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Kelly Baker, PhD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise: Co-Leader, Population Health Research Theme

Dr. Baker’s research focuses on understanding how poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) conditions affect maternal and child health in low-income communities. Part of her work is focused on using systems-level approaches to characterize the ecology of disease transmission, beginning with understanding how limitations in water and sanitation access affect variability in human behavior, and how behavior and the associated environmental stressors interact to create exposure that leads to a broad spectrum of adverse health outcomes. She explores a spectrum of outcomes, from diarrhea and malnutrition in young children to reproductive tract infections in women to adverse pregnancy outcomes. She is particularly interested in methodological challenges of evaluating impacts from community-level interventions, especially around the topic of sanitation management. Another part of Dr. Baker’s work involves developing scientifically rigorous tools and strategies for conducting microbial risk assessments that can track how sanitation-associated microbes spatially disperse in ecological systems populated by human populations.

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Josalyn Cho, MD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise: Co-Leader, Inflammation and Innate Immunity Thematic Area

Dr. Cho has expertise in basic and translational immunology, adaptive and innate immunity, mouse models of disease and human research. She is current working to build a translational lung immunology program at the University of Iowa that utilizes research bronchoscopy to study the pathogenesis of inflammatory lung diseases, including allergic asthma, smoking, HIV infection, and influenza.  In addition to her translational work, her laboratory is focused on understanding the immunological mechanisms leading to aberrant pulmonary inflammation. In particular, they study the contribution of myeloid cells (macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells) to lung disease utilizing models of viral infection, allergic inflammation and smoke exposure.

Alejandro Comellas, MD

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EHSRC Role(s): Director, Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core; Population Health

Dr. Comellas’ research interest is in the area of lung injury, focusing on the regulation of the alveolar epithelial tight junctions. His laboratory is interested in developing strategies that will preserve the integrity of the epithelial barrier by stabilizing the alveolar epithelial tight junctions and by up-regulating the mechanisms involved in the alveolar fluid clearance.

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David M. Cwiertny, PhD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise: Co-Leader,  Water Quality Thematic Area; Member, Nanoscience Thematic Area

Dr. Cwiertny’s areas of research expertise include Environmental Chemistry, Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse. Currently, he is pursuing research on materials-based treatment strategies for water and wastewater and chemical transformation pathways for emerging contaminant classes in a natural aquatic systems.

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Jonathan A. Doorn, PhD

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Center affiliation: Co-Leader, Systemic and Redox Toxicology Thematic Area

Dr. Doorns’ work involves examining the role of reactive intermediates in toxicity and disease. Specifically, his mechanistic, hypothesis-driven research focuses on the potential role of protein modification by a reactive metabolite of dopamine metabolism in neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative disease, i.e. Parkinson’s disease. Dopamine (DA) is an important neurotransmitter that is metabolized by monoamine oxidase to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (DOPAL), an intermediate shown to be reactive toward proteins and toxic to dopaminergic cells. Specifically, the following areas are being investigated. (1) Characterize the chemistry of DOPAL, with emphasis on determining DOPAL reactivity toward proteins and identifying novel ways to synthesize the DA-derived aldehyde. (2) Elucidate mechanisms for generation of DOPAL at aberrant concentrations, involving exposure to drugs, oxidative stress and environmental agents. (3) Identify proteins modified by DOPAL. The Doorn lab is developing a proteomics-based approach to isolate and identify proteins with DOPAL adducts. (4) Determine the functional consequence of protein modification by DOPAL. Several potential targets are being studied, including the proteasome and proteins involved in DA synthesis and trafficking. In summary, the Dr. Doorn is studying the biological chemistry of DOPAL, as aberrant levels of the DA-derived aldehyde may represent a chemical trigger for neurodegeneration (e.g. PD). This work is highly significant as outcomes of the research may yield novel targets for therapeutic intervention, and future work will evaluate the potential of aldehyde-scavenging drugs to attenuate DOPAL- mediated toxicity and neurodegeneration.

