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Lauren Zell-Baran PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology

Email Address:lauren.zell-baran@cuanschutz.edu

Mailing Address:

CU Anschutz

National Jewish Health

1400 Jackson Street

Southside, G219

Denver, CO 80206

Dr. Zell-Baran is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at National Jewish Health and the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Her major research interests are in occupational and environmental exposures and their association with lung diseases. She works in the Center for Deployment-Related Lung Disease at National Jewish Health and on multiple grant-funded programs that support the screening of coal and other commodity miners for lung diseases and mental health conditions. Her undergraduate training in environmental engineering was completed at Lehigh University and her master's and doctoral training was completed at the Colorado School of Public Health. Her thesis work aimed to understand the immunotoxicity of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in children.

Areas of Expertise

Occupational health
Environmental health
Mixtures methods
Observational studies

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 2023;
Master of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 2017;
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2012

Resumes/CV:

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Awards

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, 2017 (inducted);
Mountain & Plains Education & Research Center Research Day, Outstanding Environmental & Occupational Health Poster Presentation Award, 2020;
Hamman-Hoffman Scholarship in Epidemiology Recipient, 2020-2022;
Mountain & Plains Education & Research Center Research Day, Outstanding Occupational & Environmental Medicine Poster Presentation Award, 2023

Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health; Boettcher Investigator

Research

Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award. “Classification of cardiopulmonary exercise testing patterns among deployed military veterans with respiratory symptoms: informing treatment options." 2024-2027. Role: PI;
Mountain & Plains Education & Research Center Pilot Grant. “Longitudinal lung function and respiratory health in deployed military personnel.” 2022-2023. Role: PI;
Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA). “Black Lung Data and Resource Center (BLDRC).” 2020-2025. Role: Co-PI with Dr. Kirsten Almberg (UIC) since 2023.

Publications and Presentations

“Multiple Breath Washout: A Noninvasive Tool for Identifying Lung Disease in Symptomatic Military Deployers.” Zell-Baran L, Krefft SD, Moore C, Wolff J, Meehan R, Rose CS. Respiratory Medicine. January 2021, 176:106281. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106281;  
“Quantitative imaging analysis detects subtle airway abnormalities in symptomatic military deployers.” Zell-Baran L, Humphries SM, Moore CM, Lynch DA, Charbonnier JP, Oh AS, Rose CS. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. April 2022; 22:163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890‑022‑01960‑w;
"Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances and the incidence of asthma in early childhood.” Zell-Baran L, Venter C, Dabelea D, Norris JM, Glueck DH, Adgate JL, Brown JM, Calafat AM, Picket-Nairne K, Starling AP. Environmental Research. December 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117311;
“Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (2009-2014) and vaccine antibody titers of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in four- to eight-year-old children from the Healthy Start Cohort.” Zell-Baran L, Dabelea D, Norris JM, Glueck DH, Adgate JL, Brown JM, Harrall KK, Calafat AM, Starling AP. Environmental Health Perspectives; December 2023; 131(12). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP12863;
“Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans.” Zell-Baran L, Krefft S, Strand M, Rose CS. Respiratory Medicine. 2024; 227,107638. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107638

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Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045

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