Dr. Christina A. Porucznik is a Professor in the Division of Public Health. She is a doctorally-trained epidemiologist who served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the Utah Department of Health before joining the faculty in 2005. She has worked in nonprofit, government, academic, and corporate settings with scientists, engineers, and policy makers. Dr. Porucznik received her Master of Science in Public Health and PHD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Research Statement
Her area of research interest is in appropriately timing measurement of exposures. In the environmental domain, she studies endocrine disruptors and reproductive endpoints including fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and breastfeeding. Her other primary focus area is on prescription medications, primarily opioids, and the impact of policy changes on drug dispensing and adverse events.
Education History
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assigned to the Utah Department of Health (SLC, UT) |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
PhD | |
Graduate Training |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
MSPH |
The Ohio State University |
BS |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Winkler JR, Dixon BL, Singh I, Soto R, Qiu Y, Zhang Y, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB (2024). Prenatal exposure to environmental toxins and comprehensive dental findings in a population cohort of children. BMC Oral Health, 24(1), 326. (Read full article)
- Soto R, Paul L, Porucznik CA, Xie H, Stinnett RC, Briggs B, Biggerstaff M, Stanford J, Schlaberg R (2023). Effectiveness of Self-Collected, Ambient Temperature-Preserved Nasal Swabs Compared to Samples Collected by Trained Staff for Genotyping of Respiratory Viruses by Shotgun RNA Sequencing: Comparative Study. JMIR Form Res, 7, e32848. (Read full article)
- Odette MM, Porucznik CA, Gren LH, Garland EL (2023). Alcohol consumption and opioid craving among chronic pain patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy. Addict Behav, 150, 107911. (Read full article)
- Hu S, Chang CP, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Date A, Galvao C, Haaland B, Porucznik CA, Gren LH, Sanchez A, Lloyd S, ONeil B, Hashibe M (2023). Mental health outcomes in a population-based cohort of patients with prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. (Read full article)
- Bolton D, Hailu T, Porucznik CA (2023). Resolution of stuttering during ketamine treatment: a case report. J Med Case Rep, 17(1), 447. (Read full article)
- Hu S, Chang CP, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Date A, Galvao C, Porucznik CA, Gren LH, Sanchez A, Lloyd S, Haaland B, ONeil B, Hashibe M (2023). Comparing Active Surveillance and Watchful Waiting With Radical Treatment Using Machine Learning Models Among Patients With Prostate Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 7, e2300083. (Read full article)
- Avalos LA, Chandran A, Churchill ML, Gao X, Ames JL, Nozadi SS, Roubinov D, Brennan PA, Bush NR, Camargo CA, Carroll KN, Cioffi CC, Ferrara A, Goldson B, Hedderson MM, Hipwell AE, Kerver JM, OConnor TG, Porucznik CA, Shuffrey LC, Talavera-Barber MM, Wright RJ, Zhu Y, Croen LA, Program Collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (2023). Prenatal depression and risk of child autism-related traits among participants in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes program. Autism Res. (Read full article)
- LeWinn KZ, Trasande L, Law A, Blackwell CK, Bekelman TA, Arizaga JA, Sullivan AA, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Karagas MR, Elliott AJ, Karr CJ, Carroll KN, Dunlop AL, Croen LA, Margolis AE, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Singh AM, Seroogy CM, Jackson DJ, Wood RA, Hartert TV, Kim YS, Duarte CS, Schweitzer JB, Lester BM, McEvoy CT, OConnor TG, Oken E, Bornkamp N, Brown ED Jr, Porucznik CA, Ferrara A, Camargo CA Jr, Zhao Q, Ganiban JM, Jacobson LP, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Consortium (2023). Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the United States. JAMA Netw Open, 6(8), e2330495. (Read full article)
- Koric A, Mark B, Chang CP, Lloyd S, Dodson M, Deshmukh VG, Newman M, Date A, Gren LH, Porucznik CA, Haaland B, Henry NL, Hashibe M (2023). Adverse Health Outcomes Among Rural And Urban Breast Cancer Survivors: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. (Read full article)
