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Junenette Peters, ScD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Environmental Health

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MA, Boston University
BA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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ORCID : 0000-0003-4542-4563

Dr. Peters’ research has focused on the effects of environmental pollutants on cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment in older adults and on respiratory disease in children. Her research has a unique component in that it explores the complex interactions between physical environmental factors and social determinants of health. She has evaluated the interactive effects of lead exposure and psychosocial factors on incident hypertension and cognition in older adult males. She is involved in research on approaches for determining cumulative risk from chemical and non-chemical stressors in relation to hypertension.

Dr. Peters is currently leading research efforts funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Aviation Administration evaluating the long-term health impacts of noise exposure. Specifically, her two studies aim to expand our understanding of the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and cardiovascular disease by linking noise exposure data for multiple airports, years and metrics with existing longitudinal health cohorts for which detailed individual data and high geographical and temporal resolution address information are available. Results from these studies can inform decisions regarding aircraft noise levels that merit intervention.

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Community Measurements of Aviation Emissions Contribution to Ambient Air Quality
09/20/2013 - 12/31/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Junenette Peters, ScD
Department of Transportation/FAA

Relationship of Metal Exposures to Health Risk Markers, Mood and Cognitive Functioning in Military Veterans
08/15/2023 - 08/14/2026 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

Aircraft Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease
08/01/2016 - 06/30/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5R01ES025791-04

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2019	Aircraft Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease	5R01ES025791-04	1
2018	Aircraft Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease	5R01ES025791-03	1
2017	Aircraft Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease	5R01ES025791-02	1
2016	Aircraft Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease	1R01ES025791-01A1	1

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Peters JL, Grady ST, Laden F, Nelson E, Bozigar M, Hart JE, Manson JE, Huang T, Redline S, Kaufman JD, Forman JP, Rexrode KM, Levy JI. Long-term nighttime aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in a prospective cohort of female nurses. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Sep 12; 263:114457.View Related Profiles.

Forman, John
Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Bozigar, Matt
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 39270405; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114457;

Tore G, Green JG, Noguchi J, Echevarría-Ramos M, Peters JL, Levy JI, Botana Martinez MP, Ceballos DM. Development and evaluation of two educational sessions on take-home lead exposure prevention for construction workers and their families. Ann Work Expo Health. 2024 Aug 08; 68(7):702-712.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 38843454; DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxae047;

Bozigar M, Laden F, Hart JE, Redline S, Huang T, Whitsel EA, Nelson EJ, Grady ST, Levy JI, Peters JL. Aircraft noise exposure and body mass index among female participants in two Nurses' Health Study prospective cohorts living around 90 airports in the United States. Environ Int. 2024 May; 187:108660.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Bozigar, Matt
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 38677085; DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108660;

Nguyen DD, Levy JI, Kim C, Lane KJ, Simon MC, Hart JE, Whitsel EA, VoPham T, Malwitz A, Peters JL. Characterizing temporal trends in populations exposed to aircraft noise around U.S. airports: 1995-2015. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Sep 21.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Lane, Kevin

PMID: 37735518

Grady ST, Hart JE, Laden F, Roscoe C, Nguyen DD, Nelson EJ, Bozigar M, VoPham T, Manson JE, Weuve J, Adar SD, Forman JP, Rexrode K, Levy JI, Peters JL. Associations between long-term aircraft noise exposure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in US cohorts of female nurses. Environ Epidemiol. 2023 Aug; 7(4):e259.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Forman, John
Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Bozigar, Matt
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 37545808; PMCID: PMC10402956; DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000259;

Bozigar M, Huang T, Redline S, Hart JE, Grady ST, Nguyen DD, James P, Nicholas B, Levy JI, Laden F, Peters JL. Associations between Aircraft Noise Exposure and Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Quality in the United States-Based Prospective Nurses' Health Study Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Apr; 131(4):47010.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Bozigar, Matt
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 37058435; PMCID: PMC10104165; DOI: 10.1289/EHP10959;

Nguyen DD, Whitsel EA, Wellenius GA, Levy JI, Leibler JH, Grady ST, Stewart JD, Fox MP, Collins JM, Eliot MN, Malwitz A, Manson JE, Peters JL. Long-term aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in postmenopausal women. Environ Res. 2023 Feb 01; 218:115037.View Related Profiles.

