Education and Training

Ph.D.: University of Louisville, Public Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Population Health
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Brown University, Epidemiology

Featured Publications

• Fruh V, Babalola T, Sears C, Wellenius GA, Webster TF, Mann KK, Harrington J, Tjønneland A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Claus Henn B, Meliker JR. Dietary Minerals and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes among Never-Smokers in a Danish Case-Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 17;21(7):932. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21070932. PMID: 39063508; PMCID: PMC11277515.
• Buckley JP, Zhou J, Marquess KM, Lanphear BP, Cecil KM, Chen A, Sears CG, Xu Y, Yolton K, Kalkwarf HJ, Braun JM, Kuiper JR. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and bone mineral content in early adolescence: Modification by diet and physical activity. Environ Res. 2024 Jul 1;252(Pt 1):118872. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118872. Epub 2024 Apr 3. PMID: 38580001; PMCID: PMC11156547.
• 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.
• Sears CG, Liu Y, Lanphear BP, Buckley JP, Meyer J, Xu Y, Chen A, Yolton K, Braun JM. Evaluating Mixtures of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Serum Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Relation to Adolescent Hair Cortisol: The HOME Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 5;193(3):454-468. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwad198. PMID: 37846096.
• 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.
• Sears CG, Healy EJ, Soares LF, Palermo D, Eliot M, Li Y, Fruh V, Babalola T, James KA, Harrington JM, Wellenius GA, Tjønneland A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Meliker JR. Urine antimony and risk of cardiovascular disease - A prospective case-cohort study in Danish Non-Smokers. Environ Int. 2023 Nov;181:108269. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108269. Epub 2023 Oct 17. PMID: 37866238; PMCID: PMC10720945.
• Hartson KR, Huntington-Moskos L, Sears CG, Genova G, Mathis C, Ford W, Rhodes RE. Use of Electronic Ecological Momentary Assessment Methodologies in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep Research in Young Adults: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Jun 29;25:e46783. doi: 10.2196/46783. PMID: 37384367; PMCID: PMC10365632.
• Zierold KM, Myers JV, Brock GN, Sears CG, Zhang CH, Sears L. Indoor coal ash and school and social competency among children aged 6-14 years. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2023 May;33(3):434-438. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00500-2. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36396715; PMCID: PMC10188657.
• Zierold KM, Myers JV, Brock GN, Zhang CH, Sears CG, Sears L. Heavy Metal(loid) Body Burden in Environmentally Exposed Children With and Without Internalizing Behavior Problems. Expo Health. 2022 Dec;14(4):903-914. doi: 10.1007/s12403-022-00469-1. Epub 2022 Feb 2. PMID: 38894859; PMCID: PMC11185413.
• Braun JM, Papandonatos GD, Li N, Sears CG, Buckley JP, Cecil KM, Chen A, Eaton CB, Kalkwarf HJ, Kelsey KT, Lanphear BP, Yolton K. Physical activity modifies the relation between gestational perfluorooctanoic acid exposure and adolescent cardiometabolic risk. Environ Res. 2022 Nov;214(Pt 3):114021. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114021. Epub 2022 Aug 8. PMID: 35952751; PMCID: PMC9637371.