Professor Emerita, Comparative Biosciences
Research: Neurotoxicology, Prenatal Chemical Exposure, and Early Cognitive Development

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor Emerita, Comparative Biosciences
Professor Emerita, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Recent Publications

Cragoe, N., Woodbury, M., Shen, S., Aguiar, A., Calafat, A. M., Botelho, J. C., & Schantz, S. L. (2026). Associations of gestational maternal urinary concentrations of individual and mixtures of parabens with cognition in 7.5-month-old infants. Environmental Epidemiology, 10(2), e463. https://doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000463

Morris, K. A., Cinzori, M. E., Ryva, B. A., Talge, N., Pathak, K. V., Lovell, B., Pirrotte, P., Schantz, S. L., & Strakovsky, R. S. (2026). Associations of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) concentrations with birth outcomes in pregnant women from the Midwestern U.S. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 272, Article 114733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114733

Morris, K. A., Pacyga, D. C., Schantz, S. L., & Strakovsky, R. S. (2026). Improvement in Maternal Diet Quality Across Pregnancy Is Associated With Lower Gestational Weight Gain in Women With Obesity From the Illinois Kids Development Study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 126(5), Article 156286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2026.156286

Woodbury, M. L., Cragoe, N. G., & Schantz, S. L. (2026). Associations of Exposure to Parabens During Pregnancy with Behavior in Early Childhood. Toxics, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics14030211

for the ECHO Cohort Consortium (2026). Applying mixtures methodology to analyze how exposure to structural racism and economic disadvantage affect perinatal health outcomes: an ECHO study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 195(2), 464-476. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf224

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