Superfund Research Program

Peter D. Sly

University of Queensland
L7 Centre for Children's Health Research
62 Graham St, South Brisbane 4101
Queensland,
Phone: +61 (7) 3069 7383
Email: p.sly@uq.edu.au

Projects

• Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Alter Pulmonary Immunologic Homeostasis (2020-2025)

Publications

2024

• Sly PD, Nabhani K, Sripada K, Kayama F. 2024. Microplastics in the Asia-Pacific region in the Plasticene Era: Exposures and health risks. Ann Glob Health 90(1):doi:10.5334/aogh.4326 PMID:38312716 PMCID:10836168
• Vilcins D, Christofferson RC, Yoon J, Nazli S, Sly PD, Cormier SA, Shen G. 2024. Updates in air pollution: Current research and future challenges. Ann Glob Health 90(1):doi:10.5334/aogh.4363 PMID:38312715 PMCID:10836163

2023

• Vilcins D, Blake T, Sly PD, Saffery R, Ponsonby A, Burgner D, Tang M, Reid N. 2023. Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on infant lung function, wheeze, and respiratory infections in Australian children. Alcohol Clin Exp Res doi:10.1111/acer.15205 PMID:38151787
• Yamamoto A, Sly PD, Chew KY, Khachatryan L, Begum N, Yeo AJ, Vu LD, Short KR, Cormier SA, Fantino E. 2023. Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) doi:10.1177/15353702221142616 PMID:36628928 PMCID:PMC9836833

2022

• Yamamoto A, Sly PD, Begum N, Yeo AJ, Fantino E. 2022. Resveratrol and astaxanthin protect primary human nasal epithelial cells cultured at an air-liquid interface from an acute oxidant exposure. J Cell Signal 3(4):207-217. doi:10.33696/signaling.3.084 PMID:36777035 PMCID:PMC9910318
• Yamamoto A, Sly PD, Henningham A, Begum N, Yeo AJ, Fantino E. 2022. Redox homeostasis in well-differentiated primary human nasal epithelial cells. J Cell Signal 3(4):193-206. doi:10.33696/signaling.3.083 PMID:36777036 PMCID:PMC9912202

2021

• Lebbie TS, Asante KA, Fobil J, Brune-Drisse MN, Suk WA, Sly PD, Gorman J, Carpenter DO. 2021. E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(16):8488. doi:10.3390/ijerph18168488
• Sly PD, Trottier BA, Bulka C, Cormier SA, Fobil J, Fry RC, Kim K, Kleeberger SR, Kumar P, Landrigan PJ, Lodrop Carlsen KC, Pascale A, Polack FP, Ruchirawat K, Zar H, Suk WA. 2021. The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children. Environ Health 20(1):34. doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00716-z PMID:33771185 PMCID:PMC7996114
• Yamamoto A, Yeo AJ, Sly PD, Cormier SA, Lomnicki S, Khachatryan L, Fantino E. 2021. The effect of combustion generated environmentally persistent free radicals on well-differentiated human airway epithelial cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 203:doi:10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1

2019

• Sly PD, Cormier SA, Lomnicki S, Harding JN, Grimwood K. 2019. Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals: Linking Air Pollution and Poor Respiratory Health?. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1062-1063. doi:10.1164/rccm.201903-0675LE PMID:31237999 PMCID:PMC7330507
• Sly PD, Trottier BA, Carpenter DO, Cha'on U, Cormier SA, Galluzzo B, Ghosh S, Goldizen FC, Heacock M, Jagals P, Joshi H, Kathuria P, Ha L, Magsumbol MS, Navasumrit P, Prabhakaran P, Sen B, Skelly C, Suraweera I, Vong S, Wangdi C, Suk WA. 2019. Children's environmental health in South and Southeast Asia: Networking for better child health outcomes. Ann Glob Health 85:doi:10.5334/aogh.2403 PMID:30873796 PMCID:PMC6571144

