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M. Patricia Fabian, ScD

Research Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Dept of Environmental Health

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MS, University of Colorado Boulder

Websites

	School of Public Health Faculty
	Center for Research on Environmental and Social Stressors in Housing Across the Life Course (CRESSH)
	Asthma Simulation Tool for Housing and Medication Adherence (ASTHMA)

ORCID : 0000-0002-1658-3349

Dr. Fabian's research focuses on multi-stressor environmental health problems, combining expertise in systems science, environmental engineering, environmental health, respiratory infectious diseases, and geographical information systems (GIS). She is currently the PI of an NIEHS grant building the first systems science model linking housing, indoor air quality, individual and neighborhood stressors with lung function and pediatric asthma outcomes. She is also a project lead in the Center for Research on Environmental & Social Stressors in Housing Across the Life Course (CRESSH), applying geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial analytical methods to quantify and describe environmental health disparities across Massachusetts communities, and building cumulative risk models across the life course. Other research interests include developing cumulative exposure models at a Superfund site; understanding infectious disease transmission using systems science models; and applying spatial statistical methods to study the combined effect of chemical and non-chemical exposures on pediatric neurodevelopmental outcomes.

BU Sponsored Research

Asthma Simulation Tool for Housing, Medication and Social Adversity (ASTHMA)
08/01/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
5R01ES027816-02

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Underhill LJ, Fabian MP, Vermeer K, Sandel M, Adamkiewicz G, Leibler JH, Levy JI. Modeling the resiliency of energy-efficient retrofits in low-income multifamily housing. Indoor Air. 2018 May; 28(3):459-468.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.
Sandel, Megan

PMID: 29280511.

Rosofsky A, Levy JI, Zanobetti A, Janulewicz P, Fabian MP. Temporal trends in air pollution exposure inequality in Massachusetts. Environ Res. 2018 Feb; 161:76-86.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.
Janulewicz, Patricia

PMID: 29101831.

Basra K, Fabian MP, Scammell MK. Consumption of contaminated seafood in an environmental justice community: a qualitative and spatial analysis of fishing controls. Environmental Justice. 2017; (aop). View Publication

Basra K, Fabian MP, Holberger RR, French R, Levy JI. Community-Engaged Modeling of Geographic and Demographic Patterns of Multiple Public Health Risk Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Jul 06; 14(7).View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.

PMID: 28684710.

Wesselink AK, Carwile JL, Fabian MP, Winter MR, Butler LJ, Mahalingaiah S, Aschengrau A. Residential Proximity to Roadways and Ischemic Placental Disease in a Cape Cod Family Health Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Jun 24; 14(7).View Related Profiles.

Aschengrau, Ann
Fabian, M.
Mahalingaiah, Shruthi

PMID: 28672786.

Vieira VM, Fabian MP, Webster TF, Levy JI, Korrick SA. Spatial Variability in ADHD-Related Behaviors Among Children Born to Mothers Residing Near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 May 15; 185(10):924-932.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.
Webster, Thomas
Vieira, Veronica

PMID: 28444119; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww208;.

Petropolous Z, Scammell M, Schollaert C, Levy J, Fabian MP. ISES, RTI. A novel method for characterizing resident behaviors and housing attributes using photo survey. 2017.

Lane KJ, Levy JI, Zhang Y, Fabian MP. ISES, RTI. Land-use regression models of parcel level intra-urban surface temperature in three cities in Massachusetts. 2017.

Rosofsky AS, Levy JI, Zanobetti A, Fabian MP. ISES, RTI. Disparities in ambient air pollution exposure and housing air exchange rates across Massachusetts using publicly-available data. 2017.

Evans L, Fabian MP. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Changes in geographic access to community health centers for lowincome, non-elderly adults following health center program expansion. 2017.

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Fabian MP, Lee SK, Underhill LJ, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI. Modeling Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Infiltration in Low-Income Multifamily Housing before and after Building Energy Retrofits. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Mar 16; 13(3).View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.

PMID: 26999174; PMCID: PMC4808990; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030327;.

Fabian MP, Levy JI, Vieira V, Peters JL, Korrick S. NIEHS Fest. Behavioral and sociodemographic predictors of exposure to multiple chemicals associated with ADHD-related behavior in a low income community. 2016.

Khalili R, Fabian MP, Levy JI, Korrick SA, Vieira VM. NIEHS Fest. Prenatal exposure to environmental mixtures and asthma risk among children. 2016.

Cunningham A, Fabian MP, Phipatanakoul W. APHA Annual Meeting. Relationship between inner-city school mouse allergen levels and neighborhood socio-demographic and housing characteristics. 2016.

Basra K, Scammell M, Heiger-Bernays W, Fabian MP. AEHS Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy. Getting a lay of the land: fishing activity, signage and advisory awareness at a marine Superfund site. 2016.

Fabian MP, Basra K, Levy JI. ISES, Utrecht. Community-engaged modeling of exposures to chemical and nonchemical stressors in a low-income community near a Superfund site. 2016.

Fabian MP, Underhill L, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. ISES, Utrech. Housing, indoor air quality, and pediatric asthma in a low income multifamily housing site in Boston – a systems science approach. 2016.

Fabian MP, Rosofsky AR, Levy JI. ISES, Utrecht. Methods to evaluate housing and neighborhood-related environmental health disparities using public databases. 2016.

Peters JL, Fabian MP, Levy JI. Society of Toxicology. An approach to blood pressure effects-based cumulative risk assessment in a low-income community. 2016.

Fabian MP, Underhill L, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy J. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling the health consequences of deep energy retrofits: a case study in Boston low-income multi-family housing. 2015.

Underhill L, Fabian MP, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling the Resiliency of Low-Income Multi-Family Housing Retrofitted for Energy Efficiency. 2015.

Fabian MP, Underhill L, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. National Healthy Homes Conference. The impact of a deep energy retrofit on indoor air pollutants, ventilation, and asthma: a simulation case study in Boston low income housing. 2015.

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, M.

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, M.

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, M.

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

Levy JI, Peters JL, Fabian MP, Korrick SA. International Society of Exposure Science. Simulating multiple chemical and nonchemical exposures for a community-based cumulative risk assessment in New Bedford, Massachusetts. 2014.

Underhill L, Fabian MP, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling the impact of deep energy retrofits on indoor air quality in low-income multi-family housing. 2014.

Rosofsky, A, Fabian MP. International Society of Exposure Science. Cadmium mobilization during pregnancy and lactation in highly exposed populations. 2014.

Fabian MP, Underhill L, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling the health consequences of deep energy retrofits: a case study in Boston low-income multi-family housing. 2014.

Fabian MP, Underhill L, Vermeer K, Adamkiewicz G, Sandel M, Levy JI. National Healthy Homes Conference. Modeling the impact of deep energy retrofits on indoor air pollutants and ventilation in multi-family housing: a case study in Boston affordable rental housing. 2014.

Fabian MP, Adamkiewicz G, Stout NK, Sandel M, Levy JI. A simulation model of building intervention impacts on indoor environmental quality, pediatric asthma, and costs. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Jan; 133(1):77-84.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.
Sandel, Megan

PMID: 23910689; PMCID: PMC3874261; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.06.003;.

Milton DK, Fabian MP, Cowling BJ, Grantham ML, McDevitt JJ. Influenza virus aerosols in human exhaled breath: particle size, culturability, and effect of surgical masks. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Mar; 9(3):e1003205. PMID: 23505369; PMCID: PMC3591312; DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003205;.

McDevitt JJ, Koutrakis P, Ferguson ST, Wolfson JM, Fabian MP, Martins M, Pantelic J, Milton DK. Development and Performance Evaluation of an Exhaled-Breath Bioaerosol Collector for Influenza Virus. Aerosol Sci Technol. 2013 Jan 01; 47(4):444-451. PMID: 23418400; DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2012.762973;.

Myatt TA, Kaufman MH, Allen JG, MacIntosh DL, Fabian MP, McDevitt JJ. Environmental Health: Indoor Exposures, Assessments and Interventions (TA Myatt, JG Allen, eds.). Home humidification and influenza virus survival. Apple Academic Press. Waretown. 2013.

Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters J. Society of Risk Analysis. Geographic and demographic patterns of health risks associated with chemical and non-chemical stressor exposures in a low-income community. 2013.

Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters J. Society of Risk Analysis. Strengths and limitations of meta-analytic approaches for developing multi-stressor dose-response function. 2013.

Fabian MP, Korrick S, Peters JL, Levy JI. Joint Conference of the ISEE/ISES/International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ). Modeling population exposure to multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a low income community near a hazardous waste site. 2013.

Peters JL, Fabian MP, Levy JI. Joint Conference of the ISEE/ISES/ International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ). Multiple chemical and non-chemical exposures related to blood pressure: NHANES. 2013.

Fabian MP, Korrick S, Peters JL, Levy JI. Joint Conference of the ISEE/ISES/International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ). Risks from chemical and non-chemical stressors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-like behavior using structural equation models. 2013.

Fabian MP, Korrick S, Peters J, Levy J. Environmental Health. 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. 2013.

Levy JI, Fabian MP, Peters. Environmental Health. Simulating population exposures and vulnerability attributes for effects-based cumulative risk assessment. 2013.

Peters J, Fabian MP, Levy JI. Environmental Health. Multiple chemical and non-chemical exposures related to blood pressure within the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 2013.

Fabian MP, Stout NK, Adamkiewicz G, Geggel A, Ren C, Sandel M, Levy JI. The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: a discrete event simulation model. Environ Health. 2012; 11:66.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.
Sandel, Megan

PMID: 22989068; PMCID: PMC3527278; DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-66;.

McKenzie JH, McDevitt JJ, Fabian MP, Hwang GM, Milton DK. Collection of aerosolized human cytokines using Teflon® filters. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e35814. PMID: 22574123; PMCID: PMC3344827; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035814;.

Fabian MP, Adamkiewicz G, Stout N, Sandel M, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling the health consequences of home-based environmental interventions in multi-family housing using a discrete event simulation of pediatric asthma. 2012.

Fabian MP, Korrick S, Peters J, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Modeling chemical and non-chemical stressor exposures for effects-based cumulative risk assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)- like behavior in a low-income community. 2012.

Adamkiewicz G, Fabian MP, Stout NK, Geggel A, Ren C, Sandel M, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Healthy Buildings. Simulation of energy usage and asthma-related health effects associated with changes in residential air exchange. 2012.

Soto-Jimenez M, Shine J, Wright R, Fabian MP, Levy JI. New England Regional Superfund Meeting. In vitro bioaccessibility of lead, arsenic, cadmium, and zinc, and use of the IEUBK model to predict lead exposure in children living in a smelter town in northern Mexico. 2012.

Fabian P, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI. Simulating indoor concentrations of NO(2) and PM(2.5) in multifamily housing for use in health-based intervention modeling. Indoor Air. 2012 Feb; 22(1):12-23.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.

PMID: 21913994; PMCID: PMC3248980; DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00742.x;.

Adamkiewicz G, Zota AR, Fabian MP, Chahine T, Julien R, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Moving environmental justice indoors: understanding structural influences on residential exposure patterns in low-income communities. Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec; 101 Suppl 1:S238-45.View Related Profiles.

Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, M.

PMID: 21836112; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300119;.

Fabian P, Brain J, Houseman EA, Gern J, Milton DK. Origin of exhaled breath particles from healthy and human rhinovirus-infected subjects. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2011 Jun; 24(3):137-47. PMID: 21361786; PMCID: PMC3123971; DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2010.0815;.

