Maria D. Politis

Post-Doctoral Fellow

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

postdoc

11 h-index 31 pubs 365 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Birth, Development, and Health Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Health disparities and outcomes Diet and metabolism studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Environmental Exposures and Health Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

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Maria D. Politis's research investigates the complex interactions between environmental exposures, micronutrient intake, and health outcomes, particularly focusing on kidney function and neural tube defect risk. Her work has examined prenatal metal exposures and their association with kidney injury biomarkers in children, as well as the impact of particulate matter (PM2.5) on preadolescent kidney function. Politis has also explored the role of methyl donors and other micronutrients in reducing the risk of neural tube defects, especially in relation to folic acid recommendations. Additionally, her research has analyzed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supplement usage and self-medication patterns within Arkansas. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Emine Bircan, Jenil Patel, Igor Koturbash, and Wendy Nembhard, on multiple publications. Politis's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11, with 31 total publications and 365 total citations.

Metrics

h-index: 11
Publications: 31
Citations: 365

Selected Publications

Years of Potential Life Lost for Children and Adults With Congenital Heart Defects: United States, 2007 to 2017 (2025) DOI
The Association Between Dietary Supplement Use and COVID-19 Symptoms (2025) DOI
Bias analyses to investigate the impact of differential participation: Application to a birth defects case‐control study (2023) DOI
Fever and antibiotic use in maternal urinary tract infections during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects: Findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (2023) DOI
Periconceptional intakes of methyl donors and other micronutrients involved in one-carbon metabolism may further reduce the risk of neural tube defects in offspring: a United States population–based case-control study of women meeting the folic acid recommendations (2023) DOI
Maternal occupational exposure to selected organic and chlorinated solvents and delivery of small‐for‐gestational age or preterm infants (2023) DOI
Intellectual disabilities and autism among children with congenital heart defects, Western Australia, 1983–2010 (2023) DOI
Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic on Supplement Usage and Its Combination with Self-Medication within the State of Arkansas (2022) DOI
Spatially refined time-varying reproduction numbers of SARS-CoV-2 in Arkansas and Kentucky and their relationship to population size and public health policy, March – November, 2020 (2021) DOI