Paloma Beamer

Chapters

• Lopez-Galvez, N., Wagoner, R., Quiros-Alcala, L., Ornelas Van Horne, Y., Furlong, M., Avila, E., & Beamer, P. (2018). Take-Home Route of Pesticide Exposure. In Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11052-8

Journals/Publications

• Clausen, R., Chief, C., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Begay, M. A., Charley, P. H., Beamer, P. I., Anako, N., & Chief, K. (2023).

  Diné-centered research reframes the Gold King Mine Spill: Understanding social and spiritual impacts across space and time

  . Journal of Rural Studies. doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.12.021

• Horne, Y. O., Chief, K., Charley, P. H., Begay, M., Lothrop, N., Canales, R. A., & Beamer, P. I. (2023).

  A Community-Based Health Risk Assessment Following the Gold King Mine Spill: Results from the Gold King Mine Spill Diné Exposure Project

  . Exposure and Health. doi:10.1007/s12403-023-00583-8

• Lothrop, N., Sandoval, F., Cortez, I., Wagoner, R., Lopez-Galvez, N., Parra, K., Wolf, A. M., Wertheim, B. C., Quijada, C., Lee, A., Griffin, S., Bell, M., Carvajal, S., Ingram, M., & Beamer, P. (2023). Studying full-shift inhalation exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among Latino workers in very small-sized beauty salons and auto repair shops. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1300677.
• Nematollahi, A. J., Fisher, J. M., Furlong, M. A., Beamer, P. I., Goodrich, J. M., Graber, J. M., Calafat, A. M., Botelho, J. C., Beitel, S. C., Littau, S. R., Gulotta, J. J., Wallentine, D. D., & Burgess, J. L. (2023). Comparison of Serum PFAS Concentrations in Incumbent and Recruit Firefighters and Longitudinal Assessment in Recruits. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine.

• Parra, K., Harris, R. B., Farland, L. V., Beamer, P. I., & Furlong, M. (2023).

  Associations of Prenatal Agricultural Farm Work with Fetal Overgrowth and Pregnancy Complications in State of Arizona Birth Records

  . Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000002877

• Ramírez, D. M., Gutenkunst, S., Lothrop, N., Quijada, C., Chaires, M., Cortez, I., Sandoval, F., Camargo, F. J., Gallardo, E. V., Torabzadeh, E., Wagoner, R., Lopez-Galvez, N., Ingram, M., Billheimer, D., Wolf, A. M., & Beamer, P. I. (2023). What a mix! Volatile organic compounds and worker exposure in small business beauty salons in Tucson, Arizona. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1300291.
• Van Horne, Y. O., Carroll, S. R., Chief, K., Lothrop, N. Z., Richards, J. R., Begay, M. G., Charley, P. H., Ingram, J. C., & Beamer, P. I. (2023). Using environmental health dialogue in a Diné-centered approach for individualized results reporting in an environmental exposure study following the Gold King Mine Spill. Environmental research, 231(Pt 2), 116196.

• Wilson, A. M., Jung, Y., Mooneyham, S. A., Klymko, I., Eck, J., Romo, C., Vaidyula, V. R., Sneed, S. J., Gerald, L. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2023).

  COVID-19 cleaning protocol changes, experiences, and respiratory symptom prevalence among cleaning services personnel

  . Frontiers in Public Health. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1181047

• Wilson, A. M., Ogunseye, O. O., Fingesi, T., McClelland, D. J., Gerald, L. B., Harber, P., Beamer, P. I., & Jones, R. M. (2023).

  Exposure frequency, intensity, and duration: What we know about work-related asthma risks for healthcare workers from cleaning and disinfection

  . Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. doi:10.1080/15459624.2023.2221712

• Beamer, P., Furlong, M., Parra, K., Paul, K., & Ritz, B. (2022).

  Agricultural Pesticides During Pre-Conception and Pregnancy, and Associations With Extremely Preterm Birth: a Pesticide-Wide Association Study

  . ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2022(1). doi:10.1289/isee.2022.p-1222

• Horne, Y. O., Alcala, C. S., Peltier, R. E., Quintana, P. J., Seto, E., Gonzales, M., Johnston, J., Montoya, L. D., Quirós-Alcalá, L., & Beamer, P. I. (2023).

