CURRICULUM VITAE                                                             

 

                                                                                  LAWRENCE M. SCHELL

 

 

Address:                                                                Arts & Sciences 237, University at Albany

State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222

Phone: (518) 442‑4714; Fax: (518) 442-4563

E-mail: L.schell@albany.edu

 

Citizenship:                                           U.S.A.

 

Current Positions:

           Associate Dean (Research), College of Arts and Sciences                                                              

Professor, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of     New York

Director, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

7/2004-      Interim & Founding Director, Northeast Regional Forensic Institute

1/2005       University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1/2003-      Associate Dean (Research) College of Arts and Sciences,

present       University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1994-           Professor, Department of Anthropology, & Department of Epidemiology

present       University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1986‑94       Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1992‑93       Academic Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1991‑92       Interim Academic Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1/87‑           Interim Chair, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany,

1/88             University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1980‑86       Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany,

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1979‑80       Lecturer, Department of Anthropology,

University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York.

 

1977‑79       Research Specialist, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

1976‑78       Lecturer in Anthropology:

University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania State University, Delco Campus,  Media, Pennsylvania.

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

1975‑76       Research Statistician, Institute for Cancer Research,

Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

1972‑73       Consultant and Coordinating Writer, American Indian Curriculum

Project, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

1980            Ph.D. Anthropology (Biological), Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania.

Thesis:  Environmental Noise and the Prenatal and Postnatal Growth of Children.

 

1974            M.A.  Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Temple University.

Thesis:  Growth and Development of Native American Children.

 

1970            B.A.  Anthropology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

 

 

CURRENT RESEARCH:

 

Child growth and development, and multichemical exposure among Mohawk adolescents at Akwesasne.

 

Lead body burden during pregnancy and infant growth and development. 

 

The relationship of human growth and development to features of urban environments.

 

 

FIELD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

1994 - Present       Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, New York and Canada

 

1986 ‑ Present       Albany County, New York.

 

1984                        Saratoga County, New York.

 

1976‑78                   Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

 

 

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

EXPORT Center for Health Disparities in Smaller Cities” Principal Investigator, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH), Grant # 1 R24 MD001120-01.  Project Period 9/30/2004-7/31/2007. Total award: $1,240,249.

 

“Mohawk culture, behavior, toxicant exposure and health.” Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Grant # 1 R01 ES10904. Project Period 9/30/007/31/05.  Estimated total award: $2,720,442.

 

Conference grant for “Urbanism, Health and Human Biology.” April 10-11, 1997, Cambridge, England. Organizer/Recipient, from Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research of $6,000.

 

"PCB's and the well being of Mohawk children and youth: growth, development and cognitive/behavioral functioning.” Principal Investigator, Project Period 4/1/953/31/00.  Direct costs: $538,711.  (A project component in: "Multidisciplinary Study of PCBs at Akwesasne." David Carpenter, Principal Investigator; Superfund Hazardous Substance Basic Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Grant # ES04913.

 

"Blood lead in pregnancy/infancy and infant development".  Principal Investigator, Supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Grant # ES05280. Project Period 5/1/924/30/98.  Direct costs: $1,463,056.

 

Conference support for "Urban Health and Ecology in the Third World."  organized by L.M. Schell, E. Watts, M. Smith and A. Bilsborough.  Held in Durham, England, September 25‑27, 1990.  Obtained an anonymous donation of $8,000 to the University at Albany Fund.

 

Travel Award:  NATO Advanced Study Institute Workshop, Brussels, Belgium.  1982.

 

Travel Fellowship:  NATO Advanced Study Institute, Urbino, Italy.  1979.

 

Aleš Hrdlička Prize:  Awarded by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists for the paper, "Environmental noise and other factors in prenatal growth" presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Francisco, California.  April 4‑7, 1979.

 

"Environmental Noise Exposure and Physical Growth of Children." Research Specialist, Supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Development, Grant # HD11542. Principal Investigator: F.E. Johnston. Project Period 12/1/77- 11/30/79, Direct costs-$38,980

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Edited Volumes

Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and S. Ulijaszek (eds) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

 

Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World.  L.M. Schell, M. Smith and A. Bilsborough (eds), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1992.

 

Conference Proceedings

Human Growth in Sickness and Health. I. Nicoletti, L. M. Schell and G. Gilli (eds). Florence, Italy: Nicomp, 2006.

 

Human Growth from Birth to Maturity.  G. Gilli, L. Schell and L. Benso (eds), London; Smith-Gordon, 2002.

 

 

Articles and Chapters (publications under review are not listed):

In press:

           Physical growth and development of Native American and Inuit children and youth. L. M. Schell, M. V. Gallo, F. E. Johnston. In, Environment, Origins, and Population, vol. 3 of the Handbook of North American Indians. Douglas Ubelaker, vol. ed.  William C. Sturtevant, gen. ed. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.

               

PCBs and cognitive functioning of Mohawk adolescents. J. Newman, A. Aucompaugh, L. M. Schell, M. Denham, A. P. DeCaprio, M. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, C.-C. Kao, M. Rougas Hanover, D. David, A. M. Jacobs, A. M. Tarbell, P. Worswick, Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. Neurotoxicology and Teratology.

 

2006  Effects of pollution on human growth and development: an introduction. L. M. Schell, M. V. Gallo, M. Denham, J. Ravenscroft. Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 25(1):103-112.

 

           Modern Urbanism and Human Growth. L. M. Schell, M. Denham, M. Schneeberger, N. Codru. In,  Human Growth in Sickness and Health. I Nicoletti, L M Schell and G Gilli (eds). Florence, Italy: Nicomp LE. Pp 43-70.

    

 2005  Health Disparities and Toxicant Exposure of Akwesasne Mohawk Young Adults: A Partnership Approach to Research. L. M. Schell, J. Ravenscroft, M. Cole, A. Jacobs, J. Newman. Environmental Health Perspectives 113(12):1826-32.        

 

           Height, weight and body mass index among Akwesasne Mohawk youth. M.V. Gallo, L, M. Schell and Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  American Journal of Human Biology, 17(3):269-279.

 

Relationship of lead, mercury, mirex, DDE, HCB, and PCBs to age at menarche among Akwesasne Mohawk girls. M. Denham, L. M. Schell, G. Deane, M. V. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, A. P. Decaprio, and Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  Pediatrics 115(2): e127-e134.

 

2004   Thyroid function in relation to burden of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), p,p’-DDE, HCB, Mirex, and

Lead among Akwesasne Mohawk youth: A preliminary study.  L.M. Schell, M.V. Gallo, A. DeCaprio, L. Hubicki, M. Denham, J. Ravenscroft and Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 18: 91-99.

