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Person Details: Bhramar Mukherjee

Superfund Research Program

Bhramar Mukherjee

University of Michigan
500 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Email: bhramar@umich.edu

Projects

Publications

2023

  • Kim C, Cathey A, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2023. Adverse birth outcomes are associated with circulating matrix metalloproteinases among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. J Reprod Immunol 159:103991. doi:10.1016/j.jri.2023.103991 PMID:37454540

2022

  • Ashrap P, Aung MT, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2022. Maternal urinary phthalate metabolites are associated with lipidomic signatures among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 8:doi:10.1038/s41370-022-00410-3 PMID:35075242
  • Cathey A, Aung MT, Watkins DJ, Rosario Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2022. Mediation by hormone concentrations on the associations between repeated measures of phthalate mixture exposure and timing of delivery. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol doi:10.1038/s41370-021-00408-3 PMID:34987188
  • Cathey A, Watkins DJ, Rosario Z, Velez-Vega C, Mukherjee B, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2022. Biomarkers of exposure to phthalate mixtures and adverse birth outcomes in a Puerto Rico birth cohort. Environ Health Perspect 130(3):doi:10.1289/EHP8990 PMID:35333099 PMCID:PMC8953418
  • Kim C, Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2022. Maternal metals/metalloid blood levels are associated with lipidomic profiles among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Front Public Health 9:doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.754706 PMID:35096734 PMCID:PMC8790322
  • Kim C, Cathey A, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2022. Maternal blood metal concentrations are associated with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Environ Res 209:doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.112874 PMID:35123972
  • Kim C, Cathey A, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2022. Maternal blood metal concentrations are associated with C-reactive protein and cell adhesion molecules among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Environ Epidemiol 6(4):e214. doi:10.1097/EE9.0000000000000214

2021

  • Ashrap P, Aker AM, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2021. Psychosocial status modifies the effect of maternal blood metal and metalloid concentrations on birth outcomes. Environ Int 149:106418. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106418 PMID:33548848 PMCID:PMC7897320
  • Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabon Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2021. Performance of urine, blood, and integrated metal biomarkers in relation to birth outcomes in a mixture setting. Environ Res 200:111435. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.111435 PMID:34097892 PMCID:PMC8403638
  • Aung MT, Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2021. Maternal lipidomic signatures in relation to spontaneous preterm birth and large-for-gestational age neonates. Sci Rep 11:8115. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87472-9 PMID:33854141 PMCID:PMC8046995
  • Aung MT, Bakulski KM, Feinberg JI, Dou JF, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, Ladd-Acosta C, Volk HE, Croen LA, Hertz-Picciotto I, Newschaffer CJ, Fallin MD. 2021. Maternal blood metal concentrations and whole blood DNA methylation during pregnancy in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). Epigenetics 1-16. doi:10.1080/15592294.2021.1897059 PMID:33794742
  • Aung MT, Yu Y, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Zeng L, McElrath TF, Pennathur S, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2021. Cross-sectional estimation of endogenous biomarker associations with prenatal phenols, phthalates, metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in single-pollutant and mixtures analysis approaches. Environ Health Perspect 129:37007. doi:10.1289/EHP7396 PMID:33761273 PMCID:PMC7990518
  • Boss J, Rix A, Chen Y, Narisetty NN, Wu Z, Ferguson KK, McElrath TF, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B. 2021. A hierarchical integrative group least absolute shrinkage and selection operator for analyzing environmental mixtures. Environmetrics 32(8):doi:10.1002/env.2698 (ahead of print)
  • Cathey A, Eaton JL, Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Rosario Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2021. Individual and joint effects of phthalate metabolites on biomarkers of oxidative stress among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Environ Int 154:doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.106565 PMID:33882432
  • Cathey A, Watkins DJ, Rosario Z, Velez Vega CM, Mukherjee B, O'Neill MS, Loch-Caruso R, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2021. Gestational hormone concentrations are associated with timing of delivery in a fetal sex-dependent manner. Front. Endocrinol 12(10):doi:10.3389/fendo.2021.742145 PMID:34603214 PMCID:PMC8479114

