Amelia Wesselink
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Amelia K Wesselink, PhD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3421
akw23@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Amelia Wesselink (she/her) is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on how climate change and neighborhood context can influence reproductive and gynecologic health. Her overarching research goal is to identify how environmental threats and the social context in which they occur contribute to reproductive injustices. She leads research on environmental exposures and infertility in the Black Women's Health Study. She is a co-investigator on Pregnancy Study Online, where she has led work on the reproductive health effects of air pollution and heat, and the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids, where she has focused on exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and gynecologic health. She also leads a BUSPH-funded pilot study on the pregnancy health of transgender and gender diverse people.

Other Positions

  • Postdoctoral Associate (previously held) - Boston University School of Public Health

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
  • University of California, Berkeley, MPH
  • Georgetown University, BS

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Publications

  • Published on 4/1/2026

    Wesselink AK, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Nillni YI, Savitz DA, Rothman KJ, Hatch EE, Wise LA. A prospective study of periconceptional perceived stress and rate of miscarriage. Hum Reprod. 2026 Apr 01; 41(4):606-615. PMID: 41677054.

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  • Published on 3/17/2026

    Kuriyama AS, Lovett SM, Wesselink AK, Kuan KE, Hoffman MN, Nillni YI, Ncube CN, Wise LA, Boynton-Jarrett R. Childhood adversity and spontaneous abortion in a North American preconception cohort study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Mar 17; 195(4):982-990. PMID: 41222293.

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  • Published on 3/17/2026

    Lovett SM, Wise LA, Richardson AS, Campbell EJ, Vrkljan KA, Kirwa K, Wesselink AK, Rothman KJ, Willis MD. A preconception cohort study of historical mortgage lending discrimination and present-day fecundability. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Mar 17; 195(4):1185-1194. PMID: 41342351.

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  • Published on 2/28/2026

    Gause EL, Kuriyama AS, Kirwa K, Spangler KR, Hystad P, Wellenius GA, Wise LA, Wesselink AK. Using wearable devices to measure personal heat exposure in a preconception cohort. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2026 Feb 28. PMID: 41764349.

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  • Published on 2/27/2026

    Schildroth S, Claus Henn B, Lovett SM, Wesselink AK, Nillni YI, Heiger-Bernays W, Harmon QE, Vines AI, Baird DD, Wise LA. A prospective study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), stress, and birth size in a cohort of U.S. Black women. Environ Health. 2026 Feb 27; 25(1). PMID: 41761315.

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  • Published on 2/1/2026

    Coleman CM, Wesselink AK, Yland JJ, Sommer GJ, Eisenberg ML, Bertisch SM, Rothman KJ, Hatch EE, Wise LA. A North American preconception study of sleep health and semen quality. Hum Reprod. 2026 Feb 01; 41(2):275-284. PMID: 41330355.

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  • Published on 1/29/2026

    Willis MD, Sheng C, Lovett SM, Feldscher T, Sims KD, Francis B, Hicks JM, Holder EX, Wise LA, Cozier YC, Wesselink AK. Historical Neighborhood Redlining and Fertility in a Cohort of US Black Women. Epidemiology. 2026 Mar 01; 37(2):268-277. PMID: 41397260.

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  • Published on 12/31/2025

    Wise LA, Schildroth S, Lovett SM, Geller RJ, Patchel SA, Gaston SA, Jackson CL, Bethea TN, Coleman CM, Wegienka G, Wesselink A, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Noel NL. Use of chemical hair straighteners in relation to incidence and growth of uterine leiomyomata: a prospective ultrasound study. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 31. PMID: 41469322.

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  • Published on 12/20/2025

    Lovett SM, Campbell EJ, Richardson AS, Wesselink AK, Ncube CN, Cozier YC, Wise LA, Willis MD. Racialized economic segregation in relation to fecundability in a preconception cohort study. J Urban Health. 2025 Dec 20. PMID: 41422358.

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  • Published on 10/23/2025

    Wesselink AK, Willis MD, Lovett SM, Sheng C, Kuohung W, Hicks J, Peters JL, Sheehy S, Palmer JR, Wise LA, Cozier Y. Neighborhood disadvantage and fecundability in a cohort of US Black women. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Dec; 9(6):e428. PMID: 41140319.

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