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Eric A. Hoffman, PhD

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EHSRC Role(s): Imaging Specialist, Imaging, Integrative Health Sciences Facility; Population Health

Dr. Hoffman’s research interests include studies of dynamic, volumetric physiologic imaging and image analysis, with specific emphasis on the cardiopulmonary system, and cardiopulmonary physiology including cardiac and pulmonary mechanics, pulmonary ventilation and perfusion medical informatics. He is also exploring outcomes predictors and measures in multi-center trials and image data transmission, archiving, and quality control.

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Brandi Janssen, PhD

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EHSRC Role(s): Director, Community Engagement Core

Trained as an anthropologist, Dr. Janssen applies a holistic perspective to farming, agricultural safety and health, and sustainable agriculture. As director of Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH), she oversees a statewide coalition of public and private organizations devoted to reducing injuries and fatalities on Iowa farms. As a researcher, she examines local food production in Iowa to better understand how to develop food systems that enhance rural communities while being environmentally sustainable, accessible to consumers, and profitable for farmers.

Aileen Keating, MS, PhD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise:  Systemic and Redox Toxicology Thematic Area

Dr. Keating’s research group studies phenotypic outcomes and mechanisms of action induced by environmental ovotoxicant exposures. In addition, they have discovered that alterations to physiological status (heat stress, obesity) can be additive to the negative effects of ovotoxic chemical exposures. The ultimate goal of her studies is to identify and develop intervention strategies to ameliorate the negative reproductive impacts of ovotoxicant exposure and improve female health.

Hans-Joachim Lehmler, PhD

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Pronouns: He/Him

Dr. Lehmler is a Professor in the College of Public Health and serves as the EHSRC Director since 2020. Prior to that time he was the EHSRC Deputy Director. Dr. Lehmler is an experienced environmental health scientist and highly qualified research grant administrator.

In addition to his role as EHSRC Director, Dr. Lehmler is among the leadership team of the Exposure Science Facility and serves as the director of the Career Enhancement Program. He leads a joint seminar series that regularly brings together faculty, staff, and students of the EHSRC, the Iowa Superfund Research Program, and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology. Additionally, he oversees the activities of the Systemic and Redox Toxicology thematic area together with Dr. Jonathan Doorn, and the Water Quality thematic area together with Dr. David Cwiertny.

He also serves as Deputy Director of the recently refunded Iowa Superfund Research Program under the direction of Dr. Keri Hornbuckle. Under this program, Dr. Lehmler leads a new Research Project investigating the neurotoxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in adolescence. This Research Project brings together several EHSRC researchers, including Hanna Stevens, Jonathan Doorn, and Michael Duffel, to study how local PCB metabolism in the brain affects neurotoxic outcomes in an adolescent rat model. Dr. Lehmler also leads the Synthesis Core of the Iowa Superfund Research Program and is a member of the leadership team of the Analytical Core.

His NIEHS-funded research employs novel animal models, including germ-free mice, transgenic animals, and population-based animal models, to characterize how the metabolism of chemical hazards affects toxic outcomes. These studies bring together investigators from the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Core Center, the Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics, and Environment (EDGE) at the University of Washington, and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) at the University of Arizona.

Paul B. McCray, MD

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EHSRC Role(s): Co-Leader, Inflammation and Innate Immunity Thematic Area

Dr. McCray has a long-standing interest in the pathogenesis and treatment of cystic fibrosis. His laboratory has two main areas of investigation: 1) pulmonary host defense, and 2) gene transfer for the treatment of inherited diseases. Work in the lab is supported by the NIH and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

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Patrick T. O’Shaughnessy, PhD

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EHSRC Role(s): Director,  Exposure ScienceFacility; Exposure Generation Specialist, Pulmonary Toxicology Facility; Member, Integrated Health Sciences Facility; Nanoscience;  Population Health

Dr. O’Shaughnessy is an Environmental Engineer whose research interests are in Environmental Systems, Aerosol Generation Measurement Instrumentation, Inhalation Toxicology, Evaluation of Nanoparticles in the Workplace, Air Pollution Dispersion of Contaminants Emanating from Animal Housing Facilites, and Occupational Health of Workers in Agriculture. He has published extensively on aersol sampling and measurement, as well as a variety of inhalable toxins, including house and grain dust, endotoxins, asbestos, ammonia, and nitrogen dioxide. In addition, Dr. O’Shaughnessy has developed cutting-edge environmental measuring and monitoring systems for animal photoperiod control, aerosol generation and exposure chambers for laboratory use, to name a few. In collaboration with Vicki Grassian and other EHSRC investigators, his recent interests have recently expanded into the impacts of manufactured nanoparticles on human health and the environment.