- Newman MG, Porucznik CA, Date AP, Abdelrahman S, Schliep KC, VanDerslice JA, Smith KR, Hanson HA (2023). Generating Older Adult Multimorbidity Trajectories Using Various Comorbidity Indices and Calculation Methods. Innov Aging, 7(3), igad023. (Read full article)
- Dawood FS, Couture A, Zhang X, Stockwell MS, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Hetrich M, Veguilla V, Thornburg N, Heaney CD, Wang J, Duque J, Jeddy Z, Deloria Knoll M, Karron R (2023). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Neutralizing Antibody Responses After Community Infections in Children and Adults. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(5), ofad168. (Read full article)
- Knapp EA, Kress AM, Parker CB, Page GP, McArthur K, Gachigi KK, Alshawabkeh AN, Aschner JL, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Bendixsen CG, Brennan PA, Bush NR, Buss C, Camargo CA Jr, Catellier D, Cordero JF, Croen L, Dabelea D, Deoni S, DSa V, Duarte CS, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Farzan SF, Ferrara A, Ganiban JM, Gern JE, Giardino AP, Towe-Goodman NR, Gold DR, Habre R, Hamra GB, Hartert T, Herbstman JB, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Keenan K, Kerver JM, Koinis-Mitchell D, Lau B, Lester BM, Leve LD, Leventhal B, LeWinn KZ, Lewis J, Litonjua AA, Lyall K, Madan JC, McEvoy CT, McGrath M, Meeker JD, Miller RL, Morello-Frosch R, Neiderhiser JM, OConnor TG, Oken E, OShea M, Paneth N, Porucznik CA, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Spindel ER, Stanford JB, Stroustrup A, Teitelbaum SL, Trasande L, Volk H, Wadhwa PD, Weiss ST, Woodruff TJ, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Jacobson LP, Environmental Influences On Child Health Outcomes OBOPCF (2023). The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide Cohort. Am J Epidemiol. (Read full article)
- Stockwell MS, Porucznik CA, Dixon A, Duque J, Stanford JB, Veguilla V, Dawood FS (2022). Factors Associated with Intention to Vaccinate Children 0-11 Years of Age Against COVID-19. J Am Board Fam Med, 35(6), 1174-1178. (Read full article)
- Duane M, Schliep K, Porucznik CA, Najmabadi S, Stanford JB (2022). Does a short luteal phase correlate with an increased risk of miscarriage? A cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 22(1), 922. (Read full article)
- Ocier K, Abdelaziz S, Kim S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith K, Porucznik C, Shoaf K, Stanford J, Lee C, Hashibe M (2022). Contributions of cancer treatment, comorbidities, and obesity to aging-related disease risks among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Cancer Causes Control. (Read full article)
- Bendall EE, Paz-Bailey G, Santiago GA, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Stockwell MS, Duque J, Jeddy Z, Veguilla V, Major C, Rivera-Amill V, Rolfes MA, Dawood FS, Lauring AS (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Diversity in Households Highlights the Challenges of Sequence-Based Transmission Inference. mSphere, 7, e0040022. (Read full article)
- Najmabadi S, Schliep KC, Simonsen SE, Porucznik CA, Egger MJ, Stanford JB (2022). Characteristics of menstrual cycles with or without intercourse in women with no known subfertility. Hum Reprod Open, 2022(4), hoac039. (Read full article)
- Scoville J, Joyce E, Harper J, Hunsaker J, Gren L, Porucznik C, Kestle JRW (2022). A survey and analysis of pediatric stroke protocols. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 31(9), 106661. (Read full article)
- Sumner KM, Karron RA, Stockwell MS, Dawood FS, Stanford JB, Mellis A, Hacker E, Thind P, Castro MJE, Harris JP, Deloria Knoll M, Schappell E, Hetrich MK, Duque J, Jeddy Z, Altunkaynak K, Poe B, Meece J, Stefanski E, Tong S, Lee JS, Dixon A, Veguilla V, Rolfes MA, Porucznik CA, CDC Genomic Sequencing Laboratory SEARCh and C-HEaRT Study Teams (2022). Impact of Age and Symptom Development on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Households With Children-Maryland, New York, and Utah, August 2020-October 2021. Open Forum Infect Dis, 9(8), ofac390. (Read full article)
- Siegel EL, Ghassabian A, Hipwell AE, Factor-Litvak P, Zhu Y, Steinthal HG, Focella C, Battaglia L, Porucznik CA, Collingwood SC, Klein-Fedyshin M, Kahn LG (2022). Indoor and outdoor air pollution and couple fecundability: a systematic review. Hum Reprod Update, 29, 45-70. (Read full article)
