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David Sparrow is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a research portfolio centered on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, physiology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research encompasses multiple topics, notably chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, extracellular vesicles in disease, neonatal respiratory health research, health, environment and cognitive aging, and air quality and health impacts.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by David Sparrow are the following:

  • Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio With Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US Veterans (2020) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Biomarkers of aging and lung function in the normative aging study (2020) published in Aging
  • Accelerated epigenetic aging as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and decreased lung function in two prospective cohort studies (2020) published in Aging
  • Metabolomic signatures of lead exposure in the VA Normative Aging Study (2020) published in Environmental Research
  • Extracellular Vesicle-Encapsulated microRNAs as Novel Biomarkers of Lung Health (2022) published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

David Sparrow frequently collaborates with a range of coauthors. Among the most frequent coauthors are:

  • Pantel Vokonas
  • Joel Schwartz
  • Andrea Baccarelli
  • Augusto A. Litonjua
  • Brent A. Coull

Their publications are often found in these venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Aging
  • Environmental Research
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Respiratory Medicine

Best Publications

  • Symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study.

    I Kawachi;D Sparrow;P S Vokonas;S T Weiss

  • Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

    Andrea Baccarelli;Robert O. Wright;Valentina Bollati;Letizia Tarantini

  • Analysis of dose-response curves to methacholine. An approach suitable for population studies.

    O'Connor G;Sparrow D;Taylor D;Segal M

  • Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects.

    Valentina Bollati;Joel Schwartz;Joel Schwartz;Robert Wright;Robert Wright;Augusto Litonjua

  • Is Worrying Bad for Your Heart? A Prospective Study of Worry and Coronary Heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study

    Laura D. Kubzansky;Ichiro Kawachi;Avron Spiro;Scott T. Weiss

  • Is the glass half empty or half full? A prospective study of optimism and coronary heart disease in the normative aging study.

    Laura D. Kubzansky;David Sparrow;Pantel Vokonas;Ichiro Kawachi

  • New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

    Shrine N;Guyatt Al;Erzurumluoglu Am;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve

  • Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.

    Laura D. Kubzansky;Karestan C. Koenen;Avron Spiro;Pantel S. Vokonas

  • Anxiety and coronary heart disease: A synthesis of epidemiological, psychological, and experimental evidence

    Laura D. Kubzansky;Ichiro Kawachi;Scott T. Weiss;David Sparrow;David Sparrow

  • MMP12, lung function, and COPD in high-risk populations.

    Gary M. Hunninghake;Michael H. Cho;Yohannes Tesfaigzi;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros

  • Effects of Obesity and Fat Distribution on Ventilatory Function: The Normative Aging Study

    Ross Lazarus;David Sparrow;Scott T. Weiss

  • Uric Acid and the Development of Hypertension: The Normative Aging Study

    Todd S. Perlstein;Olga Gumieniak;Gordon H. Williams;David Sparrow

  • A Prospective Study of Anger and Coronary Heart Disease The Normative Aging Study

    Ichiro Kawachi;David Sparrow;Avron Spiro;Pantel Vokonas

  • Variants in FAM13A are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Michael H. Cho;Nadia Boutaoui;Barbara J. Klanderman;Jody S. Sylvia

  • Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study

    Sung Kyun Park;Marie S. O’Neill;Pantel S. Vokonas;David Sparrow

  • The Relationship of Bone and Blood Lead to Hypertension: The Normative Aging Study

    Howard Hu;Antonio Aro;Marinelle Payton;Susan Korrick

  • Decreased heart rate variability in men with phobic anxiety (data from the Normative Aging Study).

    Ichiro Kawachi;David Sparrow;Pantel S. Vokonas;Scott T. Weiss

  • Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Relation to Blood DNA Methylation

    Andrea Baccarelli;Robert Wright;Valentina Bollati;Augusto Litonjua

  • Risk loci for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis

    Michael H Cho;Merry-Lynn N McDonald;Xiaobo Zhou;Manuel Mattheisen;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Relation of obesity and diet to sympathetic nervous system activity.

    Rebecca J. Troisi;Scott T. Weiss;Donna R. Parker;David Sparrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Pantel S. Vokonas
Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University
Howard Hu
Howard Hu University of Southern California
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Robert O. Wright
Robert O. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Andrea Baccarelli
Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University
Edwin K. Silverman
Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital
George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University

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