Superfund Research Program

Kjersti M. Aagaard

Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM610
BCM Jesse H. Jones Hall (BCMJ) 314C
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-798-8467
Email: aagaardt@bcm.edu

Projects

• Baylor College of Medicine: Investigating the Role of PAH Exposures Associated with Superfund Site Proximity in Preterm Birth Etiology Through Placental Transcriptomics and Metagenomics (2020-2025)

Publications

2023

• Suter MA, Aagaard KM. 2023. Natural disasters resulting from climate change: The impact of hurricanes and flooding on perinatal outcomes. Semin Perinatol 47(8):doi:10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151840 PMID:37839903

2022

• Banerjee S, Suter MA, Aagaard KM. 2022. Understanding the placental biology of tobacco smoke, nicotine, and marijuana (THC) exposures during pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2:347-359. doi:10.1097/GRF.0000000000000691 PMID:35125390 PMCID:PMC9042338

2021

• Antony K, Romezi M, Lindgren K, Mitchell KB, Venable SF, Racusin DA, Suter MA, Aagaard KM. 2021. Maternal metabolic biomarkers are associated with obesity and excess gestational weight gain. Am J Perinatol 38:e173-e181. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1708855 PMID:32232816

2020

• Banerjee S, Suter MA, Aagaard KM. 2020. Interactions between environmental exposures and the microbiome: Implications for fetal programming. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res 13:39-48. doi:10.1016/j.coemr.2020.09.003 PMID:33283070 PMCID:PMC771673
• Eaves LA, Nguyen HT, Rager JE, Sexton K, Howard T, Smeester L, Freedman AN, Aagaard KM, Shope C, Lefer B, Flynn JH, Erickson MH, Fry RC, Vizuete W. 2020. Identifying the Transcriptional Response of Cancer and Inflammation-Related Genes in Lung Cells in Relation to Ambient Air Chemical Mixtures. Environ Sci Technol 1380713816.
• Eaves LA, Nguyen HT, Rager JE, Sexton K, Howard T, Smeester L, Freedman AN, Aagaard KM, Shope C, Lefer B, Flynn JH, Erickson MH, Fry RC, Vizuete W. 2020. Identifying the transcriptional response of cancer and inflammation-related genes in lung cells in relation to ambient air chemical mixtures in Houston, Texas. Environ Sci Technol 54:13807-13816. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c02250 PMID:33064461 PMCID:PMC7757424

2019

• Suter MA, Aagaard KM, Coarfa C, Robertson M, Zhou GD, Jackson BP, Thompson D, Putluri V, Putluri N, Hagan J, Wang L, Jiang W, Lingappan K, Moorthy B. 2019. Association between elevated placental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and PAH-DNA adducts from Superfund sites in Harris County, and increased risk of preterm birth (PTB). Biochem Biophys Res Commun 516(2):344-349. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.06.049 PMID:31208719 PMCID:PMC6637943