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Belinda L. Needham

University of Michigan · US
Area of research
Health · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Health disparities and outcomes, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, Birth, Development, and Health, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.
h-index
38
citations
6,460
works
205
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

The mediating role of DNA methylation clocks in associations of race, ethnicity, education, income, and occupation with mortality: findings from NHANES 1999-2002
Aging 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Exposome-wide association study of environmental chemical exposures and epigenetic aging in the national health and nutrition examination survey
Aging 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
One-carbon metabolism-related compounds are associated with epigenetic aging biomarkers: results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
Influence of race, ethnicity, and sex on the performance of epigenetic predictors of phenotypic traits
Clinical Epigenetics 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Sex-specific associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and epigenetic age: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey 1999–2000
Environmental Research 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
The environmental chemical exposome and health insurance: Examining associations and effect modification of epigenetic aging in a representative sample of United States adults
Exposome 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Social support and epigenetic aging at the intersections of race, ethnicity, and gender: findings from NHANES 1999–2002
SSM - Population Health 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Dietary fatty acids and epigenetic aging in US adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
npj Aging 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Physical fitness is associated with slower epigenetic aging in US adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
AJE Advances Research in Epidemiology 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Dietary Fatty Acids and Epigenetic Aging in US Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
medRxiv 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Comparing Veteran and Nonveteran Epigenetic Aging in a Representative Sample of United States Adults
Military Medicine 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States
Annals of Epidemiology 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
The longitudinal association of changes in diurnal cortisol features with fasting glucose: MESA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2020cited by 32position: middledoi
Social regulation of inflammation related gene expression in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2020cited by 26position: middledoi
Methods to Account for Uncertainty in Latent Class Assignments When Using Latent Classes as Predictors in Regression Models, with Application to Acculturation Strategy Measures
Epidemiology 2019cited by 29position: lastdoi
Discrimination, social support, and telomere length: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Annals of Epidemiology 2019cited by 22position: middledoi
Body mass index is negatively associated with telomere length: a collaborative cross-sectional meta-analysis of 87 observational studies
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018cited by 173position: middledoi
Child and Adult Socioeconomic Status and the Cortisol Response to Acute Stress: Evidence From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Psychosomatic Medicine 2017cited by 51position: middledoi
Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to 17 Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study of US Adults
PLoS Medicine 2016cited by 159position: middledoi
Leukocyte Telomere Length and Mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2002
Epidemiology 2015cited by 173position: firstdoi
Diurnal salivary cortisol, glycemia and insulin resistance: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2015cited by 64position: middledoi
Physician Communication in Pediatric End-of-Life Care
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 2015cited by 26position: lastdoi
Depression, anxiety and telomere length in young adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Molecular Psychiatry 2014cited by 128position: firstdoi
Neighborhood characteristics and leukocyte telomere length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Health & Place 2014cited by 76position: firstdoi
Mental and Physical Gendered Health Links
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society 2014cited by 0position: firstdoi
Socioeconomic status, health behavior, and leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2002
Social Science & Medicine 2013cited by 326position: firstdoi
Socioeconomic status and cell aging in children
Social Science & Medicine 2012cited by 117position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

David H. Rehkopf · Palo Alto University14 papers (2013–2026)Andrés Cárdenas · Palo Alto University10 papers (2025–2025)Hanyang Shen · Stanford University10 papers (2025–2026)Nicole Gladish · Palo Alto University10 papers (2025–2026)Dennis Khodasevich · Palo Alto University9 papers (2025–2025)Saher Daredia · University of California System8 papers (2025–2025)Anne K. Bozack · Palo Alto University8 papers (2025–2025)Jamaji C. Nwanaji‐Enwerem · University of Pennsylvania8 papers (2025–2025)Jue Lin · University of California, San Francisco6 papers (2012–2019)Elizabeth H. Blackburn · University of California, San Francisco5 papers (2012–2016)Elissa S. Epel · University of California, San Francisco5 papers (2012–2016)Steven E. Gregorich · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2013–2015)Joshua J. Joseph · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2015–2020)Bhramar Mukherjee · Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2 papers (2019–2020)Nancy E. Adler · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2013–2015)Sherita Hill Golden · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston2 papers (2015–2020)Alka M. Kanaya · Avaya (United States)2 papers (2019–2023)Gary S. Wand · Johns Hopkins Medicine2 papers (2015–2020)Marta Guasch‐Ferré · University of Copenhagen2 papers (2025–2025)Michelle Shardell · Human Genome Sciences (United States)1 papers (2020–2020)