Environmental Health and Lead Clinic

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Nicholas Newman, DO, MS, FAAP Physician, Division of General and Community Pediatrics 513-803-3688 nicholas.newman@cchmc.org

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Nicholas Newman, DO, MS, FAAP

Physician, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Medical Director, Pediatric Environmental Health and Lead Clinic

Pediatric Primary Care Center

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-3688

Email nicholas.newman@cchmc.org

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Biography

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Nicholas Newman, DO, MS, FAAP, is board certified in general pediatrics as well as occupational/environmental medicine. He is interested understanding how toxicants in and around a child’s home or school can affect children's health. He is also interested in developing approaches to prevent or mitigate these effects at an individual and at a community level. His recent research has examined the effect of traffic-related air pollution exposure on neurobehavioral problems in children as well as the impact of air pollution on asthma in children.

Education and Training

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BS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1990.

DO: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO, 1997.

Rotating Internship: Horizon Health System/Henry Ford Health System, Michigan State University, Detroit, MI, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001.

Fellowship: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2011.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, OH, 2011.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2001 (renewed 2008); American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2013

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Beck AF, Huang B, Simmons JM, Moncrief T, Sauers HS, Ryan PH, Newman NC, Kahn RS. Role of Financial and Social Hardships in Asthma Racial Disparities. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):431-9.

Newman NC, Ryan P, Lemasters G, Levin L, Bernstein D, Hershey GK, et al. Traffic-related air pollution exposure in the first year of life and behavioral scores at 7 years of age. Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Jun;121(6):731-6.

Genter M, Newman N, Shertzer H, Syed A, Bolon B. Distribution and Systemic Effects of Intranasally Administered 25 nm Silver Nanoparticles in Adult Mice. Toxicol Pathol. 2012 Oct;40(7):1004-13.

Hudson N, Calvert G, Newman N, et al. Acute Illnesses Associated with Insecticides used to Control Bed Bugs --- Seven States 2003-2010. MMWR. 2011 Sep 23;60(37):1269-74.

L Trasande, NC Newman, L Long, G Howe, BJ Kerwin, RJ Martin, SA Gahagan, WB Weil. Translating Knowledge About Environmental Health to Practitioners: Are We Doing Enough? Mt Sinai J Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;77:114-23.

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Neurobehavior and Neuroimaging Effects of Traffic Exposure in Children. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Ryan. 07/01/2012–06/30/2016. R01ES019890.

Center for Environmental Genetics-Community Outreach and Engagement Core. Principal Investigator. National Institute for Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati. Ho. 04/01/2013-03/31/2018. P30-ES006096.

Kieran J. Phelan, MD, MSc 513-803-3688 kieran.phelan@cchmc.org

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Kieran J. Phelan, MD, MSc

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-3688

Fax 513-636-0171

Email kieran.phelan@cchmc.org

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Specialties

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General pediatrics; community-based preventative medicine; public health trials

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Kieran Phelan, MD, MSc, is a board certified general pediatrician, an experienced injury epidemiologist and residential injury control researcher. He has been active in the fields of injury epidemiology and residential injury control for over eight years.

His experience and success in this field includes multiple grants and publications, as well as the New Investigator Award from the National Center for Injury Prevention, control at the CDC, and an RO1-funded project. He has also has experience with the Cincinnati Home Injury Prevention (CHIP) and literacy promotion program and the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), which focuses on preventing injury and promoting literacy in a population of low-income mothers and their infants who were enrolled in a regional home visitation program. Lastly, he has experience with Every Child Succeeds (ECS), which tries to reduce residential injury and promote literacy in children from birth through 36 months of age.

Education and Training

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BS: The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IL, 1986.

MD: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1991.

Residency: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, 1994.

MSc: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Environmental Health, 2001.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2008; Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2009.

Publications

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Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Liddy S, Hornung R, Lanphear BP. A randomized controlled trial of home injury hazard reduction: the HOME injury study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Apr;165(4):339-45.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Xu Y, Lanphear B. Validation of a HOME Injury Survey. Injury Prevention. 2009;15:300-306.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Atherton H, Kahn RS. Maternal depression, child behavior, and injury. Injury Prevention. 2007 Dec;13(6):403-408.

Phelan KJ, Khoury J, Kalkwarf HJ, Lanphear BP. Residential Hazards in US Children and Adolescents. Public Health Reports. 2005;(120):63-70.

Nagaraja J, Menkedick J, Phelan KJ, Lanphear BP, Zhang X, Ashley P. Deaths from Residential Injuries in United States Children and Adolescents, 1987-99. Pediatrics. 2005 Aug;116(2):454-61.

Sandel M, Phelan K, Wright R, Haynes P, Lanphear B. The Effects of Housing Interventions on Child Health. Pediatric Annals. 2004;33(7):475-481.

Strand M, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. Promoting the uptake and use of evidence: an overview of the problem. Clin Perinatol. 2003 Jun;30(2):389-402.

AAP Sub-Committee on Bronchiolitis (member and co-author). Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1774-1793.

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