Marina Oktapodas Feiler
PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Director, MPH Concentration in Maternal and Child Health
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.
- Colicino E, Feiler MO, Gerbi L, Austin C, Pedretti NF, Rosa M, McRae N, Quataert SA, Thevenet-Morrison K, Tellez-Rojo MM, Lamadrird-Figueroa H, Quinones Tavarez Z, Shim YK, Arora M, Wright RO, Jusko TA. Identifying Critical Windows of Perinatal Lead Exposure Susceptibility on Child Serum Vaccine Antibody Levels. Amer. J Epidemiology. 2025; kwaf012.
- Feiler MO, Odiko E, Nie J, Yucel R, Lehman HK, Kulick ER, Spiegel N, Khan AI, Turella J. Pediatric lead exposure and risk of influenza and pneumonia in an underrepresented, urban sample. Sci Tot. Environ. 2025; 969:178963. PMID: 40022982
- Feiler, M.O., Salerno, M., Quataert, S.A. Tellez-Rojo, M.M., Lamadrid-Figueroa, H., Estrada, G., Jusko, TA., Colicino E. Pregnancy exposure to individual phthalate concentrations and their mixtures in relation to pediatric serum antibody response. Eur J Epidemiol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-026-01387-1
- Liu, Y., Lehman, H.K., Nie, J. Khan, A.I., Turella, J., Feiler, M.O. Blood Lead Levels and Risk of Asthma Among a High-Poverty, Clinical Cohort of Children. Expo Health 18, 25 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-026-00765-0