  An applied environmental justice framework for exposure science

  . Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. doi:10.1038/s41370-022-00422-z

• Kerton, K. R., Wilson, A. M., Cabrera, N. L., Daniela, L., Reynolds, K. A., Joyce, L., & Beamer, P. (2022). Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income Latinx community in Nogales, Arizona. BMC Public Health.
• Wilson, A. M., Aviles, N., Petrie, J. I., Beamer, P. I., Szabo, Z., Xie, M., McIllece, J., Chen, Y., Son, Y. J., Halai, S., White, T., Ernst, K. C., & Masel, J. (2022). Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk Within the Google/Apple Exposure Notification Framework to Inform Quarantine Recommendations. Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis, 42(1), 162-176.

• Wilson, A. M., Mussio, I., Chilton, S. M., Gerald, L. B., Jones, R. M., Drews, F. A., LaKind, J. S., & Beamer, P. I. (2022).

  A Novel Application of Risk–Risk Tradeoffs in Occupational Health: Nurses’ Occupational Asthma and Infection Risk Perceptions Related to Cleaning and Disinfection during COVID-19

  . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. doi:10.3390/ijerph192316092

• Wilson, A. M., Victory, K. R., Reynolds, K. A., Cabrera, N. L., Larson, D., Latura, J., Burgess, J. L., & Beamer, P. (2022). Measured and modeled comparisons of chemical and microbial contaminants in tap, bottled and vended water in a U.S.-Mexico Border community. Environmental Science & Technology Water, 2(12), 2657-2667.

Proceedings Publications

• Wilson, A., Vaidyula, V. R., Romo, C., Sneed, S. J., Gerald, L. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2023).

  Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms Among Janitors, Custodians, and Maids and Associations With Changes in COVID-19 Cleaning Protocols

  . In American Thoracic Society.

• Beamer, P., Chilton, S., Drews, F., Gerald, L., Jones, R., LaKind, J., Mussio, I., & Wilson, A. (2022).

  Asthma and Infection Risk-Risk Tradeoffs Related to Cleaning and Disinfection: Preliminary Data from a Pilot Survey

  . In American Thoracic Society.

Poster Presentations

• Fimbres, J., Lothrop, N., Quijada, C., Sandoval, F., Honan, J., Wagoner, R., Lopez-Galvez, N., Lee, A., Parra, K., Torbzadeh, E., Cortez, I., Wolf, A. M., Billheimer, D. D., Griffin, S., Ingram, M., Carvajal, S. C., & Beamer, P. (2021). Mixed Models to Assess Auto Repair Shop Worker Exposures to VOCs and Inform a Community Health Worker Intervention. ISES. Virtual: ISES.
• Fingesi, T., Ogunseye, O., & Beamer, P. (2021). Particulate Matter Index in a Semi-Industrial Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. ISES. Virtual: ISES.
• Honan, J., Ingram, M., Sandoval, F., Quijada, C., Chaires, M., Spitz, R., Fimbres, J., Stauber, L., Yubeta, A., Varela, J., Billheimer, D. D., Wolf, A. M., & Beamer, P. (2021). Solutions for a changing world: Understanding the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small Businesses in Latin Communities. ISES. Virtual: ISES.
• Ogunseye, O., Fingesi, T., & Beamer, P. (2021). Carbon Monoxide Levels in a Semi-Industrial Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. ISES. Virtual: ISES.
• Beamer, P., Billheimer, D. D., Yuan, N. P., Begay, M., Teufel-Shone, N., VanHorne, Y. O., Chief, K., & Farley, M. (2019, October). Risk perception of Navajo communities along the San Juan River following the Gold King Mine Spill.. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.
• Beamer, P. (2017, November). Linking Exposure Science & Community Engagement: Children's Arsenic Exposures near a Legacy Mine and Potential Health Impacts. Policies, Asia-Pacific Children's Health Symposium. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute for the Environment and Resources.
• Beamer, P., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2017, December). Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill. Annual Grantees Meeting for the NIH/EPA Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research. Alberquerque, NM.
• Beamer, P., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2017, October). Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science. Durham, NC: International Society of Exposure Science.
• Beamer, P., Guerra, S., Lothrop, N. Z., Stern, D., Lu, Z., Billheimer, D. D., Halonen, M., Wright, A. L., & Martinez, F. (2015, May). Levels are Associated with Diesel Exposure at Birth. American Thoracic Society. Denver, CO.
• Beamer, P., Guerra, S., Lothrop, N., Stern, D., Lu, Z., Billheimer, D. D., Halonen, M., Wright, A. L., & Martinez, F. (2015, May). Childhood CC16 Levels are Associated with Diesel Exposure at Birth. American Thoracic Society International Conference.
• Lothrop, N. Z., Hussaini, K., Billheimer, D. D., & Beamer, P. I. (2014, October). Respiratory Illness Prevalence and Geographic Risk Factors in Southern Arizona. International Society of Exposure Science Annual Meeting 2014International Society of Exposure Science.
• Lothrop, N. Z., Wilkinson, S. T., Klimecki, W., Beamer, P. I., Sugeng, A., & Loh, M. M. (2014, October). Developing Community-Engaged Results Report-back Materials for an Environmental Exposure Study in a Rural Arizona Community near a Superfund Site. International Society of Exposure Science 24th Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH: International Society of Exposure Science.
• Ornelas, Y., Reynolds, K. A., Abrell, L. M., Grigera, S., & Beamer, P. (2014, October). Microbial and inorganic contamination in private wells along the Santa Cruz River, Arizona. International Society of Exposure Science. Cincinnati, OH.
• Sugeng, A., Canales, R. A., Lutz, E. A., Rosales, C. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2014, October). Exploring the Influence of Household and Housing Characteristics on Transport of Agricultural Pesticides into Farmworkers' Homes. International Society of Exposure Science. Cincinnati, OH.
• Sugeng, A., Canales, R. A., Lutz, E. A., Rosales, C. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2014, October). Using chemical characteristics to explain transport pathways of agricultural pesticides from the field into homes. International Society of Exposure Science. Cincinnati, OH.

