Pantel S. Vokonas MD
Professor, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology
Director, VA Normative Aging Study
150 S Huntington Avenue | (617) 638-5300psv@bu.edu

Sections
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology
Centers
Framingham Heart Study
Biography
Pantel S. Vokonas, MD is a Professor of Preventine Medicine & Epidemiology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Vokonas graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine and has been in practice for over fifty years. In addition, he is currently affiliated with the VA Boston Healthcare System and is Director of the VA Normative Aging Study.
Other Positions
Education
Medicine, MD, Ohio State University
BA, Ohio State University
Publications
Zilli Vieira CL, Liu CS, Rudke AP, Wang Y, Wang VA, Schwartz JD, Vokonas P, Koutrakis P. Detrimental impact of solar and geomagnetic activity on plasma B-complex vitamins in the VA normative aging study cohort. Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 14; 14(1):24065. PMID: 39402061.
Published on 8/15/2024Qiu X, Danesh Yazdi M, Wang C, Kosheleva A, Wu H, Vokonas PS, Spiro A, Laurent LC, DeHoff P, Kubzansky LD, Weisskopf MG, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz JD. Extracellular microRNAs associated with psychiatric symptoms in the Normative Aging Study. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Oct; 178:270-277. PMID: 39173451.
Published on 8/8/2024Danesh Yazdi M, Sonntag A, Kosheleva A, Nassan FL, Wang C, Xu Z, Wu H, Laurent LC, DeHoff P, Comfort NT, Vokonas P, Wright R, Weisskopf M, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz JD. The association between toenail metals and extracellular MicroRNAs (ex-miRNAs) among the participants of the Normative Aging study (NAS). Environ Res. 2024 Nov 15; 261:119761. PMID: 39122161.
Published on 12/8/2023Zhai T, Zilli Vieira CL, Vokonas P, Baccarelli AA, Nagel ZD, Schwartz J, Koutrakis P. Annual space weather fluctuations and telomere length dynamics in a longitudinal cohort of older men: the Normative Aging Study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Nov; 34(6):1072-1080. PMID: 38066331.
Published on 7/15/2023Prince N, Stav M, Cote M, Chu SH, Vyas CM, Okereke OI, Palacios N, Litonjua AA, Vokonas P, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Lasky-Su JA, Kelly RS. Metabolomics and Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Phobic Symptoms in the VA Normative Aging Study. Metabolites. 2023 Jul 15; 13(7). PMID: 37512558.
Published on 6/24/2023Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Cardenas A, Gao X, Wang C, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Osborne AD, Kosheleva A, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz J. Psychological Stress and Epigenetic Aging in Older Men: The VA Normative Aging Study. Transl Med Aging. 2023; 7:66-74. PMID: 37576443.
Published on 5/24/2023Shen Y, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Wu H, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Navas-Acien A, Baccarelli AA, Gao F. Cohort Network: A Knowledge Graph toward Data Dissemination and Knowledge-Driven Discovery for Cohort Studies. Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Jun 06; 57(22):8236-8244. PMID: 37224396.
Published on 4/19/2023Danesh Yazdi M, Nassan FL, Kosheleva A, Wang C, Xu Z, Di Q, Requia WJ, Comfort NT, Wu H, Laurent LC, DeHoff P, Vokonas P, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz JD. Intermediate and long-term exposure to air pollution and temperature and the extracellular microRNA profile of participants in the normative aging study (NAS). Environ Res. 2023 Jul 15; 229:115949. PMID: 37084943.
Published on 1/10/2023Danesh Yazdi M, Nassan FL, Kosheleva A, Wang C, Xu Z, Di Q, Requia WJ, Comfort NT, Wu H, Laurent LC, DeHoff P, Vokonas P, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz JD. Short-term air pollution and temperature exposure and changes in the extracellular microRNA profile of Normative Aging Study (NAS) participants. Environ Int. 2023 Jan; 171:107735. PMID: 36640488.
Published on 1/1/2023Eckhardt CM, Gambazza S, Bloomquist TR, De Hoff P, Vuppala A, Vokonas PS, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Parvez F, Laurent LC, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA, Wu H. Extracellular Vesicle-Encapsulated microRNAs as Novel Biomarkers of Lung Health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan 01; 207(1):50-59. PMID: 35943330.