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Stephanie Grady

Postdoctoral Associate, Environmental Health - Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Biography

Stephanie Grady is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health. She received her doctoral degree in Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, an MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University, and a BS in Biology from Texas A&M University. She previously worked at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on an epidemiologic study examining the effects of air pollution on health in Veterans with COPD. She is interested in examining the interplay between the physical and social environment on cardiovascular disease, mental health, and behavioral outcomes. She is passionate about blending research with advocacy to answer critical public health questions. Furthermore, she has a strong interest in understanding how to collaboratively and sustainably change the built environment to reduce stress-related outcomes.

Publications

  • Published on 8/26/2025

    Andrews RM, Grady ST, Aggarwal NT, Beck TL, Dhana K, Evans D, Maillard P, Rothbard S, Stuart EA, Szpiro AA, Virkar S, Adar SD, DeCarli CS, Kaufman JD, Rajan KB, Weuve J. Association of tailpipe-related and nontailpipe-related air pollution exposure with neuroimaging outcomes. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Oct; 9(5):e413. PMID: 40881066.

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  • Published on 7/19/2025

    Mowrer C, Larkin A, Roscoe C, Grady ST, Peters JL, Haggerty B, Hystad P, Bozigar M. Systematic measurement and machine learning-based profile characterization of community noise in a medium-large city in the United States. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Jul 19. PMID: 40684001.

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  • Published on 7/10/2025

    Vrkljan KA, Oblath R, Black-Ingersoll F, Grady ST, Burrows K, Fabian MP, Parker SE, Nori-Sarma A, Willis MD. A Case-Crossover Study of Extreme Heat and Psychiatric Emergency Encounters Among Vulnerable Pregnant People. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 Aug; 39(6):571-581. PMID: 40641135.

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  • Published on 6/12/2025

    Fiffer MR, Chen J, Silva EL, Nethery RC, Sun Q, James P, Grady ST, Yanosky JD, Kaufman JD, Laden F, Hart JE. Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 Jun; 133(6):67009. PMID: 40314697.

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  • Published on 9/12/2024

    Peters JL, Grady ST, Laden F, Nelson E, Bozigar M, Hart JE, Manson JE, Huang T, Redline S, Kaufman JD, Forman JP, Rexrode KM, Levy JI. Long-term nighttime aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in a prospective cohort of female nurses. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 Jan; 263:114457. PMID: 39270405.

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  • Published on 4/15/2024

    Bozigar M, Laden F, Hart JE, Redline S, Huang T, Whitsel EA, Nelson EJ, Grady ST, Levy JI, Peters JL. Aircraft noise exposure and body mass index among female participants in two Nurses' Health Study prospective cohorts living around 90 airports in the United States. Environ Int. 2024 May; 187:108660. PMID: 38677085.

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  • Published on 3/22/2024

    Zhang CL, Maccarone JR, Grady ST, Collins CM, Moy ML, Hart JE, Kang CM, Coull BA, Schwartz JD, Koutrakis P, Garshick E. Indoor and ambient black carbon and fine particulate matter associations with blood biomarkers in COPD patients. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jun 01; 927:171897. PMID: 38522542.

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  • Published on 12/4/2023

    Roscoe C, Grady ST, Hart JE, Iyer HS, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Laden F, James P. Association between Noise and Cardiovascular Disease in a Nationwide U.S. Prospective Cohort Study of Women Followed from 1988 to 2018. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Dec; 131(12):127005. PMID: 38048103.

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  • Published on 10/17/2023

    Borchert W, Grady ST, Chen J, DeVille NV, Roscoe C, Chen F, Mita C, Holland I, Wilt GE, Hu CR, Mehta U, Nethery RC, Albert CM, Laden F, Hart JE. Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2023 Dec; 10(4):490-500. PMID: 37845484.

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  • Published on 10/5/2023

    McHugh EG, Grady ST, Collins CM, Moy ML, Hart JE, Coull BA, Schwartz JD, Koutrakis P, Zhang J, Garshick E. Pulmonary, inflammatory, and oxidative effects of indoor nitrogen dioxide in patients with COPD. Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Oct; 7(5):e271. PMID: 37840862.

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