Pauline Mendola
PhD
Selected Publications
- Mitro SD, Sundaram R, Qiao Y, Gleason JL, Yeung E, Hinkle SN, Mendola P, Mills JL, Grandi S, Mumford S, Schisterman EF, Zhang C, Grantz KL. History of multifetal gestation and long-term maternal mortality. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2024; 38:219-226. PMID: 37969031.
- Commentary: Rich-Edwards JW. What twin pregnancies may tell us about associations of fertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes with long-term maternal health. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2024;38:227-229. doi:10.1111/ppe.13040
- Nobles CJ, Mendola P, Kim K, Pollack AZ, Mumford SL, Perkins N, Silver RM, Schisterman EF. Preconception phthalate exposure and women's reproductive health: Pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and underlying mechanisms. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023 Dec;131(12):127013. doi: 10.1289/EHP12287. Epub 2023 Dec 13. PMID: 38088888.
- Zhu K, Mendola P, Barnabei VM, Wang M, Blair RH, Schwartz J, Shelton J, Lei L, Mu L. Association of prenatal exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 with gestational diabetes in Western New York. Environmental Research 2023 Dec 8;244:117873. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117873. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38072106.
- *Rohn MCH, Stevens DR, Grobman WA, Kumar R, Chen Z, Deshane J, Biggio JR, Subramaniam A, Grantz KL, Sherman S, Mendola P. The association of periconception asthma medication discontinuation with adverse obstetric outcomes. American Journal of Perinatology 2024 41(suppl S1): e2089-e2097. PMID: 37216974.
- Zhu K, Wactawski-Wende J, Mendola P, Parikh N, LaMonte MJ, Barnabei VM, Hageman Blair R, Manson JE, Liu S, Wang M, Wild RA, Shadyab AH, Van Horn L, LeBlanc ES, Sinkey R, Schnatz PF, Saquib N, Mu L. Adverse pregnancy outcomes and risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024 Jan;230(1):93.e1-93.e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2023.07.030 PMID: 37490991.
- LaPointe S, Mendola P, Lin S, Tian L, Bonell A, Palermo, T. Impact of cash transfers on the association between prenatal exposure to high temperatures and low birthweight: retrospective analysis from the LEAP 1000 study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2024;131(5):641–650. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17761. PMID: 38238994.
- Putnick DL, Bell EM, Tyris J, McAdam J, Ghassabian A, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Yeung E. Place-based child opportunity at birth and child development from infancy to age 4. The Journal of Pediatrics 2024 Jan 12:113909. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113909. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38220066.
- Zhang T, Ren AX, Tong M, Li Y, Ha S, Gaw E, Mendola P, Chen X, Wang M. Wildfire particulate exposure and risks of preterm birth and low birth weight in the Southwestern US. Public Health 2024 May;230:81-88. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.02.016. PMID: 38518428.
- Zhu K, Shelton J, Li C, Mendola P, Barnabei VM, Myneni AA, Giovino GA, Stevens R, Taylor RN, Niu Z, Mu, L. Association between maternal cigarette smoking cessation and risk of preterm birth in Western New York. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2024 38:316-326. PMID: 38558461.
- Trees I, Saha A, Putnick DL, Clayton PK, Mendola P, Bell EM, Sundaram R, Yeung EH. Prenatal exposure to air pollutant mixtures and birthweight in the Upstate KIDS Cohort. Environment International 2024 May;187:108692. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108692. PMID: 38677086.
- Bollig KJ, Schisterman EF, Johnstone E, Peterson CM, Hotaling J, Ryan G, VanVoorhis BJ, Carrell DT, Mendola P, Mills JL, Harhay MO, Zee J, Barnhart KT, Mumford SL. The association of female and male preconception dyslipidemia with live birth in couples seeking fertility treatment. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2024 Jun 24:dgae427. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae427. PMID: 38913692.
- Zhang T, Ren A, Tong M, Li Y, Mendola P, Chen X, Wang M. Gestational exposure to wildfire PM2.5 and its specific components and the risk of gestational hypertension and eclampsia in the southwestern United States. Science of the Total Environment 2024 951:175781. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175781. PMID: 39187088
- Mitro SD, Sundaram R, Grandi SM, Hinkle SN, Mills JL, Mendola P, Mumford SL, Qiao Y, Cifuentes A, Zhang C, Schisterman EF, Grantz KL. Cesarean delivery, labor duration, and mothers’ mortality risk over 50 years of follow-up. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 2024; 6:101498. PMID: 39305994.
- *LaPointe S, Nie J, Stevens DR, Gleason JL, Ha S, Seeni I, Grantz KL, Mendola P. Acute ambient temperature extremes and neonatal intensive care unit admissions: A case-crossover study. Science of The Total Environment 2024 Volume 953, 25 November 2024, 176149. PMID: 39260482.
- Trees IR, Saha A, Putnick DL, Clayton PK, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Yeung EH. Prenatal exposure to particulates and anthropometry through 9 years of age in a birth cohort. Pediatric Obesity 2025 20(3):e13202. doi:10.1111/ijpo.13202,. PMID: 39788637.
- *Phiri YVA, Canty T, Nobles C, Ring AM, Nie J, Mendola P. Neonatal intensive care admissions and exposure to satellite-derived air pollutants in the United States, 2018. Scientific Reports 2025 15, 420. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84755-9 PMID: 39747402.
- Jones LE, Ghassabian A, Yeung E, Mendola P, Kannan K, Bell EM. Maternal exposure to legacy PFAS compounds PFOA and PFOS is associated with disrupted cytokine homeostasis in neonates: The Upstate KIDS study (2008–2010). Environment International 2025, 196: 109288 https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.envint.2025.109288 PMID: 39848095.
