Eric S Coker

Eric S Coker,

Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Environmental and Global Health
Business Phone: (352) 273-9188
Business Email: eric.coker@ufl.edu

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2022-2024
PHC6046 Foundations of Environmental Epidemiology Methods
2022-2024
PHC6702 Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Assessment
2019-2022
PHC6937 Special Topics in Public Health
2022
PHC7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2020,2022
PHC6941 MPH Applied Practice Experience
2021
PHC7979 Advanced Research
2021
PHC6424 Environmental Policy and Risk Management in Public Health
2020
PHC6722 Environmental and Global Health Research Methods Rotation
2020
PHC6947 Occupational Health Field Research Experience
2019-2020
HSC4913 Supervised Research Experience
2019-2020
PHC3440 Global Public Health
2018-2020
PHC6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health
2018-2019
PHC4320 Environmental Concepts in Public Health

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-6698-6165

Publications

2023
Bayesian profile regression to study the ecologic associations of correlated environmental exposures with excess mortality risk during the first year of the Covid-19 epidemic in lombardy, Italy
Environmental Research. 216 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114484. [PMID] 36220446.
2023
Characterization of the short-term temporal variability of road dust chemical mixtures and meteorological profiles in a near-road urban site in British Columbia
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 73(6):502-516 [DOI] 10.1080/10962247.2023.2186964.
2023
Preterm Birth and Metal Mixture Exposure among Pregnant Women from the Navajo Birth Cohort Study
Environmental Health Perspectives. 131(12) [DOI] 10.1289/ehp10361.
2022
Assessment of a mass balance equation for estimating community-level prevalence of COVID-19 using wastewater-based epidemiology in a mid-sized city.
Scientific reports. 12(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-022-21354-6. [PMID] 36352013.
2022
Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Indian River Lagoon and Atlantic coast of Brevard County, FL, reveals distinct spatial clusters.
Chemosphere. 301 [DOI] 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134478. [PMID] 35367496.
2022
Association between lipid profiles and viral respiratory infections in human sputum samples.
Respiratory research. 23(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12931-022-02091-w. [PMID] 35780155.
2022
Association between PM2.5 and respiratory hospitalization in Rio Branco, Brazil: Demonstrating the potential of low-cost air quality sensor for epidemiologic research.
Environmental Research. 214 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113738.
2022
Childhood exposures to environmental chemicals and neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital heart disease.
PloS one. 17(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0277611. [PMID] 36395323.
2022
Factors influencing indoor air pollution in buildings using PCA-LMBP neural network: A case study of a university campus
Building and Environment. 225 [DOI] 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109643.
2022
Harmonization of Epidemiologic Research Methods to Address the Environmental and Social Determinants of Urban Slum Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 19(18) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph191811273. [PMID] 36141546.
2022
Imported Dengue Case Numbers and Local Climatic Patterns Are Associated with Dengue Virus Transmission in Florida, USA.
Insects. 13(2) [DOI] 10.3390/insects13020163. [PMID] 35206736.
2022
Prenatal Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Early Childhood Growth Impairment Risk in East Africa.
Toxics. 10(11) [DOI] 10.3390/toxics10110705. [PMID] 36422914.
2022
Use of biomass fuels predicts indoor particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations; evidence from an informal urban settlement in Fort Portal city, Uganda.
BMC public health. 22(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12889-022-14015-w. [PMID] 36089579.
2022
Vitamin D intake modifies the association of household air pollution exposure with maternal disorders of pregnancy.
Indoor air. 32(1) [DOI] 10.1111/ina.12963. [PMID] 34837417.
2022
Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in a small coastal community: Effects of tourism on viral presence and variant identification among low prevalence populations.
Environmental research. 208 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112496. [PMID] 34902379.
2021
“Freedom to Breathe”: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) to Investigate Air Pollution Inequities in Richmond, CA.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 18(2) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18020554. [PMID] 33440892.
2021
A land use regression model using machine learning and locally developed low cost particulate matter sensors in Uganda
Environmental Research. 199 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111352.
2021
A Narrative Review of Occupational Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Farmworkers.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 18(8) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18084097. [PMID] 33924663.
2021
A time series analysis of the ecologic relationship between acute and intermediate PM2.5 exposure duration on neonatal intensive care unit admissions in Florida.
Environmental research. 196 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110374. [PMID] 33131682.
2020
Correction to Determinants of Exposure to Pyrethroid Insecticides in the VHEMBE Cohort, South Africa.
Environmental science & technology. 54(3) [DOI] 10.1021/acs.est.9b06368. [PMID] 31944671.
2020
Corrigendum to “Association between prenatal exposure to multiple insecticides and child body weight and body composition in the VHEMBE South African birth cohort” [Environ. Int. 113 (2018) 122-132].
