Ami Zota

Ami Zota
Academic background
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BSPH) [1] Harvard School of Public Health (MS, ScD) [1]

Ami R. Zota is an associate professor at George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, specializing in public and occupational health. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Education

Zota graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in environmental science and engineering. She later graduated from the Harvard School of Public Health with a master's and doctorate in environmental health in 2003 and 2007, respectively. ^{[2] [6]}

Career

Zota has undertaken research on many issues relating to public health. ^{[7] [8]} For instance, how fast foods eaters are more likely to be exposed to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and diisononyl phthalate, ^[9] and co-authoring a meta-study on household chemicals present in US household dust, concluding that many chemicals present in household dust share endocrine or reproductive toxicity. ^[10]

Zota serves on the editorial board of journal Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology by Nature. ^[11]

Awards

Zota is the recipient of a career development award from the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences for her work identifying how environmental hazards may interact with social disadvantage and psychosocial stressors to exacerbate harms during pregnancy. ^[12] She was recognized by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment as a Pioneer under 40 in Environmental Public Health.

References

1. "CV" (PDF). George Washington University. February 26, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2019.
2. "Ami Zota". Milken Institute School of Public Health. George Washington University. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
3. Skwarecki, Beth (September 14, 2016). "Chemicals Linked to Health Hazards Are Common in Household Dust". Scientific American. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
4. Bienkowski, Brian; Environmental Health News (January 6, 2015). "Heavy Metal May Age Cells Prematurely". Scientific American. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
5. Pierre-Louis, Kendra (August 16, 2017). "Beauty standards are literally toxic for women of color". Popular Science. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
6. "MIAEH Seminar: "Social Disparities in the Chemical Environment and Implications for Women's Health" | UMD School of Public Health".
7. Bendix, Aria. "Vinyl gloves used at certain McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's locations may contain toxic chemicals linked to reproductive issues". Business Insider. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
8. "Does pretty hurt? A look at the health risks of hair dyes". WHYY. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
9. Zota, Ami R.; Phillips, Cassandra A.; Mitro, Susanna D. (April 13, 2016). "Recent Fast Food Consumption and Bisphenol A and Phthalates Exposures among the U.S. Population in NHANES, 2003–2010". Environmental Health Perspectives. 124 (10): 1521–1528. Bibcode:2016EnvHP.124.1521Z. doi:10.1289/ehp.1510803. ISSN   0091-6765. PMC   5047792 . PMID   27072648.
10. Mitro, Susanna D.; Dodson, Robin E.; Singla, Veena; Adamkiewicz, Gary; Elmi, Angelo F.; Tilly, Monica K.; Zota, Ami R. (September 14, 2016). "Consumer Product Chemicals in Indoor Dust: A Quantitative Meta-analysis of U.S. Studies". Environmental Science & Technology. 50 (19): 10661–10672. Bibcode:2016EnST...5010661M. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02023. ISSN   0013-936X. PMC   5052660 . PMID   27623734.
11. "About the Editors". Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. Nature . Retrieved August 13, 2018.
12. "Windows of Susceptibility". National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.