Education

• B.A.  University of Nevada Reno  1982
• M.S.  Northwestern University  1985
• Ph.D.  Northwestern Univeristy  1986
• Post Doctoral Fellowship  University of Chicago  1988

Background

• Fulbright Distinguished Chair, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2018-2019
• PI, Assessing Air Pollution Exposures among a Vulnerable Rural Disparities Population.” National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. R15ES026394-01A1; 2016-2018
• Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, 2011-2013
• PI and Director, West Virgina Rural Health Research Center, West Virginia University, 2008-2013, Rural Health Research Grant Program Cooperative Agreement, HRSA, U1CRH10664-04-02
• Academic Partner, Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory University Challenge, 2013-2014
• Associate Professor (2006-2012) Department of Health Policy, Management and Leadership, School of Public Health, West Virginia UniversityReseach Interests

Scholarly Interest

My research interests focus on health disparities for disadvantaged populations. I am especially interested in the impacts of uneven environmental exposures faced by socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. I am also interested in studies of environmental policy.

Selected Publications

Articles

Hendryx M, Nicholson W, Manson JE, Kroenke CH, Lee J, Weitlauf JC, Garcia L, Jonasson JM, Wactawski-Wende J, Luo J. Social relationships and risk of type 2 diabetes among post-menopausal women. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2020, 75(7), 1597-1608.

Hendryx M, Wang S, Romanak KA, Salamova A, Venier M. Personal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Appalachian mining communities. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 257, 113501.

Wang S, Romanak K, Hendryx M, Salamova A, Venier M. Association between thyroid function and exposures to brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in rural central Appalachia. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54, 325-334.

Hendryx M, Chojenta C, Byles JE. Obesity risk among young Australian women: a prospective latent class analysis. Obesity, 2020, 28, 154-160.

Hendryx M, Chojenta C, Byles JE. Latent class analysis of low birth weight and preterm delivery among Australian women. Journal of Pediatrics, 2020, 218, 42-48.e1.

Hendryx M, Zullig KJ, Luo J. Impacts of coal use on health. Annual Review of Public Health, 2020, 41, 397-415.

Hendryx M, Islam M, Guang-Hui DGH, Paul G. Air pollution emissions 2008-2018 from Australian coal mining: implications for public and occupational health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(5), 1570.

Hendryx M, Dinh PC, Chow A, Kroenke CH, Hingle M, Shadyab AH, Garcia L, Howard BV, Luo J. Lifestyle and psychosocial patterns and diabetes incidence among women with and without obesity: a prospective latent class analysis. Prevention Science, 2020, 21(6), 850-860.

Hendryx M, Luo J, Chojenta C, Byles JE. Air pollution increases depression risk among young women: possible natural world resiliencies. Ecopsychology, 2020, 12, 237-246.

Li Y, Hendryx M, Xun P, He K, Shadyab A, Lane DS, Nassir R, Stefanik ML, Wactawski-Wende J, Pal SK, Luo J. Physical activity and risk of bladder cancer among postmenopausal women. International Journal of Cancer, 2020, 147, 2717-2724.

Hendryx M, Luo J. COVID-19 prevalence and fatality rates in association with air pollution emission concentrations and emission sources. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 265 (Pt A): 115126.

Hendryx M, Luo J. Natural gas pipeline compressor stations: VOC emissions and mortality rates. The Extractive Industries and Society, 2020, 7(3), 864-869.

Luo J, Hendryx M. Metal mixtures and kidney function: an application of machine learning to NHANES data. Environmental Research, 2020, 191:110126.

Hendryx M, Luo J, Chojenta C, Byles JE. Exposure to heavy metals from point pollution sources and risk of incident type 2 diabetes among women: a prospective cohort analysis. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2021, 31(4), 453-464.

Finkelman R, Wolfe A, Hendryx M. The future environmental and health impacts of coal. Energy Geoscience, 2021, 2(2), 99-112.

Mo J, Luo J, Hendryx M. Food environment and colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 2021, in press.

Luo J, Kroenke CH, Hendryx M, Shadyab AH, Liu N, Chen X, Wang, F, Thomas F, Saquib N, Qi L, Ting-Yuan, DC, Arthur R, Wackowski-Wende J. Mediation analysis of racial disparities in triple-negative breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2021, in press.

Luo J, Dinh P, Hendryx M, Li W, Robinson J, Margolis K. Risk patterns and mortality in postmenopausal women using latent class analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021, in press.