Chen, C., Kaufman, J. S., Rana, J., Benmarhnia, T., & Chen, H. (2025). Do we need flexible machine-learning algorithms to assess the effect of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter on mortality?: An example from a Canadian national cohort. Environmental Epidemiology, 9(2), e375. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000375

Cheung, M., Dimitrova, A., & Benmarhnia, T. (2025). An overview of modern machine learning methods for effect measure modification analyses in high-dimensional settings. SSM - Population Health, 29, 101764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101764

Chen, H., Quick, M., Kaufman, J. S., Chen, C., Kwong, J. C., Van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Tjepkema, M., Benmarhnia, T., & Burnett, R. T. (2025). Impact of a 10-year shift in ambient air quality on mortality in Canada: a causal analysis of multiple pollutants. The Lancet Planetary Health, 9(2), e92–e102. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00002-6

Wu, G., Wang, S., Wu, W., Benmarhnia, T., Lin, S., Zhang, K., Romeiko, X. X., Gu, H., Qu, Y., Xiao, J., Deng, X., Lin, Z., Du, Z., Zhang, W., & Hao, Y. (2025). Potential causal links of long-term PM2.5 components exposure with diabetes incidence and mortality in the United States. Sustainable Cities and Society, 119, 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.106071

Letellier, N., Hale, M., Salim, K. U., Ma, Y., Rerolle, F., Schwarz, L., & Benmarhnia, T. (2025). Applying a two-stage generalized synthetic control approach to quantify the heterogeneous health effects of extreme weather events: A 2018 large wildfire in California event as a case study. Environmental Epidemiology, 9(1), e362. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000362

Ndovu, A., Chen, C., Schwarz, L., Lasky, E., Weiser, S. D., & Benmarhnia, T. (2025). Spatial Variation in the Association between Extreme Heat Events and Warm Season Pediatric Acute Care Utilization: A Small-Area Assessment of Multiple Health Conditions and Environmental Justice Implications in California (2005–2019). Environmental Health Perspectives, 133(1), 017010. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14236

Schwarz, L., Chen, C., Castillo Quiñones, J. E., Aguilar-Dodier, L. C., Hansen, K., Sanchez, J. R., González, D. J. X., McCord, G., & Benmarhnia, T. (2025). Heat-related mortality in Mexico: A multi-scale spatial analysis of extreme heat effects and municipality-level vulnerability. Environment International, 195, 109231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109231

Ambeba, E. J., Sears, D. D., Benmarhnia, T., Natarajan, L., Zamora, S., Alismail, S., Tribby, C. P., & Jankowska, M. M. (2024). Association between cardiovascular health and perceived quality of life in ethnically diverse adults: insights from the Community of Mine study using the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7. Quality of Life Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03853-3

Garber, M. D., Benmarhnia, T., Mason, J., Morales‐Zamora, E., & Rojas-Rueda, D. (2024). Parking and Public Health. Current Environmental Health Reports, 12(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-024-00465-4

Han, C., Choi, J., Jang, H., Lee, H.-Y., Benmarhnia, T., & Oh, J. (2024). Changes in psychiatric disorder incidence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea: a study using the nationwide universal health insurance data. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 889. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06325-7

Zhu, Z., Zhang, T., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, X., Wang, H., Wulayin, M., Knibbs, L. D., Yang, S., Xu, L., Huang, C., & Wang, Q. (2024). Estimating the burden of temperature-related low birthweight attributable to anthropogenic climate change in low-income and middle-income countries: a retrospective, multicentre, epidemiological study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(12), e997–e1009. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00242-0

Elser, H., Frankland, T. B., Chen, C., Tartof, S. Y., Mayeda, E. R., Lee, G. S., Northrop, A. J., Torres, J. M., Benmarhnia, T., & Casey, J. A. (2024). Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Incident Dementia. JAMA Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4058

Jiao, A., Reilly, A. N., Benmarhnia, T., Sun, Y., Avila, C., Chiu, V., Slezak, J., Sacks, D. A., Molitor, J., Li, M., Chen, J.-C., Wu, J., & Getahun, D. (2024). Fine Particulate Matter, Its Constituents, and Spontaneous Preterm Birth. JAMA Network Open, 7(11), e2444593. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44593

Franco Silva, M., Favarão Leão, A. L., O’Connor, Á., Hallal, P. C., Ding, D., Hinckson, E., Benmarhnia, T., & Siqueira Reis, R. (2024). Understanding the Relationships Between Physical Activity and Climate Change: An Umbrella Review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 21(12), 1263–1275. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0284

Carrasco-Escobar, G., Villa, D., Barja, A., Lowe, R., Llanos-Cuentas, A., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). The role of connectivity on malaria dynamics across areas with contrasting control coverage in the Peruvian Amazon. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(11), e0012560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012560

Garber, M. D., Benmarhnia, T., Zhou, W., Mudu, P., & Rojas-Rueda, D. (2024). Greening urban areas in line with population density and ecological zone can reduce premature mortality. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 650. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01803-y

Rerolle, F., Dey, A. K., Benmarhnia, T., & Arnold, B. F. (2024). Spatial targeting and integration across vaccination, vitamin A and deworming programs throughout India 2019–21. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(6), dyae160. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae160

Batomen, B., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Staggered interventions with no control groups. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(6), dyae137. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae137

Santodomingo, M., Castillo, E. M., Schwarz, L., Brennan, J. J., Benmarhnia, T., & Chan, T. C. (2024). Extreme Heat Events and Emergency Department Visits among Older Adults in California from 2012–2019. Medicina, 60(10), 1593. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60101593

Garber, M. D., Teyton, A., Jankowska, M. M., Carrasco-Escobar, G., Rojas-Rueda, D., Barja-Ingaruca, A., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Is home where the heat is? comparing residence-based with mobility-based measures of heat exposure in San Diego, California. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00715-5

Goin, D. E., Benmarhnia, T., Huang, S., Lurmann, F., Mukherjee, A., Morello-Frosch, R., & Padula, A. M. (2024). The Camp fire and perinatal health: an example of the generalized synthetic control method to identify susceptible windows of exposure. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwae261. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae261

Hale, M. L., Merrifield, M. A., Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Guirguis, K., Benmarhnia, T., Dorman, C., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2024). Mean Summer Land Temperatures in the Southern California Coastal Zone: Connections With Ocean Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(14), e2023JD040188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040188

Geldsetzer, P., Fridljand, D., Kiang, M. V., Bendavid, E., Heft-Neal, S., Burke, M., Thieme, A. H., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Disparities in air pollution attributable mortality in the US population by race/ethnicity and sociodemographic factors. Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03117-0

Bai, L., Kwong, J. C., Kaufman, J. S., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, C., Van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Kim, J., Lu, H., Burnett, R. T., & Chen, H. (2024). Effect modification by statin use status on the association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cardiovascular mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(4), dyae084. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae084

Christou, A., Beretsou, V. G., Iakovides, I. C., Karaolia, P., Michael, C., Benmarhnia, T., Chefetz, B., Donner, E., Gawlik, B. M., Lee, Y., Lim, T. T., Lundy, L., Maffettone, R., Rizzo, L., Topp, E., & Fatta-Kassinos, D. (2024). Sustainable wastewater reuse for agriculture. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 5(7), 504–521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00560-y

Sun, Y., Bhuyan, R., Jiao, A., Avila, C. C., Chiu, V. Y., Slezak, J. M., Sacks, D. A., Molitor, J., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, J.-C., Getahun, D., & Wu, J. (2024). Association between particulate air pollution and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Medicine, 21(4), e1004395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004395

