Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
ASSOCIATED group
Group Leader
Manolis Kogevinas
The main research of the group is focused on environmental, occupational and genetic factors related to cancer, respiratory disease and child health. Among the main exposures, the group is focused on water pollutants (disinfection by-products in drinking water and swimming pools), air pollution, transport and green spaces in urban areas, hormonal disruption, life style (diet, passive smoking), radiations (smartphones, UV, ionizing), as well as occupational studies in cleaning workers and shift-work and circadian cycle disruption. In the last years we have applied new technologies to assess the exposure (e.g. smartphones), extensively used new biomedical technologies (Exposome, biomarkers, genomics, epigenetics, metabolomics) and implemented complex statistics and bioinformatics methods. The group has an important international reputation and devotes considerable efforts in education, dissemination and knowledge transfer.
Members
Cristina O’Callaghan Gordo (Researcher)
Cristina Villanueva Belmonte (Resarcher)
Lourdes Arjona Camí (Technician)
Anna Delgado Llobet (Technician)
Ana Espinosa Morano (Technician)
Silvia Fochs Casas (Technician)
Gemma Castaño Vinyals (Research Assistant)
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Main Publications with IMIM
• Villanueva CM, Gràcia-Lavedan E, Bosetti C, Righi E, Molina AJ, Martín V, Boldo E, Aragonés N, Pérez-Gómez B, Pollán M, Gómez-Acebo I, Altzibar JM, Jiménez-Zabala A, Ardanaz E, Peiró R, Tardón A, Chirlaque MD, Tavani A, Polesel J, Serraino D, Pisa F, Castaño-Vinyals G, Espinosa A, Espejo-Herrera N, Palau M, Moreno V, La Vecchia C, Aggazzotti G, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Kogevinas M. Colorectal Cancer and Long-Term Exposure to Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Spain and Italy. Environ Health Perspect 2017; 125(1): 56-65. IF 9.776. D1.
• Chatzi L, Leventakou V, Vafeiadi M, Koutra K, Roumeliotaki T, Chalkiadaki G, Karachaliou M, Daraki V, Kyriklaki A, Kampouri M, Fthenou E, Sarri K, Vassilaki M, Fasoulaki M, Bitsios P, Koutis A, Stephanou EG, Kogevinas M. Cohort Profile: The Mother-Child Cohort in Crete, Greece (Rhea Study). Int J Epidemiol 2017; 46(5): 1392-1393. IF 7.738. D1.
• Van Veldhoven K, Keski-Rahkonen P, Barupal DK, Villanueva CM, Font-Ribera L, Scalbert A, Bodinier B, Grimalt JO, Zwiener C, Vlaanderen J, Portengen L, Vermeulen R, Vineis P, Chadeau-Hyam M, Kogevinas M. Effects of exposure to water disinfection by-products in a swimming pool: A metabolome-wide association study. Environ Int 2017; 111: 60-70. IF 7.088. D1.
• Vlaanderen J, van Veldhoven K, Font-Ribera L, Villanueva CM, Chadeau-Hyam M, Portengen L, Grimalt JO, Zwiener C, Heederik D, Zhang X, Vineis P, Kogevinas M, Vermeulen R. Acute changes in serum immune markers due to swimming in a chlorinated pool. Environ Int 2017; 105: 1-11. IF 7.088. D1.
• Papantoniou K, Castaño-Vinyals G, Espinosa A, Turner MC, Alonso-Aguado MH, Martín V, Aragonés N, Pérez-Gómez B, Pozo BM, Gómez-Acebo I, Ardanaz E, Altzibar JM, Peiro R, Tardón A, Lorca JA, Chirlaque MD, García-Palomo A, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Ierssen T, Ederra M, Amiano P, Pollan M, Moreno V, Kogevinas M. Shift work and colorectal cancer risk in the MCC-Spain case-control study. Scand J Work Environ Health 2017; 43(3): 250-259. IF 4.071. D1.
• Romaguera D, Gracia-Lavedan E, Molinuevo A, De Batlle J, Méndez M, Moreno V, Vidal C, Castelló A, Pérez-Gómez B, Martín V, Molina AJ, Dávila-Batista V, Dierssen-Sotos T, Gómez-Acebo I, Llorca J, Guevara M, Castilla J, Urtiaga C, Llorens-Ivorra C, Fernández-Tardón G, Tardón A, Lorca JA, Marcos-Gragera R, Huerta JM, Olmedo-Requena R, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Altzibar J, de Sanjosé S, Pollán M, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Kogevinas M, Amiano P. Adherence to nutrition-based cancer prevention guidelines and breast, prostate and colorectal cancer risk in the MCC-Spain case-control study. Int J Cancer 2017; 141(1): 83-93. IF 6.513. Q1.
• Aguilar R, Casabonne D, O'Callaghan-Gordo C, Vidal M, Campo JJ, Mutalima N, Angov E, Dutta S, Gaur D, Chitnis CE, Chauhan V, Michel A, de Sanjosé S, Waterboer T, Kogevinas M, Newton R, Dobaño C. Assessment of the Combined Effect of Epstein-Barr Virus and Plasmodium falciparum Infections on Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma Using a Multiplex Serological Approach. Front Immunol 2017; 8: 1284. IF 6.429. Q1.
• O'Callaghan-Gordo C, Kogevinas M, Fthenou E, Pedersen M, Espinosa A, Chalkiadaki G, Daraki V, Dermitzaki E, Decordier I, Georgiou V, Merlo DF, Roumeliotaki T, Vande Loock K, Kleinjans J, Kirsch-Volders M, Chatzi L. Vitamin D insufficient levels during pregnancy and micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood T lymphocytes mothers and newborns (Rhea cohort, Crete). Clin Nutr 2017; 36(4): 1029-1035. IF 4.548. Q1.
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