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Dr. Mendola
is a reproductive epidemiologist in the Epidemiology
and Biomarkers Branch of the National Health and Environmental
Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) of the US Environmental
Protection Agency. Her research has focused on a variety
of environmental factors related to fertility, reproductive
function, pregnancy outcomes and children's health.
She has particular interest and expertise in in utero
exposures that influence later developmental outcomes.
She has
evaluated potential reproductive health risks, including
spontaneous abortion, menstrual cycle changes and time-to-pregnancy,
associated with PCB-contaminated sport fish consumption
in the New York State Angler Cohort Study. Her
current work includes studies of birth defects and
other reproductive health outcomes in relation to disinfection
byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water.
As part
of a multidisciplinary team, she has contributed to
the development of better exposure assessment methods
for DBPs, addressing a long-standing limitation of
previous epidemiologic studies in the area. Dr. Mendola
serves on the Interagency Coordinating Committee planning
for the National Children's Study (NCS). Under the
auspices of the President's Task Force on Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children and the Children's
Health Act of 2000, the NCS will be a large, longitudinal
study of US children examining a variety of environmental
factors to determine if they are harmful, harmless
or helpful with respect to child development.
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