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Duncan C. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting scientific fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and medicine. The scientist's work covers subfields such as genetics, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and global and planetary change.

Their research topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach, with a focus on areas including air quality and health impacts, climate change and health impacts, genetic associations and epidemiology, nutrition, genetics and disease, the impact of COVID-19 on air quality, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, and bioinformatics and genomic networks.

They have published extensively in prominent venues, particularly in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Environment International, and the JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This pattern indicates a strong emphasis on epidemiology and environmental health sciences.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Challenges and Current Status of the Biological Treatment of PFAS-Contaminated Soils," 2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults," 2020, Environment International
  • "Asthma Disease Status, COPD, and COVID-19 Severity in a Large Multiethnic Population," 2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • "Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with COVID-19 in Southern California," 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020-2021 case surges," 2022, Environmental Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include David V. Conti, John L. Morrison, Juan Pablo Lewinger, Jeroen R. Huyghe, and Ulrike Peters. These collaborations highlight connections with researchers who also work at the intersection of genetics, epidemiology, and environmental health.

Best Publications

  • The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age.

    W. James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora

  • Exposure measurement error in time-series studies of air pollution: concepts and consequences.

    Scott L. Zeger;Duncan Thomas;Francesca Dominici;Jonathan M. Samet

  • Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children

    W. J. Gauderman;R. McConnell;F. Gilliland;S. London

  • Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles.

    Nino Künzli;Michael Jerrett;Wendy J. Mack;Bernardo Beckerman

  • Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study

    W James Gauderman;Hita Vora;Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane

  • Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Ling Yao;Michael Jerrett

  • Gene–environment-wide association studies: emerging approaches

    Duncan Thomas

  • Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children: results from a second cohort.

    W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;G. Frank Gilliland;G. Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora;Hita Vora;Edward Avol;Edward Avol

  • Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields and Risk of Childhood Leukemia

    Stephanie J. London;Duncan C. Thomas;Joseph D. Bowman;Eugene Sobel

  • A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity.

    J M Peters;E Avol;E Avol;W Navidi;W Navidi;S J London;S J London

  • On the need for the rare disease assumption in case-control studies.

    Sander Greenland;Duncan C. Thomas

  • Simultaneously modelling censored survival data and repeatedly measured covariates : A Gibbs sampling approach

    Cheryl L. Faucett;Duncan C. Thomas

  • Point: Population Stratification: A Problem for Case-Control Studies of Candidate-Gene Associations?

    Duncan C. Thomas;John S. Witte

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. II. Effects on pulmonary function.

    John M. Peters;John M. Peters;Edward Avol;Edward Avol;W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;William S. Linn;William S. Linn

  • Association between changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics and biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in healthy young adults.

    David Q Rich;Howard M Kipen;Wei Huang;Guangfa Wang

  • Reporting, Appraising, and Integrating Data on Genotype Prevalence and Gene-Disease Associations

    Julian Little;Linda Bradley;Molly S Bray;Mindy Clyne

  • Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study with Individual Exposure Measurement

    Michael Jerrett;Ketan Shankardass;Kiros Berhane;W. James Gauderman

  • Exposure measurement error: influence on exposure-disease. Relationships and methods of correction.

    D Thomas;D Stram;J Dwyer

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

David V. Conti
David V. Conti University of Southern California
Robert W. Haile
Robert W. Haile Stanford University
W. James Gauderman
W. James Gauderman University of Southern California
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Daniel O. Stram
Daniel O. Stram University of Southern California
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Charles F. Lynch
Charles F. Lynch University of Iowa
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

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