- Putnick D, Tyris J, McAdam J, Ghassabian A, Mendola P, Sundaram R, Yeung E. Neighborhood opportunity and residential instability: Associations with mental health in middle childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2025 Jan 21. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.14116. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39835418.
- Nobles CJ, Mendola P, Mumford SL, Silver RM, Kim K, Andriessen V, Connell M, Sjaarda L, Perkins NJ, Schisterman EF. Preconception blood pressure and its change into early pregnancy: early risk factors for preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Hypertension 2020; Aug 3:HYPERTENSIONAHA12014875. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14875. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32755413
- Plowden TC, Connell MT, Hill MJ, Mendola P, Kim K, Nobles C, Kuhr DL, Galai N, Gibbins KJ, Silver RM, Wilcox B, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL. Family history of autoimmune disease in relation to time- to- pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and live birth rate. Journal of Translational Autoimmunity 2020; Jun 1;3:100059. doi: 10.1016/j.jtauto.2020.100059. PMID: 32743539
- Ouidir M, Zeng X, Workalemahu T, Shrestha D, Grantz K.L, Mendola P, Zhang C, Tekola-Ayele F. Early pregnancy dyslipidemia is associated with placental DNA methylation at loci relevant for cardiometabolic diseases. Epigenomics 2020; doi: 10.2217/epi-2019-0293. PMID: 32677467
- Kanner J, Williams AD, Nobles C, Ha S, Ouidir M, Sherman S, Grantz, KL, Mendola P. Ambient temperature and stillbirth: Risks associated with chronic extreme temperature and acute temperature change. Environmental Research 2020; 189: 109958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109958
- Ouidir M, Mendola P, Buck Louis G.M, Kannan K, Zhang C, Tekola-Ayele F. Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in maternal plasma and epigenome-wide placental DNA methylation. Clinical Epigenetics 2020; 12(1): 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00894-6 PMID: 32653021
- Ha S, Nobles C, Kanner J, Sherman S, Cho S-H, Perkins N, Williams A, Grobman W, Biggio J, Subramaniam A, Ouidir M, Chen Z, Mendola P. Air pollution exposure monitoring among pregnant women with and without asthma. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020; 17: 4888; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134888. PMID: 32645870
- Pollack AZ, Hinkle SN, Liu D, Yeung EH, Grantz KL, Mumford SL, Perkins N, Sjaarda LA, Mills JL, Mendola P, Zhang C, Schisterman EF. Vital status ascertainment for a historic diverse cohort of U.S. women. Epidemiology. 2020; 31:310-16. PMID: 31809342
- Michels K, Mendola P, Schliep K, Yeung E, Ye A, Dunietz G, Wactawski-Wende J, Kim K, Freeman J, Schisterman E, Mumford S. The influences of sleep duration, chronotype, and nightwork on the ovarian cycle. Chronobiology International 2020; 37(2):260-271. PMID: 31778080
- Schisterman EF, Sjaarda LA, Clemons T, Carrell D, Perkins NJ, Johnstone E, Lamb D, Cheney K, Van Voorhis BJ, Ryan G, Summers K, Hotaling J, Robins J, Mills JL, Mendola P, Chen Z, Peterson M, Mumford SL. Folic acid and zinc supplementation in men on semen quality and live birth among couple undergoing infertility treatment: Findings from the FAZST randomized trial. JAMA 2020; 323(1):35-48. PMID: 31910279
- Williams AD, Messer LC, Kanner J, Ha S, Grantz KL, Mendola P. Ethnic enclaves and pregnancy and behavior outcomes among Asian/Pacific Islanders in the United States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2019 Nov 14. doi: 10.1007/s40615-019-00650-4. PMID: 31728931
- Robinson SL, Ghassabian A, Sundaram R, Trinh M-H, Bell EM, Mendola P, Yeung EH. The associations of maternal polycystic ovary syndrome and hirsutism with behavioral problems in offspring. Fertility and Sterility 2020; 113(2):435-443.
- Schisterman EF, Clemons T, Peterson CM, Johnstone E, Hammoud AO, Lamb D, Carrell D, Perkins NJ, Sjaarda LA, Van Voorhis BJ, Ryan G, Summers K, Campbell B, Robins J, Cheney K, Mills JL, Mendola P, Chen Z, DeVilbiss EA, Mumford SL. A randomized trial to evaluate the effects of folic acid and zinc supplementation on male fertility: design and baseline characteristics. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2019 Nov 12. pii: kwz217. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz217. PMID: 31712803
- Mendola P, Nobles C, Williams A, Sherman S, Kanner J, Seeni I, Grantz K. Air pollution and preterm birth: Do air pollution changes over time influence risk in consecutive pregnancies among low-risk women? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019; 16:3365. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183365. PMID: 31547235
- Ouidir M, Louis GMB, Kanner J, Grantz K, Zhang C, Sundaram R, Rahman ML, Lee S, Kannan K, Tekole-Ayele F, Mendola P. Maternal plasma levels of persistent organic pollutants in early pregnancy and longitudinal fetal growth in the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies – Singletons. JAMA Pediatrics. 2019; Dec 30. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5104. PMID: 31886849 Editorial: Hauptman M, Wylie BJ. The legacy of environmental policies – Are we doing enough? JAMA Pediatrics. 2019; December 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5111
- Seeni I, Williams A, Nobles C, Chen Z, Sherman S, Mendola P. Acute air pollution exposure and NICU admission: a case-crossover analysis. Annals of Epidemiology. 2019; 37:64-70. PMID: 31445753
- Ouidir M, Mendola P, Workalemahu T, Grewal J, Grantz KL, Zhang C, Wu J, Tekola-Ayele T. Race/ethnic differences in the associations of maternal lipid trait genetic risk scores with longitudinal fetal growth. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2019; 13:821-31. PMID: 31383602