Carmen M. Vélez-Vega

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Also affiliated with University of Puerto Rico System

Environmental Science

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Top 4%percentile

0.886Author DataRank

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2in pilot corpus

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Preterm birth and PM2.5 in Puerto Rico: evidence from the PROTECT birth cohort

Environmental Health(2021)10.1186/s12940-021-00748-5

Top 29%

0.684DataRank

Top 29%17 citations

Zlatan Feric, Justin Manjourides, A. Alshawabekeh, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, José F. Cordero +3 more

Papers

Driven by 51 papers — median percentile 53. Top paper: “Preterm birth and PM2.5 in Puerto Rico: evidence from the PROTECT birth cohort”.

Preterm birth and PM2.5 in Puerto Rico: evidence from the PROTECT birth cohort

Environmental Health(2021)10.1186/s12940-021-00748-5

Top 29%

0.684DataRank

Top 29%17 citations

Zlatan Feric, Justin Manjourides, A. Alshawabekeh, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, José F. Cordero +3 more

Association between Quality of Maternal Prenatal Food Source and Preparation and Breastfeeding Duration in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Program

Nutrients(2022)10.3390/nu14224922

Top 65%

0.203DataRank

Top 65%2 citations

Kennedy K. Gachigi, Rachel F. Rodgers, Deborah J. Watkins, Megan Woodbury, José F. Cordero +14 more

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure results in altered CRH, reproductive, and thyroid hormone concentrations during human pregnancy

The Science of The Total Environment(2020)10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141581

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69 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Rita Loch‐Caruso, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +3 more

Association of biomarkers of exposure to metals and metalloids with maternal hormones in pregnant women from Puerto Rico

Environment International(2020)10.1016/j.envint.2020.106310

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49 citations

Pahriya Ashrap, Emily S. Barrett, Deborah J. Watkins, Amber L. Cathey, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +5 more

Cohort profile: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico

BMJ Open(2020)10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036389

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21 citations

Emily Zimmerman, Deborah J. Watkins, Thomas Carpenito, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Gredia Huerta-Montañez +12 more

Relationships between psychosocial factors during pregnancy and preterm birth in Puerto Rico

PLoS ONE(2020)10.1371/journal.pone.0227976

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27 citations

John D. Meeker, Andrea Swartzendruber, Rafael E Rios-McConnell, Phil Brown, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +5 more

Investigating the impact of Hurricane Maria on an ongoing birth cohort in Puerto Rico

Population and Environment(2020)10.1007/s11111-020-00345-7

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29 citations

Héctor R Torres Zayas, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Zaira Rosario, Michael Welton, Luis D. Agosto Arroyo +9 more

Fetal Sex-Dependent Associations Between Gestational Hormone Concentrations and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Cohort Study

(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-60256/v1

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0 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Bhramar Mukherjee, Marie S. O’Neill +5 more

Psychosocial status modifies the effect of maternal blood metal and metalloid concentrations on birth outcomes

Environment International(2021)10.1016/j.envint.2021.106418

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36 citations

Amira Aker, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Performance of urine, blood, and integrated metal biomarkers in relation to birth outcomes in a mixture setting

Environmental Research(2021)10.1016/j.envres.2021.111435

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32 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +3 more

Maternal Urinary Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Association with Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Antioxidants(2021)10.3390/antiox10010114

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25 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Ginger L. Milne, Kelly K. Ferguson, Rita Loch‐Caruso, Jennifer Fernandez +6 more

Personal care products: Demographic characteristics and maternal hormones in pregnant women from Puerto Rico

Environmental Research(2021)10.1016/j.envres.2021.112376

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24 citations

Pahriya Ashrap, Emily S. Barrett, Adana A. M. Llanos, Deborah J. Watkins, Amber L. Cathey +6 more

Gestational Hormone Concentrations Are Associated With Timing of Delivery in a Fetal Sex-Dependent Manner

Frontiers in Endocrinology(2021)10.3389/fendo.2021.742145

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23 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Bhramar Mukherjee, Marie S. O’Neill +5 more

Maternal lipidomic signatures in relation to spontaneous preterm birth and large-for-gestational age neonates

Scientific Reports(2021)10.1038/s41598-021-87472-9

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22 citations

Pahriya Ashrap, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Associations of gestational phthalate exposure and non-nutritive suck among infants from the Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT) birth cohort study

