Kristina
Middle Name
Walker
Whitworth, Ph.D.
Middle Name
Walker
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Kristina
Middle Name
Walker
Whitworth, Ph.D.
Middle Name
Walker
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Center for Precision Environmental Health; Medicine
Epidemiology and Population Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- PhD from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
- 05/2009 - Houston, Texas United States
- Epidemiology
- MSPH from Texas A&M University Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health
- 05/2004 - College Station, Texas United States
- Epidemiology
- BS from Texas A&M University
- 05/2002 - College Station, Texas United States
- Biomedical Science
Professional Interests
- Maternal and Child Health
- Biomarkers
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Environmental Justice
- Health Disparities
Selected Publications
- Anabitarte A, Subiza-Perez M, Ibarluzea J, Azkona K, Garcia-Baquero G, Miralles-Guasch C, Irazusta J, Whitworth KW, Vich G, Lertxundi A "Testing the Multiple Pathways of Residential Greenness to Pregnancy Outcomes Model in a Sample of Pregnant Women in the Metropolitan Area of Donostia-San Sebastion." Int J Environ Res Public Health.2020/June;:
- Ish J, Symanski E, Whitworth KW "Exploring Disparities in Maternal Residential Proximity to Unconventional Gas Development in the Barnett Shale in North Texas." Int J Environ Res Public Health.2019/January23;16(3): Pubmed PMID: 30678025
- Singer AB, Whitworth KW, Haug LS, Sabaredzovic A, Impinen A, Papadopoulou E, Longnecker MP "Menstrual Cycle Characteristics as Determinants of Plasma Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa study).." Environ Int.2018/October;166: Pubmed PMID: 29879567
- Rush EL, Singer AB, Longnecker MP, Haug LS, Sabaredzovic A, Symanski E, Whitworth KW "Oral Contraceptive Use as a Determinant of Plasma Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances among Women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) Study." Environ Int.2018/March;112: Pubmed PMID: 29274593
- Walker Whitworth K, Kay Marshall A, Symanski E "Drilling and Production Activity Related to Unconventional Gas Development and Severity of Preterm Birth." Environ Health Perspect. 2018 March 20; 126 (3): Pubmed PMID: 29578659
- Whitworth KW, Marshall AK, Symanski E "Maternal Residential Proximity to Unconventional Gas Development and Perinatal Outcomes among a Diverse Urban Population in Texas." PLoS One. 2017 July 21; 12 (7): Pubmed PMID: 28732016
- Whitworth KW, Han I, Afshar M, Mei Y, Berens PD, Sharma SV, Symanski E "Accessing Disadvantaged Pregnant Women in Houston, Texas, and Characterizing Biomarkers of Metal Exposure: A Feasibility Study." Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 April 29; 14 (5): Pubmed PMID: 28468266
- Whitworth KW, Haug LS, Sabaredzovic A, Eggesbo M, Longnecker MP "Brief Report: Plasma Concentrations of Perfluorooctane Sulfonamide and Time-to-Pregnancy among Primiparous Women." Epidemiology. 2016 September ; 27 (5): Pubmed PMID: 27276029
- Whitworth KW, Baird DD, Steiner AZ, Bornman RM, Travlos GS, Wilson RE, Longnecker MP "Anti-Mullerian Hormone and Lifestyle, Reproductive, and Environmental Factors among Women in Rural South Africa." Epidemiology. 2015 May ; 26 (3): Pubmed PMID: 25710247
- Whitworth KW, Bornman RM, Archer JI, Kudumu MO, Travlos GS, Wilson RE, Longnecker MP "Predictors of Plasma DDT and DDE concentrations among Women Exposed to Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in the South African Study of Women and Babies (SOWB)." Environ Health Perspect. 2014 January ; 122 (6): Pubmed PMID: 24577839
- Whitworth KW, Haug LS, Baird DD, Becher G, Hoppin JA, Skjaerven R, Thomsen C, Eggesbo C, Travlos G, Wilson R, Cupul-Uicab LA, Brantsaeter AL, Longnecker MP "Perfluorinated Comounds in Relation to Birth Weight in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study." Am J Epidemiol. 2012 June ; 175 (12): Pubmed PMID: 22517810
- Whitworth KW, Haug LS, Baird DD, Becher G, Hoppin JA, Skjaerven R, Thomsen C, Eggesbo M, Travlos G, Wilson R, Longnecker MP "Perfluorinated Compounds and Subfecundity in Pregnant Women." Epidemiology. 2012 March ; 23 (2): Pubmed PMID: 22081060
- Whitworth KW, Baird DD, Stene LC, Skjaerven R, Longnecker MP "Fecundability Among Women with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study." Diabetologia. 2011 March ; 54 (3): Pubmed PMID: 21170514
- Whitworth KW, Symanski E, Lai D, Coker AL "Kriged and Modeled Ambient Air Levels of Benzene in an Urban Environment: an Exposure Assessment Study." Environ Health. 2011 March ; (10): Pubmed PMID: 21418645
Memberships
- International Society of Environmental Epidemiology
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