Rollins School of Public Health | Faculty Profile
Emory Rollins School of Public Health

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology with a background in environmental and social epidemiology. Most of my research has focused on health impacts of chemical pollution in water, air, and diet on children's health and chronic conditions. I have a strong interest in broadening the view of "environmental" exposures beyond chemical pollution, and have researched mental health impacts of economic welfare policies and disasters. My dissertation work explores pathways by which certain persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals may lead to carcinogenesis, including via mediators (e.g., pubertal timing, body composition, epigenetic changes) and effect modifying factors (e.g., life stage at exposure, chronic stress, chemical co-exposures). 

Contact Information

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Email: JAKAUF2@emory.edu

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Areas of Interest

  • Cancer Prevention
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Mental Health
  • Public Health Policy
  • Social Epidemiology

Education

  • MPH 2014, Emory University
  • BA 2011, University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations & Activities

Society for Epidemiologic Research

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

American Public Health Association

Publications

  • , , Arsenic, blood pressure, and hypertension in the Strong Heart Family Study, Environmental Research, ,
  • , , Disinfection by-product exposures and the risk of musculoskeletal birth defects, Environmental Epidemiology, ,
  • , , Effects of increased minimum wages by unemployment rate on suicide in the USA, J Epidemiol Community Health, 74, 219-224
  • , , Unemployment insurance program accessibility and suicide rates in the United States, Preventive Medicine, ,
  • , , Ambient ozone and fine particulate matter exposures and autism spectrum disorder in metropolitan Cincinnati, Ohio, Environmental Research, ,
  • , , Mechanisms of resiliency against depression following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill , J. Environmental Psychology, ,
  • , , Associations Between Disinfection By-Product Exposures and Craniofacial Birth Defects, J Occupational and Environmental Health, ,
  • , , Disinfection By-Product Exposures and the Risk of Specific Cardiac Birth Defects, Environmental Health Perspectives, ,