2020

  • Aker AM, McConnell R, Loch-Caruso R, Park S, Mukherjee B, Rosario Z, Velez Vega CM, Huerta-Montanez G, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2020. Interactions between chemicals and non-chemical stressors: The modifying effect of life events on the association between triclocarban, phenols and parabens with gestational length in a Puerto Rican cohort. Sci Total Environ 708:134719. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134719 PMID:31785910 PMCID:PMC6957748
  • Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Boss J, Richards M, Rosario Z, Velez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2020. Maternal blood metal and metalloid concentrations in association with birth outcomes in Northern Puerto Rico. Environ Int 138:doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105606 PMID:32179314 PMCID:PMC719823
  • Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Boss J, Richards M, Rosario Z, Velez-Vega C, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2020. Predictors of urinary and blood metal(loid) concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico. Environ Res 183:109178. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109178 (ahead of print)
  • Aung MT, Meeker JD, Boss J, Bakulski KM, Mukherjee B, Cantonwine DE, McElrath TF, Ferguson KK. 2020. Manganese is associated with increased plasma interleukin-1B during pregnancy, within a mixtures analysis framework of urinary trace metals. Reprod Toxicol 93:43-53. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2019.12.004 PMID:31881266 PMCID:PMC7138746
  • Aung MT, Song Y, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Zeng L, McElrath TF, Pennathur S, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B. 2020. Application of an analytical framework for multivariate mediation analysis of environmental data. Nat Commun 11:5624. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19335-2 PMID:33159049 PMCID:PMC7648785

2019

  • Aker AM, Ferguson KK, Rosario Z, Mukherjee B, Alshawabkeh AN, Calafat AM, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2019. A repeated measures study of phenol, paraben and triclocarban urinary biomarkers and circulating maternal hormones during gestation in the Puerto Rico PROTECT cohort. Environ Health 18:28. doi:10.1186/s12940-019-0459-5 PMID:30940137 PMCID:PMC6444601
  • Aker AM, Ferguson KK, Rosario Z, Mukherjee B, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2019. The associations between prenatal exposure to triclocarban, phenols and parabens with gestational age and birth weight in northern Puerto Rico. Environ Res 169:41-51. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.10.030 PMID:30412856 PMCID:PMC6347499
  • Aung MT, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Bakulski KM, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, McElrath TF, Meeker JD. 2019. Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: a repeated measures study. Sci Total Environ 650(Pt1):1131-1140. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.356 PMID:30308801 PMCID:PMC6236678
  • Aung MT, Yu Y, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Zeng L, McElrath TF, Pennathur S, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2019. Prediction and associations of preterm birth and its subtypes with eicosanoid enzymatic pathways and inflammatory markers. Sci Rep 9(1):17049. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53448-z PMID:31745121 PMCID:PMC6863859
  • Boss J, Mukherjee B, Ferguson KK, Aker AM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD, Kim S. 2019. Estimating outcome-exposure associations when exposure biomarker detection limits vary across batches. Epidemiology 30(5):746-755. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000001052 PMID:31299670 PMCID:PMC6677587
  • Ferguson KK, Lan Z, Yu Y, Mukherjee B, McElrath TF, Meeker JD. 2019. Urinary concentrations of phenols in association with biomarkers of oxidative stress in pregnancy: assessment of effects independent of phthalates. Environ Int doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.104903 PMID:31288179 PMCID:PMC6728185

2018

  • Aker AM, Johns LM, McElrath TF, Cantonwine DE, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2018. Associations between maternal phenol and paraben urinary biomarkers and maternal hormones during pregnancy: a repeated measures study. Environ Int 113:341-349. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.006 PMID:29366524 PMCID:PMC5866216
  • Boss J, Zhai J, Aung MT, Ferguson KK, Johns LE, McElrath TF, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B. 2018. Associations between mixtures of urinary phthalate metabolites with gestational age at delivery: a time to event analysis using summative phthalate risk scores. Environ Health 17:56. doi:10.1186/s12940-018-0400-3 PMID:29925380 PMCID:PMC6011420
  • Ferguson KK, Kamai E, Cantonwine DE, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD, McElrath TF. 2018. Associations between repeated ultrasound measures of fetal growth and biomarkers of maternal oxidative stress and inflammation in pregnancy. Am J Reprod Immunol 80:8. doi:10.1111/aji.13017 PMID:29984454 PMCID:PMC6160349
  • Ferguson KK, Meeker JD, Cantonwine DE, Mukherjee B, Pace GG, Weller D, McElrath TF. 2018. Environmental phenol associations with ultrasound and delivery measures of fetal growth. Environ Int 112:243-250. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.12.011 PMID:29294443 PMCID:PMC5899051
  • Ferguson KK, Yu Y, Cantonwine DE, McElrath TF, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B. 2018. Foetal ultrasound measurement imputations based on growth curves versus multiple imputation chained equation (MICE). Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 32:469-473. doi:10.1111/ppe.12486 PMID:30016545
  • Johns LE, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD, McElrath TF. 2018. Subclinical changes in maternal thyroid function parameters in pregnancy and fetal growth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 103:1349-1358. doi:10.1210/jc.2017-01698 PMID:29293986
  • Narisetty NN, Mukherjee B, Chen Y, Gonzalez R, Meeker JD. 2018. Selection of nonlinear interactions by a forward stepwise algorithm: Application to identifying environmental chemical mixtures affecting health outcomes. Stat Med 38(9):1582-1600. doi:10.1002/sim.8059

