Daniel W. Riggs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Data Management and Analysis Core
Education and Training
Ph.D.: University of Louisville, Public Health Science
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Louisville
Featured Publications
- Yeager R, Keith RJ, Riggs DW, Fleischer D, Browning MHEM, Ossola A, Walker KL, Hart JL, Srivastava S, Rai SN, Smith T, Bhatnagar A. Intra-neighborhood associations between residential greenness and blood pressure. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Oct 10;946:173788. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173788. Epub 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38901580.
- Jin L, Richardson A, Lynch J, Lorkiewicz P, Srivastava S, Fryar L, Miller A, Theis W, Shirk G, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S, Riggs DW, Conklin DJ. Formaldehyde and the Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin-1 Contribute to Electronic Cigarette Aerosol-induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Mice. Toxicol Sci. 2024 Jul 27:kfae096. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfae096. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39067042.
- McGraw KE, Domingo-Relloso A, Riggs DW, Medgyesi DN, Neupane R, Stingone JA, Sanchez TR. Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Metabolites are Associated with High Blood Pressure Among Non-smoking Participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2018). medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jul 19:2024.07.18.24310671. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.18.24310671. PMID: 39072015; PMCID: PMC11275677.
- Riggs DW, DuPre NC, James P, Rai SN, Yeager R, Sears CG, Laden F, Bhatnagar A. Association of Ecoregion Distribution of Greenness With Cardiovascular Mortality: A Longitudinal Ecological Study in the United States. Circ Res. 2024 Apr 26;134(9):1221-1223. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.324427. Epub 2024 Apr 25. PMID: 38662855; PMCID: PMC11047167.
- Riggs DW, Baumgartner KB, Baumgartner R, Boone S, Judd SE, Bhatnagar A. Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of stroke by ecoregions: The REGARDS study. Environ Pollut. 2024 Mar 15;345:123367. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123367. Epub 2024 Jan 25. PMID: 38280465; PMCID: PMC10996890.
- Riggs DW, Bhatnagar A. Invited Perspective: A Natural Prescription for Hypertension? Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Mar;132(3):31301. doi: 10.1289/EHP14482. Epub 2024 Mar 1. PMID: 38427032; PMCID: PMC10906658.
- Irfan A, Riggs DW, Koromia G, DeFilippis AP, Soliman EZ, Bhatnagar A, Carll AP. Smoking-associated Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Predict Cardiovascular Mortality: Insights from NHANES. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Jan 1:rs.3.rs-3615687. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3615687/v1. PMID: 38260619; PMCID: PMC10802705.
- Bhatnagar A, Keith R, Yeager R, Riggs D, Sears C, Bucknum B, Smith T, Fleischer D, Chandler C, Walker KL, Hart JL, Srivastava S, Turner J, Rai S. The Green Heart Project: Objectives, Design, and Methods. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Dec 5:2023.12.05.23299461. doi: 10.1101/2023.12.05.23299461. PMID: 38105951; PMCID: PMC10723507.
- Scheurlen KM, Snook DL, Littlefield AB, George JB, Parks MA, Beal RJ, MacLeod A, Riggs DW, Gaskins JT, Chariker J, Rouchka EC, Galandiuk S. Anti-inflammatory mechanisms in cancer research: Characterization of a distinct M2-like macrophage model derived from the THP-1 cell line. Cancer Med. 2023 Dec;12(23):21172-21187. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6681. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38037545; PMCID: PMC10726891.
- Yeager R, Browning MHEM, Breyer E, Ossola A, Larson LR, Riggs DW, Rigolon A, Chandler C, Fleischer D, Keith R, Walker K, Hart JL, Smith T, Bhatnagar A. Greenness and equity: Complex connections between intra-neighborhood contexts and residential tree planting implementation. Environ Int. 2023 Jun;176:107955. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107955. Epub 2023 May 12. PMID: 37196566; PMCID: PMC10367429.