Presentations

• Ernst, K. C., Tamari, N., Li, Y., Pogreba Brown, K. M., Shilen, A., Orias, J., Elmer, C., Helming, B., Kaur, D., Beamer, P., & Ram, S. (2021). Deployment of the COVID-Watch exposure notification application in Arizona: acceptability, performance, and utility.. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Virtual Conference.
• Sandoval, F., Fimbres, J., Quijada, C., Cortez, I., Billheimer, D. D., Griffin, S., Ingram, M., Spitz, R., Carvajal, S. C., Wolf, A. M., Varela, J., Yubeta, A., & Beamer, P. (2021). Multisector Engagement for Addressing Emerging Environmental Exposures. ISES. Virtual: ISES.
• Carroll, S. R., Chief, K., & Beamer, P. (2020, November). Tó’Łítso, the water is yellow: Investigating short-term exposure and risk perception of Navajo communities to the Gold King Mine Toxic Spill: Project Update. Annual Grantees Meeting of the NIH/EPA Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research.
• Beamer, P., & Chief, K. (2019, March). Concerns of Diné Farmers within one year of the Gold King Mine Spill. Shiprock Agriculture Days. Shiprock, NM.: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
• Beamer, P., & Chief, K. (2019, March). Environmental results within one year of the Gold King Mine Spill. Shiprock Agricultural Days. Shiprock, NM.: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
• Beamer, P., Begay, M., Hou, X., Scott, M., & Chief, K. (2019, June). Impact and Recovery of Navajo Agricultural Activity Following the Gold King Mine Spill. 4th Annual Animas and San Juan Watersheds Conference: Successes and challenges from headwaters to Lake Powell. San Juan College, Henderson Fine Arts Center, Farmington, NM.: New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute.
• Beamer, P., Chief, K., & Ingram, J. (2019, December). Farming is Life: Community Driven University Partnerships to Empower Diné Communities Following the Gold King Mine Spill. Annual Conference, Union Session: Water in the Coupled Earth-Human System Convergent Science, Decision-Making and Community Action. San Franciscon, CA: American Geophysical Union.
• Beamer, P., Chief, K., & Van Horne, Y. O. (2019, July 10, 2019). A community-based probabilistic risk assessment for the Diné impacted by the Gold King Mine Spill. Navajo Emergency Response Executive Session II: Social and Cultural Impacts of the Gold King Mine Spill. Quality Inn – Diné Restaurant, Window Rock, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Beamer, P., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2019, November). Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill.. Environmental Engineering Department Seminar Series. Houghton, MI: Michigan Technological University.
• Beamer, P., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2019, October). Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill.. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.
• Beamer, P., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2019, October). Tó’Łítso, the water is yellow: Investigating short-term exposure and risk perception of Navajo communities to the Gold King Mine Toxic Spill. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI.
• Beamer, P., Teufel-Shone, N., Billheimer, D. D., VanHorne, Y. O., Froyum, J., Ingram, J., Hou, X., & Chief, K. (2019, January). To' Litso the Water Is Yellow: Arsenic and Lead in Sediment and Agricultural Soil Along the San Juan River on the Navajo Nation One Year after the Gold King Mine Spill. 2018-2019 International Soils Meeting. San Diego, CA.
• Beamer, P., VanHorne, Y. O., Billheimer, D. D., Singer, N., Ingram, J., & Chief, K. (2019, June). Farming is Life-Dá'ák'eh Bee Iiná (Seed to Harvest Environmental Monitoring Project). 4th Annual Animas and San Juan Watersheds Conference: Successes and challenges from headwaters to Lake Powell TEACH-IN. Shiprock, NM.: New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute.
• Beamer, P., Wagoner, R., Lopez-Galvez, N., Lothrop, N., Sandoval, F., Parra, K., Wertheim, B., Lee, A., Griffin, S., Cortez, I., Bell, M. L., & Wolf, A. M. (2019, August). Concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in Small Auto Repair Shops Located in a Low-Income Latino Community. Joint Conference of ISES/ISIAQ. Kaunas, Lithuania: International Society of Exposure Science.
• Beamer, P., Wagoner, R., Lopez-Galvez, N., Lothrop, N., Sandoval, F., Parra, K., Wertheim, B., Lee, A., Griffin, S., Cortez, I., Bell, M. L., & Wolf, A. M. (2019, August). Concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in Small Salons Located in a Low-Income Latino Community. Joint Conference of ISES/ISIAQ. Kaunas, Lithuania: International Society of Exposure Science.