2017

  • Aung MT, Johns LE, Ferguson KK, Mukherjee B, McElrath TF, Meeker JD. 2017. Thyroid hormone parameters during pregnancy in relation to urinary bisphenol A concentrations: A repeated measures study. Environ Int 104:33-40. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2017.04.001 PMID:28410473
  • Ferguson KK, Chen Y, VanderWeele TJ, McElrath TF, Meeker JD, Mukherjee B. 2017. Mediation of the relationship between maternal phthalate exposure and preterm birth by oxidative stress with repeated measurements across pregnancy. Environ Health Perspect 125(3):488-494. doi:10.1289/EHP282 PMID:27352406 PMCID:PMC5332184
  • Ferguson KK, McElrath TF, Mukherjee B, Seely EW, Meeker JD, Johns LE. 2017. Longitudinal profiles of thyroid hormone parameters in pregnancy and associations with preterm birth. PLoS One 12(1):e0169542. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169542 PMID:28060899 PMCID:PMC5217954
  • Ferguson KK, Meeker JD, McElrath TF, Mukherjee B, Cantonwine DE. 2017. Repeated measures of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 216(5):doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.174 PMID:28043842
  • Johns LE, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, McElrath TF, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2017. Urinary BPA and phthalate metabolite concentrations and plasma vitamin D levels in pregnant women: a repeated measures analysis. Environ Health Perspect 125(8):doi:10.1289/EHP1178 PMID:28934718
  • Patel CJ, Kerr J, Thomas DC, Mukherjee B, Ritz B, Chatterjee N, Jankowska M, Madan JC, Karagas MR, McAllister KA, Mechanic LM, Fallin MD, Ladd-Acosta C, Blair IA, Teitelbaum SL, Amos CI. 2017. Opportunities and challenges for environmental exposure assessment in population-based studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 26:1370-1380. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0459 PMID:28710076 PMCID:PMC5581729

2016

  • Cantonwine DE, Ferguson KK, Mukherjee B, Chen Y, Smith NA, Robinson JN, Doubilet PM, Meeker JD, McElrath TF. 2016. Utilizing longitudinal measures of fetal growth to create a standard method to assess the impacts of maternal disease and environmental exposure. PLoS One 11(1):e0146532. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146532 PMID:26731406 PMCID:PMC4701464
  • Cantonwine DE, Meeker JD, Ferguson KK, Mukherjee B, Hauser R, McElrath TF. 2016. Urinary concentrations of bisphenol A and phthalate metabolites measured during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia. Environ Health Perspect 124(10):1651-1655. doi:10.1289/EHP188 PMID:27177253 PMCID:PMC5047771
  • Chen Y, Mukherjee B, Ferguson KK, Meeker JD, VanderWeele TJ. 2016. Mediation formula for a binary outcome and a time-varying exposure and mediator, accounting for possible exposure-mediator interaction. Am J Epidemiol 184(2):157-159. doi:10.1093/aje/kww045 PMID:27325886 PMCID:PMC4945703
  • Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, McElrath TF, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2016. Repeated measures analysis of associations between urinary bisphenol-A concentrations and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in pregnancy. Reprod Toxicol 66:93-98. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.10.002 PMID:27751756 PMCID:PMC5125888
  • Ferguson KK, Meeker JD, Cantonwine DE, Chen Y, Mukherjee B, McElrath TF. 2016. Urinary phthalate metabolite and bisphenol A associations with ultrasound and delivery indices of fetal growth. Environ Int 94:531-537. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.013 PMID:27320326 PMCID:PMC4980186
  • Johns LE, Ferguson KK, McElrath TF, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2016. Associations between repeated measures of maternal urinary phthalate metabolites and thyroid hormone parameters during pregnancy. Environ Health Perspect 124(11):1808-1815. doi:10.1289/EHP170 PMID:27152641 PMCID:PMC5089879

