Ana Navas-Acien

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences , Mailman School of Public Health
USA

BIOGRAPHY: Ana Navas-Acien is a physician-epidemiologist (MD, University of Granada, Spain '96) with a specialty in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (Hospital La Paz, Madrid '01) and a PhD in Epidemiology (Johns Hopkins University '05). Her research investigates the long-term health effects of environmental exposures (arsenic and other metals, tobacco smoke, e-cigarettes, air pollution), their interactions with genetic and epigenetic variants, and effective interventions for reducing involuntary exposures. She collaborates with major cohort studies such as the Strong Heart Study, a study of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in American Indian communities, and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a study of cardiovascular, metabolic and lung disease in urban settings across the US. Both in the US and internationally, she evaluates exposure to tobacco smoke including emerging public health challenges such as water pipe smoking and e-cigarettes. Her goals are to contribute to the reduction of environmental health disparities in underserved and disproportionately exposed populations.

PROJECTS

Only select projects listed below

Name	Start Date	End Date
Arsenic and Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in Pregnant Women and Newborns	3/1/17	11/30/21
Arsenic Exposure in US Drinking Water: Spatial Patterns, Temporal Trends, and Related Mortalities	9/1/18	8/31/21
Arsenic Exposure, Genetic Determinants and Diabetes Risk in a Family Study	7/1/12	9/30/17
Arsenic, Epigenetics and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in American Indian Communities	6/15/15	3/31/20
Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan - Pilot Project	7/1/98	3/31/18
Core A: Data Management Core	5/16/17	3/31/20
Core B: Integrated Science Support Core	5/16/17	3/31/20
Harmful Constituents and Respiratory Effects of Waterpipe Smoke	9/1/16	8/31/19
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic - Core B	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic - Project 1	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic - Project 3	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese- Admin Core	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese- Project 1	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese-Core A	5/16/17	3/31/20
Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese-Core B	5/16/17	3/31/20
Interdisciplinary Training in Environmental Health	8/1/17	6/30/22
KC Donnelly Supplement	5/16/17	3/31/20
Low-level Arsenic Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease in Multi-Ethnic Adults (MESA As)	8/1/18	5/31/23
Maternal Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Rural Colorado	6/1/18	5/31/20
Metals in the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy 2	10/1/16	4/30/21
Participatory Interventions to Reduce Arsenic Exposure in American Indian Communities	6/1/16	3/31/20
Strong Heart Study Arizona Field Center	2/15/19	2/14/20
The Exposure to Metals from ECigarettes (EMIT) Study	9/20/18	6/30/21
Undergraduate Research Program to Promote Diversity in EHS	4/2/15	3/31/20

3 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS

Only select publications listed below

Name	Published Date
DNA methylation and cancer incidence: lymphatic–hematopoietic versus solid cancers in the Strong Heart Study	2021
Exposure to arsenic at different life-stages and DNA methylation meta-analysis in buccal cells and leukocytes	2021
Tampon use, environmental chemicals and oxidative stress in the BioCycle study	2019

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Ana Navas-Acien

PROJECTS

3 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS