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David Sparrow

Boston University · US
Area of research
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.
h-index
92
citations
27,721
works
411
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Polygenic Risk Score Added to Conventional Case Finding to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
JAMA 2025cited by 17position: middledoi
Dysanapsis is differentially related to lung function trajectories with distinct structural and functional patterns in COPD and variable risk for adverse outcomes
EClinicalMedicine 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
Extracellular Vesicle-Encapsulated microRNAs as Novel Biomarkers of Lung Health
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2022cited by 33position: middledoi
Accelerated epigenetic aging as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and decreased lung function in two prospective cohort studies
Aging 2020cited by 41position: middledoi
Biomarkers of aging and lung function in the normative aging study
Aging 2020cited by 40position: middledoi
Metabolomic signatures of lead exposure in the VA Normative Aging Study
Environmental Research 2020cited by 37position: middledoi
New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 594position: middledoi
Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 418position: middledoi
Blood DNA methylation biomarkers of cumulative lead exposure in adults
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2019cited by 52position: middledoi
Effect of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on the Mobilization of Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Older Men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study
Nutrients 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
Lung function association with outdoor temperature and relative humidity and its interaction with air pollution in the elderly
Environmental Research 2018cited by 107position: middledoi
Longitudinal Modeling of Lung Function Trajectories in Smokers with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2018cited by 50position: middledoi
Low‐Level Cumulative Lead and Resistant Hypertension: A Prospective Study of Men Participating in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study
Journal of the American Heart Association 2018cited by 31position: middledoi
Dietary patterns, bone lead and incident coronary heart disease among middle-aged to elderly men
Environmental Research 2018cited by 27position: middledoi
Correlation over time of toenail metals among participants in the VA normative aging study from 1992 to 2014
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2018cited by 22position: middledoi
Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis
Nature Genetics 2017cited by 438position: middledoi
Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets
Nature Genetics 2017cited by 312position: middledoi
Genetic Association and Risk Scores in a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Meta-analysis of 16,707 Subjects
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2017cited by 74position: middledoi
Neutrophil-mediated IL-6 receptor trans-signaling and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
Human Molecular Genetics 2017cited by 67position: middledoi
A Western Diet Pattern Is Associated with Higher Concentrations of Blood and Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Elderly Men
Journal of Nutrition 2017cited by 31position: middledoi
Variable Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoke–Induced Emphysema in 34 Inbred Strains of Mice Implicates <i>Abi3bp</i> in Emphysema Susceptibility
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2017cited by 30position: middledoi
Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Renal Function in Older Men: The Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study
Environmental Health Perspectives 2016cited by 217position: middledoi
Differential DNA methylation and PM<sub>2.5</sub> species in a 450K epigenome-wide association study
Epigenetics 2016cited by 59position: middledoi
Associations of cumulative Pb exposure and longitudinal changes in Mini-Mental Status Exam scores, global cognition and domains of cognition: The VA Normative Aging Study
Environmental Research 2016cited by 58position: middledoi
Psychological factors and DNA methylation of genes related to immune/inflammatory system markers: the VA Normative Aging Study
BMJ Open 2016cited by 57position: middledoi
Cognitive function and short-term exposure to residential air temperature: A repeated measures study based on spatiotemporal estimates of temperature
Environmental Research 2016cited by 55position: middledoi
Fine particles, genetic pathways, and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction: Analysis on particulate species and sources
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2016cited by 54position: middledoi
Dietary anthocyanin intake and age-related decline in lung function: longitudinal findings from the VA Normative Aging Study
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2016cited by 49position: middledoi
Lead-Related Genetic Loci, Cumulative Lead Exposure and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Normative Aging Study
PLoS ONE 2016cited by 36position: middledoi
Associations between air pollution and perceived stress: the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study
Environmental Health 2015cited by 97position: middledoi

Grants

Intermediate Energy Nuclear Theory (Physics)
NSF8517760$19,0001986–1987PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Pantel Vokonas · Boston University27 papers (2012–2022)Joel Schwartz · Harvard University23 papers (2012–2022)Augusto A. Litonjua · University of Rochester Medical Center14 papers (2012–2022)Marc G. Weisskopf · Harvard University14 papers (2013–2019)Howard Hu · University of Southern California13 papers (2013–2019)Andrea Baccarelli · Harvard University12 papers (2012–2022)Brent A. Coull · Harvard University10 papers (2013–2020)Avron Spiro · Boston University8 papers (2013–2020)Petros Koutrakis · Harvard University8 papers (2014–2018)Letizia Tarantini · University of Milan7 papers (2012–2016)Sung Kyun Park · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor7 papers (2014–2019) · 5 papers (2015–2016)Itai Kloog · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev5 papers (2013–2016)Johanna Lepeule · University of California, Berkeley4 papers (2012–2018)Xin Wang · Gladstone Institutes4 papers (2016–2019) · 4 papers (2015–2016)Katherine L. Tucker · University of Massachusetts Lowell4 papers (2014–2019)Michael H. Cho · Harvard University4 papers (2013–2018)Allan C. Just · John Brown University4 papers (2016–2020)Edwin K. Silverman · Harvard University4 papers (2013–2018)