• PHD Asthma Prevalence and health consquences in NC Public Middle Schools, UNC Chapel Hill 1997
World Area Of Focus:
• Middle East 10%-24%
Specialization:
Asthma, Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution
Relevant Experience:
• “Indoor Air, Health, and Nutrition” study in the United Arab Emirates (2008)
Distinctions:
• -ongoing Research grants from the Gillings Innovation Lab (2008-10), GRACE Foundation (2007-10), and National Institutes of Health (2004-9)
Recent Publications:
• 2013 “Hazard assessment of United Arab Emirates (UAE) incense smoke.” Cohen R, Sexton KG, Yeatts KB. Sci Total Environ. 2013 Aug 1;458-460:176-86. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.101. Epub 2013 May 4
• 2012 “Conducting environmental health research in the Arabian Middle East: lessons learned and opportunities.” Yeatts KB, El-Sadig M, Ali HI, Al-Maskari F, Campbell A, Ng SW, Reeves L, Chan RL, Davidson CA, Funk WE, Boundy MG, Leith D, Popkin B, Gibson JM, Rusyn I, Olshan AF. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May;120(5):632-6. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104031. Epub 2012 Jan 19
• 2012 “Indoor air pollutants and health in the United Arab Emirates.” Yeatts KB, El-Sadig M, Leith D, Kalsbeek W, Al-Maskari F, Couper D, Funk WE, Zoubeidi T, Chan RL, Trent CB, Davidson CA, Boundy MG, Kassab MM, Hasan MY, Rusyn I, Gibson JM, Olshan AF. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May; 120(5): 687-94. Epub February 3, 2012
• 2009 C. Visness, S. London, J. Daniels, J. Kaufman, K. Yeatts, A. Siega-Riz, A. Liu, A. Calatroni, and D. Zeldin, “Association of Obesity with IgE Levels and Allergy Symptoms in Children and Adolescents,” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 123:5 (2009), 1163-69
• 2009 D. Irwin, J.W. Varni, K. Yeatts, and D.A. Dewalt, “Cognitive Interviewing Methodology in the Development of a Pediatric Item Bank,” Health and Quality of Life Outcomes7:3 (2009)
• 2008 ; R. Williams, M. Case, K. Yeatts, F. Chen, J. Scott, E. Svendsen, and R. Devlin, “Personal Coarse Particulate Matter Exposures in an Adult Cohort,” Atmospheric Environment, 42:28 (2008), 6743-48
• 2008 M. Case, R. Williams, K. Yeatts, F. Chen, J. Scott, E. Svendsen, and R. Devlin. “Evaluation of a Direct Personal Coarse Particulate Matter Monitor,” Atmospheric Environment,42:19 (2008), 4446-52
• 2006 Yeatts KB, Sly P, Shore S, Weiss S, Martinez FJ, Geller AM, Bromberg PA, Enright P, Koren H, Weissman DN, Selgrade MJ. A Brief Targeted Review of Susceptibility Factors, Environmental Exposures, Asthma Incidence, and Recommendations for Future Asthma Incidence Research. Environ Health Perspect: doi:10.1289/ehp.8381. [Online 26 January 2006]
• 2005 Selgrade MJ, Lemanske RF, Gilmour IM, Neas LM, Ward MD, Henneberger PK, Weissman DN, Hoppin JA, Rodney R. Dietert, Sly P, Geller A, Enright PL, Backus GS, Bromberg PA, Germolec DR and Yeatts KB. Induction of Asthma and the Environment: What We Know and Need to Know. Environ Health Perspect doi:10.1289/ehp.8376 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 28 October 2005]
• 2004 Elliot L, Yeatts K, Loomis D. Ecological associations between asthma prevalence and potential exposure to farming. ERJ 2004; 24:938 -941.
• 2003 Yeatts KB, Davis KJ, Sotir M, Shy C. Health consequences associated with frequent wheezing in adolescents without asthma diagnosis. Eur Respir J. 2003 Nov;22(5):781-6
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