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Brenda Eskenazi is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their work spans medicine and environmental science with a significant focus on health, toxicology, and related subfields.

The research portfolio of Brenda Eskenazi includes prominent topics such as pesticide exposure and toxicity, birth, development, and health, effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, air quality and health impacts, health environment and cognitive aging, toxic organic pollutants impact, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Some of the recent publications attributed to Brenda Eskenazi include:

  • "Preeclampsia and COVID-19: results from the INTERCOVID prospective longitudinal study," 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Pregnancy outcomes and vaccine effectiveness during the period of omicron as the variant of concern, INTERCOVID-2022: a multinational, observational study," 2023, The Lancet
  • "Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age," 2020, Genome Medicine
  • "Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in saliva via Cas13," 2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • "Prenatal air pollution exposure and neurodevelopment: A review and blueprint for a harmonized approach within ECHO," 2020, Environmental Research

Brenda Eskenazi frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Stephen Rauch, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Kim G. Harley, and Ana M. Mora, with dozens of joint publications involving these colleagues.

The researcher's frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary expertise and include:

  • Environmental Research
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

In terms of specialized fields, Brenda Eskenazi's work is largely categorized under Medicine and Environmental Science. Their subfields of study are diverse, spanning health, toxicology and mutagenesis; plant science; pediatrics, perinatology, and child health; obstetrics and gynecology; and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Best Publications

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

    Brenda Eskenazi;Marcella L. Warner

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Exposures of children to organophosphate pesticides and their potential adverse health effects.

    B Eskenazi;A Bradman;R Castorina

  • Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Neurodevelopment in Young Mexican-American Children

    Brenda Eskenazi;Amy R. Marks;Asa Bradman;Kim Harley

  • Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and IQ in 7-Year Old Children

    Maryse F. Bouchard;Jonathan Chevrier;Kim G. Harley;Katherine Kogut

  • BMI in relation to sperm count: an updated systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis

    N Sermondade;C Faure;L Fezeu;A G Shayeb

  • A multivariate analysis of risk factors for preeclampsia

    B Eskenazi;L Fenster;S Sidney

  • Association of in Utero Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Fetal Growth and Length of Gestation in an Agricultural Population

    Brenda Eskenazi;Kim Harley;Asa Bradman;Erin K Weltzien

  • In utero and childhood polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposures and neurodevelopment in the CHAMACOS study.

    Brenda Eskenazi;Jonathan Chevrier;Stephen A. Rauch;Katherine Kogut

  • Children's health and the environment: public health issues and challenges for risk assessment.

    Philip J Landrigan;Carole A Kimmel;Adolfo Correa;Brenda Eskenazi

  • Advancing age has differential effects on DNA damage, chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and aneuploidies in sperm

    A. J. Wyrobek;B. Eskenazi;S. Young;N. Arnheim

  • Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Attention in Young Mexican-American Children: The CHAMACOS Study

    Amy R. Marks;Kim Harley;Asa Bradman;Katherine Kogut

  • The association of age and semen quality in healthy men

    B. Eskenazi;A.J. Wyrobek;E. Sloter;S.A. Kidd

  • The Pine River statement: human health consequences of DDT use.

    Brenda Eskenazi;Jonathan Chevrier;Lisa Goldman Rosas;Henry A. Anderson

  • Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Flame Retardants and Thyroid Hormone during Pregnancy

    Jonathan Chevrier;Kim G. Harley;Asa Bradman;Myriam Gharbi

  • Association between in utero organophosphate pesticide exposure and abnormal reflexes in neonates.

    Jessica G. Young;Brenda Eskenazi;Eleanor A. Gladstone;Asa Bradman

  • PBDE concentrations in women's serum and fecundability.

    Kim G. Harley;Amy R. Marks;Jonathan Chevrier;Asa Bradman

  • Antioxidant intake is associated with semen quality in healthy men

    B. Eskenazi;S.A. Kidd;A.R. Marks;E. Sloter

  • ASSOCIATION OF IN UTERO ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND FETAL GROWTH AND LENGTH OF GESTATION IN AN AGRICULTURAL POPULATION

    L Fenster;B Eskenazi;M Anderson;A Bradman

  • Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Breast Cancer Risk in the Seveso Women

    Marcella Warner;Brenda Eskenazi;Steven Samuels;Larry Needham

Frequent Co-Authors

Asa Bradman
Asa Bradman University of California, Berkeley
Dana B. Barr
Dana B. Barr Emory University
Andrew J. Wyrobek
Andrew J. Wyrobek Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Donald G. Patterson
Donald G. Patterson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andreas Sjödin
Andreas Sjödin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paolo Vercellini
Paolo Vercellini Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Julianna Deardorff
Julianna Deardorff University of California, Berkeley
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes University of California, Berkeley

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