Marina Oktapodas Feiler
PhD, MS
Research Topics
Pediatric environmental epidemiology with a focus on maternal and pediatric exposure to various environmental toxins/toxicants (e.g. lead, perfluorinated compounds, and phthalates) and the impact on immune dysfunction, endocrine disruption, respiratory disease, vaccine response, allergy, and breastfeeding success.
Selected Publications
- Feiler MO & Kulick E, Sinclair K, Spiegel N, Habel S, Castello O. Toxic metals and pediatric clinical immune dysfunction: A systematic review of the epidemiological evidence. Sci Tot. Environ. 2024; (927): 17203
- Feiler MO, Yucel R, Liu Z, Caserta M, Lawrence BP, Pason CH, Hardy DJ, Thevenet-Morrison K, Dozier A, Jusko TA. Trends and Non-Clinical Predictors of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Influenza Diagnosis in an Urban Pediatric Population. Int J Pediatr Res. 2023;9(1):112. doi: 10.23937/2469-5769/1510112. Epub 2023 Mar 6. PMID: 37124477; PMCID: PMC10139760.
- Anto-Ocrah M, Oktapodas Feiler M, Pukall C, Pacos-Martinez A. Resilience and Sexuality After Concussion in Women. Sex Med. 2021 Feb;9(1):100297. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2020.100297. Epub 2021 Jan 20. PMID: 33482610; PMCID: PMC7930863.
- Feiler MO, Pavia CJ, Frey SM, Parsons PJ, Thevenet-Morrison K, Canfield RL, Jusko TA. Early life blood lead levels and asthma diagnosis at age 4-6 years. Environ Health Prev Med. 2021 Nov 12;26(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12199-021-01033-0. PMID: 34772333; PMCID: PMC8590331.
- Feiler MO, Caserta MT, van Wijngaarden E, Thevenet-Morrison K, Hardy DJ, Zhang YV, Dozier AM, Lawrence BP, Jusko TA. Environmental Lead Exposure and Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Diagnoses in Young Children: A Test-Negative Case-Control Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 19;17(20):7625. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207625. PMID: 33086756; PMCID: PMC7590174.
- Jusko TA, Singh K, Greener EA, Oktapodas Feiler M, Thevenet-Morrison K, Lawrence BP, Wright RO, Thurston SW. Blood Lead Concentrations and Antibody Levels to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella among U.S. Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 22;16(17):3035. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173035. PMID: 31443341; PMCID: PMC6747326.
- Drobná B, Fabišiková A, Čonka K, Gago F, Oravcová P, Wimmerová S, Oktapodas Feiler M, Šovčíková E. PBDE serum concentration and preschool maturity of children from Slovakia. Chemosphere. 2019 Oct;233:387-395. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.284. Epub 2019 May 30. PMID: 31176902.
- Feiler MO, Patel D, Li H, Meacham PJ, Watson GE, Shamlaye C, Yeates A, Broberg K, van Wijngaarden E. The association between early-life relative telomere length and childhood neurodevelopment. Neurotoxicology. 2018 Mar;65:22-27. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PMID: 29360532; PMCID: PMC5857245.
- Jusko TA, Oktapodas M, Palkovičová Murinová L, Babinská K, Babjaková J, Verner MA, DeWitt JC, Thevenet-Morrison K, Čonka K, Drobná B, Chovancová J, Thurston SW, Lawrence BP, Dozier AM, Järvinen KM, Patayová H, Trnovec T, Legler J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Lamoree MH. Demographic, Reproductive, and Dietary Determinants of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Concentrations in Human Colostrum. Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jul 5;50(13):7152-62. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00195. Epub 2016 Jun 14. PMID: 27244128; PMCID: PMC5256678.