Birgit Claus Henn
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Birgit G. Claus Henn, ScD

Associate Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2459
bclaus@bu.edu
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Biography

Birgit Claus Henn is an environmental epidemiologist who seeks to define the impacts of environmental exposures on maternal and child health. Her research focuses on chemical mixtures and their effects on child growth, neurodevelopment, and the health of pregnant and reproductive-aged women. She has examined exposure to metals, pesticides, and endocrine disrupting chemicals and associations with neurodevelopment in multiple pediatric cohorts worldwide, spanning critical periods of development from the prenatal period through adolescence. A central component of her work is estimating health effects of environmental mixtures using state-of-the-art statistical approaches.

Other research interests include the development and use of novel exposure science methods to incorporate exposure timing in epidemiologic studies, and the role of nutritional, social, and other factors in modifying and/or mediating chemical toxicity.

Dr. Claus Henn was the PI of an NIEHS K99/R00 Career Development Award to utilize novel statistical approaches for analyzing metal mixtures and neurodevelopment and is the MPI or co-investigator on multiple NIH R01s on environmental mixtures. She is also the PI of an NIEHS T32 Predoctoral Training Program and serves as the director of the PhD program in Environmental Health at BUSPH.

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, SD Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Environmental Health
  • University of California, Berkeley, BA Field of Study: Environmental Science

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Classes Taught

  • SPHEH730
  • SPHEH980

Publications

  • Published on 4/18/2024

    Schildroth S, Henn BC, Vines AI, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Coleman CM, Bethea TN, Botelho JC, Calafat AM, Milando C, Baird DD, Wegienka G, Wise LA. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), perceived stress, and depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort study of black women. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Apr 18; 172445. PMID: 38642767.

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  • Published on 4/15/2024

    Fruh V, Wesselink AK, Schildroth S, Bethea TN, Geller RJ, Calafat AM, Coull BA, Wegienka G, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Wise LA, Henn BC. Non-persistent Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Mixtures and Uterine Leiomyomata in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids (SELF). Chemosphere. 2024 Apr 15; 142050. PMID: 38631496.

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  • Published on 2/16/2024

    Schildroth S, Kordas K, White RF, Friedman A, Placidi D, Smith D, Lucchini RG, Wright RO, Horton M, Claus Henn B. An Industry-Relevant Metal Mixture, Iron Status, and Reported Attention-Related Behaviors in Italian Adolescents. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Feb; 132(2):27008. PMID: 38363634.

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  • Published on 2/12/2024

    Schildroth S, Bethea TN, Wesselink AK, Friedman A, Fruh V, Calafat AM, Wegienka G, Gaston S, Baird DD, Wise LA, Claus Henn B. Personal Care Products, Socioeconomic Status, and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Mixtures in Black Women. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Feb 27; 58(8):3641-3653. PMID: 38347750.

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  • Published on 1/23/2024

    Claus Henn B, Werler MM. Environmental causes of birth defects: challenges and opportunities. Pediatr Res. 2024 Jan 23. PMID: 38263449.

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  • Published on 12/1/2023

    Schildroth S; Bauer JA; Friedman A; Austin C; Coull BA; Placidi D; White RF; Smith D; Wright RO; Lucchini RG; Arora M; Horton M; Claus Henn B. Early life manganese exposure and reported attention-related behaviors in Italian adolescents. Environmental Epidemiology. 2023; 6(7):e274.
  • Published on 10/11/2023

    Friedman A, Schildroth S, Bauer JA, Coull BA, Smith DR, Placidi D, Cagna G, Krengel MH, Tripodis Y, White RF, Lucchini RG, Wright RO, Horton M, Austin C, Arora M, Claus Henn B. Early-life manganese exposure during multiple developmental periods and adolescent verbal learning and memory. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2023; 100:107307. PMID: 37832858.

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  • Published on 9/28/2023

    Schildroth S, Valeri L, Kordas K, Shi B, Friedman A, Smith D, Placidi D, Wright RO, Lucchini RG, White RF, Horton M, Claus Henn B. Assessing the mediating role of iron status on associations between an industry-relevant metal mixture and verbal learning and memory in Italian adolescents. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jan 01; 906:167435. PMID: 37774885.

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  • Published on 8/16/2023

    Claus Henn B. Invited Perspective: Metals, Micronutrients, and Mixtures-Future Directions. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Aug; 131(8):81305. PMID: 37585347.

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  • Published on 6/10/2023

    Friedman A, Boselli E, Ogneva-Himmelberger Y, Heiger-Bernays W, Brochu P, Burgess M, Schildroth S, Denehy A, Downs T, Papautsky I, Clauss Henn B. Manganese in residential drinking water from a community-initiated case study in Massachusetts. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Jan; 34(1):58-67. PMID: 37301899.

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