Ph.D. Student Profile
Kat Springer, MPH
- Doctoral Pre-Candidate
- Cognate: Environmental Health Sciences
Education
- MPH in Environmental Health-Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins
- School of Public Health BS in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Michigan (2022)
Research Interests & Projects
- Prenatal phthalate exposure
- Endocrine disrupting chemical exposure during pregnancy and postpartum depression
- Maternal mental health as a modifier for prenatal environmental exposures
- Infant development and developmental plasticity
- Policy applications of scientific research
- Developmental origins of health and disease
Selected Publications
- Springer K., Eatman J.A., Brennan, P.A., Dunlop, A.L., Barr, D.B., Taibl, K.R., Tan, Y., Hoffman, S.S., Liang, D., & Eick, S.M. (2024). Maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression as a modifier of the relationship between prenatal phthalate exposure and infant neurodevelopment in the Atlanta African American maternal-child cohort. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity- Health. August 2024: 100846. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100846
- Goodrich, J.M., Petroff, R.L., Jester, J., Riggs, J., Alfafara, E., Springer, K., Kerr, N., Issa, M., Hall, A., Rosenblum, K., Muzik, M. (2024). Longitudinal DNA Methylation in Parent-Infant Pairs Impacted by Intergenerational Social Adversity: A RCT of the Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting. Brain Behav. 2024;14(9):e70035. doi:10.1002/brb3.70035
Additional Information
- SPhD President
- Certificate in Science, Technology, and Public Policy