Superfund Research Program

Susan A. Korrick

Harvard School of Public Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Channing Division of Network Medicine
181 Longwood Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Phone: 617-525-2771
Fax: 617-525-0362
Email: skorrick@hsph.harvard.edu

Projects

• Dartmouth College: Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Exposure Assessment of Metals (1995-2021)
• Harvard School of Public Health: In utero Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Pesticides and Metals in Relation to Cognitive Function in Childhood (1995 - 2006)
• Harvard School of Public Health: Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC) (2020-2025)

Research Briefs

• 215 - Study Links Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Fish Intake to ADHD-Related Behavior
• 17 - In Utero PCB Exposures and Infant Development

Hazardous Waste Sites

New Bedford Estuary

• Harvard School of Public Health: In utero Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Pesticides and Metals in Relation to Cognitive Function in Childhood

New Bedford Harbor

• Harvard School of Public Health: Research Translation Core

Publications

2024

• Pikounis T, Amann K, Jackson BP, Punshon T, Gilbert-Diamond D, Korrick SA, Karagas MR, Cottingham K. 2024. Urinary biomarkers of exposure to toxic and essential elements: A comparison of infants fed with human milk or formula. Environ Epidemiol 8(1):doi:10.1097/ee9.0000000000000286 PMID:38343736 PMCID:10852378

2023

• Rokoff LB, Coull BA, Enlow MB, Korrick SA. 2023. Associations of prenatal chemical and nonchemical stressors with early-adulthood anxiety and depressive symptoms. Environ Health Perspect 131(2):27004. doi:10.1289/EHP11171 PMID:36749608 PMCID:PMC9904409
• Shoaff JR, Hahn J, Calafat AM, Korrick SA. 2023. Adolescent endocrine disrupting chemical exposure and academic achievement. Environ Res 234:116493. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.116493 PMID:37390949

2022

• Laue HE, Moroishi Y, Jackson BP, Palys T, Baker E, Korrick SA, Madan J, Karagas MR. 2022. Bacterial modification of the association between arsenic and autism-related social behavior scores. Expo Health doi:10.1007/s12403-022-00494-0
• Oppenheimer AV, Bellinger DC, Coull BA, Weisskopf MG, Korrick SA. 2022. Prenatal exposure to chemical mixtures and working memory among adolescents. Environ Res 205:doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.112436 PMID:34843721 PMCID:PMC8760169
• Oppenheimer AV, Bellinger DC, Coull BA, Weisskopf MG, Korrick SA. 2022. The association of prenatal manganese exposure with problem-solving skills and its mediation by the building blocks of executive function. Neurotoxicology 92:191-199. doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2022.08.009 PMID:35995271
• Rokoff LB, Shoaff JR, Coull BA, Enlow MB, Bellinger DC, Korrick SA. 2022. Prenatal exposure to a mixture of organochlorines and metals and internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence. Environ Res 208:doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.112701 PMID:35016863 PMCID:PMC8917058

2021

• Farzan S, Howe CG, Chen Y, Gilbert-Diamond D, Korrick SA, Jackson BP, Weinstein AR, Karagas MR. 2021. Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure and blood pressure in childhood. Environ Int 146:106201. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106201 PMID:33129000 PMCID:PMC7775884
• Laue HE, Karagas MR, Coker M, Bellinger DC, Baker E, Korrick SA, Madan J. 2021. Sex-specific relationships of the infant microbiome and early-childhood behavioral outcomes. Pediatric Research doi:10.1038/s41390-021-01785-z PMID:34732816 (ahead of print)
• Oppenheimer AV, Bellinger DC, Coull BA, Weisskopf MG, Zemplenyi M, Korrick SA. 2021. Prenatal exposure to chemical mixtures and inhibition among adolescents. Toxics 9(11):311. doi:10.3390/toxics9110311 PMID:34822702 PMCID:PMC8619850
• Shoaff JR, Nugent JK, Brazelton TB, Korrick SA. 2021. Early infant behavioural correlates of social skills in adolescents. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 35(2):247-256. doi:10.1111/ppe.12723 PMID:32949469 PMCID:PMC7878285
• Vieira VM, Levy JI, Fabian MP, Korrick SA. 2021. Assessing the relation of chemical and non-chemical stressors with risk-taking related behavior and adaptive individual attributes among adolescents living near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site. Environ Int 146:106199. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106199 PMID:33126063 PMCID:PMC7775916

