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.
Summary
Marina Oktapodas Feiler, PhD, completed her master's degree in epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine at UB in 2015. She completed her PhD in epidemiology at the University of Rochester in 2019. She also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship under a T32 toxicology training grant through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester. She has also worked as a research assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Temple University for two years.
Education
- PhD, epidemiology, University of Rochester
- MS, epidemiology, University at Buffalo
- BS, psychology, University at Buffalo
Professional Training
- Postdoctoral fellow, environmental medicine, University of Rochester
Professional Affiliations
- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
- Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
Awards
- Examining the Association between Residential Ambient Air Pollution and Pediatric Hospitalization due to Acute Respiratory Disease Across New York State, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (08/2024 to 07/2026)