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Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3778

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: bruce.lanphear@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Epidemiology of lead exposure; children's environmental health; asthma; otitis media

Research Interests

Children's environmental health; environmental neurotoxins, including lead, mercury, pesticides and environmental tobacco smoke; asthma prevention; gene-environment interactions

Biography

Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH is the Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health and Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Lanphear is director of the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center located at Cincinnati Children's. He is a member of the U.S. EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Lead Review Panel and a Member of the National Children's Study Steering Committee.

Dr. Lanphear is currently principal investigator for a study examining fetal and early childhood exposures to prevalent environmental neurotoxins including lead, pesticides, mercury, alcohol, PCB's and environmental tobacco smoke. A component of the study is the investigation of the contribution of residential hazards and residential injuries to children's health.
This project recently received funding to follow the original birth cohort another five years, until the children are five years of age. This will allow follow-up for determining the efficacy of lead hazard controls on children's blood lead levels and their risk for learning and behavioral problems.

Dr. Lanphear has extensive experience conducting community-based trials, including lead poisoning prevention, epidemiology of asthma, prevention of exposure to tobacco smoke and measurement of lead and allergens in housing.

Education and Training

MD: University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1986.

Residency: General Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Certification: General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 1992.

Publications

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Cecil KM, Dietrich KN, Altaye M, Egelhoff JC, Lindquist DM, Brubaker CJ, Lanphear BP. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Adults with Childhood Lead Exposure.Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct 13.

Wilson SE, Baker ER, Leonard AC, Eckman MH, Lanphear BP. Understanding preferences for disclosure of individual biomarker results among participants in a longitudinal birth cohort. J Med Ethics. 2010 Dec;36(12):736-40.

Wilson SE, Talaska G, Kahn RS, Schumann B, Khoury J, Leonard AC, Lanphear BP. White blood cell DNA adducts in a cohort of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jan;84(1):19-27.

Brubaker CJ, Dietrich KN, Lanphear BP, Cecil KM. The influence of age of lead exposure on adult gray matter volume.Neurotoxicology. 2010 Jun;31(3):259-66.

Yolton K, Xu Y, Khoury J, Succop P, Lanphear B, Beebe DW, Owens J. Associations between secondhand smoke exposure and sleep patterns in children.Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):e261-8.

Braun JM, Yolton K, Dietrich KN, Hornung R, Ye X, Calafat AM, Lanphear BP. Prenatal bisphenol A exposure and early childhood behavior. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Dec;117(12):1945-52.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Auinger P, Hornung R, Epstein JN, Braun J, Kahn RS. Association of tobacco and lead exposures with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):e1054-63.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Lanphear B. Validation of a HOME Injury Survey.Inj Prev. 2009 Oct;15(5):300-6.

Hornung RW, Lanphear BP, Dietrich KN. Age of greatest susceptibility to childhood lead exposure: a new statistical approach.Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Aug;117(8):1309-12.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Xu Y, Succop P, Lanphear B, Bernert JT, Lester B. Low-level prenatal exposure to nicotine and infant neurobehavior.Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Nov-Dec;31(6):356-63.

Grants

A Community-Based Trial to Prevent Lead Poisoning and Injuries. Principal Investigator. Apr 2007 - Mar 2012. R01-ES014575.

Neurobehavioral Effects of Insecticide Exposure in Pregnancy and Early Childhood. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Dec 2007 - Nov 2012. #R21ES015517.

Epithelial Genes in Allergic Inflammation. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Jul 2006 - Jun 2011. #U19AI70235-01.

Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Formation of Pre-Cancerous Compounds in Tobacco-Exposed Children. Co-Investigator & Mentor. National Institute of Health. Jul 2007 - Jun 2012. #K01 CA123355.

Role of Environmental Chemicals on Lactation Outcomes. Co-Investigator & Mentor. National Institute of Health. Jun 2006 - May 2011. #K23 ES014691.

Early Lead Exposure, ADHD & Persistent Criminality: Role of Genes & Environment. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. Apr 2007 - Mar 2012. #R01-ES015559.