Wellenius, Gregory
Leibler, Jessica
Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Fox, Matthew
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 36502895; PMCID: PMC9845139; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115037;

Simon MC, Hart JE, Levy JI, VoPham T, Malwitz A, Nguyen D, Bozigar M, Cupples LA, James P, Laden F, Peters JL. Sociodemographic Patterns of Exposure to Civil Aircraft Noise in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 02; 130(2):27009.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Cupples, L
Bozigar, Matt

PMID: 35167327; PMCID: PMC8846369; DOI: 10.1289/EHP9307;

Ceballos DM, Dong Z, Peters JL, Herrick RF, Gupta P, Spengler JD. Metals dust in workers' homes and potential for take home in the Greater Boston area: Pilot study. Environ Res. 2022 Jun; 209:112893.View Related Profiles.

Ceballos Ochoa, Diana
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 35131322; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112893;

Kim CS, Grady ST, Hart JE, Laden F, VoPham T, Nguyen DD, Manson JE, James P, Forman JP, Rexrode KM, Levy JI, Peters JL. Long-term aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in the Nurses' Health Studies. Environ Res. 2022 05 01; 207:112195.View Related Profiles.

Forman, John
Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Grady, Stephanie

PMID: 34627796; PMCID: PMC8810661; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112195;

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Peters JL, Perry MJ, McNeely E, Wright RO, Heiger-Bernays W, Weuve J. The association of cadmium and lead exposures with red cell distribution width. PLoS One. 2021; 16(1):e0245173.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Peters, Junenette
Heiger-Bernays, Wendy

PMID: 33429420; PMCID: PMC7801027; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245173;

Janulewicz PA, Carlson JM, Wesselink AK, Wise LA, Hatch EE, Edwards LM, Peters JL. Urinary Isoflavones Levels in Relation to Serum Thyroid Hormone Concentrations in Female and Male Adults in the U.S. General Population. Int J Environ Health Res. 2021 Jun; 31(4):389-400.View Related Profiles.

Wesselink, Amelia
Hatch, Elizabeth
Peters, Junenette
Wise, Lauren
Janulewicz, Patricia

PMID: 31490099

Peters JL, Fabian MP, Levy JI. Epidemiologically-informed cumulative risk hypertension models simulating the impact of changes in metal, organochlorine, and non-chemical exposures in an environmental justice community. Environ Res. 2019 09; 176:108544.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Fabian, Maria

PMID: 31271923; PMCID: PMC6716580; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108544;

Ou JY, Peters JL, Levy JI, Bongiovanni R, Rossini A, Scammell MK. Self-rated health and its association with perceived environmental hazards, the social environment, and cultural stressors in an environmental justice population. BMC Public Health. 2018 08 03; 18(1):970.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Scammell, Madeleine

PMID: 30075713; PMCID: PMC6090753; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5797-7;

Peters JL, Zevitas CD, Redline S, Hastings A, Sizov N, Hart JE, Levy JI, Roof CJ, Wellenius GA. Aviation Noise and Cardiovascular Health in the United States: a Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Research Direction. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018 Jun; 5(2):140-152.View Related Profiles.

Wellenius, Gregory
Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 30505645; PMCID: PMC6261366; DOI: 10.1007/s40471-018-0151-2;

Lane KJ, Levy JI, Scammell MK, Peters JL, Patton AP, Reisner E, Lowe L, Zamore W, Durant JL, Brugge D. Association of modeled long-term personal exposure to ultrafine particles with inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers. Environ Int. 2016 Jul-Aug; 92-93:173-82.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Lane, Kevin
Scammell, Madeleine

PMID: 27107222; PMCID: PMC4902720; DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.013;

Ou JY, Levy JI, Peters JL, Bongiovanni R, Garcia-Soto J, Medina R, Scammell MK. A Walk in the Park: The Influence of Urban Parks and Community Violence on Physical Activity in Chelsea, MA. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Jan; 13(1).View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Scammell, Madeleine

PMID: 26742051; PMCID: PMC4730488; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010097;

Fabian MP, Levy JI, Vieira V, Peters JL, Korrick S. NIEHS Environmental Health Science Fest. Behavioral and sociodemographic predictors of exposure to multiple chemicals associated with ADHD-related behavior in a low income community. Durham. 2016.
Rosofsky A, Janulewicz P, Chambers C, Peters J, Bertrand K, Kao K, Jones K, Adams J. Neurodevelopmental outcome following prenatal exposure to anti-depressant medications, 55th Meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and 15th Meeting of the International Neurotoxicology Association. Neurodevelopmental outcome following prenatal exposure to anti-depressant medications. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. Montreal. 2015; 49:136.