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Aliasger Salem, PhD

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EHSRC Role(s): Co-Leader, Nanoscience Thematic Area

Dr. Salem’s research interests are primarily focused on self-assembling systems, the rational design of novel drug and gene delivery systems and on the development of vaccines that stimulate potent antigen-specific immune responses. Dr Salem’s laboratory applies microfabrication techniques to develop novel drug and gene delivery devices and to optimize control over polymer-cell interactions. The group is currently exploring the synergistic application of polymer particle technology, CpG oligonucleotides, adenoviruses and heat shock protein therapy for generating sustained stronger immune responses against tumors.

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Betsy Stone, PhD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise: Director, Pilot Grant Program;  Nanoscience Thematic Area

Pronouns: She/Her

Research in the Stone group focuses on the advancement of methodology to study the chemical composition of particulate matter in the atmosphere, or aerosols. Aerosols play an important role in regulating global climate by reflecting solar radiation and altering cloud formation and lifetime. Elevated levels of particulate matter also negatively affect human health. The chemistry of aerosols is complex and varies drastically across different regions of the world. Our research targets the organic fraction of ambient aerosol, which constitutes an average of half of particulate mass and remains the most poorly understood component due to its chemical complexity, variety of sources, and ability to transform in the atmosphere. We develop new methodology to study organic compounds and functional groups in aerosols and apply these techniques to different environmental settings. Our research incorporates field-based and laboratory experiments and utilizes a variety

 

Publications:

  • Downard, J.; Singh, A.; C.; Bullard, R.; Jayarathne, K. T. M. S.; Rathnayake, C.; Simmons, D.; Wels, B. R.; Spak, S.; Peters, T.; Beardsley, D.; Stanier, C.; Stone, E. A. Uncontrolled combustion of shredded tires in a landfill, Part 1: Characterization of gaseous and particulate emissions from a large-scale tire fire. Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 104, 195-204, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.059
  • Singh, A.; Spak, S.; Stone, E. A.; Downard, J.; Bullard, R.; Pooley, M.; Kostle, P.; Mainprize, M.; Wichman, M.; Peters, T.; Beardsley, D.; Stanier, C. Uncontrolled combustion of shredded tires in a landfill, Part 2: Population Exposure, Public Health Response, and an Air Quality Index for Urban Fires. Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 104, 273-283, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.059.
  • Al Naiema, I., Mudukotuwa, I.; Estillore, A.; Grassian, V. H., Stone, E. A. Impacts of Co-firing Biomass on Emissions of Particulate Matter to the Atmosphere. Fuel, 2015 162, 111-120, doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2015.08.054.
  • Jayarathne, T.; Stockwell, C.; Yokelson, B.; Nakao, S.; Stone, E. A. Fluoride emissions from biomass burning. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 48 (21): 12636-12644, doi: 10.1021/es502933.
  • Liu, Shang; Aiken, A. C.; Arata, C.; Dubey, M.; K.; Stockwell, C. E.; Yokelson, R. J.; Stone, E. A.; Jayarathne, T.; Robinson, A.; DeMott, P. J.; Kreidenweis, S. M. Aerosol single scattering albedo dependence on biomass combustion efficiency: Laboratory and field studies. Geophysical Research Letters, 2014, 41 (2), 742-748. doi: 10.1002/2013GL058392
  • Washenfelder, R. A.; Attwood, A. R; Guo, J.; Weber, R. J.; Brock, C. A.; Brown, S. S.; Allen, H. M.; Ayres, B. R.; Baumann, K.; Cohen, R. C.; Draper, D. C.; Duffey, K. C.; Edgerton, E.; Fry, J. L.; Hu, W.; Jimenez, J. L.; Ng, N. L.; Palm, B.; Romer, R.; Stone, E. A.; Wooldridge, P. J.; Xu, L. Biomass burning dominates brown carbon aerosol in the rural Southeastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 2015, 43, doi: 10.1002/2014GL062444.
  • Stone, E. A.; Yang, L. M.; Yu, L. E.; Rupakheti, M., Characterization of organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols at four Asian locations, Atmospheric Environment, 2012, 47, 323-329, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.058
  • Kundu, S.; Quraishi, T.; Yu, G.; Suarez, C.; Keutsch, F.; Stone, E. A. Evidence and Quantitation of Aromatic Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosols in Lahore, Pakistan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 13, 4865-4875, doi:10.5194/acp-13-4865-2013
  • Staudt, S.; Kundu, S.; He, X.; Lehmler, H.; Lin, Y.; Cui, T.; Kristensen, K.; Glasius, M.; Zhang, X.; Weber, R.J.; Surratt, J.D., Stone, E. A. Aromatic organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols: synthesis, characterization, and abundance. Atmospheric Environment, 2014, 94, 366-373, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.049
  • Hettiyadura, A. P. S.; Stone, E. A.; Baker, Z.; Kundu, S.; Geddes, E.; Richards, K.; Humphry T.; Determination of atmospheric organosulfates using HILIC chromatography with MS detection. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2015, 8, 2347-2358, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2347-2015.
  • Kundu, S.; Stone, E. A. Spatial variability in the chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 in Iowa. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2014, 16 (6), 1360-1370, doi:10.1039/C3EM00719G
  • Stone, E. A.; Snyder, D. C.; Sheesley, R. J.; Sullivan, A. P.; Weber, R. J.; Schauer, J. J., Source apportionment of fine organic aerosol in Mexico City during the MILAGRO experiment 2006. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2008, 8, 1249-1259, doi:10.5194/acp-8-1249-2008
  • Stone, E. A.; Hedman, C. J.; Zhou, J.; Mieritz, M. M.; Schauer J. J., Schauer J. J. Insights to the nature of secondary organic aerosol in Mexico City during the MILAGRO Experiment 2006. Atmospheric Environment, 2010, 44, 312-319, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.036
  • Stone, E. A.; Schauer J. J.; Quraishi, T.; Mahmood A., Chemical characterization and source apportionment of fine and coarse particulate matter in Lahore, Pakistan. Atmospheric Environment, 2010, 44, 1062-1070.
  • Stone, E. A.; Schauer J. J.; Pradhan B. B.; Dangol, P. M., Habib, G.; Venkataraman, C., Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosol in the Kathmandu Valley: Sensitivity to biomass source profiles. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2010, 115, (D22).
  • Stone, E. A.; Nguyen, T.T.; Pradhan B. B.; Dangol, P. M., Assessment of biogenic secondary organic aerosol in the Himalayas. Environmental Chemistry, 2012, 9, 263-272, doi.org/10.1071/EN12002
  • Stone, E. A.; Lough, G. C.; Schauer, J. J.; Praveen, P. S.; Corrigan, C. E.; Ramanathan, V., Understanding the origin of black carbon in the atmospheric brown cloud over the Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 2007, 112, (D22), doi: 10.1029/2006JD008118.

Peter S. Thorne, PhD

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EHSRC Role(s): Center Deputy Director; Director, Pulmonary Toxicology Facility; Co-Leader, Nanoscience Thematic Area

Dr. Thorne is University of Iowa Distinguished Chair and Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. His research interests are in environmental risk factors for inflammatory lung diseases, endotoxin- and glucan-induced immunomodulation, the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials and persistent environmental pollutants, and novel methods for exposure assessment and modeling. Dr. Thorne has served six years as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. In 2017, he became a member of the Academy’s Committee on Toxicology and became Chair in 2020. From 2011 to 2017, he served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) and served as Chair of the SAB from 2015-2017. He is currently serving a third term on the SAB. Dr. Thorne was a member of the NIH National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council from 2003-2007.

In addition to his leadership in the EHSRC and the Pulmonary Toxicology Facility, Dr. Thorne is principal investigator of the AESOP Project (a community-based research study of PCB exposures) and leads research on the toxicity of inhaled PCB mixtures for the Iowa Superfund Research Program. He also is engaged in the development of medical countermeasures to treat respiratory injuries from chemical threat agent. Dr. Thorne is internationally recognized for his discoveries of the exacerbation of asthma and other respiratory diseases associated with domestic and occupational exposures to bioaerosols.  His laboratory collaborates extensively providing exposure assessments for children’s environmental health studies.

 

Kai Wang, PhD

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Center Affiliation and Expertise: Integrative Health Sciences Facility

Dr. Kai Wang is a faculty member in Department of Biostatistics. His research interests include application and development of statistical technologies related to biomedical studies including analysis of PCBs, bioinformatics, and statistical genetics.

Publications:

  • Jacobus JA, Wang B, Maddox C, Esch H, Lehmann L, Robertson LW, Wang K, Kirby P, Ludewig G. 3-Methylcholanthrene (3-MC) and 4-Chlorobiphenyl (PCB3) genotoxicity is gender-related in Fischer 344 transgenic rats. Environment International, 36(8):970-979, 2010. PMID: 20739065, PMCID: PMC2949545
  • Wang B, Robertson L, Wang K, Ludewig G. Species difference in the regulation of cytochrome P450 2S1: lack of induction in rats by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist PCB126. Xenobiotica. 41(12):1031-1043, 2011. PMID: 21970748, PMCID: PMC3564674
  • Lai IK, Klaren W, Li M, Wels B, Simmons D, Olivier A, Haschek-Hock W, Wang K., Ludewig G, Robertson LW. Does Dietary Copper Supplementation enhance or diminish PCB126 Toxicity in Rodent Liver?. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 26(5):634-644, 2013. PMID: 23527585, PMCID: PMC3660509
  • Marek R, Thorne P, Wang K, DeWall J, Hornbuckle K. PCBs and OH-PCBs in Serum from Children and Mothers in Urban and Rural U.S. Communities. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(7):3353-3361, 2013. PMID: 23452180, PMCID: PMC3645264
  • Wang K, Huang J, Vieland VJ. The consistency of the posterior probability of linkage. Ann Hum Genet. 2000 Nov;64(Pt 6):533-53. PubMed PMID: 11281217.
  • Wang K, Huang J. A score-statistic approach for the mapping of quantitative-trait loci with sibships of arbitrary size. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Feb;70(2):412-24. PubMed PMID: 11791211; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC384916.
  • Wang K. A likelihood approach for quantitative-trait-locus mapping with selected pedigrees. Biometrics. 2005 Jun;61(2):465-73. PubMed PMID: 16011693.
  • Wang K, Abbott D. A principal components regression approach to multilocus genetic association studies. Genet Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;32(2):108-18. PubMed PMID: 17849491.
  • Martinez A, Wang K, Hornbuckle KC. Fate of PCB congeners in an industrial harbor of Lake Michigan. Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Apr 15;44(8):2803-8. PubMed PMID: 20131898; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257175.
  • Lai IK, Chai Y, Simmons D, Watson WH, Tan R, Haschek WM, Wang K, Wang B, Ludewig G, Robertson LW. Dietary selenium as a modulator of PCB 126-induced hepatotoxicity in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicol Sci. 2011 Nov;124(1):202-14. PubMed PMID: 21865291; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3196656.
  • Marek RF, Thorne PS, Wang K, Dewall J, Hornbuckle KC. PCBs and OH-PCBs in serum from children and mothers in urban and rural U.S. communities. Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Apr 2;47(7):3353-61. PubMed PMID: 23452180; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3645264.