- Veguilla V, Fowlkes AL, Bissonnette A, Beitel S, Gaglani M, Porucznik CA, Stockwell MS, Tyner HL, Naleway AL, Yoon SK, Caban-Martinez AJ, Wesley MG, Duque J, Jeddy Z, Stanford JB, Daugherty M, Dixon A, Burgess JL, Odean M, Groom HC, Phillips AL, Schaefer-Solle N, Mistry P, Rolfes MA, Thompson M, Dawood FS, Meece J (2022). Detection and Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Three Self-Collected Specimen Types: Flocked Midturbinate Swab (MTS) in Viral Transport Media, Foam MTS, and Saliva. Microbiol Spectr, 10(3), e0103322. (Read full article)
- Koric A, Chang CP, Mark B, Rowe K, Snyder J, Dodson M, Deshmukh VG, Newman MG, Fraser AM, Smith KR, Date AP, Gren LH, Porucznik CA, Haaland BA, Henry NL, Hashibe M (2022). Cardiovascular disease risk in long-term breast cancer survivors: A population-based cohort study. Cancer, 128(14), 2826-2835. (Read full article)
- Palmer T, Benson LS, Porucznik C, Gren LH (2022). Impact of COVID-19 Social Distancing Mandates on Gastrointestinal Pathogen Positivity: Secondary Data Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 8(8), e34757. (Read full article)
- Blackwell CK, Mansolf M, Sherlock P, Ganiban J, Hofheimer JA, Barone CJ, Bekelman TA, Blair C, Cella D, Collazo S, Croen LA, Deoni S, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Fry RC, Gershon R, Herbstman JB, Karagas MR, LeWinn KZ, Margolis A, Miller RL, OShea TM, Porucznik CA, Wright RJ (2022). Youth Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics, 149(4). (Read full article)
- Sanders JN, Simonsen SE, Porucznik CA, Hammoud AO, Smith KR, Stanford JB (2022). Fertility treatments and the risk of preterm birth among women with subfertility: a linked-data retrospective cohort study. Reprod Health, 19(1), 83. (Read full article)
- Qeadan F, Madden EF, Barbeau WA, Kroth PJ, Porucznik CA, English K, Komaromy M, Sulzer SH (2022). Characteristics associated with the availability of therapeutic acupuncture in substance use disorder treatment facilities in the United States. J Addict Dis, 41, 1-12. (Read full article)
- Keating EM, Robison JA, Chiume M, Taddie M, VanDerslice JA, Benson LS, Fitzgerald E, Crouse HL, Eckerle MD, Ciccone EJ, Porucznik CA (2022). Relationship between distance of referring facilities and haemoglobin change in children in Malawi. Paediatr Int Child Health, 41(4), 1-9. (Read full article)
- Ocier K, Abdelaziz S, Kim S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh VG, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith KR, Porucznik CA, Shoaf K, Stanford JB, Lee CJ, Hashibe M (2021). Age-Related Disease Risks in Younger versus Older B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 30, 2268-2277. (Read full article)
- Dawood FS, Porucznik CA, Veguilla V, Stanford JB, Duque J, Rolfes MA, Dixon A, Thind P, Hacker E, Castro MJE, Jeddy Z, Daugherty M, Altunkaynak K, Hunt DR, Kattel U, Meece J, Stockwell MS (2021). Incidence Rates, Household Infection Risk, and Clinical Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adults in Utah and New York City, New York. JAMA Pediatr, 176(1), 59-67. (Read full article)
- Henry TD, Porucznik CA, Honda TJ, VanDerslice JA, Blackburn BE, Cox KJ, Carrell DT (2021). Differential impacts of particulate air pollution exposure on early and late stages of spermatogenesis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 220, 112419. (Read full article)
- Qeadan F, Tingey B, Bern R, Porucznik CA, English K, Saeed AI, Madden EF (2021). Opioid use disorder and health service utilization among COVID-19 patients in the US: A nationwide cohort from the Cerner Real-World Data. EClinicalMedicine, 37, 100938. (Read full article)
- Najmabadi S, Schliep KC, Simonsen SE, Porucznik CA, Egger MJ, Stanford JB (2020). Cervical mucus patterns and the fertile window in women without known subfertility: a pooled analysis of three cohorts. Hum Reprod, 36(7), 1784-1795. (Read full article)
- Qeadan F, Mensah NA, Tingey B, Bern R, Rees T, Madden EF, Porucznik CA, English K, Honda T (2021). The association between opioids, environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States: an ecological study at the county level. Arch Public Health, 79(1), 101. (Read full article)
