Birgit G. Claus Henn, MPH, ScD
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Environmental Health

SD, Harvard School of Public Health
MPH, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
BA, University of California, Berkeley



Birgit Claus Henn is an environmental epidemiologist who seeks to define the impacts of environmental exposures on maternal and child health. Her research focuses on chemical mixtures and their effects on child growth, neurodevelopment, and the health of pregnant and reproductive-aged women. She has examined exposure to metals, pesticides, and endocrine disrupting chemicals and associations with neurodevelopment in multiple pediatric cohorts worldwide, spanning critical periods of development from the prenatal period through adolescence. A central component of her work is estimating health effects of environmental mixtures using state-of-the-art statistical approaches.

Other research interests include the development and use of novel exposure science methods to incorporate exposure timing in epidemiologic studies, and the role of nutritional, social, and other factors in modifying and/or mediating chemical toxicity.

Dr. Claus Henn was the PI of an NIEHS K99/R00 Career Development Award to utilize novel statistical approaches for analyzing metal mixtures and neurodevelopment and is the MPI or co-investigator on multiple NIH R01s on environmental mixtures. She is also the PI of an NIEHS T32 Predoctoral Training Program and serves as the director of the PhD program in Environmental Health at BUSPH.


Air pollutants, heat exposure, and kidney health: A longitudinal study in women in Central America
04/01/2023 - 01/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus NIH NIEHS
5R01ES034042-02

Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5T32ES014562-18

Metal mixtures, exposure windows, and neurodevelopmental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood
06/17/2022 - 03/31/2027 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIEHS
2R01ES019222-11A1

Metal Mixtures and the Role of Iron Status in Early Adolescent Cognition
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2025 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Samantha Schildroth, MPH, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
1F31ES033507-01A1

BD-STEPS II (BIRTH DEFECTS STUDY TO EVALUATE PREGNANCY EXPOSURES) - CORE
10/04/2023 - 06/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Comm. of Mass./Department of Public Health HHS CDC


Metal-nutrient Mixtures in Epidemiologic and Toxicologic Studies of Cardiovascular Disease
09/04/2020 - 06/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Stony Brook University NIH NIEHS
5R01ES030938-02

The effects of multiple exposures and the risk of birth defects (project #1028)
10/05/2020 - 06/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Comm. of Mass./Department of Public Health HHS CDC
5U01DD001224-03-00

Exposure to metal mixtures in multiple critical periods of development and adolescent neuromotor function
09/01/2022 - 10/16/2022 (Key Person / Mentor)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
1F31ES033558-01A1

Novel Biomarker to Identify Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Metal Mixture
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH NIEHS
5R01ES026033-05

Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5T32ES014562-15

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  1. Claus Henn B, Leonard ER, Doherty BT, Byrne S, Hartmann N, Ptolemy AS, Ayanian S, Crawford KA. Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels and health-related biomarkers in a pilot study of skiers in New England. Environ Res. 2024 Oct 09; 263(Pt 2):120122. PMID: 39389198; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120122;
     
  2. Wesselink AK, Claus Henn B, Fruh V, Geller RJ, Coleman CM, Schildroth S, Sjodin A, Bethea TN, Noel NL, Baird DD, Wegienka G, Wise LA. Persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals and incident uterine leiomyomata: A mixtures analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Nov 15; 951:175871.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39216750
     
  3. Fruh V, Babalola T, Sears C, Wellenius GA, Webster TF, Mann KK, Harrington J, Tjønneland A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Claus Henn B, Meliker JR. Dietary Minerals and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes among Never-Smokers in a Danish Case-Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 17; 21(7).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39063508; PMCID: PMC11277515; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21070932;
     
  4. Friedman A, Schildroth S, Fruh V, Krengel MH, Tripodis Y, Placidi D, White RF, Lucchini RG, Smith DR, Wright RO, Horton MK, Claus Henn B. Sex-specific associations of a ferroalloy metal mixture with motor function in Italian adolescents. Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 8(4):e321.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39022189; PMCID: PMC11254121; DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000321;
     
  5. Wise LA, Coleman CM, Schildroth S, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Claus Henn B, Calafat AM, Botelho JC, Marsh EE, Noel N, Wegienka GR, Bethea TN, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Wesselink AK. Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with uterine leiomyomata incidence and growth: a prospective ultrasound study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 24.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38914782
     
  6. Schildroth S, Wesselink AK, Bethea TN, Henn BC, Friedman A, Fruh V, Coleman CM, Lovett SM, Vines AI, Sjodin A, Botelho JC, Calafat AM, Wegienka G, Weuve J, Baird DD, Wise LA. A Prospective Cohort Study of Persistent Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Perceived Stress. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 May 28.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38803157
     
  7. Renzetti S, van Thriel C, Lucchini RG, Smith DR, Peli M, Borgese L, Cirelli P, Bilo F, Patrono A, Cagna G, Rechtman E, Idili S, Ongaro E, Calza S, Rota M, Wright RO, Claus Henn B, Horton MK, Placidi D. A multi-environmental source approach to explore associations between metals exposure and olfactory identification among school-age children residing in northern Italy. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 34(4):699-708. PMID: 38802534; DOI: 10.1038/s41370-024-00687-6;
     
  8. Schildroth S, Geller RJ, Wesselink AK, Lovett SM, Bethea TN, Claus Henn B, Harmon QE, Taylor KW, Calafat AM, Wegienka G, Gaston SA, Baird DD, Wise LA. Hair product use and urinary biomarker concentrations of non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals among reproductive-aged Black women. Chemosphere. 2024 Aug; 361:142442.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38810806; PMCID: PMC11217908; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142442;
     
  9. Schildroth S, Claus Henn B, Vines AI, Geller RJ, Lovett SM, Coleman CM, Bethea TN, Botelho JC, Calafat AM, Milando C, Baird DD, Wegienka G, Wise LA. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), perceived stress, and depressive symptoms in a prospective cohort study of black women. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Jun 15; 929:172445.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38642767; PMCID: PMC11109747; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172445;
     
  10. Fruh V, Wesselink AK, Schildroth S, Bethea TN, Geller RJ, Calafat AM, Coull BA, Wegienka G, Harmon QE, Baird DD, Wise LA, Claus Henn B. Non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures and uterine leiomyomata in the study of environment, lifestyle and fibroids (SELF). Chemosphere. 2024 Jun; 357:142050.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38631496; PMCID: PMC11254384; DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142050;
     
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