Environment international. 143 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106070. [PMID] 32861474.
2020
Erratum: “Prenatal Exposure to DDT and Pyrethroids for Malaria Control and Child Neurodevelopment: The VHEMBE Cohort, South Africa”.
Environmental health perspectives. 128(3) [DOI] 10.1289/EHP6427. [PMID] 32167796.
2020
Household air pollution profiles associated with persistent childhood cough in urban Uganda.
Environment international. 136 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105471. [PMID] 32044526.
2020
Prenatal phthalate, paraben, and phenol exposure and childhood allergic and respiratory outcomes: Evaluating exposure to chemical mixtures.
The Science of the total environment. 725 [DOI] 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138418. [PMID] 32302842.
2020
The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy.
Environmental & resource economics. 76(4):611-634 [DOI] 10.1007/s10640-020-00486-1. [PMID] 32836855.
2019
Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticle-Assisted Cryopreservation of Red Blood Cells.
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(19):7789-7796 [DOI] 10.1021/jacs.9b00992. [PMID] 31017405.
2019
Modular Metal-Organic Polyhedra Superassembly: From Molecular-Level Design to Targeted Drug Delivery.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 31(12) [DOI] 10.1002/adma.201806774. [PMID] 30702780.
2018
A Narrative Review on the Human Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Urgent Need for Health Effects Studies.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 15(3) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph15030427. [PMID] 29494501.
2018
Association between prenatal exposure to multiple insecticides and child body weight and body composition in the VHEMBE South African birth cohort.
Environment international. 113:122-132 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.016. [PMID] 29421401.
2018
Author Correction: Ultra-thin enzymatic liquid membrane for CO2 separation and capture.
Nature communications. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41467-018-04642-6. [PMID] 29855468.
2018
Determinants of Exposure to Pyrethroid Insecticides in the VHEMBE Cohort, South Africa.
Environmental science & technology. 52(21):12108-12121 [DOI] 10.1021/acs.est.8b02767. [PMID] 30991471.
2018
DNA methylation and socioeconomic status in a Mexican-American birth cohort.
Clinical epigenetics. 10 [DOI] 10.1186/s13148-018-0494-z. [PMID] 29760810.
2018
Erratum: “Prenatal Exposure to DDT and Pyrethroids for Malaria Control and Child Neurodevelopment: The VHEMBE Cohort, South Africa”.
Environmental health perspectives. 126(11) [DOI] 10.1289/EHP4585. [PMID] 30484712.
2018
Multi-pollutant Modeling Through Examination of Susceptible Subpopulations Using Profile Regression.
Current environmental health reports. 5(1):59-69 [DOI] 10.1007/s40572-018-0177-0. [PMID] 29427169.
2018
Obesity in relation to serum persistent organic pollutant concentrations in CHAMACOS women.
Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2(4) [DOI] 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000032. [PMID] 31106289.
2018
Prenatal Exposure to DDT and Pyrethroids for Malaria Control and Child Neurodevelopment: The VHEMBE Cohort, South Africa.
Environmental health perspectives. 126(4) [DOI] 10.1289/EHP2129. [PMID] 29648420.
2018
Spatial clustering of metal and metalloid mixtures in unregulated water sources on the Navajo Nation – Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, USA.
The Science of the total environment. 633:1667-1678 [DOI] 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.288. [PMID] 29669690.
2018
Ultra-thin enzymatic liquid membrane for CO2 separation and capture.
Nature communications. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41467-018-03285-x. [PMID] 29515116.
2017
Association between Pesticide Profiles Used on Agricultural Fields near Maternal Residences during Pregnancy and IQ at Age 7 Years.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 14(5) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph14050506. [PMID] 28486423.
2016
Multi-pollutant exposure profiles associated with term low birth weight in Los Angeles County.
Environment international. 91:1-13 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.011. [PMID] 26891269.
2016
Part 3. Modeling of Multipollutant Profiles and Spatially Varying Health Effects with Applications to Indicators of Adverse Birth Outcomes.
Research report (Health Effects Institute). (183 Pt 3):3-47 [PMID] 27459845.
2015
A cross sectional analysis of behaviors related to operating gas stoves and pneumonia in U.S. children under the age of 5.
BMC public health. 15 [DOI] 10.1186/s12889-015-1425-y. [PMID] 25648867.
2015
Modeling spatial effects of PM(2.5) on term low birth weight in Los Angeles County.
Environmental research. 142:354-64 [DOI] 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.044. [PMID] 26196780.
2014
A cross-sectional study of the association between ventilation of gas stoves and chronic respiratory illness in U.S. children enrolled in NHANESIII.
Environmental health : a global access science source. 13 [DOI] 10.1186/1476-069X-13-71. [PMID] 25182545.

Grants

May 2021 – Oct 2021
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Project
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHILDRENS HOSP PHILADELPHIA
Aug 2020 ACTIVE
Vulnerable Coastal Communities Resilience to PFAS
Role: Project Manager
Funding: US ENVIRONMENTAL PRO AGCY
Jul 2019 ACTIVE
OoR Matching Support for CTSI
Role: Project Manager
Funding: UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS
Sep 2016 – Sep 2022
Southeastern and Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCC-AHS)
Role: Project Manager
Funding: CTRS FOR DIS CNTRL INST OCCUP SFTY HLTH

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-9188
Emails:
Business:
eric.coker@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100188
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
PO Box 100188
GAINESVILLE FL 32610

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