Life course research is an approach for considering the complex ways in which exposures can affect subsequent health. Exposures may have many ways in which they can affect various health outcomes – a single exposure at just the right time (e.g., prenatal programming), a series of exposure events in a particular sequence, a mixture of exposures or even a cumulative dose of an exposure can lead to changes in an individual's health trajectory. Through strong study design, excellent exposure measurement and cutting-edge statistical techniques, we can begin to understand these complex exposure-health relationships and use this information to design disease prevention approaches.
Members
| Name | Affiliations | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Pilsner, Ph.D., MPH | IEHS, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development (WSU) | Paternal environmental contributions to reproductive health via sperm epigenetics, Uncovering novel biomarkers of male infertility and reproductive success |
| Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, Ph.D., MPH | Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System | Molecular epidemiology of childhood health disparities, obesity, and cardiovascular disease |
| Christine Cole Johnson, Ph.D., MPH | Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System | Effect of the environmental microbiome on the gut microbiome and immunological outcomes, including asthma and allergy in children |
| Christine Joseph, Ph.D. | Senior Epidemiologist, Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System | |
| Allen Rosenspire, Ph.D. | Research Scientist, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine | |
| Douglas Ruden, Ph.D. | Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University | Toxicogenomics of heavy metal exposure using Drosophila and human embryonic stem cell models |
| Jennifer Straughen, Ph.D. | Research Scientist, Henry Ford Health System |