Environment International(2021)10.1016/j.envint.2021.106480

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13 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Gredia Huerta-Montañez, Zaira Rosario Pabón, Zlatan Feric, Justin Manjourides +8 more

Attitudes Toward the Environment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Address Environmental Health Risks in Marginalized Communities: Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research(2021)10.2196/24671

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13 citations

Scott McIntosh, Emily S. Barrett, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Timothy Dye, José Pérez-Ramos

Maternal Lipidomic Signatures in Relation to Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Large-For-Gestational Age Neonates

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-138617/v1

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1 citations

Pahriya Ashrap, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Maternal Urinary Phthalate Metabolites are Associated with Lipidomic Signatures Among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico

medRxiv(2021)10.1101/2021.07.19.21260700

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0 citations

Max T. Aung, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children

JAMA Network Open(2022)10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47957

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112 citations

Wei Perng, Dana Dabelea, Amy Padula, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +93 more

The Impact of Natural Disasters on Maternal Health: Hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico

Children(2022)10.3390/children9070940

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33 citations

Michael Welton, Jazmín Díaz Rivera, Deborah J. Watkins, Zulmarie Díaz, Héctor R. Torres +7 more

Associations of urinary phthalate metabolites and inflammatory biomarkers among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

The Science of The Total Environment(2022)10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158773

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31 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Deborah J. Watkins, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +3 more

The association between urinary glyphosate and aminomethyl phosphonic acid with biomarkers of oxidative stress among pregnant women in the PROTECT birth cohort study

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety(2022)10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113300

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37 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Jennifer Fernandez, Deborah J. Watkins, Monica K. Silver, Ginger L. Milne +6 more

Maternal plasma lipids are involved in the pathogenesis of preterm birth

GigaScience(2022)10.1093/gigascience/giac004

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28 citations

Bing He, Yu Liu, Max T. Aung, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +5 more

Maternal blood metal concentrations are associated with matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

Environmental Research(2022)10.1016/j.envres.2022.112874

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14 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Maternal urinary phthalate metabolites are associated with lipidomic signatures among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology(2022)10.1038/s41370-022-00410-3

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12 citations

Max T. Aung, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences and Symptoms of Pandemic-Associated Traumatic Stress Among Mothers in the US

JAMA Network Open(2022)10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47330

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15 citations

Emily A. Knapp, Andrew Law, Molly Algermissen, Lyndsay A. Avalos, Zoe Birnhak +21 more

Maternal Metals/Metalloid Blood Levels Are Associated With Lipidomic Profiles Among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico

Frontiers in Public Health(2022)10.3389/fpubh.2021.754706

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10 citations

Pahriya Ashrap, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Maternal blood metal concentrations are associated with C-reactive protein and cell adhesion molecules among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

Environmental Epidemiology(2022)10.1097/ee9.0000000000000214

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4 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Associations between biomarkers of prenatal metals exposure and non-nutritive suck among infants from the PROTECT birth cohort in Puerto Rico

Frontiers in Epidemiology(2022)10.3389/fepid.2022.1057515

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3 citations

Emily Zimmerman, Gredia Huerta-Montañez, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +4 more

Neighborhood Opportunity and Vulnerability and Incident Asthma Among Children

JAMA Pediatrics(2023)10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3133

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46 citations

Wei Perng, Dana Dabelea, Amy Padula, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +93 more

Mi PROTECT: A personalized smartphone platform to report back results to participants of a maternal-child and environmental health research cohort program in Puerto Rico

PLOS Digital Health(2023)10.1371/journal.pdig.0000172

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13 citations

Irene Lafarga Previdi, Héctor R. Torres, Ishwara Ayala, Katherine E. Boronow, Amailie Santos Rivera +7 more

Gestational Exposure to Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Relation to Neurodevelopmental Delays in Early Childhood

Toxics(2023)10.3390/toxics11010065

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21 citations

Emily Zimmerman, Gredia Huerta-Montañez, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, José F. Cordero +4 more

Associations of phthalates, phthalate replacements, and their mixtures with eicosanoid biomarkers during pregnancy

Environment International(2023)10.1016/j.envint.2023.108101

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19 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Wei Hao, Lixia Zeng, Subramaniam Pennathur, Max T. Aung +7 more

Lessons Learned: Community Engagement in Emergencies in Puerto Rico

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness(2023)10.1017/dmp.2022.305

