Selected Publications
Placental DNA methylation captures shared and trait-specific genetic susceptibility across complex health conditions.
Cilleros-Portet A, Gonzalez-Moro I, Sadikki H, Mari S, Everson TM, Hernangomez-Laderas A, Broseus L, Tost J, Cosin-Tomas M, Groleau M, Czamara D, Lozano M, Hao K, Tuhkanen J, Fallin MD, Schmidt RJ, Breeze CE, Deleuze JF, Aguilar-Lacasaña S, Jacques PE, Hytti S, Irizar A, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Bakulski KM, Dou J, Lahti J, Vrijheid M, Raikkonen K, Hivert MF, Sunyer J, Heude B, Lepeule J, London SJ, Chen J, Bustamante M, Marsit CJ, Bilbao JR, Lesseur C, Fernandez-Jimenez N
medRxiv. 2026 Jul 9; pii: 2026.07.07.26357471. doi: 10.64898/2026.07.07.26357471. Epub 2026 Jul 9.
PMID: 42465918
DNA methylation signatures of inflammation in youth living with perinatally-acquired HIV.
Shiau S, Brummel SS, Hu J, Douglas J, Zumpano F, Corley M, Jao J, Purswani M, Patel K, Marsit CJ
Clin Epigenetics. 2026 Jun 5; doi: 10.1186/s13148-026-02148-3. Epub 2026 Jun 5.
PMID: 42249449
Protecting the developing brains of children from Plastics-Derived chemicals and microplastic particles.
Marsit CJ, Bennett DH, Birnbaum LS, Brody C, Eskenazi B, Gartner E, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hirtz D, Miller P, Perera F, Schantz SL, Swanson M, Khemet Taiwo T, Ritz B
Environ Int. 2026 Jun;212:110284. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110284. Epub 2026 May 21.
PMID: 42166997
Associations between prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and preterm birth in the Atlanta African American maternal-child cohort.
Tan Y, Li Z, Dunlop AL, Ren M, Chang HH, Jin Z, Sarnat JA, Huels A, Eick SM, Ekenga CC, Russell A, Marsit C, Liang D
Environ Health. 2026 Jan 26;25(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12940-026-01264-0. Epub 2026 Jan 26.
PMID: 41588495
Oculomics meets exposomics: a roadmap for applying multi-modal ocular biomarkers in precision environmental health research.
Cheng H, Sarnat JA, Walker DI, Madabhushi A, Singh A, Dhamdhere R, Mehta JS, Wong TY, Ji JS, Marsit CJ, Jones DP, Ting DSW, Ting DSJ, Liang D
Exposome. 2025;5(1):osaf013. doi: 10.1093/exposome/osaf013. Epub 2025 Nov 10.
PMID: 41281807
Critical windows of prenatal heat exposure and preterm birth: Metabolomic study in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort.
Taibl KR, Bhanushali PA, Dunlop AL, Chang HH, Barr DB, Tan Y, Jin Z, Scovronick N, Eick SM, Ryan PB, Sarnat JA, Marsit CJ, Jones DP, Liang D
Sci Adv. 2025 Nov 21;11(47):eadw8328. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adw8328. Epub 2025 Nov 21.
PMID: 41270169
Reflections on the NIEHS Virtual Consortium funding mechanism (ViCTER) and what it has taught us about the future of transdisciplinary science.
Veiga-Lopez A, Stevens HE, Rand M, Tjalkens R, Claus Henn B, Marsit CJ, Bernstein AI, Bonner MR, Hoffmann HM, Meliker JR
Toxicology. 2025 Dec;518:154283. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2025.154283. Epub 2025 Sep 17.
PMID: 40972998
Prenatal pyrethroid exposure, placental gene network modules, and neonatal neurobehavior.
Wang Y, Holstein J, Hermetz K, Burt A, Lesseur C, Panuwet P, Fiedler N, Prapamontol T, Suttiwan P, Nimmapirat P, Sittiwang S, Naksen W, Yakimavets V, Boyd Barr D, Hao K, Chen J, Marsit CJ
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 Aug;269:114646. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114646. Epub 2025 Aug 10.
PMID: 40789244
Single-Cell Multiome Impact of Prenatal Heavy Metal Exposure on Early Airway Development.
Minasenko B, Wang D, Chan J, Tran V, Gauthier TW, Marsit CJ, Jones DP, Go YM, Wongtrakool C, Su C, Hu X
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2026 Jan 1;74(1):106-118. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2024-0563OC.
PMID: 40737448
Prenatal Stress and Socioeconomic Status as Predictors of Placental Methylation in Pregnant People.
Santander CJ, Lee SY, Peters G, Marsit CJ, Stroud LR
Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press). 2024 Jul;70(3):477-497. doi: 10.1353/mpq.2024.a958889.
PMID: 40727234