Anne Riederer, MS, MSFS, ScD
About
Anne M. Riederer, MS, MSFS, ScD is an environmental health scientist focused on assessing exposures of young children and pregnant people to heavy metals, pesticides, and other environmental neurotoxicants. Before moving to Seattle, she was: American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2010-2012) hosted by Dr. Paul Anastas, EPA Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development; Research Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Global Environmental Health Program (2004-2010), Emory University (Atlanta, GA), and; Senior Research Associate (1991-1998), Hagler Bailly Consulting (Arlington, VA and Manila, Philippines). She currently serves as technical advisor to Pure Earth/Blacksmith Institute (New York, NY), collaborating research scientist with the American College of Medical Toxicology, and hold an adjunct faculty appointment at George Washington University (Washington, DC).
She regularly teaches courses in the UW School of Public Health, and serves on committees and supports research in the department.
Education
- ScD, MS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- MSFS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
- BSc, Brown University
Affiliations
Mentorship
Not available to mentor new students.
Research
Research Interests:
Exposure assessment (water, food, house dust, soil, air; biomarkers)
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of environmental contaminant exposures
Interventions to improve children’s environmental health
Global environmental and occupational health
Projects:
Lead Exposure Intervention Program (LEIP) (with S. Benki-Nugent, C. Karr, and collaborators from UW Global Health and University of Nairobi) [please link to: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07401251]
Air Pollution Exposures in Early Life and Brain Development in Children (ABC) Study (with S. Benki-Nugent, C. Karr, and collaborators from UW Global Health and University of Nairobi)
Home Air In Agriculture Pediatric Intervention Trial (with C. Karr and collaborators from UW, KDNA, and Yakima Valley Farmworkers Clinic)
Publications
Selected publications
- Adapting, piloting, and evaluating a pediatric lead screening and risk-reduction intervention in Nairobi: A hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial protocol
- Indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations in homes of infants in Nairobi, Kenya
- Forest terpenes and stress: Examining the associations of filtered vs. non-filtered air in a real-life natural environment
- Environmental and dietary factors associated with urinary OH-PAHs in mid-pregnancy in a large multi-site study
- Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Lead Levels in Selected Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study