Stuart Batterman

About

Stuart Batterman is a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. His research and teaching interests focus on environmental impact assessment, human exposure and health risk assessment, and environmental management. His work encompasses both theoretical development and applied laboratory and field studies, with particular emphasis on improving exposure measures used in risk assessments and epidemiological studies. Batterman's research addresses measuring toxic compounds such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in various environments including drinking water, ambient, and indoor air, as well as developing statistical and modeling methods to interpret and extend measurement data. His applied research tackles contemporary issues such as ambient and indoor air quality, environmental epidemiology, policy analysis, environmental engineering, environmental justice, and life cycle analysis. He has international research and training projects in Africa, especially South Africa, and in Europe, including Portugal, Russia, and Finland. Batterman directs the Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program and the Pilot Project Research Program at the NIOSH-supported Education and Resource Center. His background includes a PhD and MS in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from MIT and a BS in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University.

Research topics

• Chemistry
• Internal medicine
• Medicine
• Automotive engineering
• Engineering
• Metallurgy
• Materials science
• Waste management
• Endocrinology
• Environmental health

Selected publications

• Effect of Particulate Matter Exposure on Respiratory Health of e-Waste Workers at Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2020 · 74 citations

  : Direct exposure of e-waste workers to PM predisposes to decline in lung function and risk for small airway diseases such as asthma and COPD.

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• Evaluation of fuel consumption, pollutant emissions and well-to-wheel GHGs assessment from a vehicle operation fueled with bioethanol, gasoline and hydrogen

  Energy · 2020 · 67 citations

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• Urinary metal mixtures and longitudinal changes in glucose homeostasis: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

  Environment International · 2020 · 65 citations

  BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies on associations between metals and insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction have been cross-sectional and focused on individual metals. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association of exposure to metal mixtures, based on assessment of 15 urinary metals, with both baseline levels and longitudinal changes in homeostatic model assessments for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and β-cell function (HOMA-β). METHODS: We examined 1262 women, aged 45-56 years at baseline (1999-20…

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• Epigenetic age acceleration is associated with occupational exposures, sex, and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  EBioMedicine · 2024-10-05 · 16 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is linked to ageing and genetic and environmental risk factors, yet underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. We aimed to evaluate epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), i.e., DNA methylation (DNAm) age acceleration, and its association with ALS case status and survival. METHODS: In this study, we included 428 ALS and 288 control samples collected between 2011 and 2021. We calculated EAA using the GrimAge residual method from ALS and control b…

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• How teacher behaviors and perceptions, air change rates, and portable air purifiers affect indoor air quality in naturally ventilated schools

  Frontiers in Public Health · 2024-10-03 · 9 citations

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  Introduction Many school buildings have inadequate ventilation, rudimentary if any air filtration, and aging and poorly maintained mechanical systems, all of which can lead to poor indoor air quality (IAQ). These issues are especially acute in environmental justice (EJ) communities where schools are located in polluted areas. This community-based participatory research examines how IAQ in naturally ventilated school buildings is affected by the use of air purifiers, air change rates, outdoor pol…

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Recent grants

• The University of Michigan Education and Research Center

  NIH · $34.6M · 2023–2028

• Integrated Health Sciences Core

  NIH · $33.1M · 2011–2027

• Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Pre- and Post-Doctoral Research T32 Training Program

  NIH · $11.9M · 1979–2026

Frequent coauthors

• Thomas G. Robins

  University of KwaZulu-Natal

  112 shared

• Rajen N. Naidoo

  University of KwaZulu-Natal

  60 shared

• Graciela Mentz

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  58 shared

• Christopher Godwin

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  54 shared

• Barry Kistnasamy

  Historical Archives

  50 shared

• Bhramar Mukherjee

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  48 shared

• Michael Depa

  Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

  43 shared

• Thomas Robins

  University of Pittsburgh

  39 shared

Labs

• Stuart Batterman LaboratoryPI

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