CURRICULUM
VITAE
Address: Arts
& Sciences 237, University at
State
Phone: (518) 442‑4714;
Fax: (518) 442-4563
E-mail: L.schell@albany.edu
Citizenship:
Current Positions:
Associate Dean (Research), College of Arts and
Sciences
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University at
Professor of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Director, Center for the Elimination of Minority
Health Disparities
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of
Pediatrics,
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
7/2004- Interim & Founding Director,
Northeast Regional Forensic Institute
1/2005 University at
1/2003- Associate Dean (Research) College of Arts
and Sciences,
present University at
1994- Professor, Department of
Anthropology, & Department of Epidemiology
present University at
1986‑94 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University at
1992‑93 Academic Associate Dean,
University at
1991‑92 Interim Academic Associate Dean,
University at
1/87‑ Interim
Chair, Department of Anthropology, University at
1/88 University at
1980‑86 Assistant Professor, Department of
Anthropology, University at
University at
1979‑80 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology,
University at
1977‑79 Research Specialist, Department of Anthropology,
1976‑78 Lecturer in Anthropology:
1975‑76 Research Statistician, Institute for Cancer
Research,
Fox Chase,
1972‑73 Consultant and Coordinating Writer,
American Indian Curriculum
Project,
Plimoth Plantation,
EDUCATION:
1980 Ph.D. Anthropology (Biological), Department of
Anthropology,
Thesis: Environmental Noise and the Prenatal and
Postnatal Growth of Children.
1974 M.A. Anthropology, Department of Anthropology,
Thesis: Growth and Development of Native American
Children.
1970 B.A. Anthropology,
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,
1986 ‑ Present
1984
1976‑78
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS
& GRANTS
“
“Mohawk culture,
behavior, toxicant exposure and health.” Principal Investigator, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Grant # 1 R01 ES10904. Project
Period
Conference grant for
“Urbanism, Health and Human Biology.”
"PCB's and the
well being of Mohawk children and youth: growth, development and
cognitive/behavioral functioning.” Principal Investigator, Project Period
"Blood lead in
pregnancy/infancy and infant development".
Principal Investigator, Supported by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, Grant # ES05280. Project Period
Conference support
for "Urban Health and Ecology in the
Travel Award: NATO Advanced Study Institute Workshop,
Travel
Fellowship: NATO Advanced Study
Institute,
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,
"Environmental
Noise Exposure and Physical Growth of Children." Research Specialist,
Supported by the National
PUBLICATIONS
Edited Volumes
Urbanism, Health and
Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and
Urban Ecology and
Health in the
Conference
Proceedings
Human Growth in Sickness and Health. I. Nicoletti, L. M.
Schell and G. Gilli (eds).
Human Growth from
Birth to Maturity. G. Gilli, L.
Schell and L. Benso (eds),
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.
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).
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
Environmental Factors.
L. Schell and K. Knutson. In, Physiological and Pathological Auxology. I. Nicoletti, G. Gilli
and L. Benso (eds), Firenze, Italy:
Edizioni
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),
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),
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),
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),
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.
2001 Neonatal size of low socio-economic status Black and White term births in
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).
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
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),
The future of urban
environments. S. J. Ulijaszek and L. M. Schell. In, Urbanism, Health and
Human Biology in Industrialised Nations. L. Schell and
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.)
Smoking. In:
Environmental
Toxicants. In:
Urbanism and growth.
In:
Environmental
factors influencing birth-weight. In:
Environmental
pollution and child
health in Central and
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.),
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.)
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.)
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.)
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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,
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
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.),
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
1993 Worldwide Variation in Human Growth
(2nd edition). P.E. Eveleth and J.M.
Tanner.
1992 Methods for Assessing Exposure of Human
and Non‑human Biota. Edited by
R.G. Tadiff and B.D. Goldstein.
1991 Foetus into Man: Physical growth from conception to maturity
(2nd edition). J.M. Tanner,
1986 Growth, Health and Fitness of Teenagers. T.C.G. Kemper, editor.
CONFERENCES &
SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED:
The
X International Congress of Auxology,
Applying
Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Human Biology. 28th Annual Meetings Human Biology
Association,
Recent Developments
and Applications of Biomedical Anthropology In and Out of Academia: A Symposium
in Honor of
The IX International Congress of Auxology,
Urbanism, Health and
Human Biology (with S. J. Ulijaszek). Society for the Study of Human Biology,
International
Conference on Environmental Pollution and Child Health: Critical Needs and
Issues for Central and
Putting Theory into
Practice: The Pedagogical Applications of Diversity (with
A Curriculum for the
21st Century: Integrating Human Diversity into Curricular and Academic Life
(with
Urban Health and
Ecology in the
Biological
Challenges of Contemporary Urbanism.
Annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 4‑7, 1990,
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.
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,
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.
Urbanism and growth. Schell, L.M. At
the X International Congress of Auxology,
2003
The partnership model of community
research: Akwesasne and
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
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,
Toxicants and child
growth and development: PCB’s and lead.
L.M. Schell. Harpur College
Dean’s Workshop Lecture, University at
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
Toxicants and child
development: PCBs and lead. At the
Institute for Environmental Studies,
1999 PCBs and their effects on the health and well-being
of the Mohawk youth of Akwesasne.
1997 Toxic Substances in the Environment and
Human Growth. Invited Plenary Lecture: The Eighth International Congress of
Auxology,
PCBs. Plenary
speaker in the Symposium, Bridging the Gap between Children’s Health and the
Environment. Sponsored by The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition.
Pollution and child
health. Plenary speaker In the symposium Urbanism, Health and 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,
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.
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.
1996 Pollution and child growth: combining
anthropologic and epidemiologic methods.
Plenary
speaker: European Anthropological
Association,
The evolution of the
city: a biocultural perspective. Plenary speaker at the LEAD International
Second International Session “Rural-Urban Dynamics: Interventions for
Sustainable Development”.
Environmental health
and social inequality. In the symposium,
Human Biology and Social Inequality; Society for the Study of Human
Biology. The
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,
Pollution, health
and culture.
Neonatal blood lead
level and size at birth: problems in multivariate analysis. 4th Annual Human Growth Workshop.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,
Postnatal growth of
children in relation to noise from
Social factors,
health and epidemiologic transitions.
L.M. Schell. Presented at the
Fifth Anniversary Symposium of the
Hazards to child
growth and health from urban pollution.
Anthropological Society of
Industrial pollution
and the physical growth of children.
Human growth and
urban pollution. Presented at the 16th
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,
1989 Hazards to child growth and health from
urban pollution. Anthropological Society
of
Industrial pollution
and the physical growth of children.
Human Biology Colloquium, Department of Anthropology,
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,
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,
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,
1980 The effects of airport noise on human
prenatal growth. At Meetings of the Acoustical
Society of
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,
Infant cognitive
development: a risk focusing approach. J. Ravenscroft and L. Schell. At the 25th
Annual meetings of the Human Biology Association,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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
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,
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,
Dietary assessment
of socioeconomically disadvantaged pregnant women S. Czerwinski and L.M.
Schell. At the 20th Annual Meetings of the Human Biology Council,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
1982 The
effect of chronic noise exposure on human prenatal growth. At the IIIrd International Congress of
Auxology, August 23-30,
1981 Socioeconomic
status and prenatal growth. At the 50th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists,
1980 Environmental
noise and other factors in human postnatal growth. At the Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthropologists,
1979 Environmental
noise and other factors in human prenatal growth. At the Annual Meeting of the
American Association of Physical Anthropologists,
1978 Asymmetry
of body dimensions among white adolescent males. At the Annual Meeting of the
American Association of Physical Anthropologists,
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,
1975 Skeletal
maturation in a longitudinal sample of children from the upper socio-economic
level of
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
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