Ruxin, T. R., Morgenroth, D. C., Benmarhnia, T., & Halsne, E. G. (2024). The impact of climate change and related extreme weather on people with limb loss. PM&R, pmrj.13154. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.13154

Casey, J. A., Kioumourtzoglou, M.-A., Padula, A., González, D. J. X., Elser, H., Aguilera, R., Northrop, A. J., Tartof, S. Y., Mayeda, E. R., Braun, D., Dominici, F., Eisen, E. A., Morello-Frosch, R., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Measuring long-term exposure to wildfire PM _2.5 in California: Time-varying inequities in environmental burden. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8), e2306729121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306729121

Ante-Testard, P. A., Rerolle, F., Nguyen, A. T., Ashraf, S., Parvez, S. M., Naser, A. M., Benmarhnia, T., Rahman, M., Luby, S. P., Benjamin-Chung, J., & Arnold, B. F. (2024). WASH interventions and child diarrhea at the interface of climate and socioeconomic position in Bangladesh. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45624-1

Chen, C., Schwarz, L., Rosenthal, N., Marlier, M. E., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Exploring spatial heterogeneity in synergistic effects of compound climate hazards: Extreme heat and wildfire smoke on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in California. Science Advances, 10(5), eadj7264. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj7264

Sun, Y., Headon, K. S., Umer, W., Jiao, A., Slezak, J. M., Avila, C. C., Chiu, V. Y., Sacks, D. A., Sanders, K. T., Molitor, J., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, J.-C., Getahun, D., & Wu, J. (2024). Association of Postpartum Temperature Exposure with Postpartum Depression: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Southern California. Environmental Health Perspectives, 132(11), 117004. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14783

Schwarz, L., Nguyen, A., Schwarz, E., Castillo, E. M., Brennan, J. J., Chan, T. C., Aguilera, R., Gershunov, A., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Effects of fine particulate matter from wildfire and non-wildfire sources on emergency-department visits in people who were housed and unhoused in San Diego County (CA, USA) during 2012–20: a time-stratified case–crossover study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(11), e906–e914. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00239-0

Lasky, E., Costello, S., Ndovu, A., Aguilera, R., Weiser, S. D., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). The health benefits of reducing micro-heat islands: A 22-year analysis of the impact of urban temperature reduction on heat-related illnesses in California’s major cities. Science of The Total Environment, 949, 175284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175284

Hansen, K., Schwartzman, A., Schwarz, L., Teyton, A., Basu, R., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). The spatial distribution of heat related hospitalizations and classification of the most dangerous heat events in California at a small-scale level. Environmental Research, 261, 119667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119667

Maya, S., Thakur, N., Benmarhnia, T., Weiser, S. D., & Kahn, J. G. (2024). The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Asthma Control in California: A Microsimulation Approach. GeoHealth, 8(10), e2024GH001037. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001037

Jang, M., Yoon, J., Yun, Y., Kim, J., Jang, H., Benmarhnia, T., & Han, C. (2024). Changes in Healthcare Utilization After the 2022 Seoul Metropolitan Flood: Applying a Generalized Synthetic Control Approach. GeoHealth, 8(10), e2024GH001084. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001084

Albahsahli, B., Dimitrova, A., Kadri, N., Benmarhnia, T., & Al-Rousan, T. (2024). Mapping Climate-Related Hazards along Migration Routes: A Mixed Methods Study of Hypertensive Syrian and Iraqi Refugees Resettled in San Diego, California. Environmental Health Perspectives, 132(9), 097701. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14632

Wang, H., Zhu, Z., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, X., Jalaludin, B., Wulayin, M., Huang, C., Zhang, T., Xu, L., & Wang, Q. (2024). Estimation of couple fecundity in the general population and the association with monthly time-varying ambient particulate matter exposure in low- and middle-income countries: A population-based multi-center epidemiological study. Environment International, 191, 108951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108951

