Author: Julianna Deardorff

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Lifecourse Socioeconomic Status and Cognitive Performance Among Midlife Latina Women in a California Agricultural Region

Torres J, Calderon L, Kogut K, MacCuish K, Warner M, Rodriguez M, et al.

Am J Epidemiol . 2025 Mar; PMID: 40036333

Studies rigorously evaluating the relationship between time-varying lifecourse socio-economic status (SES) and cognitive aging primarily focus on non-Hispanic White adults with relatively high SES. We used data from the CHAMACOS...

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Timing of menarche and menopause and epigenetic aging among U.S. adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002

Daredia S, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Nwanaji-Enwerem J, Bozack A, et al.

Clin Epigenetics . 2025 Feb; 17(1):31. PMID: 39984995

Reproductive aging, including timing of menarche and menopause, influences long-term morbidity and mortality in women, yet underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using DNA methylation-based biomarkers, we assessed associations of...

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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study

Warner M, Rauch S, Eskenazi B, Calderon L, Gunier R, Kogut K, et al.

Environ Int . 2025 Feb; 196:109302. PMID: 39893912

Objective: Environmental exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds is hypothesized to increase risk of cardiovascular disease through effects on obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance. We examined the relationship between serum...

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Timing of Menarche and Menopause and Epigenetic Aging among U.S. Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002

Daredia S, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Nwanaji-Enwerem J, Bozack A, et al.

medRxiv . 2025 Jan; PMID: 39763532

Reproductive aging, including timing of menarche and menopause, influences long-term morbidity and mortality in women, yet underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using DNA methylation-based biomarkers, we assessed associations of...

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Knowledge, perceptions, and feelings associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: a qualitative study among middle-aged latinas residing in an underserved agricultural community in California

Ambriz E, De Pierola C, Norma M, Calderon L, Kogut K, Deardorff J, et al.

BMC Public Health . 2024 Oct; 24(1):2865. PMID: 39420304

Background: Middle age is increasingly acknowledged as a critical window for prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) since research has shown that AD develops in the course of...

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Mediating effects of inequitable gender norms on intimate partner violence and contraceptive use in a cluster randomized control trial in Niger

Boyce S, Minnis A, Deardorff J, McCoy S, Goin D, Challa S, et al.

Am J Epidemiol . 2024 Aug; PMID: 39214646

Previous research has demonstrated that the Reaching Married Adolescents intervention (RMA) was associated with changes in inequitable gender norms, intimate partner violence (IPV), and modern contraceptive use. This study seeks...

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Impacts of COVID-19 shelter in place across key life domains among immigrant farmworker Latina mothers and young adults

Bakal M, Ambriz E, Ortiz-Pivaral L, Kogut K, Rood C, Rauch S, et al.

BMC Public Health . 2024 Jul; 24(1):2036. PMID: 39080610

Objective: Individuals and families from racial and ethnic groups experience social and economic disadvantage making them vulnerable to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought to capture...

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Prenatal Maternal Occupation and Child Epigenetic Age Acceleration in an Agricultural Region: NIMHD Social Epigenomics Program

Daredia S, Bozack A, Riddell C, Gunier R, Harley K, Bradman A, et al.

JAMA Netw Open . 2024 Jul; 7(7):e2421824. PMID: 39073821

Importance: Research on fetal epigenetic programming suggests that the intrauterine environment can have long-term effects on offspring disease susceptibility. Objective: To examine the association between prenatal maternal occupation and child...

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Resiliency and Barriers to Successful Aging Among Middle-Aged Mexican Immigrants Residing in a Rural Agricultural Community

Ambriz E, Rojas N, Okoye O, Calderon N, Calderon L, Kogut K, et al.

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci . 2024 Jun; 79(8). PMID: 38847491

Objectives: The Latino population is one of the largest, most diverse, and fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States. Although Latinos enjoy longer life spans and reduced mortality risk relative...

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Organophosphate pesticide exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lopez L, Kogut K, Rauch S, Gunier R, Wong M, Harris E, et al.

Environ Res . 2024 May; 255:119214. PMID: 38788790

Several studies have reported immune modulation by organophosphate (OP) pesticides, but the relationship between OP exposure and SARS-CoV-2 infection is yet to be studied. We used two different measures of...