Damaskini Valvi, MD, PhD, MPH
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine and Climate Science
Research Topics
Aging, Diabetes, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Liver, Metabolomics, Obesity, Proteomics, Public Health

MD, University of Crete Medical School, Greece

MPH, Pompeu Fabra University and Autonoma University of Barcelona, Spain

PhD, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Postdoctoral research fellowship, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Visiting Research Scholar, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC, USA

2016 Hoffman Program on Chemical and Health - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2015 Harvard – NIEHS Center Facility Access Funds Award

2010 Carlos III Health Institute – Predoctoral Fellowship FI10/0399

2024 NIEHS R01 ES035773

2023 NIEHS R21 ES035148 (MPI with Youssef Oulhote)

2022 NIEHS R01 ES033688

2019 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) R21 ES029328

Publications

Selected Publications

Associations of cord blood concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances with autistic traits in Singaporean children: The growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes study. Michael Mascari, Nathan Cohen, Meizhen Yao, Jonathan Huang, Jamil Lane, Katherine W. Reeves, Raji Balasubramanian, Zhenhua Liu, Nasser Laouali, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Chia Yang Chen, Chong Yap Seng, Chan Shiao-Yng, Michelle Z.L. Kee, Damaskini Valvi, Youssef Oulhote. Chemosphere

Examining disparities in PFAS plasma concentrations: Impact of drinking water contamination, food access, proximity to industrial facilities and superfund sites. Shiwen Li, Jesse A. Goodrich, Elizabeth Costello, Douglas I. Walker, Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez, Jiawen Carmen Chen, Tanya L. Alderete, Damaskini Valvi, Sarah Rock, Sandrah P. Eckel, Rob McConnell, Frank D. Gilliland, John Wilson, Beau MacDonald, David V. Conti, Adam L. Smith, Daniel L. McCurry, Amy E. Childress, Adam M.A. Simpson, Lucy Golden-Mason, Ana C. Maretti-Mira, Zhanghua Chen, Michael I. Goran, Max Aung, Lida Chatzi. Environmental Research

Impact of metabolism-disrupting chemicals and folic acid supplementation on liver injury and steatosis in mother-child pairs. Sandra India-Aldana, Vishal Midya, Larissa Betanzos-Robledo, Meizhen Yao, Cecilia Alcalá, Syam S. Andra, Manish Arora, Antonia M. Calafat, Jaime Chu, Andrea Deierlein, Guadalupe Estrada-Gutierrez, Ravikumar Jagani, Allan C. Just, Itai Kloog, Julio Landero, Youssef Oulhote, Ryan W. Walker, Shirisha Yelamanchili, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Robert O. Wright, Martha María Téllez Rojo, Elena Colicino, Alejandra Cantoral, Damaskini Valvi. Journal of Hepatology

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