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.
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Publications
- Published on 5/8/2026
Burrows K, Black-Ingersoll F, Sprague NL, Grady S, Vrkljan K, Ferguson T, Just A, Willis M, Oblath R, Nori-Sarma A. Warm season hourly temperature and psychiatric emergencies: A case-crossover study of a vulnerable population in Boston, 2005-2019. Environ Epidemiol. 2026 Jun; 10(3):e478. PMID: 42109516.
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- Published on 5/1/2026
Bozigar M, Weuve J, Clark SN, Grady ST, Cantuaria ML, Cai YS, Roscoe C, Röösli M, Peters JL, Seto E, Vienneau D, Sørensen M, Neitzel RL, Hastings AL, Luben TJ, Andersen ZJ, Clark C, Hansell AL, Hystad P, Brauer M, Adar SD. Integrating noise as a risk factor in studies of Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Guidance for epidemiologic research. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71513. PMID: 42174391.
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- Published on 4/1/2026
Ni W, Grady ST, Nassikas N, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Zhang JJ, Garshick E, Rice MB. Associations of daily air temperature with lung function and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Apr 01; 23(4):506-515. PMID: 41915566.
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- Published on 3/28/2026
Clark CJ, Campbell E, Grady ST, Buonocore J, Aker A, Deziel NC, Casey JA, Willis M. School-based exposures to oil and gas development for public school children in the United States. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2026 Mar 28. PMID: 41904266.
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- Published on 12/17/2025
Kogevinas M, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Aker A, Houdou A, Grady S, Menouni A, Oulhote Y, Ritz B, Wells EM, Al-Delaimy WK. Why Scientists Must Engage: Environmental Health in Times of Armed Conflict. Int J Public Health. 2025; 70:1609353. PMID: 41480580.
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- Published on 12/16/2025
Black-Ingersoll F, Willis MD, White JS, Grady ST, Vrkljan KA, Duncan A, Burrows K, Oblath R, Nori-Sarma A. Climate resilience adaptation and psychiatric emergency services utilization during extreme heat in Boston, MA: a difference-in-differences analysis. Environ Int. 2026 Jan; 207:110007. PMID: 41418637.
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- 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. 2026 Jan; 36(1):199-210. 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 August 27, 2025
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Published on October 18, 2024
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