Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
Co-Director, Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE)Biography
Dr. Deziel obtained a Master’s of Industrial Hygiene and Doctorate in Environmental Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research is focused on applying statistical models, biomonitoring techniques, and environmental measurements to provide comprehensive and quantitative assessments of exposure to traditional and emerging environmental contaminants in population-based studies. Her research uses a combination of large, administrative datasets and detailed community-focused studies to advance understanding of environmental exposures to chemicals, particularly carcinogens and endocrine disruptors. This research also serves to illuminate exposure mechanisms underlying associations between environmental chemicals and disease, thereby informing more effective policies to reduce exposures and protect public health. Dr. Deziel's contributions have been directed at two main areas: (1) exposure and human health impacts of unconventional oil and gas development (“hydraulic fracturing”) and (2) residential exposure to chemicals in common consumer products (e.g., pesticides, flame retardants) and cancer risk (particularly thyroid cancer). In addition, she consider disproportionate burdens of exposures (“environmental justice”) and the combination of environmental and social stressors in the context of her work.
Appointments
Environmental Health Sciences
Associate Professor TenurePrimarySchool of the Environment
Associate Professor on TermSecondaryChemical and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor TenureSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (CPPEE)
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Climate Change and Health
- Deziel Lab
- Environmental Health Sciences
- School of the Environment
- The WATER Study: WATer and Energy Resources Study
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale Superfund Research Center
Education & Training
- PhD
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2008)
- MHS
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2000)
Research
Publications
2024
High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study
Rogne T, Wang R, Wang P, Deziel N, Metayer C, Wiemels J, Chen K, Warren J, Ma X. High ambient temperature in pregnancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: an observational study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e506-e514. PMID: 38969477, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00121-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaLatino childrenNon-Latino white childrenAssociated with risk of adverse pregnancy outcomesCalifornia Cancer RegistryRisk of acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCalifornia birth recordsRisk of adverse pregnancy outcomesPre-pregnancy periodAssociated with riskBayesian meta-regressionNational Institutes of HealthCancer RegistryCases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaNational Center for Advancing Translational SciencesAdverse pregnancy outcomesAcute lymphoblastic leukemia casesInstitutes of HealthInvestigation of mechanistic pathwaysBirth recordsGestational weeks 8Pre-pregnancyWildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas wells in the western United States with disproportionate impacts on marginalized populations
González D, Morello-Frosch R, Liu Z, Willis M, Feng Y, McKenzie L, Steiger B, Wang J, Deziel N, Casey J. Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas wells in the western United States with disproportionate impacts on marginalized populations. One Earth 2024, 7: 1044-1055. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildfire burned areaWestern United StatesBurned areaThreat of wildfireHigh wildfire riskExposure of human populationsWildfire riskWildfireHuman healthClimate changeNational oilHuman populationHistorical threatDisproportionate impactUnited StatesAreaExposureGas wellsClimateOilPopulationWellsGas productionGasResidential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Fisher J, Medgyesi D, Deziel N, Nuckols J, Ward M, Jones R. Residential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Environment International 2024, 188: 108767. PMID: 38795658, PMCID: PMC11218044, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndustrial sourcesPolychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxinsRisk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaDibenzo-p-dioxinsPersistent organic pollutantsNIH-AARP DietCoal-fired power plantsPCDD/F sourcesAverage emission indexDioxin emissionsResidential proximityOrganic pollutantsNIH-AARPNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaPeriod prior to enrollmentHigher emissionsElevated risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaIncident cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphomaEvaluate associationsWind directionAssociated with higher emissionsAssociated with riskNon-Hodgkin lymphoma riskEnrollment addressHealth StudyAccuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment
Clark C, Casey J, Bell M, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 512-517. PMID: 38448680, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00637-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported distanceWest Virginia residentsAssociated with adverse health outcomesVirginia residentsAdverse health outcomesExposure to environmental hazardsCohen's weighted kappaYears of educationSelf-reported dataHealth outcomesWest VirginiansSelf-report measuresIndicators of awarenessWeighted kappaSelf-reportDemographic characteristicsEducational attainmentAdverse health effectsSelf-reported metricsEnvironmental exposuresDistance categoriesHealth effectsResidentsExposure assessmentRiskNitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells
Skalaban T, Thompson D, Madrigal J, Blount B, Espinosa M, Kolpin D, Deziel N, Jones R, Beane Freeman L, Hofmann J, Ward M. Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 919: 170922. PMID: 38350573, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximum contaminant levelUrinary nitrate concentrationDietary intakeNitrate concentrationsNitrate excretionNitrate exposureDietary nitrateDrinking waterDietary assessment toolsPrivate wellsAssociated with adverse health risksVulnerable to nitrate contaminationWater nitrate concentrationsNitrate ingestionAdverse health risksAgricultural Health StudyDrinking water intakeMedian intakeProspective cohortUrinary nitrateDietary nitrate ingestionContamination levelsNitrate contaminationNitrate intakeHealth StudyMultiple Dimensions of Environmental Justice and Oil and Gas Development in Pennsylvania
Lieberman-Cribbin W, Fang X, Morello-Frosch R, Gonzalez D, Hill E, Deziel N, Buonocore J, Casey J. Multiple Dimensions of Environmental Justice and Oil and Gas Development in Pennsylvania. Environmental Justice 2024, 17: 31-44. PMID: 38389752, PMCID: PMC10880506, DOI: 10.1089/env.2022.0041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessing exposure and health consequences of chemicals in drinking water in the 21st Century
Deziel N, Villanueva C. Assessing exposure and health consequences of chemicals in drinking water in the 21st Century. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 1-2. PMID: 38429481, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00639-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment
Clark C, Warren J, Saiers J, Ma X, Bell M, Deziel N. Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 1-10. PMID: 38148338, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00636-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia
Li Y, Siegel H, Thelemaque N, Bailey K, Moncrieffe P, Nguyen T, Clark C, Johnson N, Soriano M, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Conventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 19702-19712. PMID: 37982799, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvestigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia
Siegel H, Nason S, Warren J, Prunas O, Deziel N, Saiers J. Investigation of Sources of Fluorinated Compounds in Private Water Supplies in an Oil and Gas-Producing Region of Northern West Virginia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 17452-17464. PMID: 37923386, PMCID: PMC10653085, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorthern West VirginiaMaximum contaminant levelWater supplySurface water concentrationsNearby point sourcesSurface water samplesGas-producing regionsSurface water sourcesPFAS concentrationsPoint sourcesPrivate wellsPublic water supplyGeochemical controlsGroundwater chemistryRecharge zoneWest VirginiaWater wellsInvestigation of sourcesModel resultsPrivate water suppliesPFAS sourcesTopographic characteristicsPFAS transportWater receptorPolyfluoroalkyl substances
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- July 03, 2024
Ambient heat during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood cancer
- June 13, 2024Source: The Guardian
Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick?
- June 04, 2024Source: Chemical & Engineering News
Massive Potential Lithium Source Found in Pennsylvania
- May 15, 2024
Cheung Receives NIH Grant to Research Water Contaminants and Human Health