- Ocier K, Abdelaziz S, Kim S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith K, Porucznik CA, Shoaf K, Stanford JB, Lee CJ, Hashibe M (2021). Cardiovascular disease risks in younger versus older adult B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors. Cancer Med, 10(12), 4117-4126. (Read full article)
- Qeadan F, Madden EF, Bern R, Parsinejad N, Porucznik CA, Venner KL, English K (2021). Associations between opioid misuse and social relationship factors among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students in the U.S. Drug Alcohol Depend, 222, 108667. (Read full article)
- Kahn LG, Harley KG, Siegel EL, Zhu Y, Factor-Litvak P, Porucznik CA, Klein-Fedyshin M, Hipwell AE, program collaborators for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (2020). Persistent organic pollutants and couple fecundability: a systematic review. Hum Reprod Update, 27(2), 339-366. (Read full article)
- Hu Q, Chang CP, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Fraser A, Smith K, Gren LH, Porucznik C, Stanford JB, Gaffney D, Henry NL, Lopez I, Hashibe M (2021). Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors in a Population-Based Cohort. JNCI Cancer Spectr, 5(2), pkab016. (Read full article)
- Thiesset HF, Schliep KC, Stokes SM, Valentin VL, Gren LH, Porucznik CA, Huang LC (2020). Opioid Misuse and Dependence Screening Practices Prior to Surgery. J Surg Res, 252, 200-205. (Read full article)
- Chavez JL, Porucznik CA, Gren LH, Guan J, Joyce E, Brodke DS, Dailey AT, Mahan MA, Hood RS, Lawrence BD, Spiker WR, Spina NT, Bisson EF (2020). The Impact of Preoperative Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Postoperative Outcomes in Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disease: 3-Month and 12-Month Results of a Pilot Study. World Neurosurg, 139, e230-e236. (Read full article)
- Najmabadi S, Schliep KC, Simonsen SE, Porucznik CA, Egger MJ, Stanford JB (2020). Menstrual bleeding, cycle length, and follicular and luteal phase lengths in women without known subfertility: A pooled analysis of three cohorts. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 34(3), 318-327. (Read full article)
- Chang CP, Chen Y, Blackburn B, Abdelaziz S, Rowe K, Snyder J, Dodson M, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Ose J, Fraser A, Smith K, Doherty J, Gaffney D, Hashibe M (2020). Genitourinary disease risks among ovarian cancer survivors in a population-based cohort study. Gynecol Oncol, 157(2), 529-535. (Read full article)
- Qeadan F, Honda T, Gren LH, Dailey-Provost J, Benson LS, VanDerslice JA, Porucznik CA, Waters AB, Lacey S, Shoaf K (2020). Naive Forecast for COVID-19 in Utah Based on the South Korea and Italy Models-the Fluctuation between Two Extremes. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(8). (Read full article)
- Stanford JB, Schliep KC, Chang CP, OSullivan JP, Porucznik CA (2019). Comparison of woman-picked, expert-picked, and computer-picked Peak Day of cervical mucus with blinded urine luteinising hormone surge for concurrent identification of ovulation. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 34(2), 105-113. (Read full article)
- Kim S, Park J, Chen Y, Rowe K, Snyder J, Fraser A, Smith K, Deshmukh VG, Newman M, Herget K, Porucznik CA, Ose D, Playdon M, Gaffney D, Hashibe M (2019). Long-term diabetes risk among endometrial cancer survivors in a population-based cohort study. Gynecol Oncol, 156(1), 185-193. (Read full article)
- Pollard SH, Cox KJ, Blackburn BE, Wilkins DG, Carrell DT, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA (2019). Male exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and semen quality in the Home Observation of Periconceptional Exposures (HOPE) cohort. Reprod Toxicol, 90, 82-87. (Read full article)
- Park J, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Christensen K, Schliep KC (2019). Daily perceived stress and time to pregnancy: A prospective cohort study of women trying to conceive. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 110, 104446. (Read full article)
- Yeum D, Ju S, Cox KJ, Zhang Y, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA (2019). Association between peri-conceptional bisphenol A exposure in women and men and time to pregnancy-The HOPE study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 33(6), 397-404. (Read full article)
