Gauri Desai
PhD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Community for Global Health Equity
Research Topics
Effects of toxic chemicals on child health, maternal and child health, and nutritional interventions among children
Selected Publications
- Ventr e S, Desai G, Roberson R, and K Kordas (2022). Toxic metal exposures from infant diets: Risk prevention strategies for caregivers and health care professionals. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care. 2022 Oct 17:101276. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2022.101276. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36266220
- Kordas K, Cantoral A, Desai G, Halabicky O, Signes-Pastor AJ, Tellez-Rojo MM, Peterson KE, and MR Karagas (2022). Dietary Exposure to Toxic Elements and the Health of Young Children: Methodological Considerations and Data Needs. Journal of Nutrition. 2022 Oct 4:nxac185. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac185. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36196005
- Rowan J, Kordas K, Queirolo EI, Vahter M, Mañay N, Peregalli F and G. Desai (2022). Contribution of household drinking water intake to arsenic and lead exposure among Uruguayan schoolchildren. Chemosphere 292 (2022):133525
- Desai, G., Z. Niu, W. Luo, S. Frndak, A. L. Shaver and K. Kordas (2021). Low-level exposure to lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium, and blood pressure among 8-17-year-old participants of the 2009-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Environmental Research: 111086
- Atkins, S., A. T. Banerjee, K. Bachynski, A. Daftary, G. Desai, A. Gross, B. Hedt-Gauthier, E. Mendenhall, B. M. Meier and S. A. Nixon (2021). Using the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine global health teaching in high-income countries, BMJ Specialist Journals., Desai, G., Barg, G., Vahter, M., Queirolo, E. I., Peregalli, F., Mañay, N., Millen, A. E., Yu, J., & Kordas, K. (2020). Executive functions in school children from Montevideo, Uruguay and their associations with concurrent low-level arsenic exposure. Environment International 142: 105883
- Desai, G., A. E. Millen, M. Vahter, E. I. Queirolo, F. Peregalli, N. Mañay, J. Yu, R. W. Browne and K. Kordas (2020). Associations of Dietary Intakes and Serum Levels of Folate and Vitamin B-12 with Methylation of Inorganic Arsenic in Uruguayan Children: Comparison of Findings and Implications for Future Research. Environmental Research 189: 109935
- Desai, G., Anzman-Frasca, S., Vernarelli, J. A., Ravenscroft, J., Yang, J., Burstein, G., & Kordas, K. (2020). Examining links between diet and lead exposure in young children: 2009-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Academic Pediatrics In Press.
- Desai, G., Vahter, M., Queirolo, E. I., Peregalli, F., Mañay, N., Millen, A. E., Yu, J., Browne, R. W., & Kordas, K. (2020). Vitamin B-6 Intake Is Modestly Associated with Arsenic Methylation in Uruguayan Children with Low-Level Arsenic Exposure. The Journal of Nutrition 150(5): 1223-1229
- Signes-Pastor, A., Desai, G., García-Villarino, M., Karagas, M. R., & Kordas, K. Exposure to a mixture of low-level toxic metals and nutrients and growth indicators in 6-11-year-old children participating in the 2013- 16 NHANES. Exposure and Health. July 2020.
- Desai, G., Barg, G., Vahter, M., Queirolo, E. I., Peregalli, F., Mañay, N., Millen A. E., Yu, J., Browne, R., & Kordas, K. (2019). Low-level arsenic exposure, B-vitamins, and achievement among Uruguayan 3 schoolchildren. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 223, 1: 124-131
- Desai, G., Schelske-Santos, M., Nazario, C. M., Rosario-Rosado, R. V., Mansilla-Rivera, I., Ramírez-Marrero, F., Jing Nie, Ajay A. Myneni, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Freudenheim, J. L. (2019). Onion and Garlic Intake and Breast Cancer, a Case-Control Study in Puerto Rico. Nutr Cancer, 1-10
- Desai, G., Barg, G., Queirolo, E. I., Vahter, M., Peregalli, F., Mañay, N., & Kordas, K. (2018). A cross-sectional study of general cognitive abilities among Uruguayan school children with low-level arsenic exposure, potential effect modification by methylation capacity and dietary folate. Environ Res, 164, 124-131
- Desai, G., L. Chu, Y. Guo, A. Myneni and L. Mu (2017). Biomarkers Used in Studying Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy and Perinatal Outcomes: A Review. Biomarkers 22(6)
- Desai, G., & Gillett-Heacock, K. (2014). Letter to the Editor. Concerns regarding a Lack of Nutrient Deficiency Assessment in Early Development. The Journal of Nutrition, May 1, 2014; 144 (5)