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3 citations

Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Ana C Guzzi Vasques, Emma Fernández Repollet, Héctor R. Torres Zayas, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +2 more

Adverse birth outcomes are associated with circulating matrix metalloproteinases among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

Journal of Reproductive Immunology(2023)10.1016/j.jri.2023.103991

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5 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +4 more

Cross-sectional associations between prenatal maternal per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and bioactive lipids in three Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohorts

medRxiv(2023)10.1101/2023.11.03.23297930

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1 citations

Tomás Manea, Dominic Pak, Megan Woodbury, Stephanie M. Eick, Amber L. Cathey +27 more

A mixed-methods analysis to understand the implementation of a multistakeholder research consortium: Environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science(2023)10.1017/cts.2023.620

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0 citations

Katherine A. Sauder, Gwendolyn Norman, Amber L. Anderson, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, David Napp +2 more

Cross-Sectional Associations between Prenatal Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances and Bioactive Lipids in Three Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts

Environmental Science & Technology(2024)10.1021/acs.est.4c00094

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11 citations

Tomás Manea, Dominic Pak, Megan Woodbury, Stephanie M. Eick, Amber L. Cathey +28 more

Associations between urinary hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biomarker concentrations and measures of timing of delivery and infant size at birth

Environment International(2024)10.1016/j.envint.2024.108848

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11 citations

Jarrod L. Eaton, Deborah J. Watkins, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +3 more

Gestational glyphosate exposure and early childhood neurodevelopment in a Puerto Rico birth cohort

Environmental Research(2024)10.1016/j.envres.2024.118114

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8 citations

John D. Meeker, Emily Zimmerman, Amber L. Cathey, Jennifer Fernandez, Gredia Huerta Montañez +7 more

Urinary phenol and paraben concentrations in association with markers of inflammation during pregnancy in Puerto Rico

The Science of The Total Environment(2024)10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170889

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8 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, José F. Cordero +3 more

Metabolomic Alterations Associated with Phthalate Exposures among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico

Environmental Science & Technology(2024)10.1021/acs.est.4c03006

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8 citations

Gayatri Iyer, Margaret Banker, Zaira Rosario, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram N. Alshawabkeh +5 more

Prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and neurodevelopment among children in Puerto Rico

Chemosphere(2024)10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143468

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3 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Emily Zimmerman, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabón, Gredia Huerta Montañez, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega +5 more

Changes in exposure to environmental contaminants in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria among pregnant women in northern Puerto Rico

Heliyon(2024)10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39767

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3 citations

Héctor R. Torres Zayas, Michael Welton, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Zaira Rosario Pabón, Luis D. Agosto Arroyo +6 more

Associations of maternal blood metal concentrations with plasma eicosanoids among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

The Science of The Total Environment(2024)10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172295

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1 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Seonyoung Park, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón +5 more

Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and associations with oxidative stress biomarkers among pregnant women from the PROTECT cohort

The Science of The Total Environment(2025)10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179130

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6 citations

Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Wei Hao, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, José F. Cordero +3 more

Prenatal exposure to phthalate mixtures and child neurodevelopment in toddlers aged 1–3 years from the PROTECT birth cohort

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health(2025)10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114599

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5 citations

Amber L. Cathey, Wei Hao, Sung Kyun Park, Bhramar Mukherjee, Gredia Huerta Montañez +7 more

Maternal bioactive lipids during pregnancy and early childhood neurodevelopment and behavior

Pediatric Research(2025)10.1038/s41390-025-04465-4

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0 citations

Megan Woodbury, Sung Kyun Park, Bhramar Mukherjee, Wei Hao, Lixia Zeng +9 more

Maternal blood metal and metalloid concentrations in association with birth outcomes in Northern Puerto Rico

Environment International(2020)10.1016/j.envint.2020.105606

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115 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Jonathan Boss, Michael J. Richards, Zaira Rosario +5 more

Changes to Family Life, Youth COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Traumatic Stress, and the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology(2025)10.1080/15374416.2025.2556658

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0 citations

Andrew Law, Emily A. Knapp, Paige Greenwood, Molly Algermissen, Lyndsay A. Avalos +26 more

Predictors of urinary and blood Metal(loid) concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico

Environmental Research(2020)10.1016/j.envres.2020.109178

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89 citations

Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Jonathan Boss, Michael J. Richards, Zaira Rosario +5 more

Carmen M. Vélez-Vega

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