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Belinda L. Needham · SciRah

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Belinda L. Needham

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h-index: 38
Works: 129
Citations: 6,094

Most-cited papers

Life course socioeconomic status and DNA methylation in genes related to stress reactivity and inflammation: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Belinda L. Needham, Jennifer A. Smith, Wei Zhao, Xu Wang +6 more
2015Epigenetics183 citations Open access
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Neighborhood characteristics influence DNA methylation of genes involved in stress response and inflammation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Jennifer A. Smith, Wei Zhao, Xu Wang, Scott M. Ratliff +5 more
2017Epigenetics154 citations Open access
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Leukocyte Telomere Length in Relation to 17 Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study of US Adults
David H. Rehkopf, Belinda L. Needham, Jue Lin, E. Blackburn +3 more
2016PLoS Medicine154 citations Open access
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Body mass index is negatively associated with telomere length: a collaborative cross-sectional meta-analysis of 87 observational studies.
M. Gielen, G. Hageman, Evangelia E. Antoniou, Katarina Nordfjall +66 more
2018American Journal of Clinical Nutrition152 citations Open access
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Leukocyte Telomere Length and Mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2002
Belinda L. Needham, David H. Rehkopf, N. Adler, Steven E. Gregorich +3 more
2015Epidemiology147 citations Open access
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Marital Status and Cognitive Impairment in the United States: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Hui Liu, Yan Zhang, S. Burgard, Belinda L. Needham
2019Annals of Epidemiology141 citations Open access
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Association of a Negative Wealth Shock With All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States
Lindsay R. Pool, S. Burgard, Belinda L. Needham, M. Elliott +2 more
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)118 citations Open access
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Associations of cadmium and lead exposure with leukocyte telomere length: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002.
A. Zota, Belinda L. Needham, E. Blackburn, Jue Lin +3 more
2015American Journal of Epidemiology103 citations Open access
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Telomere Length Among Older U.S. Adults: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age
Lauren L. Brown, Belinda L. Needham, Jennifer A. Ailshire
2016Journal of Aging and Health87 citations Open access
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Bayesian Shrinkage Estimation of High Dimensional Causal Mediation Effects in Omics Studies
Yanyi Song, Xiang Zhou, Min Zhang, Wei Zhao +6 more
2018bioRxiv85 citations Open access
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Health Lifestyles in Adolescence and Self-rated Health into Adulthood
Amy M. Burdette, Belinda L. Needham, Miles G. Taylor, Terrence D. Hill
2017Journal of Health and Social Behavior85 citations
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Cross-sectional Associations between Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Leukocyte Telomere Length among U.S. Adults in NHANES, 2001–2002
Susanna D. Mitro, L. Birnbaum, Belinda L. Needham, A. Zota
2015Environmental Health Perspectives76 citations Open access
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Institutional Racism and Health: a Framework for Conceptualization, Measurement, and Analysis
Belinda L. Needham, Talha Ali, Kristi L. Allgood, Annie Ro +2 more
2022Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities62 citations Open access
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Diurnal Salivary Cortisol, Glycemia and Insulin Resistance: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Joshua J. Joseph, Xu Wang, E. Spanakis, T. Seeman +3 more
2015Psychoneuroendocrinology59 citations Open access
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Child and adult socioeconomic status and the cortisol response to acute stress: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Félice Lê-Scherban, Allison B. Brenner, M. Hicken, Belinda L. Needham +4 more
2017Psychosomatic Medicine44 citations Open access
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Sexual Orientation Discordance and Young Adult Mental Health
Michael A Lourie, Belinda L. Needham
2016Journal of Youth and Adolescence43 citations
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Educational Attainment, Race, and Ethnicity as Predictors for Ideal Cardiovascular Health: From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Amber E. Johnson, Brandon M. Herbert, N. Stokes, M. Brooks +2 more
2022Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease42 citations Open access
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The Relationship of Acculturation to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among U.S. South Asians: Findings from the MASALA Study
Mohammed Alsofiani, Susan J. Langan, A. Kanaya, N. Kandula +6 more
2020Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice40 citations Open access
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Acculturation Strategies among South Asian Immigrants: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study
Belinda L. Needham, B. Mukherjee, P. Bagchi, Catherine Kim +3 more
2017Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health36 citations Open access
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Negative wealth shock and short-term changes in depressive symptoms and medication adherence among late middle-aged adults
Lindsay R. Pool, Belinda L. Needham, S. Burgard, M. Elliott +1 more
2017Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health35 citations
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Multilevel Resilience Resources and Cardiovascular Disease in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J. Park, Rachel Mealy, I. Saldanha, E. Loucks +5 more
2021Health Psychology33 citations Open access
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Cellular Response to Chronic Psychosocial Stress: Ten-year Longitudinal Changes in Telomere Length in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Helen C. S. Meier, M. Hussein, Belinda L. Needham, Sharrelle Barber +3 more
2019Psychoneuroendocrinology33 citations Open access
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Do Black/White Differences in Telomere Length Depend on Socioeconomic Status?
Belinda L. Needham, S. Salerno, E. Roberts, Jonathan Bøss +2 more
2019Biodemography and Social Biology33 citations Open access
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Methods to Account for Uncertainty in Latent Class Assignments When Using Latent Classes as Predictors in Regression Models, with Application to Acculturation Strategy Measures
M. Elliott, Zhangchen Zhao, B. Mukherjee, A. Kanaya +1 more
2019Epidemiology31 citations Open access
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Acculturation Strategies and Symptoms of Depression: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study
