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Reproductive Epidemiology 2014, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Courses Taught
- EH 572: Environmental Justice
Affiliations & Activities
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research
- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Publications
- Rahman ML, Zhang C, Smarr MM, Lee S, Honda M, Kannan K, Tekola-Ayele F, Buck Louis GM, 2019, Persistent organic pollutants and gestational diabetes: A multi-center prospective cohort study of healthy US women, Environmental International, ,
- Choi G, Wang Y, Sundaram R, Chen Z, Boyd Barr D, Buck Louis GM, Smarr MM, 2019, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and incident pregnancy loss: The LIFE Study, Environmental Research, ,
- Smarr MM, Honda M, Kannan K, Chen Z, Kim SD, Buck Louis GM, 2018, Biomarkers of Antimicrobial Exposure and Bi-directional Associations with Semen Quality Parameters, Reproductive Toxicology, ,
- Bell EM, YeungEH, Ma W, Kannan K, Sundaram R, Smarr MM, Buck Louis GM, 2018, Concentrations of endocrine disrupting chemicals in newborn blood spots and infant outcomes in the upstate KIDS study, Environmental International, ,
- Buck Louis GM, Smarr MM, Sun L, Chen Z, Honda M, Wang W, Karthikraj R, Weck J, Kannan K, 2018, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Seminal Plasma and Couple Fecundity, Environmental Research, ,
- Buck Louis GM, Zhai S, Smarr MM, Grewal J, Zhang C, Grantz KL, Hediger ML, Hinkle SN, Sundaram R, Lee S, Masato Honda, Oh J-K, Kannan K, 2018, Endocrine Disruptors and Neonatal Anthropometry, NICHD Fetal Growth Studies – Singletons, Environmental International, ,
- Smarr MM, Kannan K, Sun L, Honda M, Wang W, Karthikraj R, Z. Chen, J. Weck, G. M. Buck Louis, 2018, Preconception seminal plasma concentrations of endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to semen quality parameters among male partners planning for pregnancy, Environmental Research, ,
- Smarr MM, Buck Louis GM, Albert PS, Kim SD, Fuchs K, Grewal J, D’Alton ML, Grantz KL, 2017, Characterization of Thermal and Mechanical Indices from Serial Ultrasound Exams and Associations with Neonatal Anthropometry: The NICHD Fetal Growth Studies, American Journal of Perinatology , ,
- Buck Louis GM, Smarr MM, Patel C, 2017, Exposome Research Paradigm: An Opportunity to Understand the Basis for Human Health and Disease, Current Environmental Health Reports, ,
- Smarr MM, Sapra KJ, Gemmill A, Kahn L, Wise LA, Lobdell DT, Mumford SL, Stanford JB, Heger Boyle E, Jensen TK, Lynch CD, Eisenberg ML, Skakkebaek NE, Turek PJ, Sundaram R, Factor-Litvak P, Buck Louis GM, 2017, Is human fecundity changing? A discussion of research and data gaps precluding us from having an answer, Human Reproduction, ,
- Buck Louis GM, Smarr MM, Sundaram R, Kannan K, Lu Z, Sapra K, Parsons P, 2017, Low-level environmental metals and metalloids and incident pregnancy loss, Reproductive Toxicology , ,
- Smarr MM, Kannan K, Chen Z, Kim SD, Buck Louis GM, 2017, Male Urinary Paracetamol and Semen Quality, Andrology, ,
- Mendola P, Sundaram R, Buck Louis GM, Sun L, Wallace ME, Smarr MM, Sherman S, Zhu Y, Ying Q, Liu D, 2017, Proximity to major roadways and prospectively-measured time-to-pregnancy and infertility, Science of the Total Environment , ,
- Wallace M, Mendola P, Epps NM, Chen Z, Smarr MM, Hinkle SN, Zhu Y, Kim S, Grantz KL, 2017, Racial/ethnic differences in preterm perinatal outcomes, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, ,
- Smarr MM, Sundaram R, Honda M, Kannan K, Buck Louis GM, 2017, Urinary Concentrations of Parabens and Other Antimicrobial Chemicals and Their Association with Couples’ Fecundity, Environmental Health Perspectives, ,
- Smarr MM, Kannan K, and Buck Louis GM, 2016, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Endometriosis, Fertility and Sterility, ,
- Kim SS, Zhu Y, Grantz KL, Hinkle SN, Chen Z, Wallace M, Smarr MM, Epps NM, Mendola P, 2016, Obesity and pregnancy: Obstetric and neonatal risks among women without chronic disease, Obstetrics & Gynecology, ,
- Smarr MM, Zhang C, Grantz KL, Sundaram R, Maisog JM, Barr DB, Buck Louis GM, 2016, Persistent organic pollutants and pregnancy complications, Science of the Total Environment, ,
- Smarr MM, Grantz KL, Sundaram R, Honda M, Kannan K, Buck Louis GM, 2016, Urinary Paracetamol and Time-to-Pregnancy, Human Reproduction, ,
- Smarr MM, Grantz KL, Sundaram R, Maisog JM, Kannan K, Buck Louis GM, 2015, Parental urinary biomarkers of preconception exposure to bisphenol A and phthalates in relation to birth outcomes, Environmental Health, ,
- Smarr MM, Vadillo-Ortega F, Castillo-Castrejón M, O’Neil MS, 2013, The Use of Ultrasound Measurements in Environmental Epidemiological Studies of Air Pollution and Fetal Growth, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, ,