Publications

Selected Publications

Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

Lai PS, Lam NL, Gallery B et al. Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr 15;209(8):909-927. PMID: 38619436

 Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes in women exposed to small-scale poultry farms in rural Uganda: A feasibility study.

Weil AA, Debela MD, Muyanja DM, Kakuhikire B, Baguma C, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC, Lai PS. PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0229699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229699. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32525954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7289395.

 Impact of DNA Extraction Method on Variation in Human and Built Environment Microbial Community and Functional Profiles Assessed by Shotgun Metagenomics Sequencing.

Sui HY, Weil AA, Nuwagira E, Qadri F, Ryan ET, Mezzari MP, Phipatanakul W, Lai PS. Front Microbiol. 2020;11:953. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00953. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32528434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7262970.

 The classroom microbiome and asthma morbidity in children attending 3 inner-city schools.

Lai PS, Kolde R, Franzosa EA, Gaffin JM, Baxi SN, Sheehan WJ, Gold DR, Gevers D, Xavier RJ, Phipatanakul W. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Jun;141(6):2311-2313. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.02.022. Epub 2018 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 29518428; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5994187.

 Epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant wound infections from six countries in Africa.

Lai PS, Bebell LM, Meney C, Valeri L, White MC. BMJ Glob Health. 2017;2(Suppl 4):e000475. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000475. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29588863; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5868442.

 Gene-environment interaction between an IL4R variant and school endotoxin exposure contributes to asthma symptoms in inner-city children.

Lai PS, Massoud AH, Xia M, Petty CR, Cunningham A, Chatila TA, Phipatanakul W. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Feb;141(2):794-796.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.08.023. Epub 2017 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 28943468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5803303.

 Kerosene lighting contributes to household air pollution in rural Uganda.

Muyanja D, Allen JG, Vallarino J, Valeri L, Kakuhikire B, Bangsberg DR, Christiani DC, Tsai AC, Lai PS. Indoor Air. 2017 Sep;27(5):1022-1029. doi: 10.1111/ina.12377. Epub 2017 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 28267233; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5568944.

 Impact of environmental microbiota on human microbiota of workers in academic mouse research facilities: An observational study.

Lai PS, Allen JG, Hutchinson DS, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Winters T, Hug C, Wartenberg GR, Vallarino J, Christiani DC. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180969. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28704437; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5509249.

 Imaging Phenotype of Occupational Endotoxin-Related Lung Function Decline.

Lai PS, Hang JQ, Zhang FY, Sun J, Zheng BY, Su L, Washko GR, Christiani DC. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Sep;124(9):1436-42. doi: 10.1289/EHP195. Epub 2016 May 3. PubMed PMID: 27138294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5010398.

 Time-Limited Trials of Intensive Care for Critically Ill Patients With Cancer: How Long Is Long Enough?

Shrime MG, Ferket BS, Scott DJ, Lee J, Barragan-Bradford D, Pollard T, Arabi YM, Al-Dorzi HM, Baron RM, Hunink MG, Celi LA, Lai PS. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Jan;2(1):76-83. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3336. PubMed PMID: 26469222; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4713248.

 School Endotoxin Exposure and Asthma Morbidity in Inner-city Children.

Lai PS, Sheehan WJ, Gaffin JM, Petty CR, Coull BA, Gold DR, Phipatanakul W. Chest. 2015 Nov;148(5):1251-1258. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0098. PubMed PMID: 26087201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4631040.

Alternate methods of nasal epithelial cell sampling for airway genomic studies.

Lai PS, Liang L, Cibas ES, Liu AH, Gold DR, Baccarelli A, Phipatanakul W. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Oct;136(4):1120-3.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.04.032. Epub 2015 May 30. PubMed PMID: 26037550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4600430.

Endotoxin and gender modify lung function recovery after occupational organic dust exposure: a 30-year study. 

Lai PS, Hang JQ, Valeri L, Zhang FY, Zheng BY, Mehta AJ, Shi J, Su L, Brown D, Eisen EA, Christiani DC. Occup Environ Med. 2015 Aug;72(8):546-552. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102579. Epub 2015 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 25666844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4506722.