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Jocelyn M. Biagini Meyers, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-1110

Email: jocelyn.biagini.myers@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Molecular epidemiology; secondhand smoke exposures and biomarkers; genetic and environmental causes of asthma and allergic disease

Biography

Dr. Biagini Myers is a molecular epidemiologist who began her training with a Master’s degree in Epidemiology 2004 and subsequent Doctorate in Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in 2008. She was also a fellow in the Molecular Epidemiology in Children’s Environmental Health training program at UC from 2001-2004. During her time at UC, she was an integral part of building a new birth cohort of children at high risk for developing allergic disease and her research interests in secondhand smoke exposures and allergic disease pathogenesis were established. Her dissertation work evaluated genetic variation in nicotine metabolism-related genes and their effects on hair cotinine levels and wheezing in young children.

Following her successful dissertation defense in 2008, she began a postdoctoral fellowship at CCHMC. From 2008-2011, she collaborated on a project focused on characterizing epithelial genes in allergic diseases and delineating the mechanisms by which they contribute to the allergic response. She also assisted collaborators in developing a custom SNP-chip for studying genes related to asthma and atopic dermatitis. In addition, she was successful in receiving funding in 2009 with a PI at UC to evaluate the contributions of genetic variation in nicotine metabolism and oxidative stress-related genes in pediatric asthma development.

Dr. Biagini Myers’ long-term goal is to develop her research career as a molecular epidemiologist focused on reducing and preventing secondhand smoke-related pediatric asthma and allergic disease. She is also interested in intervention-based research for early-life prevention and reduction of smoke exposures in children and providing further evidence to promote public policies for smoking bans around children.

Education and Training

BS: Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.

Postdoctroal Fellowship: Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2008-2011.

Publications

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Ryan PH, LeMasters G, Biagini J, Bernstein D, Grinshpun SA, Shukla R, Wilson K, Villareal M, Burkle J, Lockey J. Is it traffic type, volume or distance? Wheezing in infants living near truck and bus traffic. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005 Aug:116(2):279-284.

Biagini JM, LeMasters GK, Ryan PH, Levin L, Reponen T, Bernstein DI, Villareal M, Khyrana Hershey GK, Burkle J, Lockey J. Environmental risk factors of rhinitis in early infancy.Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2006 Jun:17(4):278-284.

Karla M, Biagini J, Bernstein D, Stanforth S, Burkle J, Cohen A, LeMasters G. Effect of asthma on the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in atopic women. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006 Aug:97(2):231-235.

LeMasters GK, Wilson K, Levin L, Biagini J, Ryan P, Lockey JE, Stanforth S, Maier S, Yang J, Burkle J, Villareal M, Khurana Hershey GK, Bernstein DI. High prevalence of aeroallergen sensitization among infants of atopic parents. J Pediatr. 2006 Oct:149(4):505-511.

Shroer KT, Biagini Myers JM, Ryan PH, LeMasters GK, Bernstein DI, Villareal M, Lockey J, Reponen T, Grinshpun S, Khyrana Hershey GK. Associations between multiple environmental exposures and glutathonine s-transferase P1 on persistent wheezing in a birth cohort. J Pediatr. 2009 Mar:154(3):401-408.

Biagini Myers JM, Wang N, LeMasters G, Bernstein DI, Epstein T, Lindsey M, Ericksen M, Chakraborty R, Ryan P, Villareal M, Burkle J, Lockey J, Reponen T, Khurana Hershey GK. Genetic and environmental risk factors for childhood eczema development and allergic sensitization in the CCAAPS cohort.J Inves Dermatol. 2010 Feb:130(2):430-437.

Biagini Myers JM, Khurana Hershey GK. Eczema in early life: lessons learned from birth cohort studies.J Pediatr. 2010 Nov:157(7):704-714.

Cortina S, Drotar D, Ericksen M, Lindsey M, Patterson TL, Biagini Myers JM, Butsch Kovacic M, Khurana Hershey GK. Genomic biomarkers of health-related quality of life in pediatric asthma. J Pediatr. 2010 Feb:159(1):21-26.

Baye TM, Butsch Kovacic M, Biagini Myers JM, Martin LJ, Lindsey M, Patterson TL, He H, Ericksen MB, Gupta J, Tsoras AM, Lindsley A, Rothenberg ME, Wills-Karp N, Eissa T, Borish L, Khurana Hershey GK. Differences in candidate gene association between european ancestry and african american asthmatic children. PLoS One. 2011 Feb:6(2):e16522.

Butsch Kovacic M, Biagini Myers JM, Wang N, Martin LJ, Lindsey M, Ericksen MB, He H, Patterson TL, Baye TM, Torgerson D, Roth LA, Gupta J, Sivaprasad U, Gibson AM, Tsoras AM, Hu D, Eg C, Chapela R, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Avila PC, Beckman K, Seibold MA, Gignoux C, Musaad SM, Chen W, Gonzalez Burchard E, Khurana Hershey GK. Identification of KIF3A as a novel candidate gene for childhood asthma using RNA expression and population allelic frequencies differences. PLoS One. 2011:6(8):e23714.