Christine C. Ekenga, PhD MPH

BUSINESS ADDRESS Brown School ∙ Washington University in St. Louis One Brookings Drive ∙ Campus Box 1196 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Office: (314)-935-2786 Fax: (314)-935-8511 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

New York University, New York, NY Ph.D. 2011 Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA MPH 2007 Occupational and Environmental Graduate School of Health

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL B.A. 2003 Environmental Science, College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2016 - present Assistant Professor of Public Health Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2016 - present Faculty Scholar, Institute for Public Health Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2016 - present Member, Prevention and Control Program Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 - 2016 T32 Research Scholar, Cancer Prevention and Control Washington University School of Medicine / Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO

2011 - 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS/National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC

2008 - 2011 Research Scientist, Division of Epidemiology New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

2006 - 2008 Graduate Assistant, Division of Epidemiology New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

2004 - 2006 Graduate Assistant, School of Public Health San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2005 Public Health Intern, National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

HONORS/AWARDS

Intramural paper of the month, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH (2014)

Charles C. Shepard Science Award nomination in Assessment and Epidemiology category, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)

Graduate Student Research Festival selection, National Institutes of Health (2010)

Dean’s Student Travel Grant recipient, New York University GSAS (2010)

SER Doctoral Dissertation workshop selection, Society for Epidemiologic Research (2009)

Outstanding Student in Environmental Public Health selection, NCEH/ATSDR Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2006)

REFEREEED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (*denotes student/mentee)

1. Dale AM, Ekenga CC, Buckner-Perry S, Merlino L, Thiese M, Bao S, Meyers A, Harris-Adamson C, Kapellusch J, Eisen E, Gerr F, Hegmann K, Silverstein B, Garg A, Rempel D, Zeringue A, Evanoff B. Incident CTS in a large pooled cohort study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2018 Jul;75(7):501-506.

2. Ekenga CC, Perez M, Margenthaler J, Jeffe D. Early-stage breast cancer and employment participation after two years of follow-up: a comparison with age-matched controls. Cancer. 2018 May 1;124(9):2026- 2035.

3. Ekenga CC, McElwain C*, Sprague N*. Examining public perceptions about lead in school drinking water: a mixed-methods analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018 Jan 20;15(1). pii: E162.

4. Werder EJ, Gam KG, Engel LS, Kwok RK, Ekenga CC, Curry MD, Chambers DM, Blair A, Miller A, Birnbaum L, Sandler DP. Predictors of BTEX compounds measured in blood among Gulf coast residents. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2018 Jun;28(4):358-370.

5. Doherty BT, Kwok RK, Curry MD, Ekenga CC, Chambers D, Sandler DP, Engel LS. Associations between blood BTEXS concentrations and hematologic parameters among US adults. Environmental Research. 2017 Jul; 156, 579-587.

6. Komaie G, Ekenga CC, Sanders VL, Goodman M. Increasing community research capacity to address health disparities. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2017 Feb; 12(1):55-56.

7. Cone JE, Osahan S, Ekenga CC, Miller-Archie SA, Stellman SD, Fairclough MA, Friedman SM, Farfel MR. Asthma among Staten Island Fresh Kills Landfill and Barge Workers following the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2016 Sep; 59(9), 795-804.

8. Ekenga CC, Parks CG, Sandler DP. A prospective study of occupational physical activity and breast cancer risk. Cancer Causes and Control. 2015 Dec;26(12):1779-89.

9. Fairclough MA, Miller-Archie SA, Cone JE, Dechen T, Ekenga CC, Osahan S, Perlman SE, Gargano LM, Imasuen J, Farfel MR. Relationship between persistent Post-traumatic Stress disorder and human remains exposure for Staten Island large and landfill recovery and clean-up workers after 9/11. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience. 2015 October 16.

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10. Ekenga CC, Parks CG, Sandler DP. Chemical exposures in the workplace and breast cancer risk: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cancer. 2015 Oct 1;137(7):1765-74.

11. Ekenga CC, Parks CG, Wilson LE, Sandler DP. Leisure-time physical activity in relation to occupational physical activity among women. Preventive Medicine. 2015 May; 74 :93-6.

