John Patrick McCracken

Global Health Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

Professor

Global Health Institute, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

Dr. McCracken is an environmental epidemiologist with interest in preventing disease by intervention research on environmental risk factors. His main research focus has been on health effects of air pollution, particularly from use of solid fuels for cooking in low income settings. Dr. McCracken is co-lead of the Guatemalan intervention research center within the multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) and Principal Investigator of a HAPIN follow-up study examining respiratory disease and molecular markers of effects in children. He has also conducted research related to surveillance and control of infectious disease in Guatemala since 2009, in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Guatemala Ministry of Health.

Education

ScD, Environmental Epidemiology, Harvard University, 2007
MPH, Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
BS, Biology, Tufts University, 1994

Areas of Expertise

Air pollution
Epidemiological methods
Exposure assessment
Global health
Infectious diseases
Intervention studies
Longitudinal analysis

Affiliations

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Society for Epidemiological Research

Course Instruction

EPID7020: Introduction to Epidemiology
EPID8050: Causal Inference in Epidemiology
EPID8070: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
GLOB7250: Global Burden of Disease

Research Interests

Air pollution exposure assessment and interventions
Causal inference in environmental epidemiology
Influence of environmental factors on infectious diseases
Prevention of pediatric respiratory infections

Selected Publications

1. Younger A, Ye W, Alkon A, Harknett K, Kirby MA, Elon L, Lovvorn AE, Wang J, Diaz-Artiga A, McCracken JP, Castanaza Gonzalez A, Alarcon LM, Mukeshimana A, Rosa G, Chiang M, Balakrishnan K, Garg SS, Pillarisetti A, Piedrahita R, Johnson MA, Craik R, Papageorghiou AT, Toenjes A, Williams KN, Underhill LJ, Hartinger SM, Nicolaou L, Chang HH, Naeher LP, Rosenthal J, Checkley W, Peel JL, Clasen TF, Thompson LM. Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove intervention on stillbirth, congenital anomalies and neonatal mortality: A multi-country household air pollution intervention network trial. Environ Pollut. 2024:123414. Epub 2024/01/30. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123414. PubMed PMID: 38286258.
2. McCollum ED, McCracken JP, Kirby MA, Grajeda LM, Hossen S, Moulton LH, Simkovich SM, Goodman-Palmer D, Rosa G, Mukeshimana A, Balakrishnan K, Thangavel G, Garg SS, Castanaza A, Thompson LM, Diaz-Artiga A, Papageorghiou AT, Davila-Roman VG, Underhill LJ, Hartinger SM, Williams KN, Nicolaou L, Chang HH, Lovvorn AE, Rosenthal JP, Pillarisetti A, Ye W, Naeher LP, Johnson MA, Waller LA, Jabbarzadeh S, Wang J, Chen Y, Steenland K, Clasen TF, Peel JL, Checkley W, Investigators H. Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass Cooking and Severe Infant Pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(1):32-43. Epub 2024/01/04. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2305681. PubMed PMID: 38169488; PMCID: PMC10768798.
3. Lu W, Jenny A, Romero C, Diaz-Artiga A, Kuster A, Canuz E, Pillarisetti A, McCracken JP, Huang W, Smith KR, Balmes J, Thompson LM. Biomass smoke exposure and somatic growth among children: The RESPIRE and CRECER prospective cohort studies in rural Guatemala. Environ Int. 2024;183:108401. Epub 2023/12/27. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108401. PubMed PMID: 38147790.
4. Kearns KA, Naeher LP, McCracken JP, Boyd Barr D, Saikawa E, Hengstermann M, Mollinedo E, Panuwet P, Yakimavets V, Lee GE, Thompson LM. Estimating personal exposures to household air pollution and plastic garbage burning among adolescent girls in Jalapa, Guatemala. Chemosphere. 2024;348:140705. Epub 2023/11/20. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140705. PubMed PMID: 37981014; PMCID: PMC10714129.
