Maria Argos, PhD
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Environmental Health

PhD, Columbia University



Dr. Argos is an environmental and molecular epidemiologist interested in the effects of metal exposures on cardiometabolic and cancer endpoints across the life course. Her research strongly emphasizes identifying molecular pathways altered by environmental exposures that influence disease risk by leveraging high-dimensional molecular data and biomarker data obtained from biological specimens collected in the epidemiological setting. She is the principal investigator of the Bangladesh Environmental Research in Children's Health (BIRCH) cohort that aims to evaluate early life health effects of arsenic exposure and metal mixtures. She is also a principal investigator of a disease study site examining diabetes and kidney disease progression in collaboration with the newly established Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium and an investigator of the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) and the Chicago Field Center of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. She previously served as a principal investigator of the Illinois site of the national All of Us Research Program. Dr. Argos has extensive experience implementing longitudinal epidemiologic studies among diverse participant populations in the US and internationally. She is also particularly interested in developing epidemiological methods for assessing gene-environment interactions and environmental mixtures.


Multi-Omics at the Intersections of Environment, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Study Site
09/12/2023 - 05/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
University of Illinois Chicago Campus NIH NHGRI
5U01HG013275-02

Impact of Metals on Biological Aging and Cardiometabolic Traits in Adolescents
07/15/2024 - 03/31/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
7R01ES033883-03

2/2 Bangladesh Center for Global Environmental and Occupational Health-US
03/01/2023 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
University of Chicago NIH FIC
5U2RTW010122-08



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Multi-Omics at the Intersections of Environment, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Study Site 5U01HG013275-02
2024 Impact of Metals on Biological Aging and Cardiometabolic Traits in Adolescents 7R01ES033883-03
2023 Multi-Omics at the Intersections of Environment, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease: A Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Study Site 1U01HG013275-01
2023 Impact of Metals on Biological Aging and Cardiometabolic Traits in Adolescents 5R01ES033883-02
2023 Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium 3OT2OD026557-01S6
2022 Impact of Metals on Biological Aging and Cardiometabolic Traits in Adolescents 1R01ES033883-01A1
2022 Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium 3OT2OD026557-01S4
2021 Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium 3OT2OD026557-01S3 1
2018 Molecular and clinical endocrine impacts of arsenic exposure in children 5R01ES024423-05 6
2017 Identifying arsenic susceptibility variants using a functional screening approach 5R21ES024834-03 8
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  1. Chen X, Wang H, Broce I, Dale A, Yu B, Zhou LY, Li X, Argos M, Daviglus ML, Cai J, Franceschini N, Sofer T. Old vs. New Local Ancestry Inference in HCHS/SOL: A Comparative Study. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 08. PMID: 39975339; PMCID: PMC11838596; DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.04.636481;
     
  2. Chen Y, Abrishamcar S, Johnson S, Aqua J, Dye C, Llabre MM, Gallo LC, Pereira KM, Daviglus M, Argos M, Cai J, Thyagarajan B, Baccarelli A, Isasi CR, Kaplan RC, Conneely KN, Suglia SF. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos: Nativity as an Effect Modifier. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Mar; 173:107369. PMID: 39883977; PMCID: PMC11883801; DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107369;
     
  3. Jasmine F, Almazan A, Khamkevych Y, Argos M, Shahriar M, Islam T, Shea CR, Ahsan H, Kibriya MG. Gene-Environment Interaction: Small Deletions (DELs) and Transcriptomic Profiles in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) and Potential Implications for Therapy. Cells. 2025 Jan 10; 14(2). PMID: 39851523; PMCID: PMC11764317; DOI: 10.3390/cells14020095;
     
  4. Farzan SF, Niu Z, Guo F, Shahriar M, Kibriya MG, Jasmine F, Sarwar G, Jackson BP, Ahsan H, Argos M. Exposure to metal mixtures and telomere length in Bangladeshi children. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 08; 194(1):35-43. PMID: 38973734
     
  5. Quaid M, Haque SE, Islam T, Shahriar MH, Sarwar G, Ahmed A, O'Connell S, Jasmine F, Kibriya MG, Ahsan H, Argos M. An Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures Using Silicone Wristbands Among Bangladeshi Youth. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Dec 18; 21(12). PMID: 39767529; PMCID: PMC11675965; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21121691;
     
  6. Zhang Y, Spitzer BW, Zhang Y, Wallace DA, Yu B, Qi Q, Argos M, Avilés-Santa ML, Boerwinkle E, Daviglus ML, Kaplan R, Cai J, Redline S, Sofer T. Untargeted metabolome atlas for sleep-related phenotypes in the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos. EBioMedicine. 2025 Jan; 111:105507. PMID: 39693737; PMCID: PMC11722176; DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105507;
     
  7. Weiss MC, Sun J, Jackson BP, Turyk ME, Wang L, Brown EL, Aguilar D, Brown SA, Hanis CL, Argos M, Sargis RM. Accelerated Longitudinal Glycemic Changes in Relation to Urinary Toxic/Essential Metals and Metal Mixtures Among Mexican Americans Living in Starr County, Texas. Diabetes Care. 2024 Nov 01; 47(11):1908-1915. PMID: 39277806; PMCID: PMC11502531; DOI: 10.2337/dc24-0646;
     
  8. Rao H, Weiss MC, Moon JY, Perreira KM, Daviglus ML, Kaplan R, North KE, Argos M, Fernández-Rhodes L, Sofer T. Advancements in genetic research by the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos: A 10-year retrospective review. HGG Adv. 2025 Jan 09; 6(1):100376. PMID: 39473183; PMCID: PMC11754138; DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2024.100376;
     
  9. Jorgensen JA, Choo-Kang C, Wang L, Issa L, Gilbert JA, Ecklu-Mensah G, Luke A, Bedu-Addo K, Forrester T, Bovet P, Lambert EV, Rae D, Argos M, Kelly TN, Sargis RM, Dugas LR, Dai Y, Layden BT. Toxic Metals Impact Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Risk in Five African-Origin Populations. medRxiv. 2024 Oct 07. PMID: 39417117; PMCID: PMC11483006; DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.07.24315016;
     
  10. Abasilim C, Persky V, Sargis RM, Argos M, Daviglus ML, Freels S, Tsintsifas K, Day T, Cai J, Isasi CR, Peters BA, Talavera GA, Thyagarajan B, Turyk ME. Correction to: Association of Acculturation and Hispanic/Latino Background with Endogenous Sex and Thyroid-Related Hormones Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanic/Latino Adults: the HCHS/SOL Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Oct; 11(5):3234. PMID: 37725253
     
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2018 University of Illinois at Chicago: Rising Star in Clinical Sciences
2016 Society for Epidemiologic Research Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award: Finalist
2015 Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting: Poster prize winner
2013 AACR Integrative Molecular Epidemiology Workshop: Selected Trainee
2011 North American Congress of Epidemiology: Carol Buck Student Prize Paper Award in International Health
2010 NIEHS: Papers of the Year
2003 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health: Award for Academic Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences for the MPH
2003-2006 NCI Training Program in Cancer Epidemiology: Predoctoral T32 Fellowship
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