Research
My research examines the health impacts of environmental and energy sector exposures, including oil
and gas development, traffic-related air pollution, and emerging hazards. These projects broadly
leverage policy-relevant methods related to spatial exposure assessment and econometric-based causal
inference techniques. Below, you'll find a list of my published work and manuscripts under review.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- Willis M, Hill E, Boslett A, Kile M, Carozza S, Hystad P. Associations between Residential Proximity to Oil and
Gas Drilling and Term Birth Weight and Small for Gestational Age Infants in Texas: A
Difference-in-Differences Analysis. Environ. Health Perspect. 2021:129(7). DOI:
10.1289/EHP7678.
- Denham A, Willis M, Croft D, Liu L, Hill E. Unconventional Natural Gas Development
Associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations and Mortality. Environ.
Res. 2021: 195. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110872.
- Willis M, Hill E, Kile M, Carozza S, Hystad P. Assessing the Effectiveness of Vehicle Emission
Regulations on Improving
Perinatal Health: A Population-Based Accountability Study. Int. J.
Epidemiol. 2021 Jan; 49(6) 1781-1791. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa137.
- Willis M, Hystad P, Denham A, Hill E. Natural Gas Development, Flaring Practices, and
Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations
from 2000 to 2010 in Texas, USA. Int. J. Epidemiol. 2021 Jan; 49(6) 1883-1897.
DOI:
10.1093/ije/dyaa115.
- Thessen AE, Grondin CJ, Kulkarni RD, Brander S, Truong L, Vasilevsky NA, Callahan TJ, Chan LE,
Westra B, Willis M, Rothenberg SE, Jarabek AM, Burgoon L, Korrick SA, Haendel
MA. Community Approaches for
Integrating Environmental Exposures into Human Models of Disease. Environ. Health
Perspect. 2020 Dec; 28(12):e125002. DOI: 10.1289/EHP7215.
- Denham A, Willis M, Zavez A, Hill E. Unconventional Natural Gas Development and
Hospitalizations: Evidence from
Pennsylvania, United States, 2003–2014. Public Health. 2019 Mar; 1(168):17–25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.11.020
- Willis M, Hystad P. Hazardous Air Pollutants and Adverse
Birth Outcomes in Portland, Oregon.
Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Feb; 3(1):e034. DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000034.
- Willis M, Jusko T, Halterman J, Hill E. Unconventional Natural Gas Development
and Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations
in Pennsylvania. Environ Res. 2018; 166: 402-408. DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.022.
Manuscripts Submitted & Under Review
- Willis M, Hill E, Kile M, Carozza, S, Hystad P. Associations between
Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Extraction and Hypertensive Conditions during Pregnancy: A
Difference-in-Differences Analysis in Texas, 1996-2009. Revise and resubmit at Int. J.
Epidemiol.
- Wesselink AK, Wang TR, Ketzel M, Mikkelsen EM, Brandt J, Khan J, Hertel O, Laursen ASD,
Johannesen BR, Willis M, Levy JI, Rothman KJ, Sørensen HT, Wise LA, Hatch EE.
Air Pollution and Fecundability: Results from a Danish Preconception Cohort Study. Revise and
resubmit at Paediatr. Perinat. Epidemiol.
- Willis M, Cushing L, Casey J. A Life Course Perspective on Gas Development: Is
It Time to Move Gas to the Grave? Under review at Epidemiology.