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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Frank D. Gilliland is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, Environmental Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Air Quality and Health Impacts, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Birth, Development, and Health, as well as the COVID-19 impact on air quality.

Frequent coauthors of Frank D. Gilliland are Zhanghua Chen, Tanya L. Alderete, David V. Conti, Jesse A. Goodrich, and Sandrah P. Eckel.

Gilliland has published extensively in venues such as ISEE Conference Abstracts, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Environment International, UNC Libraries, and Environmental Research.

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide analysis highlights contribution of immune system pathways to the genetic architecture of asthma, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report, 2020, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • Air pollution exposure is associated with the gut microbiome as revealed by shotgun metagenomic sequencing, 2020, Environment International
  • Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults, 2020, Environment International
  • Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children, 2022, JAMA Network Open

Frank D. Gilliland was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

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

  • Urinary and sexual function after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer : The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study

    Janet L. Stanford;Janet L. Stanford;Ziding Feng;Ann S. Hamilton;Frank D. Gilliland;Frank D. Gilliland

  • Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study.

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Frank Gilliland;Stephanie J London

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

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

  • Prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma : A population-based study of 15,698 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and end Results (SEER) program 1973-1991

    Frank D. Gilliland M.D.;William C. Hunt;Don M. Morris;Charles R. Key M.D.

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

    Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

  • Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Ling Yao;Michael Jerrett

  • Effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy and environmental tobacco smoke on asthma and wheezing in children.

    Frank D. Gilliland;Yu-Fen Li;John M. Peters

  • Elevated Biomarkers of Inflammation Are Associated With Reduced Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients

    Brandon L. Pierce;Rachel Ballard-Barbash;Leslie Bernstein;Richard N. Baumgartner

  • Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children

    W. James Gauderman;Robert Urman;Edward Avol;Kiros Berhane

  • Influence of Pre- and Postdiagnosis Physical Activity on Mortality in Breast Cancer Survivors: The Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle Study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Ashley Wilder Smith;Anne McTiernan;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Physical activity levels before and after a diagnosis of breast carcinoma: The health, eating, activity, and lifestyle (HEAL) study

    Melinda L. Irwin;Diane Crumley;Anne McTiernan M.D.;Leslie Bernstein

  • Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school

    Rob McConnell;Talat Islam;Ketan Shankardass;Michael Jerrett

  • 5-year urinary and sexual outcomes after radical prostatectomy: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.

    David F. Penson;Dale McLerran;Ziding Feng;Lin Li

  • Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure affects global and gene-specific DNA methylation.

    Carrie V. Breton;Hyang-Min Byun;Made Wenten;Fei Pan

  • Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.

    W James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Fred Lurmann;Nino Kuenzli

  • Health outcomes after prostatectomy or radiotherapy for prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study.

    Arnold L. Potosky;Julie Legler;Peter C. Albertsen;Janet L. Stanford

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

    Thomas Sandström;Bert Brunekreef;W. James Gauderman;Hita Vora

Frequent Co-Authors

W. James Gauderman
W. James Gauderman University of Southern California
Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell University of Southern California
Edward L. Avol
Edward L. Avol University of Southern California
Fred Lurmann
Fred Lurmann University of Southern California
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Stephanie J. London
Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health
Steven A. Belinsky
Steven A. Belinsky University of New Mexico
Benjamin A. Raby
Benjamin A. Raby Brigham and Women's Hospital
William S. Linn
William S. Linn University of Southern California
Carole Ober
Carole Ober University of Chicago

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