5. Checkley W, Thompson LM, Sinharoy SS, Hossen S, Moulton LH, Chang HH, Waller L, Steenland K, Rosa G, Mukeshimana A, Ndagijimana F, McCracken JP, Diaz-Artiga A, Balakrishnan K, Garg SS, Thangavel G, Aravindalochanan V, Hartinger SM, Chiang M, Kirby MA, Papageorghiou AT, Ramakrishnan U, Williams KN, Nicolaou L, Johnson M, Pillarisetti A, Rosenthal J, Underhill LJ, Wang J, Jabbarzadeh S, Chen Y, Davila-Roman VG, Naeher LP, McCollum ED, Peel JL, Clasen TF, Investigators H. Effects of Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass on Stunting in Infants. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(1):44-54. Epub 2024/01/04. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2302687. PubMed PMID: 38169489.
6. Younger A, Alkon A, Harknett K, Kirby MA, Elon L, Lovvorn AE, Wang J, Ye W, Diaz-Artiga A, McCracken JP, Castanaza Gonzalez A, Monroy Alarcon L, Mukeshimana A, Rosa G, Chiang M, Balakrishnan K, Garg SS, Pillarisetti A, Piedrahita R, Johnson M, Craik R, Papageorghiou AT, Toenjes A, Quinn A, Williams KN, Underhill L, Chang HH, Naeher LP, Rosenthal J, Checkley W, Peel JL, Clasen TF, Thompson LM, investigators H. Effects of a LPG stove and fuel intervention on adverse maternal outcomes: A multi-country randomized controlled trial conducted by the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN). Environ Int. 2023;178:108059. Epub 2023/07/07. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108059. PubMed PMID: 37413928; PMCID: PMC10445187.
7. Ye W, Pillarisetti A, de Leon O, Steenland K, Peel JL, Clark ML, Checkley W, Underhill LJ, Quinn A, Balakrishnan K, Garg SS, McCracken JP, Thompson LM, Diaz-Artiga A, Rosa G, Davila-Roman VG, de Las Fuentes L, Papageorghiou AT, Chen Y, Wang J, Thomas FC, Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial I. Baseline associations between household air pollution exposure and blood pressure among pregnant women in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) multi-country randomized controlled trial. medRxiv. 2023. Epub 2023/02/08. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.23.23284847. PubMed PMID: 36747716; PMCID: PMC9901046.
8. Simkovich SM, Hossen S, McCollum ED, Toenjes AK, McCracken JP, Thompson LM, Castanaza A, Diaz A, Rosa G, Kirby MA, Mukeshimana A, Myers R, Lenzen PM, Craik R, Jabbarzadeh S, Elon L, Garg SS, Balakrishnan K, Thangavel G, Peel JL, Clasen TF, Davila-Roman VG, Papageorghiou AT, de Las Fuentes L, Checkley W, Investigators H. Lung Ultrasound Protocol and Quality Control of Image Interpretation Using an Adjudication Panel in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Trial. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2023;49(5):1194-201. Epub 2023/02/22. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.01.005. PubMed PMID: 36801180; PMCID: PMC10631486.
9. Meyer MJ, Mordukhovich I, Coull BA, McCracken J, Wellenius GA, Mittleman MA, McNeely E. Impact of simulated flight conditions on supraventricular and ventricular ectopy. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):481. Epub 2023/01/11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-27113-x. PubMed PMID: 36627318; PMCID: PMC9830600 (Boston, MA) and currently serves as a paid visiting scientist at Google Research (Mountain View, CA). Dr. Coull has received research funding from Apple, Inc. (Cupertino, CA). The rest of the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
10. Hicks VJ, Sanchez C, Lopez MR, Gottschlich A, Grajeda LM, Balish A, Gomez A, Nunez N, Juarez J, Lopez B, Freitas-Ning M, Cordon-Rosales C, Sagastume M, McCracken JP, Espinosa-Bode A, Cadena L, Lo TQ. Seroprevalence of high incidence congenital infections among pregnant women in Coatepeque, Guatemala and surrounding areas, 2017-2018. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(4):e0011248. Epub 2023/04/24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011248. PubMed PMID: 37093863; PMCID: PMC10159341.