12. Ekenga CC, Parks CG, D'Aloisio AA, DeRoo LA, Sandler DP. Breast cancer risk after occupational solvent exposure: the influence of timing and setting. Cancer Research. 2014 Jun 1;74(11):3076-83.

13. Nair HP, Ekenga CC, Cone JE, Brackbill RM, Farfel MR, Stellman SD. Co-occurring lower respiratory symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder 5 to 6 years after the World Trade Center terrorist attack. American Journal of Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1964-73.

14. Ekenga, CC and Friedman-Jiménez, G. Epidemiology of respiratory health outcomes among World Trade Center disaster workers. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2011 Sep;5 Suppl 2: S189-96.

15. Ekenga CC, Scheu KE*, Cone JE, Stellman SD, Farfel MR. 9/11-related experiences and tasks of landfill and barge workers: qualitative analysis from the World Trade Center Health Registry. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 16; 11:321.

16. Brackbill RM, Hadler JL, DiGrande L, Ekenga CC, Farfel MR, Friedman S, Perlman SE, Stellman SD, Walker DJ, Wu D, Yu S, Thorpe LE. Asthma and posttraumatic stress symptoms 5 to 6 years following exposure to the World Trade Center terrorist attack. JAMA. 2009 Aug 5;302(5):502-16.

Refereed oral abstracts

1. Ekenga CC, Perez M, Jeffe D. Return to Work after Breast Cancer Treatment in African-American Patients. NIOSH 2nd International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health, Bethesda, MD. (2018)

2. Ekenga CC and Ziyu L. Social and environmental determinants of public health emergency preparedness. 2017 International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting. Research Triangle Park, NC. (2017)

3. Evanoff B, Ekenga CC, Buckner-Perry S, Dale AM. Comparison of individually observed exposures versus a Job Exposure Matrix on associations between workplace physical factors. International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference, Barcelona, Spain. (2016)

4. EKENGA CC, Yang L, Kibel A, Wolin K, Grubb R, Mun J, Izadi S, Imm K, Colditz C, Sutcliffe S. Neighborhood environment and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in cancer survivors. Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2016)

5. EKENGA CC, Kwok RK, Engel LS, Sandler DP. Communicating current biomonitoring results to gulf coast residents. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX. (2015)

6. Gam KB, Kwok RK, Engel LS, EKENGA CC, Sandler DP. Lung function in oil spill clean-up workers and non-workers in the GuLF STUDY cohort. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX. (2015)

7. EKENGA CC, Parks CG, Sandler DP. Lifetime occupational physical activity and breast cancer risk. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (2014)

8. EKENGA CC, Parks CG, Sandler DP. Occupational sitting is associated with leisure-time inactivity among working women. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (2014)

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9. Sandler DP, Engel LS, Rose K, Payne J, Curry M, EKENGA CC, Miller A, Birnbaum L, Blair A, Kwok RK. Respiratory symptoms in oil spill clean-up workers participating in the GuLF STUDY. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Seattle WA. (2014)

10. Kwok RK, Engel LS, Payne J, EKENGA CC, Miller A, Blair A, Sandler DP. Mental health symptoms among GuLF STUDY participants involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up. The 25th International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) Conference, Chicago, IL. (2014)

Refereed poster abstracts

1. Ekenga CC, Perez M, Jeffe D. Employment and Work Experiences After Breast Cancer Treatment. Eleventh American Association for Cancer Research Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, New Orleans, LA. (2018)

2. Poliner D, Ekenga CC, Cone J. Personal Protective Equipment, Staten Island Fresh Kills Landfill and More Lessons Learned from September 11th. American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference, San Diego, CA. (2018)

3. Ekenga CC, Perez M, Margenthaler J, Jeffe D. Employment participation after early-stage breast cancer: patterns and determinants. Tenth American Association for Cancer Research Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, Atlanta, GA. (2017)

4. EKENGA CC, Parks CG, Sandler DP. A prospective study of breast cancer risk associated with exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (2014)

5. EKENGA CC, Parks CG, D’Aloisio AA, DeRoo LA, Sandler DP. Breast cancer risk in association with occupational exposure to organic solvents. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2013)

