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Nancy Fiedler, Ph.D.
Deputy Director & Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Division of Global Environmental Health
Rutgers School of Public Health
Room 210
170 Frelinghuysen Rd Piscataway New Jersey 08854
Work Phone: 848-445-6081 (office)
Work Email: nfiedler@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Research Areas
- Controlled human exposure health effects studies, incorporating chemical exposures and psychological stress to model realistic environmental exposures.
- Epidemiologic investigations of toxic encephalopathy among workers chronically exposed to solvents and lead with a focus on integrating neuropsychological testing, exposure assessment, and functional imaging.
- Translational research to examine whether alteration in HPA axis function among lead exposed animals translates to humans chronically exposed to lead
- International studies based in Thailand to investigate the cognitive and behavioral effects of pesticide exposure in a birth cohort
Research Highlights
- Discovered a negative dose response relationship between lifetime solvent exposure and functional imaging activation patterns during performance of a working memory task.
- Demonstrated neurobehavioral performance deficits among workers chronically exposed to solvents
- Validated a lifetime solvent exposure index with neurobehavioral performance among workers chronically exposed to solvent mixtures
- Current blood and bone lead alters hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis function among workers with lifetime exposure
- Developing behavioral research capacity among public health students at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Scholarly Activities
- Member of the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology, Rutgers University
- NIH Fogarty International Center Grant reviewer
- Co-Chair for the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Scientific Review Board
- New Jersey Kids Study Co-Chair for neurodevelopmental assessment
- EOHSI representative for the RBHS Mentor Committee
- Chair for the EOHSI Faculty Search Committee
Recent Publications
Click here for additiional publications by Dr. Fiedler.
- Baumert, BO, Fiedler, N, Prapamontol, T, Suttiwan, P, Naksen, W, Panuwet, P, Sittiwang, S, Dokjunyam, C, Smarr, MM, Marsit, CJ et al.. Investigation of Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Deficits in Northern Thailand: Protocol for a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022;11 (2):e31696. doi: 10.2196/31696. PubMed PMID:35129451 PubMed Central PMC8861866
- Baumert, BO, Fiedler, N, Prapamontol, T, Naksen, W, Panuwet, P, Hongsibsong, S, Wongkampaun, A, Thongjan, N, Lee, G, Sittiwang, S et al.. Urinary Concentrations of Dialkylphosphate Metabolites of Organophosphate pesticides in the Study of Asian Women and their Offspring’s Development and Environmental Exposures (SAWASDEE). Environ Int. 2022;158 :106884. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106884. PubMed PMID:34583095 PubMed Central PMC8688265
- Castle, M, Fiedler, N, Pop, LC, Schneider, SJ, Schlussel, Y, Sukumar, D, Hao, L, Shapses, SA. Three Doses of Vitamin D and Cognitive Outcomes in Older Women: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020;75 (5):835-842. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz041. PubMed PMID:30951148 PubMed Central PMC7164532
- Fiedler, N, Weisel, C, Nwankwo, C, Kipen, H, Lange, G, Ohman-Strickland, P, Laumbach, R. Chronic Exposure to Solvents Among Construction Painters: Reductions in Exposure and Neurobehavioral Health Effects. J Occup Environ Med. 2018;60 (12):e663-e670. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001470. PubMed PMID:30308619 PubMed Central PMC6289817
- Fiedler, N, Rohitrattana, J, Siriwong, W, Suttiwan, P, Ohman Strickland, P, Ryan, PB, Rohlman, DS, Panuwet, P, Barr, DB, Robson, MG et al.. Neurobehavioral effects of exposure to organophosphates and pyrethroid pesticides among Thai children. Neurotoxicology. 2015;48 :90-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.02.003. PubMed PMID:25721160 PubMed Central PMC4442703
- Rohitrattana, J, Siriwong, W, Robson, M, Panuwet, P, Barr, DB, Fiedler, N. Pyrethroid insecticide exposure in school-aged children living in rice and aquacultural farming regions of Thailand. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2014;7 :211-7. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S67208. PubMed PMID:25395873 PubMed Central PMC4227621
- Ruggiero, JS, Redeker, NS, Fiedler, N, Avi-Itzhak, T, Fischetti, N. Sleep and psychomotor vigilance in female shiftworkers. Biol Res Nurs. 2012;14 (3):225-35. doi: 10.1177/1099800411408413. PubMed PMID:21708893
- Laumbach, RJ, Kipen, HM, Kelly-McNeil, K, Zhang, J, Zhang, L, Lioy, PJ, Ohman-Strickland, P, Gong, J, Kusnecov, A, Fiedler, N et al.. Sickness response symptoms among healthy volunteers after controlled exposures to diesel exhaust and psychological stress. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119 (7):945-50. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002631. PubMed PMID:21330231 PubMed Central PMC3223003
- Laumbach, R, Tong, J, Zhang, L, Ohman-Strickland, P, Stern, A, Fiedler, N, Kipen, H, Kelly-McNeil, K, Lioy, P, Zhang, J et al.. Quantification of 1-aminopyrene in human urine after a controlled exposure to diesel exhaust. J Environ Monit. 2009;11 (1):153-9. doi: 10.1039/b810039j. PubMed PMID:19137151 PubMed Central PMC4049318
- Osinubi, OY, Gandhi, SK, Ohman-Strickland, P, Boglarsky, C, Fiedler, N, Kipen, H, Robson, M. Organizational factors and office workers’ health after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks: long-term physical symptoms, psychological distress, and work productivity. J Occup Environ Med. 2008;50 (2):112-25. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815e92bd. PubMed PMID:18301168
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