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Meeker/Watkins Lab

@meekerlab

We are the @meekerlab Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology Lab @umichsph, focused on reproductive, maternal, and child health

 Ann Arbor, MI
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Joined May 2018
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Consumer Reports states plastic chemicals being found in varying foods - @UMichSPH prof John Meeker talks "Phthalates," a group of chemicals used to make plastics more durable. On @CBSNews myumi.ch/96EAJ
Consumer Reports states plastic chemicals being found in varying foods

Consumer Reports states plastic chemicals being found in varying foods

Bradley Blackburn reports on a Consumer Reports test that found high levels of plastic chemicals in unexpected food products.

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#UMich_EHS is having another great day at #ISEE2022!
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Excited to be at #ISEE2022 in person with #UMich_EHS colleagues and students, Shannon Park, Jessa Ehlinger, @cathey__amber, Ram Siwakoti, Savannah Sturla, @debjwatkins
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@UMich3 Jun 2022
In a recent @NIH-funded study, researchers from @UMichSPH, @UCSF, & other institutions discovered a significant increase in exposure to chemicals among pregnant women. They also found that women of color & of lower socioeconomic status had higher exposure. myumi.ch/5WMdw
“We hope we eventually will have data that can inform regulation so we take a more proactive approach to synthetic chemicals in our environment.” John Meeker, ScD, CIH, Study co-author, U-M Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Global Public Health

ALT “We hope we eventually will have data that can inform regulation so we take a more proactive approach to synthetic chemicals in our environment.” John Meeker, ScD, CIH, Study co-author, U-M Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Global Public Health

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Check out the latest work from the @meekerlab, by postdoc Christine Kim, showing significant associations between #metals exposure and matrix metalloproteinases during pregnancy authors.elsevier.com/c/1eYv4… @PROTECT_SRP @umichsph @JDMeekerUM @debjwatkins @BhramarBioStat
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Max Aung, PhD, MPH@max_aung24 Jan 2022
Our prepint is now published in @JExpSciEnvEpi! We report #lipidomic signatures associated with #phthalate exposures during pregnancy in the @PROTECT_SRP cohort. Lipid-mediated mechanisms may be an important link for downstream health outcomes! nature.com/articles/s41370-0…
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Max Aung, PhD, MPH (@max_aung) profile pictureMax Aung, PhD, MPH@max_aung26 Jul 2021
In our latest preprint led by @PahriyaAshrap, we explored #lipidome-wide signatures of #phthalate exposures in the @PROTECT_SRP cohort. These findings advance our understanding of potential #mechanisms of phthalate #toxicity. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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I'm very excited to share the third aim of my doctoral dissertation showing #hormones mediate the association between #phthalate #mixtures and timing of delivery in #PROTECT @meekerlab @max_aung @umichsph @BhramarBioStat @PROTECT_SRP rdcu.be/cEpcK
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John Meeker@JDMeekerUM14 Dec 2021
Learn more about our impact on the world on 2021 umich-sph.thankview.com/vide…
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PROTECT@PROTECT_SRP16 Nov 2021
Amber Cathey (@cathey__amber) has been working with PROTECT for five years, participating in and now leading research projects on environmental epidemiology. Read about her journey with PROTECT and environmental health in this month's trainee spotlight: web.northeastern.edu/protect…
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Such an honor to be asked to speak on @AgentschangeEJ podcast with @max_aung and @amizota And so important to be talking about equitable policy change to protect health and address environmental injustices.
Agents of Change (@AgentschangeEJ) profile pictureAgents of Change@AgentschangeEJ3 Nov 2021
LISTEN: Check out our latest #podcast where our co-founder Dr. Ami Zota (@amizota) hosts Tracey Woodruff (@TraceyJWoodruff) + #EJChangeAgent Max Aung (@max_aung). They discuss shaping environmental chemical policy, #EnvironmentalJustice + more! #PodNation ehn.org/science-and-public-p…
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A recent @umichsph study linked a chemical widely used in herbicide with preterm births. @JDMeekerUM, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, sat down with @WEMU891 to discuss the findings. Listen 🔊 myumi.ch/zxQ9G
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Widely used herbicide linked to preterm births news.umich.edu/widely-used-h…
Widely used herbicide linked to preterm births

Widely used herbicide linked to preterm births

Exposure to a chemical found in the weed killer Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides is significantly associated with preterm births, according to a new University of Michigan study. The...

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Max Aung, PhD, MPH@max_aung15 Apr 2021
In the @PROTECT_SRP cohort, we explored #lipidomic signatures of pregnancy outcomes and find free fatty acids as important predictors of preterm birth, which complements our previous findings with #eicosanoids nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Amazing breadth and depth in this morning’s dissertation defense by @PahriyaAshrap. Congratulations!
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Excellent work by @max_aung on handling the analysis of complex mixtures. #exposome #meekerlab
Max Aung, PhD, MPH (@max_aung) profile pictureMax Aung, PhD, MPH@max_aung25 Mar 2021
Our new study in @EHPonline explores statistical methods for single and grouped mixtures analyses for an extensive panel of exposures and endogenous biomarkers! We recommend the need to apply multiple methods to get the full #exposome picture tinyurl.com/yhtpmhvb
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Our recent findings among children in Mexico City suggest that essential and non-essential metals have the potential to disrupt the onset and progression of puberty via interrupting the critical hormonal pathways. ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/…
In utero and peripubertal metals exposure in relation to reproductive hormones and sexual maturat...

In utero and peripubertal metals exposure in relation to reproductive hormones and sexual maturat...

Environmental Health - Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as metals have been reported to alter circulating reproductive hormone concentrations and pubertal development in animals. However,...

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Our latest @PROTECT paper characterizing associations of #metal and oxidative stress #biomarkers: mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/1/114
Maternal Urinary Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Association with Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Maternal Urinary Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Association with Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Metal exposure has been associated with a wide range of adverse birth outcomes and oxidative stress is a leading hypothesis of the mechanism of action of metal toxicity. We assessed the relationship...

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In our recent @env_int_journal paper collaborating with @ZorimarN we explored the relationships between metals and prenatal sex-steroid hormones. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Max Aung, PhD, MPH@max_aung7 Jan 2021
Our new pre-print is out! In this lipidomic analysis of pregnancy outcomes, we find that specific phospholipids and free fatty acids are linked to spontaneous preterm birth in the @PROTECT_SRP cohort @PahriyaAshrap @JDMeekerUM @BhramarBioStat @debjwatkins researchsquare.com/article/r…

Maternal Lipidomic Signatures in Relation to Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Large-For-Gestational...

Background: Lipidome-wide metabolites may be useful biomarkers of pregnancy outcomes. We sought to characterize maternal lipidomic signatures associated with preterm birth and neonatal anthropometric...

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