Belinda L. Needham, B. Mukherjee, P. Bagchi, Catherine Kim +3 more
2018Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health30 citations Open access
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Pathogen burden and leukocyte telomere length in the United States
Grace A. Noppert, L. Feinstein, J. Dowd, R. Stebbins +5 more
2020Immunity & Ageing29 citations Open access
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Bayesian Sparse Mediation Analysis with Targeted Penalization of Natural Indirect Effects
Yanyi Song, Xiang Zhou, Jian Kang, M. Aung +8 more
2020Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C: Applied Statistics29 citations Open access
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Evaluating gender bias in an eating disorder risk assessment questionnaire for athletes
K. Gallagher, K. Sonneville, Vivienne M. Hazzard, T. Carson +1 more
2019Eating Disorders29 citations
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Physician Communication in Pediatric End-of-Life Care
L. Bateman, N. Tofil, M. White, L. Dure +2 more
2016The American journal of hospice & palliative care29 citations
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A Test of Biological and Behavioral Explanations for Gender Differences in Telomere Length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Belinda L. Needham, A. Diez Roux, C. Bird, R. Bradley +7 more
2014Biodemography and Social Biology28 citations Open access
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The longitudinal association of changes in diurnal cortisol features with fasting glucose: MESA
J. P. Dias, Joshua J. Joseph, Bjorn Kluwe, Song-Zhu Zhao +8 more
2020Psychoneuroendocrinology27 citations Open access
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Social Regulation of Inflammation Related Gene Expression in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Kristen M. Brown, A. Diez-Roux, Jennifer A. Smith, Belinda L. Needham +6 more
2020Psychoneuroendocrinology26 citations Open access
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Multidimensional Social Network Types and Their Correlates in Older Americans
Talha Ali, M. Elliott, T. Antonucci, Belinda L. Needham +2 more
2022Innovation in aging24 citations Open access
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Bayesian hierarchical models for high-dimensional mediation analysis with coordinated selection of correlated mediators
Yanyi Song, Xiang Zhou, Jian Kang, M. Aung +8 more
2020Statistics in Medicine23 citations Open access
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Antecedent Longitudinal Changes in Body Mass Index are associated with Diurnal Cortisol Curve Features: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Joshua J. Joseph, Xu Wang, A. Diez Roux, Brisa N. Sánchez +3 more
2016Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental23 citations Open access
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Discrimination, Social Support, and Telomere Length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
E. Hailu, Belinda L. Needham, Tené T. Lewis, Jue Lin +3 more
2019Annals of Epidemiology21 citations Open access
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A Multilevel Framework to Investigate Cardiovascular Health Disparities among South Asian Immigrants in the United States
N. Kandula, N. Islam, Belinda L. Needham, N. Ahmed +5 more
2023Annals of Epidemiology19 citations Open access
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Family socioeconomic status and child telomere length among the Samburu of Kenya.
Belinda L. Needham, B. Straight, C. Hilton, C. Olungah +1 more
2021Social Science & Medicine (1967)19 citations Open access
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Expression of socially sensitive genes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Kristen M. Brown, A. Diez-Roux, Jennifer A. Smith, Belinda L. Needham +6 more
2019PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Sociodemographic Correlates of Change in Leukocyte Telomere Length during Mid- to Late-Life: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Belinda L. Needham, Xu Wang, J. Carroll, Sharrelle Barber +3 more
2018Psychoneuroendocrinology18 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Associations between Discrimination, Neighborhood Social Cohesion, and Telomere Length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
E. Hailu, Tené T. Lewis, Belinda L. Needham, Jue Lin +2 more
2021The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences17 citations Open access
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Epigenetic mechanisms underlying the association between maternal climate stress and child growth: characterizing severe drought and its impact on a Kenyan community engaging in a climate change-sensitive livelihood
B. Straight, Xi Qiao, Duy Ngo, C. Hilton +4 more
2022Epigenetics16 citations Open access
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DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Individual and Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Yi-Zhi Wang, Wei Zhao, Farah Ammous, Yanyi Song +13 more
2022Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine15 citations Open access
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Heavy metal blood concentrations in association with sociocultural characteristics, anthropometry and anemia among Kenyan adolescents
Jillian Ashley-Martin, L. Iannotti, C. Lesorogol, C. Hilton +6 more
2021International Journal of Environmental Health Research15 citations Open access
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Lack of significant association between type 2 diabetes mellitus with longitudinal change in diurnal salivary cortisol: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis
E. Spanakis, Xu Wang, Brisa N. Sánchez, A. Diez Roux +4 more
2016Endocrine15 citations Open access
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Maternal Social Disadvantage and Newborn Telomere Length in Archived Dried Blood Spots from the Michigan Neonatal Biobank
Belinda L. Needham, M. Hicken, I. Govia, Colter M. Mitchell +1 more
2017Biodemography and Social Biology14 citations
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Drought, psychosocial stress, and ecogeographical patterning: Tibial growth and body shape in Samburu (Kenyan) pastoralist children
B. Straight, C. Hilton, Amy E. Naugle, C. Olungah +3 more
2022American Journal of Biological Anthropology11 citations Open access
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Neighborhood social environment and changes in leukocyte telomere length: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Rashida R Brown, E. Hailu, Belinda L. Needham, A. Diez Roux +3 more
2020Health and Place11 citations
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Association of Alcohol Consumption and Ideal Cardiovascular Health among South Asians: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study
P. Chevli, K. Hari, A. Kanaya, S. Talegawkar +2 more
2020Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research11 citations Open access
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Methods for Mediation Analysis with High-Dimensional DNA Methylation Data: Possible Choices and Comparison
Dylan Clark-Boucher, Xiaoping Zhou, Jiacong Du, Yong-Mei Liu +3 more
2023medRxiv10 citations Open access
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