Publications

Peer Reviewed

  • Cooper, C, Lin Hunter, D, Archer, J-M, Caballero-Gomez, H, Hawn, C, Johnson, V, Lee Jenni, G, Osborne Jelks, N’T, Leggett, Z, Pandya, R, Patel, N, Perkins, D, Ramírez-Andreotta, M, and Rasmussen, L. 2024. A Positionality Tool to Support Ethical Research and Inclusion in the Participatory Sciences. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 9(1): 28, pp. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.684,  https://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10.5334/cstp.684  
     

  • Alqattan ZA, Artiola JF, Walls D, Ramírez-Andreotta, MD. 2024. Evaluating the Portable X-ray Fluorescence Reliability for Metal(loid)s Detection and Soil Contamination Status. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196:765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12893-8.

       

  • Price H, Kinchy A, Engel-Dimauro S, High K, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Ureta S, Walls D, Xu C. 2024. Soil Publics: Regenerating Relations with Urban Soils through Citizen Science. Local Environment. 29(4), 480–494. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2023.2300977.
  • Kaufmann DB, Palawat K, Sandhaus S, Buxner S, McMahon E, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Communicating environmental data through art: The role of emotion and memory in evoking environmental action. Humanities and Social Sciences. 10, 940. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02459-3.
     
  • Moses A, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, McLain JET, Obergh V, Rutin E, Cortez I, Sandhaus S, Kilungo A. The Efficacy of Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) Tests for Detecting Microbial Contamination in Rooftop Harvested Rainwater. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195:1398. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11942-y.
  • Zeider K, Manjón I, Betterton EA, Saez AE, Sorooshian A, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Backyard aerosol pollution monitors: Foliar surfaces, dust enrichment, and factors influencing foliar retention. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195, 1200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11752-2.
  • Jafari K, Ghalhari MR, Hayati R, Baboli Z, Zeider K, Ramírez-Andreotta, MD, Sorooshian A Goudarzi G. 2023. Using date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) as bio-monitors of environmental quality for exposure assessment and pollution source tracking. Atmospheric Environment, 313(15), 120055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120055.
  • Moses A, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, McLain JET, Cortez LI, Kilungo A. 2023. Assessing the impact of rainwater harvesting infrastructure and gardening trends on microbial indicator organism presence in harvested rainwater and garden soils. J Appl Microbiol; 134(6).  https://academic.oup.com/jambio/article/134/6/lxad110/7180971
  • Palawat K, Root R, Cortez LI, Foley T, Carella V, Beck C, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Dissolved arsenic and lead concentrations in rooftop harvested rainwater: community generated dataset. Date in Brief 48, 109255.
  • Shakya A, Dodson M, Artiola JF, Ramirez-Andreotta M, Root RA, Ding X, Chorover J, Maier RM. 2023. Arsenic in Drinking Water and Diabetes. Water; 15(9):1751. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091751.
  • Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Buxner S, Sandhaus S. Co-created environmental health science: Identifying community question and co-generating knowledge to support science learning. 2023. Journal of Research Science in Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21882.
  • Palawat K, Root R, Cortez LI, Foley T, Carella V, Beck C, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Patterns of contamination and burden of lead and arsenic in rooftop harvested rainwater collected in Arizona environmental justice communities. Environmental Management, 337, 117747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117747.
  • Villagomez-Marquez N, Abrell L, Foley T, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Organic micropollutants measured in roof-harvested rainwater from rural and urban environmental justice communities in Arizona. Science of the Total Environment, 876, 162662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162662.
  • Huerta D, Schobel T, Alexander-Ozinskas A, Hild J, Lauder J, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Meltzer D, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2023. Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Residential Exposure to Metal(loid)s in a Mining Impacted Community. Science of the Total Environment, 872, 162228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162228.

  • Moses A, McLain JET, Kilungo A, Root R, Abrell L, Buxner S, Sandoval F, Foley T, Jones M, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2022. Minding the Gap: Socio-demographic Factors Linked to the Perception of Environmental Contaminants, Water Harvesting Infrastructure, and Gardening Characteristics. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-022-00769-7.

  • Walls D, Kinchy A, Margalit T, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Engel-Di Mauro S. 2022. Confronting Legacy Lead in Soils: Community-engaged Researchers Doing Undone Science. Environmental Science and Policy, 128, 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.035.

  • Kaufmann DB, Hamidi N, Palawat K, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2021. Ripple Effect: Communicating Water Quality Data through Sonic Vibrations. In Creativity and Cognition (C&C '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 64, 1–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3450741.3464947.

  • Zeider K, Overmeiren N, Rine K, Sandhaus S, Saez AE, Sorooshian A, Munoz H, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2021. Foliar Surfaces as Low-Cost Aerosol Pollution Monitors: An Assessment by a Mining Site in Arizona. Science of the Total Environment. 790,148164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148164.

    *NIEHS Extramural Paper of the Month, October 2021, https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2021/10/papers/dert/index.htm
    *NIEHS 2021 Papers of the year, https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/1/papers/papers-of-the-year/index.htm

  • Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Walls R, Youens-Clark K, Blumberg K, Isaacs KE, Kaufmann D, Maier RM. 2021. Alleviating Environmental Health Disparities through Community Science and Data Integration. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 182. 
    https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2021.620470. 
    *Highlighted in NIEHS’ Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Newsletter, November 2021. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/newsletter/2021/11/#skip-navigation  

  • Heusinkveld D, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Rodriguez-Chavez, Saez EA, Betterton E, Rine K, 2021. Assessing Children’s Lead Exposure in an Active Mining Community Using the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model. Exposure and Health, 13(3), 517-533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-021-00400-0.

  • Rodriguez-Chavez T, Rine K, Almusawi R, O'Brien-Metzger R, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Betterton E, Saez AE.  2021. Outdoor/Indoor Contaminant Transport by Atmospheric Dust and Aerosol at an Active Smelter Site. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05168-2.

  • Davis LF, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2021. Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis. Environmental Health Perspectives, 129(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP6274.
    *Environmental Health Perspectives Editors’ Choice Collection 2021, January 2022.
    https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/curated-collections/eds-choice-2021

  • Manjón I, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Saez AE, Root RA, Hild J, Janes K, Alexander-Ozinskas A. 2020. Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Science Dataset to Calculate Ingestion and Inhalation of Metal(loid)s Through Preschool Gardening. Data in Brief. 29(105050). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.105050.

  • Davis LF, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Buxner S. 2020. Engaging Diverse Citizen Scientists for Environmental Health: Recommendations from Participants and Promotoras. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5(1): 7, pp. 1–27. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.253. 

  • Manjón I, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Saez AE, Root RA, Hild J, Janes K, Alexander-Ozinskas A. 2020. Ingestion and Inhalation of Metal(loid)s Through Preschool Gardening: An Exposure and Risk Assessment in Legacy Mining Communities. Science of the Total Environment. 718: 134639. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134639.

  • Kaufmann D, Ramirez-Andreotta MD. ­­­­­­­­­­­2020. Communicating the Environmental Health Risk Assessment Process: Formative Evaluation and Increasing Comprehension through Visual Design. Journal of Risk Research. DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2019.1628098. 

  • Manjón, I., Ramírez-Andreotta, M. A dietary assessment tool to estimate arsenic and cadmium exposures from locally grown foods. Environ Geochem Health 42, 2121–2135 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00486-1.

  • Hard H, Brusseau ML, Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2019. Assessing the Feasibility of Using a Closed Landfill for Agricultural Graze Land. M. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191:458.
    DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7579-9.

  • Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Abrell L, Kilungo A, McLain JET, Root R. 2019. Partnering for Action: Community monitoring of harvested rainwater in underserved, rural, and urban Arizona communities. Water Resources IMPACT. 21(2) 12-15. 

  • Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Tapper A, Clough D, Carrera J, Sandhaus S. 2019. Understanding the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations Associated with Community Gardening to Improve Environmental Public Health Prevention and Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(3), 494 - 508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030494. 

  • Sandhaus S, Kaufmann D. Ramírez-Andreotta MD. 2019. Public participation, trust and data sharing: gardens as hubs for citizen science and environmental health literacy efforts. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 9(1), 54-71. DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2018.1542752.

  • Virgone KM, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Mainhagu J, Brusseau ML. 2018. Effective Integrated Frameworks for Assessing Mining Sustainability. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40:2635–2655. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-018-0128-6.

  • Davis, LF, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, McLain JET, Kilungo A, Abrell L, Buxner S.  2018. Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2203. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15102203. 

  • Sandhaus S, Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Kilungo A, Wolf AM, Sandoval F, Henriquez P. 2018. Combating Climate Injustices: An Informal Science and Popular Education Approach to Addressing Environmental Health Disparities. Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4(4), 260–269. DOI: 10.1177/2373379917751476.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brody JG, Lothrop N, Loh M, Beamer PI, Brown P. 2016. Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8;13(7):690-717. PMID: 27399755.

  • Soleri D, Long JW, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Eitemiller R, Pandya R. 2016. Finding Pathways to More Equitable and Productive Public-Scientist Partnerships. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 1(1):9, 1–11, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/cstp.46. 

  • Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brody J, Lothrop N, Loh M, Beamer P, Brown, P. 2016. Reporting Back Environmental Exposure Data and Free-Choice Learning. Environmental Health; (15)2, PMID: 26748908. *Recognized by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

  • Hawes M, McLain J, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Curlango-Rivera G, Flores-Lara Y, Brigham L. 2016. Extracellular Trapping of Soil Contaminants By Root Border Cells: New Insights into Plant Defense. Agronomy (6)5, DOI:10.3390/agronomy6010005.

  • Zarota OA, Brody JG, Brown P, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Perovich L, Matz J. 2016. Balancing Benefits and Risks of Immortal Data:  Participants’ Views of Open Consent in the Personal Genome Project. Hastings Center Report 46: 1-16, DOI: 10.1002/hast.523 * Featured on EurekAlert! operated by American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Lothrop N, Wilkinson ST, Root R, Artiola JF, Klimecki W, Loh MM. 2016.  Analyzing Patterns of Community Interest at a Legacy Mining Waste Site to Assess and Inform Environmental Health Literacy Efforts. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 6(3), 543-55. DOI: 10.1007/s13412-015-0297-x.

  • Moreno Ramirez D, Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Estrella-Sánchez R, Wolf AM, Kilungo A, Spitz AH, Betterton, EA. 2015. Pollution Prevention through Peer Education: A Community Health Worker and Small and Home-Based Business Initiative on the Arizona-Sonora Border. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12:11209-11226, DOI:10.3390/ijerph120911209.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brusseau ML, Artiola JF, Maier RM, Gandolfi AJ. 2015. Building a Co-Created Citizen Science Program with Gardeners Neighboring a Superfund site: The Gardenroots Case Study. International Public Health Journal, 7(1):139-153, PMID: 25954473.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta, MD, Brusseau, ML, Artiola, JF, Maier, RM, Gandolfi, AJ. 2014. Environmental Research Translation: Enhancing Interactions with Communities at Contaminated Sites, Science of the Total Environment, 497-498:651–664, PMID: 25173762.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta, MD, Brusseau, ML, Beamer, P, Maier, RM. 2013. Home Gardening Near a Mining Site in an Arsenic-Endemic Region of Arizona: Assessing Arsenic Exposure Dose and Risk via Ingestion of Home Garden Vegetables, Soils, and Water. Science of the Total Environment, 454-455:373-82, PMID: 23562690.

  • Ramirez-Andreotta, MD, Brusseau, ML, Artiola, JF, Maier, RM. 2013. A Greenhouse and Field-Based Study to Determine the Accumulation of Arsenic in Common Homegrown Vegetables. Science of the Total Environment, 443, 299-306, PMID: 23201696.

Research Translation and Environmental Health Literacy Efforts

  1. Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2012. Recommended Practices for Garden Preparation: Ways to Reduce Arsenic Absorption by Vegetables.

  2. Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2012. Recommended Practices for Safe Consumption of Homegrown Vegetables: Ways to Reduce Dietary Arsenic and Lead Ingestion.

  3. Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2012. Recommended Practices for Safe Gardening: Ways to Reduce Incidental Soil Ingestion and Inhalation.

  4. Artiola, JF, Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2007. Part II: Innovative Remediation Methods and Sit Characterization Strategies. SciTransfer Bulletin: Chlorinated Solvent Contaminants in Arizona Aquifers. The University of Arizona Superfund Research Program (UASRP).

  5. Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2007. What is Arsenic? UASRP.

  6. Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2007. 1,4 Dioxane and Your Health. UASRP.

  7. Artiola, JF, Ramirez-Andreotta, MD. 2006. Part I: Sources, Properties, Health Effects and Fate.  SciTransfer Bulletin: Chlorinated Solvent Contaminants in Arizona Aquifers. UASRP.