Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
Public Health, 130 De Soto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 R-znvy: ncf654@cvgg.rqh Primary Phone: 967-838-5768 Web site: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-8252-4016
The Sanders Lab for molecular epidemiology and nephrotoxicology examines how environmental exposures during susceptible periods of life (perinatal to adolescence to pregnancy) can impact kidney development and function that predict chronic disease. Our research uses novel methods to examine complex environmental (e.g. metals, air pollution, fluoride) and psychosocial (e.g. stress, sleep, socioeconomic) risk factors for kidney dysfunction among susceptible populations including pregnant women, children, agricultural workers as well as diverse populations with chronic kidney disease.
2002-2006
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
B.S, 2006
Biomedical Engineering
2007-2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
M.S, 2009
Civil and Environmental Engineering;
Certificate in Global Health
2009-2013
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
PhD, 2013
Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Minor in epidemiology
2013-2017
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Postdoctoral
Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine and Public Health
2013-2015
MPH 400: Intro to Epidemiology
2014-2018
MPH 515: Toxicology
2019-2021