Lisa L Satterwhite

Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Molecular epidemiology of environmental exposures, pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s disease, Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms and ALS, and creating climate change resilient rural communities.

IN THE NEWS

2024

https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/news/community-engaged-research-projects-take-environmental-and-climate-justice-issues-close-home/

2023

https://radx-up.org/grants/rapid-research-pilot/rp2-awardees/

https://www.dailyadvance.com/news/local/arhs-hopes-to-id-links-between-als-algal-blooms/article_fe56135c-4c2c-11ee-ba66-47b4da778ce0.html

2022

https://dataclimatehealth.duke.edu/teams/

2015

https://www.jyi.org/2015-february/2015/2/1/a-day-on-the-farm-lisa-satterwhites-research-profile

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Contact Information

  • Office Location: CIEMAS 2447B, Durham, NC 27708
  • Email Address: lisa.satterwhite@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1992

Research Interests

Molecular epidemiology of environmental exposures, pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s disease, Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms and ALS, and creating climate change resilient rural communities.

Courses Taught

  • ENVIRON 393: Research Independent Study
  • ENVIRON 391: Independent Study
  • CEE 493: Research Independent Study in Civil and Environmental Engineering

In the News

Representative Publications

  • McClain, Micah T., Ilya Zhbannikov, Lisa L. Satterwhite, Ricardo Henao, Nicholas S. Giroux, Shengli Ding, Thomas W. Burke, et al. “Epigenetic and transcriptional responses in circulating leukocytes are associated with future decompensation during SARS-CoV-2 infection.” IScience 27, no. 1 (January 19, 2024): 108288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108288.
  • Giroux, Nicholas S., Shengli Ding, Micah T. McClain, Thomas W. Burke, Elizabeth Petzold, Hong A. Chung, Grecia O. Rivera, et al. “Author Correction: Differential chromatin accessibility in peripheral blood mononuclear cells underlies COVID-19 disease severity prior to seroconversion.” Sci Rep 13, no. 1 (April 20, 2023): 6462. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33323-8.
  • Giroux, Nicholas S., Shengli Ding, Micah T. McClain, Thomas W. Burke, Elizabeth Petzold, Hong A. Chung, Grecia O. Rivera, et al. “Differential chromatin accessibility in peripheral blood mononuclear cells underlies COVID-19 disease severity prior to seroconversion.” Sci Rep 12, no. 1 (July 9, 2022): 11714. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15668-8.
  • Roitshtain, Darina, Lauren Wolbromsky, Evgeny Bal, Hayit Greenspan, Lisa L. Satterwhite, and Natan T. Shaked. “Quantitative phase microscopy spatial signatures of cancer cells.” Cytometry. Part A : The Journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology 91, no. 5 (May 2017): 482–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.23100.
  • Fernandez, Cristina E., Izundu C. Obi-onuoha, Charles S. Wallace, Lisa L. Satterwhite, George A. Truskey, and William M. Reichert. “Late-outgrowth endothelial progenitors from patients with coronary artery disease: endothelialization of confluent stromal cell layers.” Acta Biomaterialia 10, no. 2 (February 2014): 893–900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.10.004.