- Vacchi-Suzzi C, Porucznik CA, Cox KJ, Zhao Y, Ahn H, Harrington JM, Levine KE, Demple B, Marsit CJ, Gonzalez A, Luft B, Meliker JR (2016). Temporal variability of urinary cadmium in spot urine samples and first morning voids. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, 27(3), 306-312. (Read full article)
- Mohanty AF, Crook J, Porucznik CA, Johnson EM, Rolfs RT, Sauer BC (2015). Development and evaluation of a record linkage protocol for Utah's Controlled Substance Database. Health Informatics J, 23(1), 35-43. (Read full article)
- Porucznik CA, Cox KJ, Schliep KC, Wilkins DG, Stanford JB (2016). The Home Observation of Periconceptional Exposures (HOPE) study, a prospective cohort: aims, design, recruitment and compliance. Environ Health, 15(1), 67. (Read full article)
- Cox KJ, Porucznik CA, Anderson DJ, Brozek EM, Szczotka KM, Bailey NM, Wilkins DG, Stanford JB (2016). Exposure Classification and Temporal Variability in Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations among Couples in Utah--The HOPE Study. Environ Health Perspect, 124(4), 498-506. (Read full article)
- Jenkins TG, Aston KI, Meyer TD, Hotaling JM, Shamsi MB, Johnstone EB, Cox KJ, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Carrell DT (2016). Decreased fecundity and sperm DNA methylation patterns. Fertil Steril, 105(1), 51-7.e1-3. (Read full article)
- Porucznik CA, Cox KJ, Wilkins DG, Anderson DJ, Bailey NM, Szczotka KM, Stanford JB (2015). A Preliminary Study of Biomonitoring for Bisphenol-A in Human Sweat. J Anal Toxicol, 39(7), 562-6. (Read full article)
- Thomas FS, Stanford JB, Sanders JN, Gurtcheff SE, Gibson M, Porucznik CA, Simonsen SE (2015). Development and initial validation of a fertility experiences questionnaire. Reprod Health, 12, 62. (Read full article)
- Tanner WD, VanDerslice JA, Toor D, Benson LS, Porucznik CA, Goel RK, Atkinson RM (2015). Development and field evaluation of a method for detecting carbapenem-resistant bacteria in drinking water. Syst Appl Microbiol, 38(5), 351-7. (Read full article)
- Waters BA, Kim J, VanDerslice JA, deLegge R, Durrant L, Porucznik CA (2015). The Effect of Follow-up Inspections on Critical Violations Identified During Restaurant Inspections. J Environ Health, 77(10), 8-12.
- Schliep KC, Mumford SL, Ahrens KA, Hotaling JM, Carrell DT, Link M, Hinkle SN, Kissell K, Porucznik CA, Hammoud AO (2015). Effect of male and female body mass index on pregnancy and live birth success after in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril, 103(2), 388-95. (Read full article)
- Schliep KC, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL, Pollack AZ, Perkins NJ, Ye A, Zhang CJ, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Hammoud AO, Wactawski-Wende J (2013). Energy-containing beverages: reproductive hormones and ovarian function in the BioCycle Study. Am J Clin Nutr, 97(3), 621-30. (Read full article)
- Ghate SR, Porucznik CA, Said Q, Hashibe M, Joy E, Brixner DI (2012). Association between second-generation antipsychotics and changes in body mass index in adolescents. J Adolesc Health, 52(3), 336-43. (Read full article)
- Schliep KC, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL, Pollack AZ, Zhang C, Ye A, Stanford JB, Hammoud AO, Porucznik CA, Wactawski-Wende J (2012). Caffeinated beverage intake and reproductive hormones among premenopausal women in the BioCycle Study. Am J Clin Nutr, 95(2), 488-97. (Read full article)
- Thiese MS, Hegmann KT, Garg A, Porucznik C, Behrens T (2011). The predictive relationship of physical activity on the incidence of low back pain in an occupational cohort. J Occup Environ Med, 53(4), 364-71. (Read full article)
- Crookston BT, Penny ME, Alder SC, Dickerson TT, Merrill RM, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Dearden KA (2010). Children who recover from early stunting and children who are not stunted demonstrate similar levels of cognition. J Nutr, 140(11), 1996-2001. (Read full article)
Review
- Duane M, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Vigil P (2022). Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Women's Health and Family Planning. [Review]. Front Med (Lausanne), 9, 858977. (Read full article)
Letter
- Tanner WD, Atkinson RM, Goel RK, Porucznik CA, Benson LS, VanDerslice JA (2015). Effect of Meropenem Concentration on the Detection of Low Numbers of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. [Letter to the editor]. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 60(1), 712-3. (Read full article)