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Emma Stapleton, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine

Current Positions

  • Research Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine

Education

  • PhD, Conservation Medicine, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Metwali N, Stapleton EM*, Hadina S, Thorne PS. Exposure to structurally unique (1→3)-β-D-glucans differentially affects inflammatory responses in male mouse lungs. Physiological Reports. 2024. Under revision.
  • Stapleton EM, Thurman AL, Pezzulo AA, Comellas AP, Thornell IM. Increased ENaC-mediated liquid absorption across vitamin-D deficient human airway epithelia. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2023. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269647
  • Kizhakke Puliyakote AS, Stapleton EM, Durairaj K, Navaneethakrishnan S, Karuppusamy K, Kathiresan GB, Shanmugam K, Abdul Rahim S, Bilas M, Huang R, Metwali N, Jeronimo M, Chan K-S, Nagpal P, Peters TM, Thorne PS, Comellas AP, Hoffman EA. Imaging Based Assessment of Lung Function in a Population Cooking Indoors with Biomass Fuel - A Pilot Study. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2023. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00286.2022
  • Stapleton EM, Keck K, Windisch R, Stroik MR, Thurman AL, Zabner J, Thornell IM, Pezzulo AA, Klesney-Tait J, Comellas AP. Vitamin D-mediated effects on airway innate immunity in vitro. PloS one. 2022. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269647.
  • Hung F, Hofmann J, Josse PR, Locke SJ, Stapleton EM, Andreotti G, Deziel N, Beane Freeman LE, Friesen MC. Observed vs. self-reported agricultural activities: Evaluating 24-hr recall in a pilot study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2022. DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2021.2015074.
  • *Stapleton EM, Welsh JL, Ubeda EA, Xiang J, Zabner J, Thornell IM, Nonnenmann MW, Stapleton JT, Comellas AP. Urban particulate matter impairs airway-surface-liquid-mediated coronavirus inactivation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab545.
  • Simmering J, Stapleton EM, Polgreen PM, Kuntz J, Gerke AK. Patterns of Medication Use and Imaging Following Initial Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. Respiratory Medicine. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106622.
  • Blount RJ, Phan H, Trinh T, Dang H, Merrifield C, Zavala M, Zabner J, Comellas AP, Stapleton EM, Segal MR, Balmes J, Viet Nhung N, Nahid P. Indoor Air Pollution and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Infection in Urban Vietnamese Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202101-0136OC.
  • *Stapleton EM, Kizhakke Puliyakote A, Metwali N, Jeronimo M, Thornell IM, Manges RB, Bilas M, Kamal Batcha MA, Kumaravel MS, Durairaj K, Karuppusamy K, Geetha K, Sirajunnisa A, Shanmugam K, Thorne PS, Peters TM, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP. Lung function of primary cooks using LPG or biomass and the effect of particulate matter on airway epithelial barrier integrity. Environmental Research. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109888.
  • *Stapleton EM, Simmering J, Manges R, Chipara O, Stone EA, Zabner J, Peters TM, Herman T, Polgreen P, Comellas AP. Continuous in-home PM2.5 concentrations of smokers with and without a history of respiratory exacerbations in Iowa, during and after an air purifier intervention. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41370-020-0235-1.

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