Publications

Ambient Air Pollution and Mortality in 652 Cities. (2019). New England Journal of Medicine, 381(21), 2072–2075. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1913285 

Cardozo, R. A., Feinberg, A., Tovar, A., Vilcassim, M. J. R., Shelley, D., Elbel, B., Kaplan, S., Wyka, K., Rule, A. M., Gordon, T., & Thorpe, L. E. (2019). A protocol for measuring the impact of a smoke-free housing policy on indoor tobacco smoke exposure. BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7043-3

Shearston, J., Lee, L., Eazor, J., Meherally, S., Park, S. H., Vilcassim, M. R., Weitzman, M., & Gordon, T. (2019). Effects of exposure to direct and secondhand hookah and e-cigarette aerosols on ambient air quality and cardiopulmonary health in adults and children: protocol for a panel study. BMJ Open, 9(6), e029490. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029490

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Thurston, G. D., Chen, L.-C., Lim, C. C., Saunders, E., Yao, Y., & Gordon, T. (2019). Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse cardiopulmonary health effects in international travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz032 

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Thurston, G. D., Chen, L.-C., Lim, C. C., & Gordon, T. (2019). Exposure to Greater Air Pollution when Traveling Abroad Is Associated with Decreased Lung Function. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 199(12), 1570–1572. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201811-2235le

Anastasiou, E., Vilcassim, M. J. R., Adragna, J., Gill, E., Tovar, A., Thorpe, L. E., & Gordon, T. (2022). Feasibility of low-cost particle sensor types in long-term indoor air pollution health studies after repeated calibration, 2019–2021. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 14571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18200-0

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Thurston, G. D.. (2023). Gaps and future directions in research on health effects of air pollution. 104668–104668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104668

Jacob, D., Stowe, S., Babarinde, I., Sharma, A., Christopher, A., & Vilcassim, M. J. R. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 Related Changes on Air Quality in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063168

Lim, C. C., Kim, H., Vilcassim, M. J. R., Thurston, G. D., Gordon, T., Chen, L.-C., Lee, K., Heimbinder, M., & Kim, S.-Y. (2019). Mapping urban air quality using mobile sampling with low-cost sensors and machine learning in Seoul, South Korea. Environment International, 131, 105022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105022

Luglio, D. G., Katsigeorgis, M., Hess, J., Kim, R., Adragna, J., Raja, A., Gordon, C., Fine, J., Thurston, G., Gordon, T., & Vilcassim, M. J. R. (2021). PM2.5 Concentration and Composition in Subway Systems in the Northeastern United States. Environmental Health Perspectives, 129(2), 027001. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp7202

Merianos, A. L., Jandarov, R. A., & Mahabee-Gittens, E. M. (2017). Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Pediatric Healthcare Visits and Hospitalizations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(4), 441–448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.020

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Jacob, D., Stowe, S., Fifolt, M., & Zierold, K. M. (2023). Sex Differences in Electronic Cigarette Device Use Among College Students. Journal of Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01200-0

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Stowe, S., Majumder, R., Subramaniam, A., & Sinkey, R. G. (2023). Electronic Cigarette Use during Pregnancy: Is It Harmful? Toxics, 11(3), 278. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11030278

Vilcassim, M. J. R., Callahan, A. E., & Zierold, K. M. (2021). Travelling to polluted cities: a systematic review on the harm of air pollution on international travellers’ health. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab055

Conferences

ISES: September 2023

• Dr. Vilcassim: oral presentation
• Samuel Stowe: poster presentation

SOT: 2023

• Rachel Majumder
• Samuel Stowe

SOT: 2022

• Samuel Stowe

ISES: 2020

• Diya
• Samuel Stowe