Manuela Celia-Sanchez is a PhD student in the Environmental Health Sciences Program. Her research interests include community-engaged research, chemical exposures, and environmental epidemiology. She is particularly focused on understanding how environmental contaminants impact vulnerable populations and how research can inform equitable public health interventions. Manuela is committed to integrating scientific rigor with community collaboration to address environmental health disparities.
Areas of Interest
- Chemical Exposure
- Community Based Research
- Exposure Assessment
- Health Disparities
- Maternal and Child Health
Education
- Bachelor of Science 2021, Wingate University
Affiliations & Activities
- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Publications
- K. B. Ehrlich, J.M. Brisson, E. R. Wiggins, S. M. Lyle, M. Celia-Sanchez, D. Gallegos, A. Langer, K. M. Ross, M. A. Gerend, 2025, Experiences of discrimination and snacking behavior in Black and Latinx children, Child Development, 96, 635-644
- S. M. Eick, M. L. Celia-Sanchez, T. J. Woodruff, D. E. Goin, A. M. Padula, L. Cushing, A. M. Padula, L. Cushing, K. Ortlund, E. DeMicco, G. L. Milne, R. Morello-Frosch, 2025, Experiences of multiple psychosocial stressors and associations with oxidative stress biomarkers during pregnancy, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 233, 70-76
- K. B. Ehrlich, M. L. Celia-Sanchez, T. Yu, N. Heard-Garris, E. Chen, G. E. Miller, G. H. Brody, 2024, Exposure to parental depression in adolescence and proinflammatory phenotypes 20 years later, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 117, 196-203