11. Bardales Cruz M, Saikawa E, Hengstermann M, Ramirez A, McCracken JP, Thompson LM. Plastic waste generation and emissions from the domestic open burning of plastic waste in Guatemala. Environ Sci Atmos. 2023;3(1):156-67. Epub 2023/02/07. doi: 10.1039/d2ea00082b. PubMed PMID: 36743128; PMCID: PMC9850929.
12. Balakrishnan K, Steenland K, Clasen T, Chang H, Johnson M, Pillarisetti A, Ye W, Naeher LP, Diaz-Artiga A, McCracken JP, Thompson LM, Rosa G, Kirby MA, Thangavel G, Sambandam S, Mukhopadhyay K, Puttaswamy N, Aravindalochanan V, Garg S, Ndagijimana F, Hartinger S, Underhill LJ, Kearns KA, Campbell D, Kremer J, Waller L, Jabbarzadeh S, Wang J, Chen Y, Rosenthal J, Quinn A, Papageorghiou AT, Ramakrishnan U, Howards PP, Checkley W, Peel JL, Investigators H. Exposure-response relationships for personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)), carbon monoxide, and black carbon and birthweight: an observational analysis of the multicountry Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial. Lancet Planet Health. 2023;7(5):e387-e96. Epub 2023/05/11. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00052-9. PubMed PMID: 37164515; PMCID: PMC10186177.
13. Ye W, Thangavel G, Pillarisetti A, Steenland K, Peel JL, Balakrishnan K, Jabbarzadeh S, Checkley W, Clasen T, Investigators H. Association between personal exposure to household air pollution and gestational blood pressure among women using solid cooking fuels in rural Tamil Nadu, India. Environ Res. 2022;208:112756. Epub 2022/01/24. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112756. PubMed PMID: 35065931; PMCID: PMC8935388.
14. Ye W, Steenland K, Quinn A, Liao J, Balakrishnan K, Rosa G, Ndagijimana F, Ntivuguruzwa JD, Thompson LM, McCracken JP, Diaz-Artiga A, Rosenthal JP, Papageorghiou A, Davila-Roman VG, Pillarisetti A, Johnson M, Wang J, Nicolaou L, Checkley W, Peel JL, Clasen TF, Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial I. Effects of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Stove Intervention on Gestational Blood Pressure: Intention-to-Treat and Exposure-Response Findings From the HAPIN Trial. Hypertension. 2022:101161HYPERTENSIONAHA12219362. Epub 2022/06/17. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19362. PubMed PMID: 35708015.
15. Simkovich SM, Underhill LJ, Kirby MA, Crocker ME, Goodman D, McCracken JP, Thompson LM, Diaz-Artiga A, Castanaza-Gonzalez A, Garg SS, Balakrishnan K, Thangavel G, Rosa G, Peel JL, Clasen TF, McCollum ED, Checkley W, Investigators H. Resources and Geographic Access to Care for Severe Pediatric Pneumonia in Four Resource-limited Settings. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022;205(2):183-97. Epub 2021/10/19. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202104-1013OC. PubMed PMID: 34662531; PMCID: PMC8787246.
16. Nicolaou L, Underhill L, Hossen S, Simkovich S, Thangavel G, Rosa G, McCracken JP, Davila-Roman V, Fuentes LL, Quinn AK, Clark M, Diaz A, Pillarisetti A, Steenland K, Waller LA, Jabbarzadeh S, Peel JL, Checkley W, Investigators H. Cross-sectional analysis of the association between personal exposure to household air pollution and blood pressure in adult women: Evidence from the multi-country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial. Environ Res. 2022;214(Pt 4):114121. Epub 2022/08/28. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114121. PubMed PMID: 36029836; PMCID: PMC9492861.
17. Johnson M, Pillarisetti A, Piedrahita R, Balakrishnan K, Peel JL, Steenland K, Underhill LJ, Rosa G, Kirby MA, Diaz-Artiga A, McCracken J, Clark ML, Waller L, Chang HH, Wang J, Dusabimana E, Ndagijimana F, Sambandam S, Mukhopadhyay K, Kearns KA, Campbell D, Kremer J, Rosenthal JP, Checkley W, Clasen T, Naeher L, the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial I. Exposure Contrasts of Pregnant Women during the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Randomized Controlled Trial. Environ Health Perspect. 2022;130(9):97005. Epub 2022/09/17. doi: 10.1289/EHP10295. PubMed PMID: 36112539; PMCID: PMC9480977.
