Sandrah Eckel, PhD
Associate Professor Population and Public Health Sciences
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). My work focuses on on statistical methods and applications in environmental epidemiology and exhaled breath biomarkers. I lead an NIEHS-funded R01 on statisical methods for exhaled nitric oxide and I lead the statistical group working on methods for sensor-based, integrated health monitoring systems for measuring environmental, physiological, and behavioral factors in epidemiological studies of asthma in children.
Research Interests
- Air Pollution
- environmental
- Environmental Justice
- respiratory
- Health Endpoints
- PFAS
- pregnancy
- Multilevel Modeling
Publications
Depression, perceived stress, and distress during pregnancy and EV-associated miRNA profiles in MADRES.
J Affect Disord. 2023 Feb 15;323:799-808. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.039. Epub 2022 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 36563790; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9844263.
California's early transition to electric vehicles: Observed health and air quality co-benefits.
Sci Total Environ. 2023 Apr 1;867:161761. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161761. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 36739036;
Associations of Autism Spectrum Disorder with PM(2.5) Components: A Comparative Study Using Two Different Exposure Models.
Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Jan 10;57(1):405-414. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05197. Epub 2022 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 36548990;
Prenatal exposure to tailpipe and non-tailpipe tracers of particulate matter pollution and autism spectrum disorders.
Environ Int. 2023 Jan;171:107736. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107736. Epub 2023 Jan 5. PubMed PMID: 36623380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9943058.
Ambient temperature and air pollution associations with suicide and homicide mortality in California: A statewide case-crossover study.
Sci Total Environ. 2023 Feb 27;874:162462. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162462. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 36858215;
Courses Taught
- Data Analysis