6. EKENGA CC, Friedman-Jimenez, G. Respiratory health outcomes among World Trade Center disaster workers. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2011)

7. EKENGA CC, Scheu KE, Cone JE, Stellman SD, Farfel MR. of World Trade Center recovery and cleanup workers after the September 11 World Trade Center disaster. International Conference on Urban Health Meeting, New York, NY. (2010)

8. EKENGA CC and Friedman-Jimenez G. Disparities in workplace exacerbation of asthma in an urban population. Assuring Equity through Health and Health Care Reform Conference, New York, NY. (2009)

9. EKENGA CC, Stellman SD, Fung L, Friedman S, Maslow C, Cone JE. Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (2009)

10. Brackbill RM, Hadler JL, EKENGA CC, Farfel MR, Stellman SD. Diagnosed asthma among persons exposed to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (2009)

11. EKENGA CC, Berger Z, Luo LY, Reibman J, Friedman-Jiménez G. Workplace aggravation of asthma symptoms among immigrants with asthma in an urban working population. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2007)

12. EKENGA CC, Wilhelm M, Quintana PJE. The Effects of the 2003 San Diego County wildfires on birth outcomes in San Diego County. National Environmental Public Health Conference, Atlanta, GA. (2006)

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO

• S55.5005.01 Environmental Health (Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017) • S55.5005.02 Environmental Health (Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017) • S90.5500.01 Theoretical Orientations in Public Health Sciences (Fall 2018) • S55.5801.02 Independent Study (Spring 2018) • S90.6572.03 Practicum in Research (Fall 2017) • S55.5011.02 Epidemiology Methods (Spring 2017) • S55.5002.04 Foundations of Public Health: Epidemiology (Fall 2016) • S55.5190.04 Public Health Seminar (Fall 2016)

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO

• Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2015)

New York University School of Medicine, New York NY

• Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine, Teaching Assistant (Winter 2009, Spring 2008)

New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York NY

• Introduction to Epidemiology, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2009, Fall 2007)

SERVICE

Professional service

Generate Health FLOURISH St. Louis Initiative committee member (2017-present)

CDC/National Center for Environmental Health, Disaster Epidemiology Workgroup member (2016-2018)

NIH Environmental Health Disparities Meeting, Cumulative Exposures session moderator (2013)

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Annual Conference, Environment and Cancer session co-chair (2012)

Occupational Health section student liaison, American Public Health Association (2008-2009)

Ad Hoc Reviewer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine The Breast Environmental Research Preventive Medicine Social Science & Medicine PLoS One International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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MEDIA

St. Louis American “Race, insurance status linked to job loss after breast cancer,” http://www.stlamerican.com/your_health_matters/health_news/race-insurance-status-linked-to-job-loss-after- breast-cancer/article_fd54705c-1753-11e8-9875-378753b7c2d1.html (February 2018)

Riverfront Times “Gateway to the Great Outdoors is teaching kids about the great outdoors,” https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2017/04/14/gateway-to-the-great-outdoors-is-teaching-st-louis-kids- about-the-great-outdoors (April 2017)

Medical Xpress “Switching away from soda cut more than 60 trillion calories from the American diet from 2000 to 2015,” https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-06-soda-trillion-calories-american-diet.html (June 2016)

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Labor Review “Sitting on the job slows women down,” http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/beyond-bls/sitting-on-the-job- slows-women-down.htm (April 2015)

Breast Cancer Fund “Chemical exposures and breast cancer risk,” http://www.preventionstartshere.org/qa-niehs-scientists- explain-findings-of-breast-cancer-study/ (August 2014)

Chemical Watch Limited “Researchers call for more research during vulnerable periods,” https://chemicalwatch.com/20110/us-study- links-occupational-solvent-exposure-to-breast-cancer (June 2014)

NBC News “Breast cancer risk after occupational exposure to organic solvents: the influence of timing and setting of exposure,” http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/solvents-may-raise-breast-cancer-risk-some-study-finds- n118006 (May 2014)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Association for Cancer Research International Society of Exposure Science American Public Health Association Society for Epidemiologic Research

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