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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Lianne Sheppard is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research domain primarily encompasses Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Speech and Hearing, Automotive Engineering, and Plant Science. This broad range of specialties underscores a multidisciplinary approach to environmental health and its effects.

Their work addresses several main topics including Air Quality and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Noise Effects and Management, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols. These topics reflect a commitment to understanding environmental influences on public health and ecological systems.

Lianne Sheppard has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include ISEE Conference Abstracts, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environment International, Environmental Science & Technology, and NeuroToxicology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure in the United States by Race/Ethnicity and Income, 1990-2010 (2021), Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Concentrations of criteria pollutants in the contiguous U.S., 1979 - 2015: Role of prediction model parsimony in integrated empirical geographic regression (2020), PLoS ONE
  • Mortality associated with wildfire smoke exposure in Washington state, 2006-2017: a case-crossover study (2020), Environmental Health
  • Comparison of Particulate Air Pollution From Different Emission Sources and Incident Dementia in the US (2023), JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Fine-Scale Air Pollution Models for Epidemiologic Research: Insights From Approaches Developed in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) (2021), Current Environmental Health Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Adam A. Szpiro, Magali N. Blanco, Joel D. Kaufman, Timothy V. Larson, and Julian Marshall. These collaborations suggest involvement in a network of scholars engaged in environmental and health-related research.

Lianne Sheppard has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) since 2006, reflecting a standing in the community related to statistical applications in their research.

Best Publications

  • Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women

    Kristin A. Miller;David S. Siscovick;Lianne Sheppard;Kristen Shepherd

  • Case-crossover analyses of air pollution exposure data: referent selection strategies and their implications for bias.

    Holly Janes;Lianne Sheppard;Thomas Lumley

  • Association between air pollution and coronary artery calcification within six metropolitan areas in the USA (the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution): a longitudinal cohort study

    Joel D Kaufman;Sara D Adar;R Graham Barr;Matthew Budoff

  • Referent selection in case-crossover analyses of acute health effects of air pollution.

    Drew Levy;Thomas Lumley;Lianne Sheppard;Joel Kaufman

  • An association between fine particles and asthma emergency department visits for children in Seattle.

    Gary Norris;Sharon N. YoungPong;Jane Q. Koenig;Timothy V. Larson

  • Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function

    Meng Wang;Meng Wang;Carrie Pistenmaa Aaron;Jaime Madrigano;Jaime Madrigano;Eric A Hoffman

  • The evidence of human exposure to glyphosate: a review

    Christina Gillezeau;Maaike van Gerwen;Rachel M. Shaffer;Iemaan Rana

  • Beta-carotene intake and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

    Aisha O. Jumaan;Lars Holmberg;Matthew Zack;Ali H. Mokdad

  • Effect of ambient air pollution on pulmonary exacerbations and lung function in cystic fibrosis.

    Christopher H. Goss;Stacey A. Newsom;Jonathan S. Schildcrout;Lianne Sheppard

  • Air Pollution and Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Anjum Hajat;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Sara D. Adar;Amy H. Auchincloss

  • Ambient Air Pollution and Asthma Exacerbations in Children: An Eight-City Analysis

    Jonathan S. Schildcrout;Lianne Sheppard;Thomas Lumley;James C. Slaughter

  • Episodes of high coarse particle concentrations are not associated with increased mortality.

    Joel Schwartz;Gary Norris;Tim Larson;Lianne Sheppard

  • Effects of ambient air pollution on symptoms of asthma in Seattle-area children enrolled in the CAMP study.

    Onchee Yu;Lianne Sheppard;Thomas Lumley;Jane Q. Koenig

  • Fine particulate air pollution and the progression of carotid intima-medial thickness: a prospective cohort study from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and air pollution.

    Sara D. Adar;Lianne Sheppard;Sverre Vedal;Joseph F. Polak

  • A regionalized national universal kriging model using Partial Least Squares regression for estimating annual PM2.5 concentrations in epidemiology.

    Paul D. Sampson;Mark Richards;Adam A. Szpiro;Silas Bergen

  • Relation between short-term fine-particulate matter exposure and onset of myocardial infarction.

    Jeffrey Sullivan;Lianne Sheppard;Astrid Schreuder;Naomi Ishikawa

  • Use of real-time light scattering data to estimate the contribution of infiltrated and indoor-generated particles to indoor air.

    Ryan Allen;Timothy Larson;Lianne Sheppard;Lance Wallace

  • Source identification of PM2.5 in an arid Northwest U.S. City by positive matrix factorization

    Eugene Kim;Timothy V Larson;Philip K Hopke;Chris Slaughter

  • Health Effects of Air Pollution:\ A Statistical Review

    Francesca Dominici;Lianne Sheppard;Merlise Clyde

  • Overlap bias in the case-crossover design, with application to air pollution exposures

    Holly Janes;Lianne Sheppard;Thomas Lumley

  • A Unified Spatiotemporal Modeling Approach for Predicting Concentrations of Multiple Air Pollutants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

    Joshua P. Keller;Casey Olives;Sun Young Kim;Lianne Sheppard

  • Exposure assessment of particulate matter for susceptible populations in Seattle.

    L-J Sally Liu;Michael Box;David Kalman;Joel Kaufman

  • The temporal lag structure of short-term associations of fine particulate matter chemical constituents and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations.

    Sun Young Kim;Jennifer L. Peel;Michael P. Hannigan;Steven J. Dutton

  • Prospective Study of Particulate Air Pollution Exposures, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Clinical Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)

    Joel D. Kaufman;Sara D. Adar;Ryan W. Allen;R. Graham Barr

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel D. Kaufman
Joel D. Kaufman University of Washington
Timothy V. Larson
Timothy V. Larson University of Washington
Adam A. Szpiro
Adam A. Szpiro University of Washington
Sverre Vedal
Sverre Vedal University of Washington
Thomas Lumley
Thomas Lumley University of Auckland
Harvey Checkoway
Harvey Checkoway University of California, San Diego
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Ryan W. Allen
Ryan W. Allen Simon Fraser University
Michael P. Hannigan
Michael P. Hannigan University of Colorado Boulder

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