2018

• Heacock M, Trottier BA, Adhikary S, Asante KA, Basu N, Brune-Drisse MN, Caravanos J, Carpenter DO, Cazabon D, Chakraborty P, Chen A, Diaz-Barriga F, Ericson B, Fobil J, Haryanto B, Huo X, Joshi TK, Landrigan PJ, Lopez A, Magalini F, Navasumrit P, Pascale A, Sambandam S, Aslia Kamil US, Sly L, Sly PD, Suk A, Suraweera I, Tamin R, Vicario E, Suk WA. 2018. Prevention-intervention strategies to reduce exposure to e-waste. Rev Environ Health 33(2):219-228. doi:10.1515/reveh-2018-0014 PMID:29750656

2016

• Suk WA, Ahanchian H, Asante KA, Carpenter DO, Diaz-Barriga F, Ha E, Huo X, King M, Ruchirawat K, da Silva ER, Sly L, Sly PD, Stein R, van den Berg M, Zar H, Landrigan PJ. 2016. Environmental pollution: an under-recognized threat to children's health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Environ Health Perspect 124(3):A41-A45. doi:10.1289/ehp.1510517 PMID:26930243 PMCID:PMC4786991

2015

• Grandjean P, Barouki R, Bellinger DC, Casteleyn L, Chadwick LH, Cordier S, Etzel R, Gray K, Ha E, Junien C, Karagas MR, Kawamoto T, Lawrence BP, Perera F, Prins GS, Rosenfeld CS, Sherr DH, Sly PD, Suk WA, Sun Q, Toppari J, van den Hazel P, Walker CL, Heindel JJ. 2015. Life-long implications of developmental exposure to environmental stressors: new perspectives. Endocrinology 156(10):3408-3415. doi:10.1210/EN.2015-1350 PMID:26241067 PMCID:PMC4588822
• Heindel JJ, Balbus J, Birnbaum LS, Brune-Drisse MN, Grandjean P, Gray K, Landrigan PJ, Sly PD, Suk WA, Cory-Slechta DA, Thompson CL, Hanson M. 2015. Developmental origins of health and disease: integrating environmental influences. Endocrinology 156(10):3416-3421. doi:10.1210/EN.2015-1394 PMID:26241070 PMCID:PMC4588819
• Laborde A, Tomasina F, Bianchi F, Brune-Drisse MN, Buka I, Comba P, Corra L, Cori L, Duffert C, Harari R, Iavarone I, McDiarmid MA, Gray K, Sly PD, Soares A, Suk WA, Landrigan PJ. 2015. Children's health in Latin America: the influence of environmental exposures. Environ Health Perspect 123(3):201-209. doi:10.1289/ehp.1408292 PMID:25499717 PMCID:PMC4348745

2014

• Sly PD, Neira M, Collman GW, Carpenter DO, Landrigan PJ, van den Berg M, Diaz-Barriga F, Ruchirawat K, Laborde A, Pascale A, Heacock M, Dalmau MT, Suk WA. 2014. Networking to advance progress in children's environmental health. Lancet Glob Health 2(3):e129-e130. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70004-X PMID:25102838

2013

• Grant K, Goldizen FC, Sly PD, Brune-Drisse MN, Neira M, van den Berg M, Norman R. 2013. Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: a systematic review. Lancet Glob Health 1(6):e350-e361. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70101-3 PMID:25104600

2011

• Gavidia T, Brune-Drisse MN, McCarty KM, Pronczuk J, Etzel R, Neira M, Carpenter DO, Suk WA, Arnold RG, Ha E, Sly PD. 2011. Children's environmental health--from knowledge to action. Lancet 377(9772):1134-1136. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60929-4 PMID:20667587

2003

• Suk WA, Ruchirawat K, Balakrishnan K, Berger M, Carpenter DO, Damstra T, de Garbino JP, Koh D, Landrigan PJ, Makalinao I, Sly PD, Xu Y, Zheng BS. 2003. Environmental threats to children's health in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Environ Health Perspect 111(10):1340-1347. PMID:12896856