2020

• DeVille N, Khalili R, Levy JI, Korrick SA, Vieira VM. 2020. Prenatal environmental exposures and associations with teen births. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 14:doi:10.1038/s41370-020-00262-9 PMID:32913222
• Doherty BT, Romano M, Gui J, Punshon T, Jackson BP, Karagas MR, Korrick SA. 2020. Periconceptional and prenatal exposure to metal mixtures in relation to behavioral development at 3 years of age. Environ Epidemiol 4:doi:10.1097/EE9.0000000000000106 PMID:33154986 PMCID:PMC7595192
• Laue HE, Korrick SA, Baker E, Karagas MR, Madan JC. 2020. Prospective associations of the infant gut microbiome and microbial function with social behaviors related to autism at age 3 years. Sci Rep 10:11. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-72386-9 PMID:32968156 PMCID:PMC7511970
• Muse ME, Li Z, Baker E, Cottingham KL, Korrick SA, Karagas MR, Gilbert-Diamond D. 2020. Relation between in utero arsenic exposure and growth during the first year of life in a New Hampshire pregnancy cohort. Environ Res 180:108733. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108604 PMID:31710845 PMCID:PMC7333643
• Signes-Pastor AJ, Punshon T, Cottingham K, Jackson BP, Sayarath V, Gilbert-Diamond D, Korrick SA, Karagas MR. 2020. Arsenic exposure in relation to apple consumption among infants in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. Expo Health 12:doi:10.1007/s12403-020-00356-7 PMID:33195875 PMCID:PMC7665059
• Thessen AE, Grondin CJ, Kulkarni RD, Brander SM, Truong L, Vasilevsky NA, Callahan TJ, Chan LE, Westra B, Willis M, Rothenberg SE, Jarabek AM, Burgoon LD, Korrick SA, Haendel MA. 2020. Community approaches for integrating environmental exposures into human models of disease. Environ Health Perspect 128(12):125002. doi:10.1289/EHP7215 PMID:33369481 PMCID:PMC7769179

2019

• Khalili R, Bartell SM, Levy JI, Fabian MP, Korrick SA, Vieira VM. 2019. Using birth cohort data to estimate prenatal chemical exposures for all births around the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site in Massachusetts. Environ Health Perspect 127:doi:10.1289/EHP4849 PMID:31449464 PMCID:PMC6792387

2017

• Vieira VM, Fabian MP, Webster TF, Levy JI, Korrick SA. 2017. Spatial variability in ADHD-related behaviors among children born to mothers residing near the New Bedford Harbor superfund site. Am J Epidemiol 185(10):1-9. doi:10.1093/aje/kww208 PMID:28444119 PMCID:PMC5430935 (ahead of print)

2016

• Gilbert-Diamond D, Emond JA, Baker E, Korrick SA, Karagas MR. 2016. Relation between in utero arsenic exposure and birth outcomes in a cohort of mothers and their newborns from New Hampshire. Environ Health Perspect 124(8):1299-1307. doi:10.1289/ehp.1510065 PMID:26955061 PMCID:PMC4977046

2015

• Farzan S, Chen Y, Wu F, Jiang JY, Liu M, Baker E, Korrick SA, Karagas MR. 2015. Blood pressure changes in relation to arsenic exposure in a US pregnancy cohort. Environ Health Perspect 123(10):999-1006. doi:10.1289/ehp.1408472 PMID:25793356 PMCID:PMC4590746
• Verner M, Hart JE, Sagiv SK, Bellinger DC, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2015. Measured prenatal and estimated postnatal levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and ADHD-related behaviors in 8-year-old children. Environ Health Perspect 123(9):888-894. doi:10.1289/ehp.1408084 PMID:25769180 PMCID:PMC4559949

2014

• Nadeau KC, Li Z, Farzan S, Koestler DC, Robbins DJ, Fei DL, Malipatlolla M, Maecker H, Enelow RI, Korrick SA, Karagas MR. 2014. In utero arsenic exposure and fetal immune repertoire in a US pregnancy cohort. Clin Immunol 155(2):188-197. doi:10.1016/j.clim.2014.09.004 PMID:25229165 PMCID:PMC4309995
• Orenstein ST, Thurston SW, Bellinger DC, Schwartz J, Amarasiriwardena CJ, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2014. Prenatal organochlorine and methylmercury exposure and memory and learning in school-age children in communities near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, Massachusetts. Environ Health Perspect 122:1253-1259. doi:10.1289/ehp.1307804 PMID:25062363 PMCID:PMC4216164

2013

• Sagiv SK, Epstein JN, Bellinger DC, Korrick SA. 2013. Pre- and postnatal risk factors for ADHD in a nonclinical pediatric population. J Atten Disord 17:47-57. doi:10.1177/1087054711427563 PMID:22298092 PMCID:PMC3878902

2012

• Karagas MR, Choi AL, Oken E, Horvat M, Schoeny R, Kamai E, Cowell W, Grandjean P, Korrick SA. 2012. Evidence on the human health effects of low-level methylmercury exposure. Environ Health Perspect 120:799-806. doi:10.1289/ehp.1104494 PMID:22275730 PMCID:PMC3385440
• Oken E, Choi AL, Karagas MR, Marien K, Rheinberger CM, Schoeny R, Sunderland EM, Korrick SA. 2012. Which fish should I eat? Perspectives influencing fish consumption choices. Environ Health Perspect 120(6):790-798. doi:10.1289/ehp.1104500 PMID:22534056 PMCID:PMC3385441
• Sagiv SK, Thurston SW, Bellinger DC, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2012. Neuropsychological measures of attention and impulse control among 8-year old children exposed prenatally to organochlorines. Environ Health Perspect 120:904-909. doi:10.1289/ehp.1104372 PMID:22357172 PMCID:PMC3385436
• Sagiv SK, Thurston SW, Bellinger DC, Amarasiriwardena CJ, Korrick SA. 2012. Prenatal exposure to mercury and fish consumption during pregnancy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder–related behavior in children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:1123-1131. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1286 PMID:23044994 PMCID:PMC3991460

2010

• Sagiv SK, Thurston SW, Bellinger DC, Tolbert PE, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2010. Prenatal organochlorine exposure and behaviors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in school-aged children. Am J Epidemiol 171(5):593-601. doi:10.1093/aje/kwp427 PMID:20106937 PMCID:PMC2842227

2008

• Sagiv SK, Nugent JK, Brazelton TB, Choi AL, Tolbert PE, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2008. Prenatal organochlorine exposure and measures of behavior in infancy using the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Environ Health Perspect 116(5):666-673. doi:10.1289/ehp.10553 PMID:18470320 PMCID:PMC2367684

2006

• Choi AL, Levy JI, Dockery DW, Ryan LM, Tolbert PE, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. 2006. Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?. Environ Health Perspect 114(7):1092-1098. PMID:1683506 PMCID:PMC1513320

2004

• Hauser R, Williams PL, Altshul LM, Korrick SA, Peeples L, Patterson DG, Turner WE, Lee MM, Revich B, Zeilert V, Sergeyev O. 2004. Characterization and predictors of serum dioxin levels among adolescent boys in Chapaevsk, Russia. Organohalogen Compounds 66:3245-3251.
• Quintana PJ, Delfino RJ, Korrick SA, Ziogas A, Kutz FW, Jones EL, Laden F, Garshick E. 2004. Adipose tissue levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Environ Health Perspect 112(8):854-861. PMID:15175172

2003

• Lee MM, Sergeyev O, Williams PL, Korrick SA, Zeilert V, Revich B, Hauser R. 2003. Physical growth and sexual maturation of boys in Chapaevsk, Russia. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 16:169-178. PMID:12713253
• Longnecker MP, Wolff MS, Gladen BC, Brock JW, Grandjean P, Jacobson JL, Korrick SA, Rogan WJ, Weisglass-Kuperus N, Hertz-Picciotto I, Ayotte P, Stewart P, Winneke G, Charles MJ, Jacobson SW, Dewailly E, Boersma E, Altshul LM, Heinzow B, Pagano JJ, Jensen AA. 2003. Comparison of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels across studies of human neurodevelopment. Environ Health Perspect 111(1):65-70. PMID:12515680

2002

• Korrick SA, Altshul LM, Revich B, Bobovnikova TS, Chernik G. 2002. Semen quality and serum organochlorine levels. Organohalogen Compounds 59:395-398.
• Korrick SA, Laden F, Garshick E. 2002. Organochlorine levels in adipose tissue and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Epidemiology 13(4):601.
• Korrick SA, Schwartz J, Tsaih S, Hunter DJ, Aro A, Rosner B, Speizer FE, Hu H. 2002. Correlates of bone and blood lead levels among middle-aged and elderly women. Am J Epidemiol 156:335-343. PMID:12181103
• Longnecker MP, Korrick SA, Moysich KB. 2002. Human health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls. In: Dioxins and Health.
• Sergeyev O, Revich B, Williams PL, Korrick SA, Zeilert V, Lee MM, Ushkova T, Saharov I, Altshul LM, Hauser R. 2002. A case-cohort study of cryptorchidism, hypospadias, and delayed sexual maturation in a dioxin contaminated region: Chapaevsk, Russia. Organohalogen Compounds 59:385-388.

2001

• Altshul LM, Tolbert PE, Korrick SA. 2001. Comparison of cord blood and maternal milk PCB, p,p'-DDE, and HCB levels between siblings and across six months of lactation. Organohalogen Compounds 52:277-281.
• Korrick SA. 2001. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and neurodevelopment in general population samples. In: Recent Advances in the Environmental Toxicology and Health Effects of PCBs. University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, KY.
• Korrick SA, Chen CY, Damokosh AI, Ni J, Liu X, Cho B, Altshul LM, Ryan LM, Xu X. 2001. Association of DDT with spontaneous abortion: a case-control study. Ann Epidemiol 11(7):491-496. PMID:11557181
• Tsaih S, Korrick SA, Schwartz J, Lee M, Amarasiriwardena CJ, Aro A, Sparrow D, Hu H. 2001. Influence of bone resorption on the mobilization of lead from bone among middle-aged and elderly men: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 109(10):995-999. PMID:11675263 PMCID:PMC1242074

2000

• Hoppin JA, Tolbert PE, Holly EA, Brock JW, Korrick SA, Altshul LM, Zhang RH, Burse VW, Needham LL, Bracci PM. 2000. Pancreatic cancer and serum organochlorine levels. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9(2):199-205. PMID:10698482
• Korrick SA, Altshul LM, Tolbert PE, Burse VW, Needham LL, Monson RR. 2000. Measurement of PCBs, DDE, and hexachlorobenzene in cord blood from infants born in towns adjacent to a PCB-contaminated waste site. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 10(Supp.6):743-754. PMID:11138666
• Korrick SA, Damokosh AI, Chen CY, Cho B, Altshul LM, Xu X. 2000. Serum DDT and DDE levels and spontaneous abortion. Epidemiology 151:S24.
• Sergeyev O, Zeilert V, Revich B, Ushkova T, Williams PL, Korrick SA, Lee MM, Altshul LM, Adibi J, Hauser R. 2000. Sexual and physical maturation of male adolescents in a dioxin contaminated region: Chapaevsk, Russia. Organohalogen Compounds 48:211-214.

1999

• Altshul LM, Korrick SA, Tolbert PE, Monson RR. 1999. Cord blood levels of PCBs, p,p'-DDE and HCB in infants born in communities adjacent to a PCB-contaminated hazardous waste site. Organohalogen Compounds 4:67-70.
• Korrick SA, Hunter DJ, Rotnitzky A, Hu H, Speizer FE. 1999. Lead and hypertension in a sample of middle-aged women. Am J Public Health 89:330-335. PMID:10076481

1998

• Korrick SA, Altshul LM. 1998. High breast milk levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) among four women living adjacent to a PCB-contaminated waste site. Environ Health Perspect 106:513-518. PMID:9681980
• Korrick SA, Altshul LM, Revich B, Bobovnikova TS, Chernik G. 1998. The association of polychlorinated biphenyls and pesticides with infertility. In: Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants (Dioxin 98). Stockholm, Sweden.
• Korrick SA, Hunter DJ, Rotnitzky A, Hu H, Speizer FE. 1998. Lead and hypertension in a sample of middle-aged men. Am J Public Health 89:330-335.

1996

• Hu H, Aro A, Payton M, Korrick SA, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Rotnitzky A. 1996. The relationship of blood and bone lead to hypertension among middle-aged to elderly men. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 275:1171-1176.
• Hu H, Kim R, Payton M, Korrick SA, Sparrow D, Weiss ST. 1996. The relationship of bone and blood lead to hypertension: further analyses of the Normative Aging Study data. In: Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste, November 4-8, 1996, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. East-West Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Hu H, Payton M, Korrick SA, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Aro A, Rotnitzky A. 1996. Determinants of bone and blood lead levels among community-exposed middle-aged to elderly men: The Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol 144:749-759. PMID:8857824