Fabian MP, Soto-Jimenez MF, Rivera-Guillen M, Flegal AR, Levy JI. Metal Mining Environment and Health Alliance Meeting. Heavy metal exposure assessment using biokinetic modeling in a Mexican smelter community. 2011.

Fabian MP, Soto-Jimenez MF, Rivera-Guillen M, Flegal AR, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Multiple heavy metal exposure assessment in a Mexican smelter community. 2011.

Fabian MP, Stout NK, Adamkiewicz G, Geggel A, Ren C, Sandel M, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Design and validation of a discrete event simulation model of the effect of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma outcomes. 2011.

Fabian MP, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Simulating indoor concentrations of NO2 and PM2.5 in multi-family housing for use in health-based intervention modeling. 2011.

Fabian MP, Peters J, Korrick S, Levy JI. International Society of Exposure Science. Developing multi-factorial exposure models for an effects-based cumulative risk assessment in a low-income community near a Superfund site. 2011.

Fabian MP, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI. Healthy Homes. Modeling contributions of pollution sources to indoor concentrations of NO2 and PM2.5 in multi-family housing using a multi-zone simulation program (CONTAM). 2011.

Adamkiewicz G, Fabian MP, Levy JI, Spengler JD. Indoor Air. Addressing climate change through residential energy upgrades: unique challenges within low-income communities and implications for health. 2011.

Myatt TA, Kaufman MH, Allen JG, MacIntosh DL, Fabian MP, McDevitt JJ. Modeling the airborne survival of influenza virus in a residential setting: the impacts of home humidification. Environ Health. 2010; 9:55. PMID: 20815876; PMCID: PMC2940868; DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-55;.

Vukotich CJ, Coulborn RM, Aragon TJ, Baker MG, Burrus BB, Aiello AE, Cowling BJ, Duncan A, Enanoria W, Fabian MP, Ferng YH, Larson EL, Leung GM, Markel H, Milton DK, Monto AS, Morse SS, Navarro JA, Park SY, Priest P, Stebbins S, Stern AM, Uddin M, Wetterhall SF. Findings, gaps, and future direction for research in nonpharmaceutical interventions for pandemic influenza. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr; 16(4):e2. PMID: 20350370.

Aiello AE, Coulborn RM, Aragon TJ, Baker MG, Burrus BB, Cowling BJ, Duncan A, Enanoria W, Fabian MP, Ferng YH, Larson EL, Leung GM, Markel H, Milton DK, Monto AS, Morse SS, Navarro JA, Park SY, Priest P, Stebbins S, Stern AM, Uddin M, Wetterhall SF, Vukotich CJ. Research findings from nonpharmaceutical intervention studies for pandemic influenza and current gaps in the research. Am J Infect Control. 2010 May; 38(4):251-8. PMID: 20226569; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.007;.

Fabian MP, Milton DK, Angel M, Perez DR, McDevitt JJ. Joint Conference of International Society of Exposure Science & International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Influenza virus aerosols in human exhaled breath: particle size, culturability, and effect of surgical mask. 2010.

Milton DK, Fabian MP, Angel M, Perez DR, McDevitt JJ. Swine Origin H1N1 Virus: The First Pandemic of the 21st Century. Influenza virus aerosols in human exhaled breath: particle size, culturability, and effect of surgical mask. 2010.

Milton DK, Fabian MP, Angel M, Perez DR, McDevitt JJ. American Thoracic Society. Influenza virus aerosols in human exhaled breath: particle size, culturability, and effect of surgical mask. 2010.

Fabian P, McDevitt JJ, Houseman EA, Milton DK. Airborne influenza virus detection with four aerosol samplers using molecular and infectivity assays: considerations for a new infectious virus aerosol sampler. Indoor Air. 2009 Oct; 19(5):433-41. PMID: 19689447; PMCID: PMC3684270; DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00609.x;.