 

Relationship between blood lead and dietary intakes of infants from 3 to 12 months of age. L.M. Schell, M. Denham, A.D. Stark, J. Ravenscroft, P. Parsons and E. Schulte. Environmental Research. 96(3): 264-73.

 

Environmental Factors.  L. Schell and K. Knutson. In, Physiological and Pathological Auxology.  I. Nicoletti, G. Gilli and L. Benso (eds),  Firenze, Italy: Edizioni Centro Studi Auxologici. Pp. 567-580.

 

Urban pollution, disease and the health of children. L. M. Schell and E. Hills. In, The Changing Face of Disease: Implications for Society. N. Mascie-Taylor , J. Peters and S.T. McGarvey (eds), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Pp. 85-103.

 

2003    Environmental pollution in urban environments and human biology.  L.M. Schell and M.M. Denham.  Annual Review of Anthropology, 32:111-134.

 

            Maternal blood lead concentration, diet during pregnancy and anthropometry predict neonatal blood lead in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. L. M. Schell, M. Denham, A. D. Stark, M. Gomez, J. Ravenscroft, P. J. Parsons, A. Aydermir, R. Samelson. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111 (2):195-200.

 

Organochlorines, lead and mercury in Akwesasne Mohawk youth. L. M. Schell, L. A. Hubicki, A. P. DeCaprio, M. V. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, A. Tarbell, A. Jacobs, D. David, P. Worswick, and Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111 (7): 954-961.

 

2002   Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and thyroid function in adolescents of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.  Schell, L.M.,  Hubicki, L., DiCaprio, A., Gallo, M.V. and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  In, Human Growth from Birth to Maturity.  G. Gilli, L. Benso and L. Schell (eds), London: Smith-Gordon. pp. 289-296.

 

Environmental contaminants and growth of Mohawk adolescents at Akwesasne. Gallo, M.V., Ravenscroft, J., Denham, M., Schell, L.M., DiCaprio, A., and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. In, Human Growth from Birth to Maturity.  G. Gilli, L. Benso and L. Schell (eds), London: Smith-Gordon. pp. 279-287.

 

Polluted environments as extreme environments: evidence for effects on growth. Schell, L.M. and E.A. Hills. In, Human Growth from Birth to Maturity.  G. Gilli, L. Benso and L. Schell (eds), London; Smith-Gordon. pp. 249-261.

 

Longitudinal study of energy and nutrient intakes for infant from low income, urban families.  K. Nolan, L. M. Schell, A. D.  Stark, M. I. Gomez.  Public Health Nutrition 5: 405-13.

 

Schell LM, Knutsen KL. "Environmental Effects on Growth." N Cameron (ed). Human Growth and Development. New York: Academic Press, 2002:165-196.

 

2001  Neonatal size of low socio-economic status Black and White term births in Albany country, NYS.                   M. Denham, L. M. Schell, M. Gallo and A. Stark.  Annals of Human Biology. 28:172-183.

 

2000  Variation in blood lead and hematocrit levels during pregnancy in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. L.M. Schell, S. Czerwinski, A D. Stark, P J. Parsons, M. Gomez and R. Samelson. Archives of Environmental Health 55: 134-140.

 

1999 Human physical growth and exposure to toxicants: lead and polychlorinated biphenyls. In, Human Growth in Context. F.E. Johnston, P. Eveleth & B. Zemel (eds). London: Smith Gordon, Pp. 221-238.

 

Urbanism, urbanisation, health and human biology: an introduction. L. M. Schell and S. J. Ulijaszek. In, Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and S. Ulijaszek (eds)  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 3-20.

 

Pollution and child health. L. M. Schell and A. D. Stark. In, Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and S. Ulijaszek (eds), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 136-157.

 

The future of urban environments. S. J. Ulijaszek and L. M. Schell. In, Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and S. Ulijaszek (eds) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 311-322.

 

1998    Using patterns of child growth and development to assess community-wide effects of low-level exposure to toxic materials. L. M. Schell. In, Hazardous Waste: Toxicology and Health Effects. Barry L. Johnson, John S. Andrews, Charles Xintara and Myron A. Mehlman (eds.) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 259-265.

 

Smoking. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Edited by S. J. Ulijaszek, F. E. Johnston and M. A. Preece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 303-304.

 

Environmental Toxicants. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Edited by S.J. Ulijaszek, F. E. Johnston and M. A. Preece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 343-345.

 

Urbanism and growth. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Edited by S. J.           Ulijaszek, F. E. Johnston and M. A. Preece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 408-409.

 

Environmental factors influencing birth-weight. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Edited by S. J. Ulijaszek, F. E. Johnston and M. A. Preece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 291-296

 

Environmental pollution and child health in Central and Eastern Europe.  E.F. Fitzgerald, L.M. Schell, E.G. Marshall, D.O. Carpenter, W.A. Suk, and J.E. Zejda. Environmental Health Perspectives 106: 307-311.

 

Commentary: A Partnership Study of PCBs and the Health of Mohawk Youth: Lessons from our Pasts, and Guidelines for our Future. L. M. Schell and A. Tarbell.  Environmental Health Perspectives 106 (Suppl 3):833‑840.

 

Commentary: Children's Health and the Environment: A New Agenda for Prevention Research.  P.J. Landrigan, J.E. Carlson, C.F. Bearer, J.S. Cranmer, R.D. Bullard, R.A. Etzel, J. Groopman, J.A. McLachlan, F.P. Perera, J.R. Reigart, L. Robison, L. Schell, and W.A. Suk  Environmental Health Perspectives 106 (Suppl 3):787‑794.

 

Environmental health, social inequality and biologic difference. L. M. Schell and S. Czerwinski. In,  Human Biology of Social Inequality.  S. Strickland and P. Shetty (eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 114-131.           

 

1997    Blood lead level by year and season among poor pregnant women.  L. M. Schell, A. D. Stark, M. I. Gomez, and W. A. Grattan.  Archives of Environmental Health 52:286-291.

 

Using patterns of child growth and development to assess community-wide effects of low-level           exposure to toxic materials. Toxicology and Industrial Health, 13 (Nos.2/3): 373-378. 

(A reprinting of a chapter by the same name listed next.)

 

Using patterns of child growth and development to assess community-wide effects of low-level exposure to toxic materials. L. M. Schell. In, Hazardous Waste: Impact on Human and Ecological Health. Barry L. Johnson, Charles Xintara and John S. Andrews, (eds.) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 478-483.

 

Culture as a stressor: a revised model of biocultural interaction. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol.  102:67-77.

 

Social support and adverse pregnancy outcome in a high risk population.  L.M. Schell, J. Ravenscroft, S. Czerwinski, A.D. Stark, W. Grattan and M. Gordon. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 3 (2):13-26.

 

The evolution of human adaptability: society, funding and the conduct of science. In, Human               Adaptability: Past, Present and Future. S. J. Ulijaszek and R. Huss-Ashmore (eds.) Oxford:                        University Press, pp. 281-294.

 

1996    Cities and Human Health.  In, Urban Life, 3nd ed., G. Gmelch and W. Zenner (eds.) Waveland Press, Prospect Hts., Ill., pp. 104-127.

 

1995    Human biological adaptability with special emphasis on plasticity, history, development and problems for future research. L. M. Schell. In,  Human Variability and Plasticity.  C. N. Mascie-Taylor and B. Bogin (eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 213-237.

 

1994    Unequal adaptive value of changing cigarette use during pregnancy for heavy, moderate and light smokers.  L.M. Schell, J. H. Relethford, M. Madan, P. B.N. Naamon, and E.B. Hook.  American Journal of Human Biology 6:25-32. 

 

1993    Human biological approaches to the study of Third World urbanism.  L.M. Schell, M. Smith and A.      Bilsborough.  In, Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World.  edited by L.M. Schell, M. Smith and                                       A. Bilsborough.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1‑9.

 

Auxological epidemiology and methods for the study of effects of pollution.  L.M. Schell, M. Madan, and G.K. Davidson.  Acta Medica Auxologica  24 (3):181-188.

 

1992    The role of social factors and health indicators to distinguish epidemiologic transitions.  L.M. Schell. In, The Scientific Basis of Public Health Policy.  School of Public Health:  Albany, N.Y., pp. 22‑27.

 

Ethnic differences in maternal weight gain during pregnancy.  G. Davidson, K. Damus, E. Graham,        M. Hamburg and L. Schell.  In, Proceedings of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics:  The 1990's a Decade of Decisions for Vital and Health Statistics.  DHHS Pub. No (PHS) 92‑1214.  U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services.  National Center for Health Statistics: Hyattsville, Maryland.

 

Risk focusing:  An example of biocultural interaction.  L.M. Schell.  MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology.  Volume 9:  Health and Lifestyle Change, R. Huss‑Ashmore, J. Schall and M. Hediger (eds.), pp. 137‑144.

 

1991    Pollution and human growth:  lead, noise, polychlorobiphenyl compounds and toxic wastes.  In, Applications of Biological Anthropology to Human Affairs.  edited by C.G.N Mascie‑Taylor and G.W. Lasker.  Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 85‑116.       

 

Effects of pollutants on human prenatal and postnatal growth:  Noise, lead, polychlorinated compounds and toxic wastes.  Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 34 (Supplement 13 to the Am. J. Phys, Anthropol.):157‑188.

 

Postnatal growth of children in relation to noise from Osaka International Airport.  L.M. Schell and Y. Ando.  J. Sound and Vibration, 151:371‑382.

 

Human growth and urban pollution.  Collegicum Anthropologicum, 15:59‑71.

 

1989    The biomedical anthropologist in a multidisciplinary, multi‑institutional research project:  The Albany Lead Study.  L.M. Schell and A.D. Stark.  Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 3:385‑394.

 

1988    The City and Human Health.  In, Urban Life, 2nd ed., G. Gmelch and W. Zenner (eds.) Waveland Press, Prospect Hts., Ill.  1988.  pp. 18‑35.

 

Power Analysis in Physical Anthropology.  D.C. Hodges and L.M. Schell.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.  77:175‑181.

 

Alloalbuminemia and the Migrations of Native Americans.  L.M. Schell and B.S. Blumberg.  Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.  Vol. 31:1‑13.

 

1987    Airport Noise and Human Physical Development.  L.M. Schell and D.C. Hodges.  In, Internoise 87:  Proceedings of the International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, edited by LI Peizi.  Acoustical Society of China, Beijing, pp. 957‑960.

 

1986    Cigarette use during pregnancy and anthropometry of offspring 6‑11 years of age.  L.M. Schell, J.H. Relethford and D.C. Hodges.  Human Biology 58:407‑420.

 

Community Health Assessment and Physical Anthropology: Auxological Epidemiology.  Human Organization, 45:321‑327.

 

1985    Longitudinal study of growth status and airport noise exposure. L.M. Schell, and D. Hodges.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 66:383‑389. (PR)

 

Directional asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescents. L.M. Schell, F.E. Johnston, D. Smith and A.M. Paolone.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 67:317‑323. (PR)

 

Variation in size at birth and cigarette smoking during pregnancy.  L.M. Schell and D.C. Hodges.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68:549‑554. (PR)

 

1984    Auxological epidemiology and the determination of the effect of noise on human prenatal growth.  L.M. Schell.  In, Genetic and Environmental Factors During the Growth Period.  edited by C. Susanne.  Plenum Press, N.Y., pp. 209‑220.

 

The effects of chronic noise exposure on human prenatal growth.  L.M. Schell.  In, Human Growth.  J. Borms, R. Hauspie, A. Sand, C. Susanne and M. Hebbelinck (eds.).  Plenum Press, N.Y., pp. 125‑129.

 

Physical growth and ethnic heterogeneity among U.S.‑born children of European ancestry.  Human Biology 56:625‑636.

 

1983    Airport noise exposure and the postnatal growth of children.  L.M. Schell and R.J. Norelli.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 61:473‑482.

 

1982    The relationship of body fat weight, determined densitometrically, to relative weight and triceps skinfold in American youths,12‑17 years of age.  F.E. Johnston, A.M. Paolone, H.L. Taylor, and L.M. Schell.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 57:1‑6.

 

1981    Noise stress and cancer.  L.M. Schell and L.S. Lieberman.  In, Stress and Cancer.  K. Bammer and B.N. Newberry (eds.), Hogrefe, Toronto, pp. 202‑232.

 

Environmental noise and human prenatal growth. L.M. Schell.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 56:63‑70.

 

1979    Anthropometric variation in Native American children and adults.  F.E. Johnston and L.M. Schell.  In, Origins and Affinities of the First Americans.  W.S. Laughlin and A.B. Harper (eds.), Gustav Fisher, N.Y., pp. 275‑291.

 

1978    Distribution of albumin variants Naskapi and Mexico among Aleuts, Frosbisher Bay Eskimos, and Micmac, Naskapi, Mohawk, Omaha, and Apache Indians.  L.M. Schell, S.S. Agarwal, B.S. Blumberg, H. Levy, P.H. Bennett, W.S. Laughlin, and P.J. Martin.  Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 49:111‑119. (PR)

 

1977    The genetics of human serum albumin.  L.M. Schell and B.S. Blumberg.  In, Albumin ‑‑ Its Structure, Function and Uses.  V.M. Rosenoer, M.A. Rothchild, and M. Oratz (eds.), Pergamon Press, N.Y., pp. 113‑141.

 

1975    Critical weight at menarche: critique of an hypothesis.  F.E. Johnston, A.F. Roche, L.M. Schell and H.N.B. Wettenhall.  Am. J. Dis. Child. 129:19‑23. (PR)

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS:

 

1994    The Cambridge World History of Human Disease. Edited by K. Kiple, 1993. For:  American Journal of Human Biology, 6:406-408.

 

1993    Worldwide Variation in Human Growth (2nd edition).  P.E. Eveleth and J.M. Tanner.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.  In, Annals of Human Biology, 20: 203-204

 

1992    Methods for Assessing Exposure of Human and Non‑human Biota.  Edited by R.G. Tadiff and B.D.      Goldstein.  New York:  John Wiley, 1991.  In, American Journal of Human Biology,                                 4: 692‑694.

 

1991    Foetus into Man:  Physical growth from conception to maturity (2nd edition).  J.M. Tanner, Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1989.  In,  American Journal of Human Biology, 3:217‑218.

1986    Growth, Health and Fitness of Teenagers.  T.C.G. Kemper, editor.  Karger, N.Y., 1985.  In, Human Biology, 58(6):997‑999.

 

 

CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED:

 

            The X International Congress of Auxology, Florence, Italy, July 4-7, 2004. Scientific Organizing Committee.

 

Applying Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Human Biology.  28th Annual Meetings Human Biology Association, Tempe, Arizona, April 25-27, 2003.

 

Recent Developments and Applications of Biomedical Anthropology In and Out of Academia: A Symposium in Honor of Francis E. Johnston.  Annual meetings of the American Association of  Physical Anthropologists, Tempe, Arizona, April 23-26, 2003.

 

The IX International Congress of Auxology, Turin, Italy, September 6-9, 2000. Scientific Organizing  Committee.

 

Urbanism, Health and Human Biology (with S. J. Ulijaszek). Society for the Study of Human Biology,   Cambridge, England. April 10-11, 1997.

 

International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Child Health: Critical Needs and Issues for   Central and Eastern Europe (with Edward F. Fitzgerald and others). Sosnowiec, Poland, May 8-10, 1996.

 

Putting Theory into Practice: The Pedagogical Applications of Diversity (with Gregory Stevens and    Joan Schulz). University at Albany, State University of New York, April 12, 1994.

 

A Curriculum for the 21st Century: Integrating Human Diversity into Curricular and Academic Life

(with Gregory Stevens and Joan Schulz). University at Albany, State University of New York,  March 11, 1993.

 

Urban Health and Ecology in the Third World (with  E. Watts, M. Smith, A. Bilsborough).  Society for the Study of Human Biology, Durham, England, September 25‑27, 1990.

 

Biological Challenges of Contemporary Urbanism.  Annual meetings of the American Association of   Physical Anthropologists, April 4‑7, 1990, Miami, Florida.

 

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND SYMPOSIA:

2005    Advancing biocultural models by working with communities. L. M. Schell, J. Ravenscroft; M. Gallo, M. Denham, M. Schneeberger and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. In, Symposium entitled, At the interface of biology and culture: Biocultural models in human biology.  At the 30th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association, April 6. Milwaukee, WI. American Journal of Human Biology, 17(2): 266-67 (abstract).

           

            The effects of multichemical exposure on Akwesasne Mohawk youth. Invited Paper at the International Joint Commission Science Advisory Board, Workgroup on Ecosystem Health’s Conference: Chemical Exposure and Effects in the Great Lakes Today, March 30, Chicago, Il.

 

2004    Effects of toxicants on human growth and development. L.M. Schell, M. Denham, M. Schneeberger, J. Ravenscroft, M.V. Gallo. Paper presented at the 7th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology. Columbus, OH, Sept. 4. Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science. 23(6):369-70 (abstract).

 

            Urbanism and growth. Schell, L.M. At the X International Congress of Auxology, Florence, Italy, July 4-7.

           

2003 

            The partnership model of community research: Akwesasne and Albany.  Schell, L.M. Center for Public Health Research and Health Promotion, University of Massachusetts Lowell. March 28, 2003.

 

Weight growth velocity from birth to 2 years of age in relation to lead burden.  Schell, L.M. and Cameron N.  Speaker in the symposium: Recent Developments and Applications of Biomedical Anthropology In and Out of Academia: A Symposium in Honor of Francis E. Johnston.  Annual meetings of the American Association of  Physical Anthropologists, Tempe, Arizona, April 23-26, 2003. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 36:185 (abstract).

           

Using Participatory Action Research to build policy making capacity in minority communities exposed to toxicants.  Schell L.M, Ravenscroft J., Gallo M. Speaker in the symposium: Applying Participatory Action Research (PAR) in human biology.  Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, Tempe, Arizona, April 25-27. American Journal of Human Biology. 15(2): 283 (abstract).

           

Toxicants and child growth and development: PCB’s and lead.  L.M. Schell.  Harpur College Dean’s Workshop Lecture, University at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, April 30.

 

PCB’s and the well-being of Akwesasne Mohawk youth.  Schell, L.M., Newman, J., and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  At, Iakoti’satstenhsrawis Ne Ohwentsia (Strengthening our relationship to the Earth); A Conference on Environmental Research, Akwesasne, NY, May 22-23.

 

2002  Thyroid function in relation to burden of polychlorinated biphenyls, DDE, HCB, mirex and lead among Akwesasne Mohawk youth. Schell LM, Gallo MV, Ravenscroft J,  DeCaprio AP, Hubicki LA, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At, International Conference on Chemical Mixtures, Sept. 10-12.

 

2000    Pollution and child growth: Polychlorinated biphenyls and thyroid function. Schell, L.M.; Hubicki, L.; DiCaprio, A.; and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. Speaker in the symposium: Auxology. The 96thAnnual Meeting of the German Society of Pediatrics, Stuttgart, Germany, September 14. Klinische Pädiatrie. 2000. 212(5): 54  (abstract).

 

Urban ecology in the 21st Century: The challenge to human biological adaptation. Plenary speaker in the Symposium, Human Biology in the 21st Century. The 12th Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Cambridge, England, September 11.

 

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and thyroid function in adolescents of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.  Schell, L.M.; Hubicki, L.; DiCaprio, A.; Gallo, M.V. and the Task Force on the Environment. Speaker in the symposium: Pollutants and Development. The IX International Congress of Auxology, Turin, Italy, September 6. Acta Medica Auxologica. 2000. 32(1):71-72 (abstract).     

 

Environmental contaminants and growth of Mohawk adolescents at Akwesasne. Gallo, M.V.; Ravenscroft, J.; Schell, L.M.; DiCaprio, A.; and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At the IX International Congress of Auxology, Turin, Italy, September 6. Acta Medica Auxologica. 2000. 32(1):72  (abstract).

 

Polluted environments as extreme environments: Evidence for effects on growth. Schell, L.M. and E.A. Hills. Speaker in the symposium: Growth in Extreme Environments. The IX International Congress of Auxology, Turin, Italy, September 5. Acta Medica Auxologica. 2000. 32(1):47 (abstract).

 

Toxicants and child development: PCBs and lead.  At the Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., February 11.

 

1999    PCBs and their effects on the health and well-being of the Mohawk youth of Akwesasne. Iroquois Indian Museum, Howes Cave, NY. Jun 17.

 

1997    Toxic Substances in the Environment and Human Growth. Invited Plenary Lecture: The Eighth International Congress of Auxology, Philadelphia, PA., June 29-July 3.

 

PCBs. Plenary speaker in the Symposium, Bridging the Gap between Children’s Health and the Environment. Sponsored by The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition. Sundance, UT, April 25-27.

 

Pollution and child health. Plenary speaker In the symposium Urbanism, Health and Human Biology. Cambridge, England. April 10-11. Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Human Biology,

 

            Methodological concerns bridging physical anthropology and environmental health. In the symposium, Habitats, habits, hazards and health: Environmental factors and the health of human populations. Annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, MO. April 4.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 24:205 (abstract).

 

PCBs and the Well-Being of Mohawk Children and Youth. L. Schell, J. Newman and M. Gallo. At,         Superfund Basic Research Program: A Decade of Improving Health Through Multi-Disciplinary       Research. Research Triangle Park, N.C., February 23-26.

 

PCBs and Mohawk Youth: A Partnership Study. L. Schell and Alice Tarbell.  Plenary speaker at, Children’s Environmental Health: Research, Practice, Prevention, Policy.  Sponsored by the Children’s Environmental Health Network. Washington, D.C., February 21-23.

 

1996    Pollution and child growth: combining anthropologic and epidemiologic methods.  Plenary

 speaker: European Anthropological Association, Brussels, Belgium, August 19-22.

 

The evolution of the city: a biocultural perspective. Plenary speaker at the LEAD International Second International Session “Rural-Urban Dynamics: Interventions for Sustainable Development”. Okinawa, Japan, October 17.

 

Environmental health and social inequality.  In the symposium, Human Biology and Social Inequality; Society for the Study of Human Biology. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K.  March 28-29.

 

1995    Environmental inequity, pollutant burdens and the physical and cognitive development of children. In                the symposium, Environmental Justice in America: Paradigms and Polities.  Annual meeting of the                           American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 15-19.

 

Pollution, health and culture. October 26, 1995. Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

 

Neonatal blood lead level and size at birth: problems in multivariate analysis.  4th Annual Human Growth Workshop. Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. October 1-3. 

 

PCBs and the well-being of Mohawk children and youth: growth, development and cognitive/behavioral functioning. L. M. Schell and J. Newman. At 13th International Neurotoxicology Conference, April 1-3, Hot Springs, AK. Neurotoxicology. 16(4):759-60 (abstract).

 

1994    Growth as an outcome of research design and non-nutritional factors. 3rd Annual Human Growth        Workshop. Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. October 2-4. 

 

The relationship of urban poverty to pollutant exposure and pollutant effects.  L. M. Schell. In the symposium of Social and Political-Economic Perspectives in Biological Anthropology at the 63rd annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Denver, Colorado, April 2.

 

1992    Effect of 1st trimester cigarette smoking on the frequency of low birthweight.  M. Madan, L.M. Schell, J.H. Relethford, E.B. Hook and A. Dunn.  Symposium in honor of S.M. Garn, at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1‑4.  Las Vegas, Nevada.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 14:115 (abstract).

 

Nutrition and Health Status of Urban Children:  Lead Pollution.  At the conference, The Role of             University Assisted Community Schools in Improving Nutrition and in Careers in Nutrition and Health.                                              University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22‑23. 

 

1990    Introduction to the symposium, Biological Challenges of Contemporary Urbanism.  Presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 4‑7, Miami, Florida.

 

Trends in blood lead among urban women during pregnancy.  A.D. Stark and L.M. Schell.  In the symposium, Biological Challenges of Contemporary Urbanism.  At the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 4‑7, Miami, Florida.

 

Postnatal growth of children in relation to noise from Osaka International Airport.  In the symposium, Biological Challenges of Contemporary Urbanism.  At the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 4‑7, Miami, Florida.

 

Social factors, health and epidemiologic transitions.  L.M. Schell.  Presented at the Fifth Anniversary Symposium of the School of Public Health, The Scientific Basis of Health Policy in the 1990's, April 25‑26, Albany, New York.

 

Hazards to child growth and health from urban pollution.  Anthropological Society of  Washington, Washington, D.C., September 19.

 

Industrial pollution and the physical growth of children.  University of Pennsylvania, Human Biology Colloquium, September 20.

 

Human growth and urban pollution.  Presented at the 16th School of Biological Anthropology, entitled, Human Ecology and Anthropology:  Lessons for the 21st Century, October 1‑5, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

 

Impact of Urban Pollution on Human Growth and Development.  L.M. Schell.  In the symposium, Health and Disease:  Anthropologists Assess the Human Condition.  American Anthropological Association, December 1, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

1989    Hazards to child growth and health from urban pollution.  Anthropological Society of Washington, Washington, D.C., September 19.

 

Industrial pollution and the physical growth of children.  Human Biology Colloquium, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, September 20.

 

1988    The biomedical anthropologist in multidisciplinary research.  L.M. Schell and A.D. Stark.  In the symposium of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Applied Biomedical Anthropology, at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Tampa, Florida, April 21‑23, 1988.

 

Urbanism and Human Health:  Implications for Biocultural Models.  Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, April 29, 1988.

 

1987    Airport noise and human physical development (with D.C. Hodges).  In the Special Invited Session, Effects of Noise on Unborn Babies and Children, at the 16th International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, September 15‑17, Chinese Journal of Acoustics 6:227‑228.

 

1982    Auxological Epidemiology and the Determination of the Effects of Noise on Human Growth, at NATO Workshop “Genetical and Environmental Factors During the Growth Period”. August 24-25, Brussels, Belgium.

 

1980    The effects of airport noise on human prenatal growth.  At Meetings of the Acoustical Society of America, Los Angeles, California.  J. Accoust. Soc. Am. Supl. 1, 68:590 (abst).

 

 

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS:

2005    Thyroid function and pollution exposure among Akwesasne Mohawk youth. L.M. Schell, M. Denham, M.V. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, A. DeCaprio & Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  At the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Milwaukee, WI. April 9. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 40:182 (abstract).

           

2004    PCBs and adolescent cognition in the Mohawk Nation community of Akwesasne. J. Newman, A. Aucompaugh, L. Schell. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, July. 

 

            Age at menarche among Akwesasne Mohawk girls exposed to lead, mercury, mirex, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). M. Denham, L. Schell, G. Deane, M.V. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, A. Decaprio, Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment, L.M. Schell. Paper to be presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Human Biology Association. Tampa, FL, April 14. American Journal of Human Biology. 16(2): 201 (abstract).

 

Dietary patterns of Mohawk youth. J. Ravenscroft, M.V. Gallo, M. Denham, Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment, L.M. Schell. Poster to be presented at the 29th annual meeting of the Human Biology Association. Tampa, FL, April 14. American Journal of Human Biology. 16(2): 220-221 (abstract).

 

2003    Age at menarche among Akwesasne Mohawk girls exposed to lead, mercury, mirex, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p,p’-DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Denham M, Deane G, Gallo MV, Ravenscroft J, DeCaprio AP, Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment, Schell LM. At “The Role of Environmental Factors on the Onset and Progression of Puberty – Expert Panel Workshop”: Sponsored by Serono Symposia International, Inc. Rosemont, IL, Nov. 5-8.

           

            Body size in Akwesasne Mohawk youth 10-16 years of age.  Gallo MV, Ravenscroft J, Denham M, Schell

            LM, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  28th Annual Meeting Human Biology Association,

            Tempe, Arizona, April 25-27. American Journal of Human Biology. 15(2): 262 (abstract).

 

2002    Thyroid Function in Relation to Polychlorinated Biphenyl Burden in Akwesasne Mohawk Adolescents. Schell LM, Gallo MV, Ravenscroft J,  DeCaprio AP, Hubicki LA, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At “Thyroid hormone and brain development: Translating molecular mechanisms to population at risk.  Research Triangle Park, NC Sept. 23-25, 2002

 

            Growth of Akwesasne Mohawk adolescents and environmental contaminants.  M. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, L. Schell, A. DeCaprio, M. Denham, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment.  At the 71st Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Buffalo, NY, April 11. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 34:74 (abstract).

 

Thyroid function and polyshlroinated biphenyls (PCBs) in adolescents of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation.

            L. Schell, A. DeCaprio, M. Gallo, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At the 71st Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Buffalo, NY, April 11. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 34:136 (abstract).

           

2000    Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Akwesasne Mohawk Nation youth and maternal fish consumption before and during pregnancy.  M.V. Gallo, L.M. Schell, J. Newman, A. DiCaprio, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At the 25th Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, San Antonio, TX, April 10. American Journal of Human Biology. 12(2):266-267 (abstract).

 

Relationship between body size, body composition and sexual maturation among Akwesasne Mohawk youth. M. Denham, L. M. Schell, M. Gallo, Akwesasne on the Environment. At the 25th Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, San Antonio, TX, April 10. American Journal of Human Biology. 12(2):265 (abstract).

 

Infant cognitive development: a risk focusing approach. J. Ravenscroft and L. Schell. At the 25th Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, San Antonio, TX, April 10. American Journal of Human Biology. 12(2):270 (abstract).

 

1999    Maternal ethnicity/race, nutrition, and anthropometry predict neonate’s blood lead level. L.M. Schell, A. Aydemir, A.D. Stark, P. Parsons, M. Gallo, J. Ravenscroft, M. Gomez, and K. Fuschillo. 17th International Neurotoxicology Conference, Little Rock, AK, October 17-20. Neurotoxicology. 20(4)  (abstract).

 

Change in maternal blood lead level during pregnancy and fetal exposure.  L.M. Schell, A.D. Stark, P. Parsons, A. Aydemir, M. Gomez, and M. Gallo. 17th International Neurotoxicology Conference, Little Rock, AK, October 17-20. Neurotoxicology. 20(4) (abstract).

 

Growth of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation youth.  M. V. Gallo, L. M. Schell, J. Newman, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At the 68th Annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH, April 26. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supp 28:132 (abstract).

 

Diet and lifestyle factors during pregnancy among socioeconomically disadvantaged urban women. S. A. Czerwinski, L. M. Schell, and A. D. Stark. At the  24th Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, Columbus, OH, April 26. American Journal of Human Biology. 11: 108 (abstract).

 

Length at birth: its value for the assessment of newborn status and prenatal growth. A. C. Choh, L. M. Schell, and A. D. Stark. At the 24th Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, Columbus, OH, April 26. American Journal of Human Biology. 11: 107 (abstract).

 

Sexual maturation of Akwesasne Mohawk youth.  M. Denham, L. M. Schell, A. Choh, M. Gallo, J. Newman, and the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. At the 24th annual meetings of the Human Biology Association, Columbus, OH, April 28.  American Journal of Human Biology. 11:109 (abstract).

 

Change in blood lead levels during pregnancy in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. L.M. Schell, S. Czerwinski, A.D. Stark, P. Parsons, M. Gomez. At the 12th Annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Baltimore, MD, June. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 13:A21 (abstract).

 

Length at birth: its value for the assessment of newborn status and prenatal growth. L. M. Schell, A. C. Choh, and A. D. Stark. At the 12th Annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Baltimore, MD, June. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 13:A22 (abstract).

 

1998    Birth weight, length and body composition among Black-Americans, and White-Americans of low socioeconomic status.  M. V. Gallo, M. M. Denham, L. M. Schell, S. Czerwinski and A.D. Stark. At the 67th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Salt Lake City, UT, April 3. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 26:102 (abstract).

 

1997    Determinants of blood lead levels among socio-economically disadvantaged children. S. A. Czerwinski, L. Schell and A. Stark. At the 66th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, MO., April 4. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl 24:98 (abstract).

 

1996    Early childhood blood lead levels of the urban poor in Albany, New York.  S.A. Czerwinski and L.M. Schell.  At the 21st Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Council, Durham, NC., April 8-10. American Journal of Human Biology. 8:112 (abstract).

 

1995    Using patterns of child growth and development to assess community-wide effects of low-level           exposure to toxic materials. L. M. Schell. At the International Congress on Hazardous Waste: Impact    on Human and Ecological Health, Atlanta, GA., June 5-8.

 

Relationship between cigarette smoking and fat patterning in a sample of young women from NHANES-II. L.T. Barrett and L.M. Schell.  At the 20th Annual Meetings of the Human Biology Council, Oakland, CA., March 28-29.  American Journal of Human Biology. 7:117 (abstract).

 

Dietary assessment of socioeconomically disadvantaged pregnant women S. Czerwinski and L.M. Schell. At the 20th Annual Meetings of the Human Biology Council, Oakland, CA., American Journal of Human Biology. 7:121 (abstract).

 

1993    Maternal morphology and neonatal blood lead levels.  S. A. Czerwinski, L. M. Schell, A.D. Stark and W. Grattan. At the 62nd annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Toronto, Canada, April 14-17. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 16:77-78 (abstract).

 

1992    Effects on size at birth from low lead exposure.  L.M. Schell, A.D. Stark and M. Madan.  At the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1‑4, Las Vegas, Nevada.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Suppl. 14: 147‑8 (abstract).

 

1992    Social support and birthweight in an urban, socioeconomically disadvantaged, biracial sample.  J. Ravenscroft, L.M. Schell, and A.D. Stark.  At the 18th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Council, March 30‑31, Las Vegas, Nevada. American Journal of Human Biology. 4:148 (abstract).

 

1991    Ethnic differences in maternal weight gain.  G.K. Davidson, K. Damus, E. Graham, M. Hamburg and L.M. Schell.  At the 16th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Council, April 2‑3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  American Journal of Human Biology. 3:64 (abstract).

 

1990    Trends in blood lead among urban women during pregnancy.  A.D. Stark and L. M. Schell.     At the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Snowbird, Utah, June 13-15.

 

1989    Maternal serum lead levels during pregnancy and their relationship to maternal anthropometry and ethnicity.  L. M. Schell, A.D. Stark, and W.A. Grattan. At the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Diego, California, April 4-8. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78:297 (abstract).

 

Relationship of cigarette smoking during pregnancy to other influences upon birthweight. P. Naamon, L. Schell and E. Hook.  At the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Diego, California.  April 4-8,  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78:278 (abstract).

 

Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and reduced head circumference in the offspring.  G. Davidson, L. Schell and E. Hook.  At the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Diego, California. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.78:210 (abstract).

 

A comparison of birthweights of infants born to women with differing histories of cigarette smoking.  D. Sanders, L. Schell, and E. Hook.  At the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Diego, California.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78:295 (abstract).

 

1987    Effect on birthweight of mother's daily cigarette consumption during pregnancy and of trimesters of cigarette use.  L. M. Schell, P. Naamon, J. H. Relethford, and E. B. Hook. At the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New York, New York, April 5. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 72:251 (abstract).

 

1986    Size at birth and patterns of cigarette use during pregnancy.  L. M. Schell, E. B. Hook and P. Naamon.  At the 55th Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists,                             Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 9-12. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 69:262 (abstract).

 

1985    Anthropometry of children 6-11 years born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy.   L. M. Schell, D. C. Hodges, and J. H. Relethford.  At the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association of  Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 12. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66:182 (abstract).

 

Cigarette smoking during pregnancy and variation in size at birth.  L. M. Schell and D. C. Hodges.   At the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association of  Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 12. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66:226 (abstract).

 

Cigarette use during pregnancy and the anthropometry of offspring 6-11 years of age.   L. M. Schell, J. H. Relethford, and D. C. Hodges.  At the IV International Congress of Auxology, Montreal, Quebec, June 20.  Annals of Human Biology. 12 (suppl.):52 (abstract).

 

1983    Anthropometry of children exposed to airport noise.  L. M. Schell and R. J. Norelli.  At the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 5-11. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 60:232 (abstract).

 

1982    The effect of chronic noise exposure on human prenatal growth.  At the IIIrd International Congress of Auxology, August 23-30, Brussels, Belgium.

 

1981    Socioeconomic status and prenatal growth.  At the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Detroit, Michigan, April 22-25. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.  54:274 (abstract).

 

1980    Environmental noise and other factors in human postnatal growth.  At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Niagara Falls, New York, April 16-19.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 52:277 (abstract).

 

1979    Environmental noise and other factors in human prenatal growth. At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Francisco, California.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 50:479 (abstract).

 

1978    Asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescent males. At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Toronto, Canada, April15-17.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 48:435 (abstract).

 

1976    Study of albumin polymorphism among the Apache, Winnebago, Micmac Indians and the Baffin Islands Eskimos.  L. M. Schell and S. S. Agarwal.  At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St, Louis, Missouri, April 15-17.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 44:204 (abstract).

 

1975    Skeletal maturation in a longitudinal sample of children from the upper socio-economic level of Guatemala City.  At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Denver, Colorado, April 10-12.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology.  42:327 (abstract).

 

1973    Tempest in a teapot: some problems associated with the critical weight hypothesis.  F. E. Johnston and l. M. Schell.  At the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Dallas, Texas, April 12-14.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 40:141 (abstract).

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Associations:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Anthropological Association

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Human Biology Association (Fellow)

                International Liaison Committee

European Anthropological Association

                 Local Treasurer (U.S.A.)

International Association of Physiological Anthropology (Executive Committee of the Council)                        International Association for Human Auxology, (Executive Committee)

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

Society for the Study of Human Biology

Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research

 

Editorial Boards:

Annals of Human Biology.  1997- present

American Journal of Human Biology.  1988-1997, 2002-

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2006-

Human Biology.  1985-1988

Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science 2006-

Man in the Northeast.  1985-1996

Yearbook of Auxology (book series) 1997-

 

Manuscript Reviews:

American Journal of Epidemiology

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

American Journal of Human Biology

Annals of Human Biology

Canadian Journal of Anthropology

Chemosphere

Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Research

Human Biology

Journal of Policy Analysis

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Social Science and Medicine

 

Research Proposal Reviews:

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Birth Defects Foundation of the March of Dimes

Fogarty International Center

National Institutes of Health                                             

National Science Foundation

 

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

2005-2006              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

Research Liaison Committee

Life Sciences Blue Ribbon Panel (College of Arts and Sciences)

 

2004-2005              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

                                Ad hoc Governance Committee

                                Ad hoc Excellence in Research Evaluation Committee

                                Ad hoc Search Committee: Associate Director, Division of Research

                                Ad hoc Search Committee: Director, Northeast Regional Forensics Institute

 

2003-2004              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

 

1-9/2003                 Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

                                College Council service precluded by Associate Dean position

 

9-12/2002               Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

College Council (College of Arts and Sciences)

Personnel Committee- Promotion & Continuing Appointment (School of Public Health)

Undergraduate Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

2001-2002              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

College Council (College of Arts and Sciences)

Personnel Committee- Promotion & Continuing Appointment (School of Public Health)

Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

2000-2001              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

Personnel Committee- Promotion & Continuing Appointment (School of Public Health)

Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

1999-2000              Senator, University Senate

Research Council (University)

Personnel Committee- Promotion & Continuing Appointment (School of Public Health)

Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

1998-1999              Chair, Search Committee for Chair of the Department of Biology (University)

Personnel Committee- Promotion & Continuing Appointment (School of Public Health)

Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

1997-1998              Chair, Search Committee for Chair of the Department of Biology (University)

Doctoral Program Review Committee (University)

Chair, Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Advisory Committee, Center for International Health (School of Public Health)

Member, Center for Minority Health (School of Public Health)

 

1996-1997              President's Long Range Resource Allocation Committee (University)

Doctoral Program Review Committee (University)

Chair, Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Advisory Committee, Center for International Health (School of Public Health)

Member, Center for Minority Health (School of Public Health)

Academic Committee (Department of Epidemiology)

 

1995-1996              President's Long Range Resource Allocation Committee (University)

Committee on External Research Linkages (University)

Awards & Honors Nomination Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Academic Committee (Department of Epidemiology)

 

1994-1995              President's Long Range Resource Allocation Committee (University)

Dean's Research Advisory Committee (College)

Curriculum Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

1993-1994              Diversity Committee (University)

Human Biology major (College) ‑ Co‑director

Sexual Harassment Advisor (College)

Undergraduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Academic Committee (Department of Epidemiology)

 

1992‑1993              Human Biology major (University) ‑ Co‑director

Graduate Committee (Department of Anthropology)‑ member

Personnel Committee (Department of Epidemiology)‑ member

Grievance Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Academic Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Computer Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Research Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Sexual Harassment Advisor (College)

 

1991‑1992              Graduate Committee (Department of Anthropology)‑ member

Personnel Committee (Department of Epidemiology)‑ member

Grievance Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Academic Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Computer Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Research Committee (College) ‑ Convener as Associate Dean

Human Biology major (College) ‑ Faculty member

Arts & Sciences Curriculum Council ‑ as Associate Dean

 

l990‑l991                Personnel Committee (Chair) (Department of Epidemiology)

Curriculum Committee (Department of Anthropology)

 

1989‑1990              Graduate Affairs Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Search Committees (Department of Anthropology)

Research Council (University)

Committee on Research Incentives (Chair) (University)

 

1988‑1989              Academic Council (School of Public Health)

Search Committees (Department of Epidemiology)

Visiting Speakers Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Undergraduate Committee (Department of Anthropology)

Faculty Associate Program (University)

 

1987‑1988              Search Committee:  Executive Vice President.

Search Committee:  Department of Epidemiology

 

1986‑1987              Graduate Affairs Committee (Department of Anthropology).

Committee on Medical Anthropology (Department of Anthropology).                    

Invited Speakers Committee (Department of Anthropology).

Computer Advisory Committee (College).

Art Gallery Evaluation Committee (University).

Council on Research, Subcommittee on Research

Incentives (University).

World Week Lecture Series (University).

Academic Computer Advisory Committee (University).

University Budget Panel.

 

1985‑1986              Search Committees (Department of Anthropology).

Undergraduate Affairs; Chair (Department of Anthropology).

Committee on Medical Anthropology (Department of Anthropology).

                                Invited Speakers Committee (Department of Anthropology).

Computer Advisory Committee (College).

 

1984‑1985              General Education Requirements Subcommittee (University).

College Council.

Committee on Medical Anthropology (Department of Anthropology).                                                                     Invited Speakers Committee (Department of Anthropology).

 

1983‑1984              Urban Affairs Committee (College).

Graduate Affairs (Department of Anthropology).

Summer Planning Conference (University).

General Education Requirements Subcommittee (University).

Pre‑Health Professionals Advisory Committee (University).

College Council.

Academic Committee (College).

Undergraduate Affairs (Department of Anthropology).

Committee on Medical Anthropology (Department of Anthropology).

                    Search Committees (Department of Anthropology).

Invited Speakers Committee (Department of Anthropology).

 

1982‑1983              Institutional Review Board (University).

Urban Affairs Committee (College).

Graduate Affairs (Department of Anthropology).

Summer Planning Conference (University).

 

1981‑1982              Institutional Review Board (University).

Urban Affairs Committee (College).

Graduate Affairs (Department of Anthropology).

 

1980‑1981              Institutional Review Board (University).

Urban Affairs Committee (College).

Graduate Affairs (Department of Anthropology).

 

Doctoral Committees (Anthropology Department unless noted otherwise):                                           

Stefan Czerwinski, Ph.D. 1998 (Chair), Kristen Knutson, Ph.D. 2004 (Chair), Julia Ravenscroft (Chair), Melinda Denham 2005 (Chair), Paul Naamon (Chair), Mia Gallo (Chair), Gwynne Jenkins, Ph.D. (1999), Jackson Sekhobo, Ph.D. 2004 (Epidem.), Audrey Choh, Ph.D. (2002), Lynnette Leidy, Ph.D. (1991), Kim Lanphear, Ph.D. (1988), Denise Hodges, Ph.D.  (1986), Forrest Tierson, Ph.D. (l982), Richard Norelli, Ph.D. (1982).

 

Masters Committees (only Chair service listed):                                           

Mia Gallo (2000), Kristen Knutson (1999), Melanie Besculides (1998), Melinda Denham (1998), Deborah Lapin (1995), Gwynne Jenkins (1994), Karen Casey (1994),  Laurie Barrett (1994), Marilyn Schmidt (1994), Stefan Czerwinski (1992), Julia Ravenscroft (1992), Deirdre Sanders (1988), Paul Naamon (1987), Randi Cowel (1987), Georgia Davidson (1987), Rebecca Troisi (1987), Daniel Smith (l985), Delcy Ziac (1983), Sharon Minnich (l982), Regina Fertmann (l982).

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

 


Reproductive Epidemiology

Research Methods

The City and Human Health

Human Growth and Development

Human Biology

Culture, Environment and Health

 


            Methods of Partnership Research

 

Bio‑Medical Anthropology

Human Adaptation

Human Variation

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Introduction to Anthropology


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