18. Jarquin C, Morales O, McCracken JP, Lopez MR, Lopez B, Reyes L, Gomez GA, Bryan JP, Peruski LF, Parsons MB, Pattabiraman V. Burden of Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in Santa Rosa, Guatemala in active health-services surveillance during 2008-2009 and 2014-2015. Trop Med Int Health. 2022;27(4):408-17. Epub 2022/02/15. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13735. PubMed PMID: 35156267.
19. Clasen TF, Chang HH, Thompson LM, Kirby MA, Balakrishnan K, Diaz-Artiga A, McCracken JP, Rosa G, Steenland K, Younger A, Aravindalochanan V, Barr DB, Castanaza A, Chen Y, Chiang M, Clark ML, Garg S, Hartinger S, Jabbarzadeh S, Johnson MA, Kim DY, Lovvorn AE, McCollum ED, Monroy L, Moulton LH, Mukeshimana A, Mukhopadhyay K, Naeher LP, Ndagijimana F, Papageorghiou A, Piedrahita R, Pillarisetti A, Puttaswamy N, Quinn A, Ramakrishnan U, Sambandam S, Sinharoy SS, Thangavel G, Underhill LJ, Waller LA, Wang J, Williams KN, Rosenthal JP, Checkley W, Peel JL, Investigators H. Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass for Cooking and Effects on Birth Weight. N Engl J Med. 2022;387(19):1735-46. Epub 2022/10/11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206734. PubMed PMID: 36214599; PMCID: PMC9710426.
20. Checkley W, Hossen S, Rosa G, Thompson LM, McCracken JP, Diaz-Artiga A, Balakrishnan K, Simkovich SM, Underhill LJ, Nicolaou L, Hartinger SM, Davila-Roman VG, Kirby MA, Clasen TF, Rosenthal J, Peel JL, On Behalf Of Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Hapin I. Facing the Realities of Pragmatic Design Choices in Environmental Health Studies: Experiences from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(7). Epub 2022/04/13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073790. PubMed PMID: 35409475; PMCID: PMC8997769.
21. Billard MN, Wildenbeest J, Bont LJ, Nair H, McCracken JP, Oude Rengerink K. Year-to-year variation in attack rates could result in underpowered respiratory syncytial virus vaccine efficacy trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022;147:11-20. Epub 2022/02/27. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.02.003. PubMed PMID: 35217153.
22. Simkovich SM, Thompson LM, Clark ML, Balakrishnan K, Bussalleu A, Checkley W, Clasen T, Davila-Roman VG, Diaz-Artiga A, Dusabimana E, Fuentes LL, Harvey S, Kirby MA, Lovvorn A, McCollum ED, Mollinedo EE, Peel JL, Quinn A, Rosa G, Underhill LJ, Williams KN, Young BN, Rosenthal J, Investigators H. A risk assessment tool for resumption of research activities during the COVID-19 pandemic for field trials in low resource settings. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021;21(1):68. Epub 2021/04/14. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01232-x. PubMed PMID: 33845785; PMCID: PMC8040756.
23. Quinn AK, Williams KN, Thompson LM, Harvey SA, Piedrahita R, Wang J, Quinn C, Pillarisetti A, McCracken JP, Rosenthal JP, Kirby MA, Diaz Artiga A, Thangavel G, Rosa G, Miranda JJ, Checkley W, Peel JL, Clasen TF. Fidelity and Adherence to a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Stove and Fuel Intervention during Gestation: The Multi-Country Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23). Epub 2021/12/11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312592. PubMed PMID: 34886324; PMCID: PMC8656791.
24. Liao J, Kirby MA, Pillarisetti A, Piedrahita R, Balakrishnan K, Sambandam S, Mukhopadhyay K, Ye W, Rosa G, Majorin F, Dusabimana E, Ndagijimana F, McCracken JP, Mollinedo E, de Leon O, Diaz-Artiga A, Thompson LM, Kearns KA, Naeher L, Rosenthal J, Clark ML, Steenland K, Waller LA, Checkley W, Peel JL, Clasen T, Johnson M, Investigators H. LPG stove and fuel intervention among pregnant women reduce fine particle air pollution exposures in three countries: Pilot results from the HAPIN trial. Environ Pollut. 2021;291:118198. Epub 2021/11/07. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118198. PubMed PMID: 34740288; PMCID: PMC8593210.
25. Hengstermann M, Diaz-Artiga A, Otzoy-Sucuc R, Laura Maria Ruiz-Aguilar A, Thompson LM, Investigators H. Developing Visual Messages to Support Liquefied Petroleum Gas Use in Intervention Homes in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) Trial in Rural Guatemala. Health Educ Behav. 2021;48(5):651-69. Epub 2021/03/19. doi: 10.1177/1090198121996280. PubMed PMID: 33733893.
26. Grajeda LM, McCracken JP, Berger-Gonzalez M, Lopez MR, Alvarez D, Mendez S, Perez O, Cordon-Rosales C, Zinsstag J. Sensitivity and representativeness of one-health surveillance for diseases of zoonotic potential at health facilities relative to household visits in rural Guatemala. One Health. 2021;13:100336. Epub 2021/10/28. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100336. PubMed PMID: 34703874; PMCID: PMC8524745.
27. Grajeda LM, Thompson LM, Arriaga W, Canuz E, Omer SB, Sage M, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Bryan JP, McCracken JP. Effectiveness of Gas and Chimney Biomass Stoves for Reducing Household Air Pollution Pregnancy Exposure in Guatemala: Sociodemographic Effect Modifiers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(21). Epub 2020/10/28. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217723. PubMed PMID: 33105825; PMCID: 7660060.
28. Ramay BM, Caudell MA, Cordon-Rosales C, Archila LD, Palmer GH, Jarquin C, Moreno P, McCracken JP, Rosenkrantz L, Amram O, Omulo S, Call DR. Antibiotic use and hygiene interact to influence the distribution of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in low-income communities in Guatemala. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):13767. Epub 2020/08/15. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70741-4. PubMed PMID: 32792543; PMCID: 7426860.
29. Madewell ZJ, Lopez MR, Espinosa-Bode A, Brouwer KC, Sanchez CG, McCracken JP. Inverse association between dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus infection and indicators of household air pollution in Santa Rosa, Guatemala: A case-control study, 2011-2018. PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0234399. Epub 2020/06/20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234399. PubMed PMID: 32559225; PMCID: 7304608.
30. Milucky J, Pondo T, Gregory CJ, Iuliano D, Chaves SS, McCracken J, Mansour A, Zhang Y, Aleem MA, Wolff B, Whitaker B, Whistler T, Onyango C, Lopez MR, Liu N, Rahman MZ, Shang N, Winchell J, Chittaganpitch M, Fields B, Maldonado H, Xie Z, Lindstrom S, Sturm-Ramirez K, Montgomery J, Wu KH, Van Beneden CA. The epidemiology and estimated etiology of pathogens detected from the upper respiratory tract of adults with severe acute respiratory infections in multiple countries, 2014-2015. PLoS One. 2020;15(10):e0240309. Epub 2020/10/20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240309. PubMed PMID: 33075098; PMCID: 7571682.
31. Wang X, Li Y, O’Brien KL, Madhi SA, Widdowson MA, Byass P, Omer SB, Abbas Q, Ali A, Amu A, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Bassat Q, Abdullah Brooks W, Chaves SS, Chung A, Cohen C, Echavarria M, Fasce RA, Gentile A, Gordon A, Groome M, Heikkinen T, Hirve S, Jara JH, Katz MA, Khuri-Bulos N, Krishnan A, de Leon O, Lucero MG, McCracken JP, Mira-Iglesias A, Moisi JC, Munywoki PK, Ourohire M, Polack FP, Rahi M, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Saha SK, Simoes EA, Sotomayor V, Thamthitiwat S, Treurnicht FK, Wamukoya M, Yoshida LM, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H. Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8(4):e497-e510. Epub 2020/02/24. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30545-5. PubMed PMID: 32087815; PMCID: 7083228.
32. Liao J, McCracken JP, Piedrahita R, Thompson L, Mollinedo E, Canuz E, De Leon O, Diaz-Artiga A, Johnson M, Clark M, Pillarisetti A, Kearns K, Naeher L, Steenland K, Checkley W, Peel J, Clasen TF. The use of bluetooth low energy Beacon systems to estimate indirect personal exposure to household air pollution. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019. Epub 2019/09/29. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0172-z. PubMed PMID: 31558836.
33. Zinsstag J, Crump L, Schelling E, Hattendorf J, Maidane YO, Ali KO, Muhummed A, Umer AA, Aliyi F, Nooh F, Abdikadir MI, Ali SM, Hartinger S, Mausezahl D, de White MBG, Cordon-Rosales C, Castillo DA, McCracken J, Abakar F, Cercamondi C, Emmenegger S, Maier E, Karanja S, Bolon I, de Castaneda RR, Bonfoh B, Tschopp R, Probst-Hensch N, Cisse G. Climate change and One Health. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2018;365(11). Epub 2018/05/24. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fny085. PubMed PMID: 29790983; PMCID: 5963300.
34. Jarquin C, Arnold BF, Munoz F, Lopez B, Cuellar VM, Thornton A, Patel J, Reyes L, Roy SL, Bryan JP, McCracken JP, Colford JM, Jr. Population Density, Poor Sanitation, and Enteric Infections in Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016;94(4):912-9. Epub 2016/02/10. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0555. PubMed PMID: 26856919; PMCID: 4824239.
35. Jarquin C, Arnold BF, Munoz F, Lopez B, Cuellar VM, Thornton A, Patel J, Reyes L, Roy SL, Bryan JP, McCracken JP, Colford JM, Jr. Population Density, Poor Sanitation, and Enteric Infections in Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016;94(4):912-9. PMCID: 4824239.
36. Contreras CL, Verani JR, Lopez MR, Paredes A, Bernart C, Moscoso F, Roldan A, Arvelo W, Lindblade KA, McCracken JP. Incidence of Hospitalized Pneumococcal Pneumonia among Adults in Guatemala, 2008-2012. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0140939. Epub 2015/10/22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140939. PubMed PMID: 26488871; PMCID: 4619266.
37. McCracken JP, Arvelo W, Ortiz J, Reyes L, Gray J, Estevez A, et al. Comparative epidemiology of human metapneumovirus- and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in Guatemala. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014;8(4):414-21. PMCID: 4181800
38. McCracken JP, Schwartz J, Diaz A, Bruce N, Smith KR. Longitudinal relationship between personal CO and personal PM2.5 among women cooking with woodfired cookstoves in Guatemala. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55670. PMCID: 3582619.
39. McCracken JP, Wellenius GA, Bloomfield GS, Brook RD, Tolunay HE, Dockery DW, et al. Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: Evidence for Links to CVD. Global Heart. 2012;7(3):223-34. PMID: 25691485.
40. McCracken J, Smith KR, Stone P, Diaz A, Arana B, Schwartz J. Intervention to lower household wood smoke exposure in Guatemala reduces ST-segment depression on electrocardiograms. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(11):1562-8. PMCID: 3226487.
41. Smith KR, McCracken JP, Weber MW, Hubbard A, Jenny A, Thompson LM, et al. Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomized controlled trial. Lancet. 2011;378(9804):1717-26. PMID: 22078686
42. Smith KR, McCracken JP, Thompson L, Edwards R, Shields KN, Canuz E, et al. Personal child and mother carbon monoxide exposures and kitchen levels: methods and results from a randomized trial of woodfired chimney cookstoves in Guatemala (RESPIRE). J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010;20(5):406-16.
43. McCracken JP, Schwartz J, Bruce N, Mittleman M, Ryan LM, Smith KR. Combining individual- and group-level exposure information: child carbon monoxide in the Guatemala woodstove randomized control trial. Epidemiology. 2009;20(1):127-36.
44. McCracken JP, Smith KR, Diaz A, Mittleman MA, Schwartz J. Chimney stove intervention to reduce long-term wood smoke exposure lowers blood pressure among Guatemalan women. Environ Health Perspect. 2007;115(7):996-1001. PMCID: 1913602.