Publications

Selected Publications:

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Public Water Arsenic and Birth Outcomes in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort. Nigra AE, Bloomquist TR, Rajeev T, Burjak M, Casey JA, Goin DE, Herbstman JB, Ornelas Van Horne Y, Wylie BJ, Cerna-Turoff I, Braun JM, McArthur KL, Karagas MR, Ames JL, Sherris AR, Bulka CM, Padula AM, Howe CG, Fry RC, Eaves LA, Breton CV, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Lewis J, MacKenzie D, Beene D, Farzan SF, Sathyanarayana S, Hipwell AE, Morello-Frosch R, Snyder BM, Hartert TV, Elliott AJ, O’Connor TG, Kress AM; ECHO Cohort Consortium. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(6):e2514084. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14084. PMID: 40522663.

Uranium Exposure, Hypertension, and Blood Pressure in the Strong Heart Family Study. Patterson KP, Gold AO, Spratlen MJ, Umans JG, Fretts AM, Goessler W, Zhang Y, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2025;22:240122. doi: 10.5888/pcd22.240122. PMID: 40272946.

Public drinking water contaminant estimates for birth cohorts in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort. Bloomquist TR, Spaur M, Cerna-Turoff I, Kress AM, Burjak M, Kupsco A, Casey JA, Herbstman JB, Nigra AE. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2024;34:820–829. doi: 10.1038/s41370-024-00699-2. PMID: 39098852.

Association of Water Arsenic With Incident Diabetes in U.S. Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Strong Heart Study. Spaur M, Galvez-Fernandez M, Chen Q, Lombard MA, Bostick BC, Factor-Litvak P, Fretts AM, Shea SJ, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Diabetes Care. 2024;47(7):1227–1235. doi: 10.2337/dc23-2231. PMID: 38656975.

The Contribution of Declines in Blood Lead Levels to Reductions in Blood Pressure Levels: Longitudinal Evidence in the Strong Heart Family Study. Lieberman-Cribbin W, Li Z, Lewin M, Ruiz P, Jarrett JM, Cole SA, Kupsco A, O’Leary M, Pichler G, Shimbo D, Devereux RB, Umans JG, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024;13(3):e031256. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.031256. PMID: 38205795.

Geospatial assessment of racial/ethnic composition, social vulnerability, and lead service lines in New York City. Nigra AE, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Carrion D. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2023;131(8):087007. doi: 10.1289/EHP12276. PMID: 37646509.

Contribution of arsenic and uranium in private wells and community water systems to urinary biomarkers in US adults: The Strong Heart Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Spaur M, Glabonjat RA, Schilling K, Lombard MA, Galvez-Fernandez M, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Hayek C, Ilievski V, Balac O, Izuchukwu C, Patterson K, Basu A, Bostick BC, Chen Q, Sanchez T, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2023;33:908–917. doi: 10.1038/s41370-023-00586-2. PMID: 37558699.

Regional and racial/ethnic inequalities in public drinking water fluoride concentrations across the US. Hefferon R, Goin DE, Sarnat JA, Nigra AE. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2023;33:897–907. doi: 10.1038/s41370-023-00570-w. PMID: 37391608.

Nationwide geospatial analysis of county racial and ethnic composition and public drinking water arsenic and uranium. Martinez-Morata I, Bostick BC, Conroy-Ben O, Duncan DT, Jones MR, Spaur M, Patterson KP, Prins SJ, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Nature Communications. 2022;13:7461. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35185-6. PMID: 36460659.

Sociodemographic inequalities in uranium and other metals in community water systems across the USA, 2006–11: a cross-sectional study. Ravalli F, Yu Y, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Schilling K, Basu A, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Lancet Planetary Health. 2022;6(4):e320–e330. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00043-2. PMID: 35397220.

Associations between private well water and community water supply arsenic concentrations in the conterminous United States. Spaur M, Lombard MA, Ayotte JD, Harvey DE, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. Science of the Total Environment. 2021;787:147555. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147555. PMID: 33991916.

Inequalities in public water arsenic concentrations in counties and community water systems across the United States, 2006–2011. Nigra AE, Chen C, Chillrud SN, Wang L, Harvey D, Mailloux B, Factor-Litvak P, Navas-Acien A. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2020;128(12):127001. doi: 10.1289/EHP7313. PMID: 33295795

Environmental racism and the need for private well protections. Nigra AE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(30):17471–17473. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2011547117. PMID: 32641505.

Arsenic in US correctional facility drinking water, 2006–2011. Nigra AE, Navas-Acien A. Environmental Research. 2020;188:109768. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109768. PMID: 32585331.

The effect of the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure in the USA from 2003 to 2014: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Nigra AE, Sanchez TR, Nachman KE, Harvey D, Chillrud SN, Graziano JH, Navas-Acien A. Lancet Public Health. 2017;2(11):e513–e521. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30195-0. PMID: 29250608.

Selected Media Coverage

New York Times | Gothamist | ABC News | Scripps News | Reuters

Contact:

Annie Nigra, ScM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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