Han, C., Jang, M., Yoon, J., Lee, B., Kim, J., Jang, H., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Estimating the Acute Health Effects of Smoke Exposure from an Urban Factory Fire Accident: A Case Study of a Tire Factory Fire in Korea. Environmental Health Perspectives, 132(8), 087008. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14115

Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Benmarhnia, T., Zhang, K., Lin, S., Deng, X., Gu, H., Wu, W., Lin, X., Du, Z., Wang, Y., Qu, Y., Lin, Z., Zhang, M., Sun, Y., Dong, G., Wei, Y., Zhang, W., & Hao, Y. (2024). The effect of residential greenness on cardiovascular mortality from a large cohort in South China: An in-depth analysis of effect modification by multiple demographic and lifestyle characteristics. Environment International, 190, 108894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108894

Teyton, A., Nukavarapu, N., Letellier, N., Sears, D. D., Yang, J.-A., Jankowska, M. M., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Simulating the impact of greenspace exposure on metabolic biomarkers in a diverse population living in San Diego, California: A g-computation application. Environmental Epidemiology, 8(4), e326. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000326

Teyton, A., Ndovu, A., Baer, R. J., Bandoli, G., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Disparities in the impact of heat wave definitions on emergency department visits during the first year of life among preterm and full-term infants in California. Environmental Research, 248, 118299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118299

Do, V., Chen, C., Benmarhnia, T., & Casey, J. A. (2024). Spatial Heterogeneity of the Respiratory Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke PM _2.5 in California. GeoHealth, 8(4), e2023GH000997. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000997

Chen, C., Chen, H., Kaufman, J. S., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Differential Participation, a Potential Cause of Spurious Associations in Observational Cohorts in Environmental Epidemiology. Epidemiology, 35(2), 174–184. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001711

Letellier, N., Yang, J.-A., Alismail, S., Nukavarapu, N., Hartman, S. J., Rock, C. L., Sears, D. D., Jankowska, M. M., & Benmarhnia, T. (2024). Exploring the impact of environmental exposure changes on metabolic biomarkers: A 6-month GPS-GIS study among women with overweight or obesity. Environmental Research, 243, 117881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117881

Pierce, J. P., Luo, M., McMenamin, S. B., Stone, M. D., Leas, E. C., Strong, D., Shi, Y., Kealey, S., Benmarhnia, T., & Messer, K. (2023). Declines in cigarette smoking among US adolescents and young adults: indications of independence from e-cigarette vaping surge. Tobacco Control, tc-2022-057907. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2022-057907

Sun, Y., Headon, K. S., Jiao, A., Slezak, J. M., Avila, C. C., Chiu, V. Y., Sacks, D. A., Molitor, J., Benmarhnia, T., Chen, J.-C., Getahun, D., & Wu, J. (2023). Association of Antepartum and Postpartum Air Pollution Exposure With Postpartum Depression in Southern California. JAMA Network Open, 6(10), e2338315. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38315

Cavaillès, C., Letellier, N., Berr, C., Samieri, C., Empana, J., Tzourio, C., Dartigues, J., Benmarhnia, T., Dauvilliers, Y., & Jaussent, I. (2023). The role of cardiovascular health and vascular events in the relationship between excessive daytime sleepiness and dementia risk. Journal of Sleep Research, e14053. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14053

Jiao, A., Sun, Y., Avila, C., Chiu, V., Slezak, J., Sacks, D. A., Abatzoglou, J. T., Molitor, J., Chen, J.-C., Benmarhnia, T., Getahun, D., & Wu, J. (2023). Analysis of Heat Exposure During Pregnancy and Severe Maternal Morbidity. JAMA Network Open, 6(9), e2332780. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32780

Sheridan, P., Chen, C., Thompson, C. A., & Benmarhnia, T. (2023). Immortal Time Bias With Time-Varying Exposures in Environmental Epidemiology: A Case Study in Lung Cancer Survival. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwad135. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwad135