Publications/ Abstracts
Publications
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2024
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Longitudinal associations between ambient PM2.5 exposure and lipid levels in two Indian cities
Anand, Kritika a,*; Walia, Gagandeep Kaurb; Mandal, Siddharthaa; Menon, Jyothi S.a,b; Gupta, Rubya,b; Tandon, Nikhilc; Narayan, K. M. Venkatd,e; Ali, Mohammed K.d,e; Mohan, Viswanathanf; Schwartz, Joel D.g; Prabhakaran, Dorairaja,b. Longitudinal associations between ambient PM2.5 exposure and lipid levels in two Indian cities. Environmental Epidemiology 8(2):p e295, April 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000295
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Mandal, S., Rajiva, A., Kloog, I., Menon, J. S., Lane, K. J., Amini, H., Walia, G. K., Dixit, S., Nori-Sarma, A., Dutta, A., Sharma, P., Jaganathan, S., Madhipatla, K. K., Wellenius, G. A., De Bont, J., Venkataraman, C., Prabhakaran, D., Prabhakaran, P., Ljungman, P., & Schwartz, J. (2024). PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae088
Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: A comprehensive multi-city study
De Bont, J., Nori-Sarma, A., Stafoggia, M., Banerjee, T., Ingole, V., Jaganathan, S., Mandal, S., Rajiva, A., Krishna, B., Kloog, I., Lane, K., Mall, R. K., Tiwari, A., Wei, Y., Wellenius, G. A., Prabhakaran, D., Schwartz, J., Prabhakaran, P., & Ljungman, P. (2024). Environment International, 184, 108461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108461
Ambient air pollution and daily mortality in ten cities of India: A causal modelling study
De Bont, J., Krishna, B., Stafoggia, M., Banerjee, T., Dholakia, H., Garg, A., Ingole, V., Jaganathan, S., Kloog, I., Lane, K., Mall, R. K., Mandal, S., Nori-Sarma, A., Prabhakaran, D., Rajiva, A., Tiwari, A. S., Wei, Y., Wellenius, G. A., Schwartz, J., . . . Ljungman, P. (2024). The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(7), e433–e440. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00114-1
Mandal, S., Kuriakose, S., & Shridhar, K. (2024). Frontiers in Environmental Health, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvh.2024.1339674
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2023
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PM2.5 exposure, glycemic markers and incidence of type 2 diabetes in two large Indian cities
Mandal S, Jaganathan S, Kondal D, et alPM2.5 exposure, glycemic markers and incidence of type 2 diabetes in two large Indian citiesBMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2023;11:e003333. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003333
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2021
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Taking a stand against air pollution - the impact on cardiovascular disease.
Brauer M, Casadei B, Harrington RA, Kovacs R, Sliwa K; WHF Air Pollution Expert Group. Eur Heart J. 2021 Apr 14;42(15):1460-1463. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa1025. PMID: 33507239; PMCID: PMC7953955.
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Singh K, Kondal D, Mohan S, Jaganathan S, Deepa M, Venkateshmurthy NS, Jarhyan P, Anjana RM, Narayan KMV, Mohan V, Tandon N, Ali MK, Prabhakaran D, Eggleston K. Health, psychosocial, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with chronic conditions in India: a mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Apr 8;21(1):685. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10708-w. PMID: 33832478; PMCID: PMC8027966.
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Assessing mortality risk attributable to high ambient temperatures in Ahmedabad, 1987 to 2017.
Wei Y, Tiwari AS, Li L, Solanki B, Sarkar J, Mavalankar D, Schwartz J. Environ Res. 2021 Jul;198:111232. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111232. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33965390; PMCID: PMC8169607.
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Daily nonaccidental mortality associated with short-term PM 2.5 exposures in Delhi, India
Krishna B, Mandal S, Madhipatla K, Reddy KS, Prabhakaran D, Schwartz JD. Daily nonaccidental mortality associated with short-term PM2.5 exposures in Delhi, India. Environ Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 6;5(4):e167. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000167. PMID: 34414349; PMCID: PMC8367036.
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2020
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Mandal S, Madhipatla KK, Guttikunda S, Kloog I, Prabhakaran D, Schwartz JD; GeoHealth Hub India Team. Ensemble averaging-based assessment of spatiotemporal variations in ambient PM2.5 concentrations over Delhi, India, during 2010-2016. Atmos Environ (1994). 2020 Mar 1;224:117309. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117309. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 32405246; PMCID: PMC7219795.
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Walia GK, Mandal S, Jaganathan S, Jaacks LM, Sieber NL, Dhillon PK, Krishna B, Magsumbol MS, Madhipatla KK, Kondal D, Cash RA, Reddy KS, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran D. Leveraging Existing Cohorts to Study Health Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiometabolic Disorders: India Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub. Environ Health Insights. 2020 Apr 20;14:1178630220915688. doi: 10.1177/1178630220915688. PMID: 32341651; PMCID: PMC7171984.
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Prabhakaran D, Mandal S, Krishna B, Magsumbol M, Singh K, Tandon N, Narayan KMV, Shivashankar R, Kondal D, Ali MK, Srinath Reddy K, Schwartz JD; GeoHealth Hub Study investigators, COE-CARRS Study investigators. Exposure to Particulate Matter Is Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Incident Hypertension in Urban India. Hypertension. 2020 Oct;76(4):1289-1298. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15373. Epub 2020 Aug 17. PMID: 32816598; PMCID: PMC7484465.
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Building capacity for air pollution epidemiology in India
Prabhakaran P, Jaganathan S, Walia GK, Wellenius GA, Mandal S, Kumar K, Kloog I, Lane K, Nori-Sarma A, Rosenqvist M, Dahlquist M, Reddy KS, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran D, Ljungman PLS. Building capacity for air pollution epidemiology in India. Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;4(5):e117. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000117. Erratum in: Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 04;4(6):e126. PMID: 33134770; PMCID: PMC7553192.
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India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planet Health. 2021 Jan;5(1):e25-e38. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30298-9. Epub 2020 Dec 27. PMID: 33357500; PMCID: PMC7805008.
​Built environment for physical activity-An urban barometer, surveillance, and monitoring
Devarajan R, Prabhakaran D, Goenka S. Built environment for physical activity-An urban barometer, surveillance, and monitoring. Obes Rev. 2020;21(1):e12938. doi:10.1111/obr.12938
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2019
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Statewise Report Cards on Ecological Sustainability of Agriculture in India
Veluguri D, Ramanjaneyulu G V, Jaacks LM. State-wise Report Cards on Ecological Sustainability of Agriculture in India. Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), July 2019.
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Jaganathan S, Jaacks LM, Magsumbol M, Walia GK, Sieber NL, Shivasankar R, Dhillon PK, Hameed SS, Schwartz J, Prabhakaran D. Association of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Cardio-Metabolic Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 16;16(14):2541. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142541. PMID: 31315297; PMCID: PMC6679147
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2018
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Development of Ahmedabad's Air Information and Response (AIR) Plan to Protect Public Health
Limaye VS, Knowlton K, Sarkar S, Ganguly PS, Pingle S, Dutta P, M SL, Tiwari A, Solanki B, Shah C, Raval G, Kakkad K, Beig G, Parkhi N, Jaiswal A, Mavalankar D. Development of Ahmedabad's Air Information and Response (AIR) Plan to Protect Public Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jul 10;15(7):1460. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071460. PMID: 29996566; PMCID: PMC6068810.
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India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Planet Health. 2019 Jan;3(1):e26-e39. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30261-4. Epub 2018 Dec 6. PMID: 30528905; PMCID: PMC6358127.
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2017
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Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia
Krishna B, Balakrishnan K, Siddiqui AR, Begum BA, Bachani D, Brauer M. Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia. BMJ. 2017 Nov 17;359:j5209. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j5209. PMID: 29150542.
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Abstracts/ Presentations
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2024
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​Gagandeep Kaur Walia, “DNA methylation as a potential mediator between ambient PM2.5 exposure and myocardial infarction in Indian population”, ISEE Annual Conference 2024, Santiago, Chile, 28th August 2024
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Jyothi Menon “Chemical characterization and source identification of indoor PM2. 5 in urban and rural households in India”, ISEE conference 2024, Santiago, Chile, 28th August 2025
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Prashant Rajput, “Chemical Speciation of Ambient PM2.5 From Indian Seven Cities: GEOHealth HEALS Analytical Protocol”, ISEE conference 2024, Santiago, Chile, 28th August 2024
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Siddhartha Mandal, “GEOHealth Health Effects of Selected Environmental Exposomes Across the Life CourSe (HEALS)-India”, InISEE Conference 2024, Santiago, Chile, 28th August 2025
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Siddhartha Mandal, “Linkages between ambient PM2. 5 and cardiovascular mortality in a large urban cohort in two Indian cities”, ISEE Conference 2024, Santiago, Chile, 28th August 2024
2023
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Gagandeep Kaur Walia, “Health Impacts of Air Pollution: Estimates from India”, University of Delhi, Delhi, International Conference & Pre-Congress of UIAF World Anthropology Congress- Rescripting the Anthropocene: Health, Happiness and Hope, University of Delhi, 12th January, 2023
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Siddhartha Mandal, “Leap-frogging exposure assessment using remote sensing and machine learning in India”, Globe Life Seminar, Sweden (virtual), March 2023
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Siddhartha Mandal, “Long-term exposure to PM2.5 associated with decline in kidney function in a large urban cohort in two Indian cities”, ISEE Conference, Taiwan, September 2023
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Jyothi Menon, “Neighbourhood and household level socio-economic status and its association with air pollution exposure in Indian cities”, ISEE Conference, Taiwan, September 2023
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Kritika Anand, “CARRS Lipids and MMM Study”, ISEE Conference, Taiwan, September 2023
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Air pollution and Cardiovascular Disease”, Lipid Association of India, LIACON, Guwahati, India, 17th February, 2023
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Research to policy-making for air pollution: what narratives work”, Clean air Convening (hosted by Clean air Catalyst), Bengaluru, India, March 2023
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Enhancing the evidence base for air pollution and health effects in India”, 7th National Civil Society Consultation on Non-Communicable Diseases and Air Pollution, Delhi, India, March 2023
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Environmental health issues in India: an overview of evidence generation to policy-making”, University of Leicester, UK, May 2023
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Pollution and cardiovascular health”, CSI Cardiac Prevent, Jaipur, September 2023
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2022
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Air pollution and Health –Awareness building program”, Bhagat Hospital, New Delhi, 14th March 2022
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Poornima Prabhakaran, “Environmental risk factors and Non-communicable diseases” 52nd 10-day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kochi, India, December 2022
2017
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Poornima Prabhakaran, ”Climate change and health in LMICs: toward equitable, transdisciplinary research in environmental epidemiology”, Workshop – ISEE, September (17) 18-22, Athens, Greece, September 2017