2024
Michigan Cancer and Research on the Environment Study (MI-CARES): A Cohort to Investigate Environmental Injustice and Health Disparities in Cancer
Phung M, Khoja L, Getz K, Salvatore M, Uphold H, Colacino J, Mondul A, Mukherjee B, Dolinoy D, Pearce C. Michigan Cancer and Research on the Environment Study (MI-CARES): A Cohort to Investigate Environmental Injustice and Health Disparities in Cancer. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.1830.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes
Kalesnikava V, Clarke P, Mukherjee B, Sen S, Mezuk B. Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes. Psychosomatic Medicine 2022, 84: 813-821. PMID: 35980779, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomain-specific stressMeasures of psychosocial stressTrier Social Stress TestAssociated with cortisol recoveryHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivityPsychosocial stressPerceived stressEvidence of effect modificationCortisol responseHigh-SES neighborhoodsHigher perceived stressPsychosocial stress measuresSocioeconomically diverse cohortCortisol recoveryRisk of diabetesAssociated with cortisol responseNeighborhood SESHealth disparitiesEffect modificationNeurobiological stress responseSocioeconomic statusSocial Stress TestSelf-report measuresType 2 diabetesSalivary cortisol response
2017
Neighborhood characteristics influence DNA methylation of genes involved in stress response and inflammation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Smith J, Zhao W, Wang X, Ratliff S, Mukherjee B, Kardia S, Liu Y, Roux A, Needham B. Neighborhood characteristics influence DNA methylation of genes involved in stress response and inflammation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Epigenetics 2017, 12: 662-673. PMID: 28678593, PMCID: PMC5687339, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2017.1341026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisSocioeconomic disadvantageIndividual-level socioeconomic factorsEtiology of health disparitiesAssociated with poor health outcomesPopulation-based sample of US adultsSocioeconomic factorsNeighborhood conditionsNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantageSample of US adultsNeighborhood social environmentHigher socioeconomic disadvantagePoor health outcomesIndividual socioeconomic factorsPopulation-based sampleDimensions of neighborhood contextHealth disparitiesInfluence methylation levelsHealth outcomesUS adultsSocial environmentDisadvantaged neighborhoodsNeighborhood characteristics
2013
Associations between Extreme Precipitation and Gastrointestinal-Related Hospital Admissions in Chennai, India
Bush K, O’Neill M, Li S, Mukherjee B, Hu H, Ghosh S, Balakrishnan K. Associations between Extreme Precipitation and Gastrointestinal-Related Hospital Admissions in Chennai, India. Environmental Health Perspectives 2013, 122: 249-254. PMID: 24345350, PMCID: PMC3948034, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtreme precipitationHospital admissionRisk ratioAssociated with extreme precipitationCumulative risk ratioWeather eventsClimate changePre-monsoon seasonLong-term time trendsDaily hospital admissionsHealth disparitiesMeteorological dataProjected changesGovernment hospitalsStratified analysisTime trendsDay of weekPrecipitationContext of vulnerabilityGeneralized additive modelApparent temperatureGI illnessCumulative summaryHealthAge groups