  • Lai IK, Klaren WD, Li M, Wels B, Simmons DL, Olivier AK, Haschek WM, Wang K, Ludewig G, Robertson LW. Does dietary copper supplementation enhance or diminish PCB126 toxicity in the rodent liver?. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 May 20;26(5):634-44. PubMed PMID: 23527585; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3660509.
  • Sohn EH, Flamme-Wiese MJ, Whitmore SS, Wang K, Tucker BA, Mullins RF. Loss of CD34 expression in aging human choriocapillaris endothelial cells. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e86538. PubMed PMID: 24466138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3897719.
  • Mullins RF, Schoo DP, Sohn EH, Flamme-Wiese MJ, Workamelahu G, Johnston RM, Wang K, Tucker BA, Stone EM. The membrane attack complex in aging human choriocapillaris: relationship to macular degeneration and choroidal thinning. Am J Pathol. 2014 Nov;184(11):3142-53. PubMed PMID: 25204844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4215023.
  • Stunkel M, Bhattarai S, Kemerley A, Stone EM, Wang K, Mullins RF, Drack AV. Vitritis in pediatric genetic retinal disorders. Ophthalmology. 2015 Jan;122(1):192-9. PubMed PMID: 25217415; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4277925.
  • Sohn EH, Wang K, Thompson S, Riker MJ, Hoffmann JM, Stone EM, Mullins RF. Comparison of drusen and modifying genes in autosomal dominant radial drusen and age-related macular degeneration. Retina. 2015 Jan;35(1):48-57. PubMed PMID: 25077532.
  • Fabbro S, Kahr WH, Hinckley J, Wang K, Moseley J, Ryu GY, Nixon B, White JG, Bair T, Schutte B, Di Paola J. Homozygosity mapping with SNP arrays confirms 3p21 as a recessive locus for gray platelet syndrome and narrows the interval significantly. Blood. 2011 Mar 24;117(12):3430-4. PubMed PMID: 21263149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3069679.
  • Kahr WH, Hinckley J, Li L, Schwertz H, Christensen H, Rowley JW, Pluthero FG, Urban D, Fabbro S, Nixon B, Gadzinski R, Storck M, Wang K, Ryu GY, Jobe SM, Schutte BC, Moseley J, Loughran NB, Parkinson J, Weyrich AS, Di Paola J. Mutations in NBEAL2, encoding a BEACH protein, cause gray platelet syndrome. Nat Genet. 2011 Jul 17;43(8):738-40. PubMed PMID: 21765413.
  • Hinckley JD, Abbott D, Burns TL, Heiman M, Shapiro AD, Wang K, Di Paola J. Quantitative trait locus linkage analysis in a large Amish pedigree identifies novel candidate loci for erythrocyte traits. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2013 Sep 1;1(3):131-141. PubMed PMID: 24058921; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3775389.
  • Gonzalez-Alegre P, Di Paola J, Wang K, Fabbro S, Yu HC, Shaikh TH, Darbro BW, Bassuk AG. Evaluating Familial Essential Tremor with Novel Genetic Approaches: Is it a Genotyping or Phenotyping Issue?. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2014;4:258. PubMed PMID: 25374765; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4219111.
  • Gonzalez-Alegre P, Buffard V, Wang K, Henien S, Morcuende JA. Exploring the link between dystonia genes and idiopathic scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2013 Sep;33(6):e65-6. PubMed PMID: 23812140.
  • Seo S, Mullins RF, Dumitrescu AV, Bhattarai S, Gratie D, Wang K, Stone EM, Sheffield V, Drack AV. Subretinal gene therapy of mice with Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 1. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Sep 11;54(9):6118-32. PubMed PMID: 23900607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3771708.
  • Fisher JT, Tyler SR, Zhang Y, Lee BJ, Liu X, Sun X, Sui H, Liang B, Luo M, Xie W, Yi Y, Zhou W, Song Y, Keiser N, Wang K, de Jonge HR, Engelhardt JF. Bioelectric characterization of epithelia from neonatal CFTR knockout ferrets. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2013 Nov;49(5):837-44. PubMed PMID: 23782101; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3931095.
  • Bu F, Maga T, Meyer NC, Wang K, Thomas CP, Nester CM, Smith RJ. Comprehensive genetic analysis of complement and coagulation genes in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Jan;25(1):55-64. PubMed PMID: 24029428; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3871781.