Fabian MP, McDevitt JJ, De-Haan WH, Brande M, Milton DK. American Thoracic Society. Influenza virus in fine particles exhaled during tidal breathing and coughing. 2009.

McDevitt JJ, Fabian MP, Milton DK. American Association for Aerosol Research. Do surgical masks reduce release of influenza from infected individuals?. 2009.

Fabian P, McDevitt JJ, Lee WM, Houseman EA, Milton DK. An optimized method to detect influenza virus and human rhinovirus from exhaled breath and the airborne environment. J Environ Monit. 2009 Feb; 11(2):314-7. PMID: 19212587; PMCID: PMC2840048; DOI: 10.1039/b813520g;.

Fabian P, McDevitt JJ, DeHaan WH, Fung RO, Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Leung GM, Milton DK. Influenza virus in human exhaled breath: an observational study. PLoS One. 2008; 3(7):e2691. PMID: 18628983; PMCID: PMC2442192; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002691;.

McDevitt JJ, Ferguson S, Wolfson J, Fabian MP, Martins M, Koutrakis P, Milton DK. American Association for Aerosol Research 27th Annual Conference. A new sampler to collect infectious viruses from exhaled breath. 2008.

Fabian MP, Gern JE, Lee WM, Brain J, Houseman EA, Dehaan WH, Milton DK. American Thoracic Society. Exhaled breath aerosols from subjects infected with human rhinovirus. 2008.

Fabian MP, McDevitt JJ, Dehaan WH, Fung ROP, Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Leung GM, Milton DK. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Influenza virus in human exhaled breath. 2008.

Fabian MP, McDevitt JJ, Milton DK. American Association for Aerosol Research 27th Annual Conference. Collection of influenza aerosols: comparison of sampler efficiencies with molecular and infectivity assays. 2007.

Fabian MP. Quantification of respiratory viruses in environmental aerosols and exhaled breath particles. Boston. 2007.

M Patricia FabianJames McDevitt Donald K Milton. Modes of transmission of respiratory viral infections. Exacerbations of Asthma. Informa Healthcare. London. 2007.

M.P. FabianS.L. MillerT . ReponenM.T . Hernandez. Ambient bioaerosol indices for indoor air quality assessments. Journal of Aerosol Science. 2005; 36:763-783.

Fabian MP, Johnston SL, Milton DK. American Thoracic Society. Quantitative measurement of airborne human rhinovirus in school classrooms using a Taqman assay. 2004.

Peng Xu, Jordan Peccia, Patricia Fabian, John W. Martyny, Kevin P. Fennelly, Mark Hernandez, Shelly L. Miller . Efficacy of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation of upper-room air in inactivating airborne bacterial spores and mycobacteria in full-scale studies. Atmospheric Environment. 2003; 37:405-419.

M. P. FabianT. ReponenS.L. MillerM.T. Hernandez. Total and culturable airborne bacteria and fungi in arid region flood-damaged residences. Journal of Aerosol Science. 2000; 31(Suppl 1):S35-S36.

Fabian MP, Reponen T, Miller SL, Hernandez M T. Journal of Aerosol Science. Total and culturable airborne bacteria and fungi in arid region flood-damaged residences. 2000; 31(Suppl 1):S35-S36.

Miller SL, Xu P, Peccia J, Fabian MP, Hernandez MT. Indoor Air '99: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Effects of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation of room air on airborne bacteria and mycobacteria. 1999; 2:665-670.

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

Bar chart showing 81 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2013

Bar chart showing 81 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2013

Year	Publications
1999	1
2000	2
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2007	3
2008	5
2009	3
2010	6
2011	10
2012	6
2013	12
2014	8
2015	3
2016	9
2017	9
2018	1

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

cumulative risk assessment
geographical information systems (GIS)
exposure assessment
systems science
air pollution
indoor air quality
aerobiology
infectious disease transmission

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