2015

2014

  • Cantonwine DE, Cordero JF, Rivera-Gonzalez LO, Anzalota del Toro LV, Ferguson KK, Mukherjee B, Calafat AM, Crespo N, Jimenez B, Padilla IY, Alshawabkeh AN, Meeker JD. 2014. Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico: distribution, temporal variability, and predictors. Environ Int 62:1-11. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.014 PMID:24161445 PMCID:PMC3874859
  • Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Rivera-Gonzalez LO, Loch-Caruso R, Mukherjee B, Anzalota del Toro LV, Jimenez B, Calafat AM, Ye X, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. 2014. Urinary phthalate metabolite associations with biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress across pregnancy in Puerto Rico. Environ Sci Technol 48(12):7018-7025. doi:10.1021/es502076j PMID:24845688 PMCID:PMC4066910
  • Ferguson KK, McElrath TF, Chen Y, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2014. Longitudinal profiling of inflammatory cytokines and C-reactive protein during uncomplicated and preterm pregnancy. Am J Reprod Immunol 72(3):326-336. doi:10.1111/aji.12265 PMID:24807462 PMCID:PMC4573571
  • Ferguson KK, McElrath TF, Ko Y, Mukherjee B, Meeker JD. 2014. Variability in urinary phthalate metabolite levels across pregnancy and sensitive windows of exposure for the risk of preterm birth. Environ Int 70:118-124. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2014.05.016 PMID:24934852 PMCID:PMC4104181
  • Park S, Tao Y, Meeker JD, Harlow SD, Mukherjee B. 2014. Environmental risk score as a new tool to examine multi-pollutants in epidemiologic research: an example from the NHANES study using serum lipid levels. PLoS One 9(6):e98632. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098632 PMID:24901996 PMCID:PMC4047033

2013

  • Meeker JD, Cantonwine DE, Rivera-Gonzalez LO, Ferguson KK, Mukherjee B, Calafat AM, Ye X, Anzalota del Toro LV, Crespo N, Jimenez B, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF. 2013. Distribution, variability, and predictors of urinary concentrations of phenols and parabens among pregnant women in Puerto Rico. Environ Sci Technol 47(7):3439-3447. doi:10.1021/es400510g PMID:23469879 PMCID:PMC3638245
  • Sun Z, Tao Y, Li S, Ferguson KK, Meeker JD, Park S, Batterman SA, Mukherjee B. 2013. Statistical strategies for constructing health risk models with multiple pollutants and their interactions: possible choices and comparisons. Environ Health 12(1):85. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-12-85 PMID:24093917 PMCID:PMC3857674

2011

  • Palaniappan K, Roy A, Balakrishnan K, Gopalakrishnan L, Mukherjee B, Hu H, Bellinger DC. 2011. Lead exposure and visual-motor abilities in children from Chennai, India. Neurotoxicology 32:465-470. doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2011.03.011 PMID:21510976 PMCID:PMC3115626
  • Roy A, Hu H, Bellinger DC, Mukherjee B, Modali R, Nasaruddin K, Schwartz J, Wright RO, Ettinger AS, Palaniapan K, Balakrishnan K. 2011. Hemoglobin, lead exposure, and intelligence quotient: effect modification by the DRD2 Taq IA polymorphism. Environ Health Perspect 119(1):144-149. doi:10.1289/ehp.0901878 PMID:21205584 PMCID:PMC3018494

2010

  • Park S, Elmarsafawy S, Mukherjee B, Spiro, III A, Vokonas PS, Nie H, Weisskopf MG, Schwartz J, Hu H. 2010. Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study. Hear Res 269(1-2):48-55. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.004 PMID:20638461 PMCID:PMC2934752
  • Zhang A, Park S, Wright RO, Weisskopf MG, Mukherjee B, Nie H, Sparrow D, Hu H. 2010. HFE H63D polymorphism as a modifier of the effect of cumulative lead exposure on pulse pressure: The Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 118:1261-1266. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002251 PMID:20478760 PMCID:PMC2944087

2008

  • Lampe BJ, Park S, Robins T, Mukherjee B, Litonjua A, Amarasiriwardena CJ, Weisskopf MG, Sparrow D, Hu H. 2008. Association between 24-hour urinary cadmium and pulmonary function among community-exposed men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 116(9):1226-1230. doi:10.1289/ehp.11265 PMID:18795167 PMCID:PMC2535626
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