Air pollution and environmental mixtures; spatial exposure modeling and causal inference methods; cognitive decline, dementia, and functional aging; obesity and cardiometabolic health in older adults; ovulatory dysfunction and women’s health
· Adar SD, Zhang B, D’Souza J, Szpiro AA, Gangaram A, Weuve J, de Leon CF, Keller KP, Pedde M, Lee J, Kaufman JD. Air pollution predicts healthcare spending among older adults in the United States. Environ Int. 2026 Feb 5:110123.
· Peebles E, Mitsunami M, Zhang B, Chen J, Coull BA, James-Todd T, Chavarro JE, Hart JE, Laden F, Mahalingaiah S. Preconception, gestation, and childhood exposure to air pollution and risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in a US girls cohort study. Environ Int. 2025 Oct 26:109885.
· Zhang B, Adar SD, Nichols E, Gross AL, Shaddick G, Thomas ML, D’Souza J, Petrosyan S, Chien S, Weerman A, Langa KM. Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India. Environ Int. 2025 Sep 27:109826.
· Zhang, B., Eum, K.D., Szpiro, A.A., Zhang, N., Hernández-Ramírez, R.U., Spiegelman, D., Wang, M. and Suh, H., 2025. Exposure measurement error in air pollution health effect studies: a pooled analysis of personal exposure validation studies in 17 communities across the United States. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, pp.1-11.
· Zhang B, Hart JE, Laden F, Bozigar M, James P. Environmental mixtures and body mass index in two prospective US-based cohorts of female nurses. J Hazard Mater. 2024 Sep 10;480:135794. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135794. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39265401.
· Gao J, Mendes de Leon CF, Zhang B, Weuve J, Langa KM, D'Souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Kaufman JD, Hirth R, Adar SD. Long-term air pollution exposure and incident physical disability in older US adults: a cohort study. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 Oct;5(10):100629. doi: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.07.012. Epub 2024 Sep 26. PMID: 39342952; PMCID: PMC11609850.
· Xu G, Zhou X, Wang M, Zhang B, Jiang W, Laden F, Suh HH, Szpiro AA, Spiegelman D, Wang Z. Causal Inference with Double/Debiased Machine Learning for Evaluating the Health Effects of Multiple Mismeasured Pollutants. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.07135. 2024 Sep 22.
· Zhang B, Mendes de Leon CF, Langa KM, Weuve J, Szpiro A, Faul J, D'Souza J, Kaufman JD, Hirth RA, Lisabeth LD, Gao J, Adar SD. Source-Specific Air Pollution and Loss of Independence in Older Adults Across the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2418460. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18460. PMID: 38941096; PMCID: PMC11214115.
· Zhang B, Weuve J, Langa KM, D'Souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Mendes de Leon C, Gao J, Kaufman JD, Sheppard L, Lee J, Kobayashi LC, Hirth R, Adar SD. Comparison of Particulate Air Pollution From Different Emission Sources and Incident Dementia in the US. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Oct 1;183(10):1080-1089. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3300. PMID: 37578757; PMCID: PMC10425875.
· Zhang B, Zhou Y, Guo J. Association of volatile methylsiloxanes exposure with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among Chinese adults. Environ Pollut. 2023 Oct 1;334:122128. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122128. Epub 2023 Jul 1. PMID: 37399934.
· Zhang B, Langa KM, Weuve J, D'Souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Mendes de Leon C, Kaufman JD, Lisabeth L, Hirth RA, Adar SD. Hypertension and Stroke as Mediators of Air Pollution Exposure and Incident Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333470. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33470. PMID: 37728927; PMCID: PMC10512106.
· Guo J, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Chen Y, Zhang B, Zhang J. Methylsiloxanes risk assessment combining external and internal exposure for college students. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Nov 1;845:157379. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157379. Epub 2022 Jul 14. PMID: 35843336.
· Guo J, Zhou Y, Sun M, Cui J, Zhang B, Zhang J. Methylsiloxanes in plasma from potentially exposed populations and an assessment of the associated inhalation exposure risk. Environ Int. 2020 Oct;143:105931. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105931. Epub 2020 Jul 4. PMID: 32634670.
· Zhang B, Zhou T, Liu Y, Yan C, Li X, Yu J, Wang S, Liu B, Zheng M. Comparison of water-soluble inorganic ions and trace metals in PM2.5 between online and offline measurements in Beijing during winter. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 2019 Nov 1;10(6):1755-65.
· Guo J, Zhou Y, Cui J, Zhang B, Zhang J. Assessment of volatile methylsiloxanes in environmental matrices and human plasma. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Jun 10;668:1175-1182. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.092. Epub 2019 Mar 8. PMID: 31018457.
· Zhang B, Li G, Ma Y, Pan X. Projection of temperature-related mortality due to cardiovascular disease in beijing under different climate change, population, and adaptation scenarios. Environ Res. 2018 Apr;162:152-159. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.12.027. Epub 2018 Jan 5. PMID: 29306663.
