Eric Garshick, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

My work has included the study of diesel exhaust and fine particle exposure and the risk of human lung cancer in large epidemiologic studies. I have studied this both in a cohort of 54,000 US railroad workers occupationally exposed as a result of working with diesel locomotives, and in a national cohort of 54,000 US trucking company workers exposed on the roadways and in trucking terminals. As well as conducting epidemiologic studies, I work closely with an exposure assessment group. This provides information regarding the determinants of exposure in the populations under study, provides information that may permit the estimation of lung cancer risk.

Publications

  • Published 10/31/2024

    Maccarone J, Redlich CA, Timmons A, Korpak AM, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Kuschner WG, Ioachimescu OC, Jerrett M, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Wendt CH, Wongtrakool C, Wan ES, Blanc PD, Garshick E. Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2025 Feb; 4(1):100367. PMID: 39659739.

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  • Published 8/30/2024

    Maccarone JR, Sterns OR, Timmons A, Korpak AM, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Jerrett M, Kuschner WG, Ioachimescu OC, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Redlich CA, Wendt CH, Blanc PD, Garshick E, Wan ES. Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans. Mil Med. 2024 Aug 30; 189(9-10):2030-2038. PMID: 38536226.

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  • Published 7/11/2024

    Wang Z, Koutrakis P, Liu M, Vieira CLZ, Coull BA, Maher EF, Moy ML, Huang S, Garshick E. Residential radon decay products are associated with cough and phlegm in patients with COPD. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024 Sep 01; 282:116693. PMID: 38991307.

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  • Published 7/1/2024

    Guo J, Garshick E, Si F, Tang Z, Lian X, Wang Y, Li J, Koutrakis P. Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Depressive Symptoms. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2420259. PMID: 38958973.

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  • Published 5/22/2024

    Alahmad B, Khraishah H, Kamineni M, Royé D, Papatheodorou SI, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Guo Y, Lavigne E, Armstrong B, Sera F, Bernstein AS, Zanobetti A, Garshick E, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Al-Mulla F, Koutrakis P, Gasparrini A. Extreme Temperatures and Stroke Mortality: Evidence From a Multi-Country Analysis. Stroke. 2024 Jul; 55(7):1847-1856. PMID: 38776169.

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Education

  • Tufts University School of Medicine, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MOH
  • Tufts University, BS