Others

• Beamer, P., Austin, S., Jha, G., Begay, M. G., Yazzie, A., & Chief, K. (2019, March). Gold King Mine Spill Project Panel. KTNN Radio Forum. KTNN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UUQ0GYBxkI&t=658s
• Pearce-Walker, J., Verhougstraete, M., Nematollahi, A., Pountain, M., & Beamer, P. (2019, December). Environmental Toxic Substance Assessment: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Pima County Water. Pima County Health Department.
• Beamer, P. (2017, November). Message from the President-Elect. International Society of Exposure Science Newsletter. https://issuu.com/exposurescience/docs/newsletter_-_november_2017_-_ises
• Artiola, J. F., Chief, K., Beamer, P., Wilkinson, S. T., Maier, R. M., Rock, C. M., & Sanchez, C. A. (2016, April). The Gold King Mine Spill: Can it Impact Water Users below Lake Powell Reservoir and Yuma Farmers?. University of Arizona, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cooperative Extension. http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/bitstream/10150/607717/1/az169...
• Beamer, P. (2016, February). Other worries in addition to lead in the water. The Hill: Congress Blog. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/269769-other-w...
• Beamer, P. (2016, May). Why You Should Display Your Diploma. Motto, from the Editors of Time. http://motto.time.com/4330143/hang-up-your-diploma/
• Beamer, P., & Muñoz, K. (2016, August). Your Coworker May Be Concealing Her Multiple Sclerosis. Women’s E-News. http://womensenews.org/2016/08/your-coworker-may-be-concealing-her-multi...
• Beamer, P., Chief, K., Borrero, N., & Rivera, B. (2016, May). ‘Water Is Our Life’: How a Mining Disaster Affected the Navajo Nation. Truth-Out, News Analysis. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36049-water-is-our-life-how-a-mining-...
• Chief, K., & Beamer, P. (2016, August). Gold King Mine Spill: One year later Reflection Newsletter. Superfund Research Program. https://superfund.arizona.edu/core/community-engagement/gold-king-mine-spill
• Chief, K., Artiola, J. F., Wilkinson, S. T., Beamer, P., & Maier, R. M. (2016, April). Understanding the Gold King Mine Spill. Superfund Research Center. https://superfund.arizona.edu/core/community-engagement/gold-king-mine-spill
• Chief, K., Artiola, J. F., Beamer, P., Wilkinson, S. T., Maier, R. M., Rock, C. M., Sanchez, C. A., Chief, K., Artiola, J. F., Beamer, P., Wilkinson, S. T., Maier, R. M., Rock, C. M., & Sanchez, C. A. (2015, August). Understanding the Gold King Mine Spill. CALS publications Website. http://superfund.pharmacy.arizona.edu/info-material/gold-king-mine
• Chief, K., Chief, K., Artiola, J. F., Artiola, J. F., Beamer, P., Beamer, P., Wilkinson, S. T., Wilkinson, S. T., Maier, R. M., Maier, R. M., Rock, C. M., Rock, C. M., Sanchez, C. A., & Sanchez, C. A. (2015, August). Understanding the Gold King Mine Spill. web. http://superfund.pharmacy.arizona.edu/info-material/gold-king-mine