Peters JL, Fabian MP, Levy JI. Combined impact of lead, cadmium, polychlorinated biphenyls and non-chemical risk factors on blood pressure in NHANES. Environ Res. 2014 Jul; 132:93-9.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Fabian, Maria

PMID: 24747555; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.038;

Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters JL. Meta-Analytic Approaches for Multistressor Dose-Response Function Development: Strengths, Limitations, and Case Studies. Risk Anal. 2015 Jun; 35(6):1040-9.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Fabian, Maria

PMID: 24724810; DOI: 10.1111/risa.12208;

Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters JL. Community-wide health risk assessment using geographically resolved demographic data: a synthetic population approach. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e87144.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette
Fabian, Maria

PMID: 24489855; PMCID: PMC3904963; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087144;

Ikeda A, Schwartz J, Peters JL, Baccarelli AA, Hoxha M, Dioni L, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Kubzansky LD. Pessimistic orientation in relation to telomere length in older men: the VA normative aging study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014 Apr; 42:68-76.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 24636503; PMCID: PMC4070424; DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.001;

Levy JI, Peters JL, Fabian MP. International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) Conference. Exposures for a community-based cumulative risk assessment in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Cincinnati. 2014.
Ou J, Peters JL, Levy JI, Bongiovanni J, Scammell MK. ISEE. Environmental, social, and cultural factors associated with self-rated health. Seattle. 2014.
Ou J, Levy JI, Peters JL, Bongiovanni R, Garcia-Soto J, Medina R, Scammell MK. ISEE. Which measuring stick? Analysis of park access measures and their associations with self-reported physical activity. Seattle. 2014.
Lane KJ, Levy JI, Scammell MK, Peters JL, Patton AP, Durant JL, Zamore W, Mwamburi MM, Brugge D. ISEE. Association between chronic exposure to airborne ultrafine particles and systemic inflammation in three near-highway neighborhoods. Seattle. 2014.
Lane KJ, Levy JI, Scammell MK, Fuller CH, Peters JL, Patton AP, Durant JL, Zamore W, Mwamburi M, Brugge D. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). Using structural equation modeling to assess the association between traffic-related air pollution and systemic inflammation. Seattle. 2014.
Peters J, Whitsel E, Wellenius G, Levy J, Dominici F. FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment, ASCENT Meeting. Partner Project 44 & ASCENT Project 3: Cardiovascular disease and aircraft noise exposure. Alexandria. 2014.

Correia AW, Peters JL, Levy JI, Melly S, Dominici F. Residential exposure to aircraft noise and hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases: multi-airport retrospective study. BMJ. 2013; 347:f5561.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 24103538; PMCID: PMC3805481; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5561;

Peters JL, Boynton-Jarrett R, Sandel M. Prenatal environmental factors influencing IgE levels, atopy and early asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Apr; 13(2):187-92.View Related Profiles.

Peters, Junenette
Sandel, Megan
Boynton-Jarrett, Renee

PMID: 23385288; DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32835e82d3;

Fabian MP, Korrick SA, Peters JL, Levy JI. Environmental Health Conference. Modeling chemical and non-chemical stressor exposures for effects-based cumulative risk assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related behavior in a low-income community. Boston. 2013.
Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters JL. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Strengths and limitations of meta-analytic approaches for developing multi-stressor dose-response functions. Boston. 2013.
Fabian MP, Korrick SA, Peters JL, Levy JI. Joint Conference of ISEE/ ISES/ISIAQ. Risks from chemical and non-chemical stressors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-like behavior using structural equation models. Basel. 2013.
Fabian MP, Korrick SA, Peters JL, Levy JI. Joint Conference of ISEE/ ISES/ISIAQ. Modeling population exposure to multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a low income community near a hazardous waste site. Basel. 2013.

Peters JL, Cohen S, Staudenmayer J, Hosen J, Platts-Mills TA, Wright RJ. Prenatal negative life events increases cord blood IgE: interactions with dust mite allergen and maternal atopy. Allergy. 2012 Apr; 67(4):545-51. PMID: 22309645; PMCID: PMC3303977; DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02791.x;

Peters JL, Kubzansky LD, Ikeda A, Fang SC, Sparrow D, Weisskopf MG, Wright RO, Vokonas P, Hu H, Schwartz J. Lead concentrations in relation to multiple biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Mar; 120(3):361-6.View Related Profiles.

Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 22142875; PMCID: PMC3295335; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103467;

Peters JL, Kubzansky LD, Ikeda A, Spiro A, Wright RO, Weisskopf MG, Kim D, Sparrow D, Nie LH, Hu H, Schwartz J. Childhood and adult socioeconomic position, cumulative lead levels, and pessimism in later life: the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Dec 15; 174(12):1345-53.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 22071587; PMCID: PMC3276297; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr269;

Ikeda A, Schwartz J, Peters JL, Fang S, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Kubzansky LD. Optimism in relation to inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Psychosom Med. 2011 Oct; 73(8):664-71.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 21949417; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182312497;

Peters JL, Perlstein TS, Perry MJ, McNeely E, Weuve J. Cadmium exposure in association with history of stroke and heart failure. Environ Res. 2010 Feb; 110(2):199-206.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 20060521; PMCID: PMC3031174; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.12.004;

Peters JL, Weisskopf MG, Spiro A, Schwartz J, Sparrow D, Nie H, Hu H, Wright RO, Wright RJ. Interaction of stress, lead burden, and age on cognition in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Apr; 118(4):505-10.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 20064786; PMCID: PMC2854727; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901115;

Peters JL, Suglia SF, Platts-Mills TA, Hosen J, Gold DR, Wright RJ. Relationships among prenatal aeroallergen exposure and maternal and cord blood IgE: project ACCESS. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 May; 123(5):1041-6. PMID: 19361844; PMCID: PMC2777675; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.027;

Peters JL, Muilenberg ML, Rogers CA, Burge HA, Spengler JD. Alternaria measures in inner-city, low-income housing by immunoassay and culture-based analysis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008 Apr; 100(4):364-9. PMID: 18450123; DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60600-X;

Rahman S, Hu H, McNeely E, Rahman SM, Krieger N, Waterman P, Peters J, Harris C, Harris CH, Prothrow-Stith D, Gibbs BK, Brown PC, Johnson G, Burgess A, Gragg RD. Social and Environmental Risk Factors for Hypertension in African Americans. Fla Public Health Rev. 2008 Jan 01; 5:64-72. PMID: 19966946; PMCID: PMC2788965; DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.5-64;

Peters JL, Kubzansky L, McNeely E, Schwartz J, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Wright RO, Nie H, Hu H. Stress as a potential modifier of the impact of lead levels on blood pressure: the normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Aug; 115(8):1154-9.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 17687441; PMCID: PMC1940093; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10002;

Peters JL, Levy JI, Muilenberg ML, Coull BA, Spengler JD. Efficacy of integrated pest management in reducing cockroach allergen concentrations in urban public housing. J Asthma. 2007 Jul-Aug; 44(6):455-60.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 17654132

Brugge D, Rioux C, Groover T, Peters J, Kosheleva A, Levy JI. Dust mites: using data from an intervention study to suggest future research needs and directions. Rev Environ Health. 2007 Jul-Sep; 22(3):245-54.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 18078006

Peters JL, Levy JI, Rogers CA, Burge HA, Spengler JD. Determinants of allergen concentrations in apartments of asthmatic children living in public housing. J Urban Health. 2007 Mar; 84(2):185-97.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 17216349; PMCID: PMC2231632; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9146-2;

Levy JI, Brugge D, Peters JL, Clougherty JE, Saddler SS. A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Oct; 63(8):2191-203.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Peters, Junenette

PMID: 16781807

Peters JL, Murray RW, Sparks JW, Coleman DS. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. Terrigenous matter and dispersed ash in sediment from the Caribbean Sea: Results from ODP Leg 165. 2000; 165:115-124.
Peters JL, Murray RW, Sparks JW, Coleman DS. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (AGU). Long term records of deposition in the Caribbean Sea: Provenance, dispersed ash, and accumulation rates. 1999; 79:S172-S173.
Murray RW, Carey S, Sigurdsson H, Peters JL. Eos, Transactions, AGU. Plank T and Leg 185 Shipboard Party. Dispersed volcanic ash in marine sediments. 1999; 80:F1144.
Peters JL. Distribution and Determinants of Indoor Allergen Levels in Public Housing and the Efficacy of Intervention Measures. Boston.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014

Bar chart showing 52 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014

Year	Publications
1999	2
2000	1
2006	1
2007	4
2008	2
2009	2
2010	1
2011	3
2012	1
2013	6
2014	10
2015	1
2016	3
2018	2
2019	2
2021	2
2022	3
2023	3
2024	3

Media Mentions

AIRPLANE NOISE MAY BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH

Futurity 6/6/2024

Living Near an Airport Could Mess With Your Sleep

Health Day 5/3/2023

Even a small amount of airplane noise can have a major impact on sleep: study

CTV News 5/2/2023

Exposure to airplane noise may increase risk of sleeping fewer than 7 hours per night

Medical Xpress 5/1/2023

This Squad of Researchers Is a Real-Life Justice League

BU Today 10/27/2021

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Noise
Cardiovascular Disease
Joint Exposure
Cumulative Exposure
Metals

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