Courses
- 2025 Spring
- PHP 401 Epidemiology
- PHP 306 Understanding Health Systems: Macro & Micro Perspectives
- 2024 Fall
- PHP 706 Environmental Determinants of Global Health
- PHP 306 Understanding Health Systems: Macro & Micro Perspectives
- 2024 Spring
- PHP 401 Epidemiology
- PHP 499 Honors Capstone Project
- PHP 306 Understanding Health Systems: Macro & Micro Perspectives
- 2023 Fall
- PHP 706 Environmental Determinants of Global Health
- PHP 306 Understanding Health Systems: Macro & Micro Perspectives
- 2023 Spring
- PHP 401 Epidemiology
- PHP 306 Understanding Health Systems: Macro & Micro Perspectives
Highest degree earned
Bio
Brooks Gump’s research seeks to understand environmental impacts on children's health outcomes, with a focus on exposures to toxicants and psychosocial stressors. His current research is exploring methods to buffer the impacts of these chronic exposures. As a separate line of inquiry, he also considers the impact of work vacations on health and functioning.
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for HIV+ hazardous drinkers: A randomized clinical trial", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.
"REU: Training Diverse Undergraduate Teams of Veterans and Non-Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Veterans:Collaborative Research", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.
"Racial Differences in Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Function", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.
"Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for HIV-infected At-risk Drinkers", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.
"Using omics technologies to identify biomarkers linking arsenic and heavy metal exposure to Bengali children's cardiovascular disease risk", Sponsored by State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
- Wang, X., Sherpa, C. L., Piera-Tyree, L. R., Gump, B. B., Marfilius, K. J., Genovese, J., Smith, C. J. and Allen, J., "How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced Veteran Parents’ Harsh Parenting: Do Parental PTSD and Parental Role Matter?." Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2024.
- Pilkay, S. R., Nolasco, M., Nunes, S., Riffer, A., Femia, D., Halevy, D., Veerman, T., Suwannimit, N., Tresler, N. and Gump, B. B., "SLC6A4 gene variants moderate associations between childhood food insecurity and adolescent mental health." Brain and Behavior, 2024.
- Sanyal, T., Bhattacharjee, S., Gump, B. B., Bendinskas, K. and Bhattacharjee, P., "Targeting the ‘DNA methylation mark’: Analysis of early epigenetic-alterations in children chronically exposed to arsenic." Science of Total Environment, 2024.
- Gump, B. B., Heffernan, K. S., Brann, L., Hill, D. T., Labrie-Cleary, C., Jandev, V., MacKenzie, J. A., Atallah-Yunes, N. H., Parsons, P. J., Parsons, C. D., Roberts, A. A. and Bendinskas, K., "Exposure to arsenic and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9- to 11-year-old children, Syracuse, New York." JAMA Network Open, 2023.
- Firkey, M., Tully, L., Bucci, V. M., Walsh, M. E., Maisto, S. A., Hahn, J. A., Bendinskas, K., Gump, B. B. and Woolf-King, S. E., "Feasibility of remote self-collection of dried blood spots, hair, and nails among people with HIV (PWH) with hazardous alcohol use." Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2023.
- Gump, B. B., Hill, D. T., Robinson, J. M., Kannan, K., Heffernan, K. S., Atallah-Yunes, N. H., Brann, L., Parsons, P. J., Palmer, C., MacKenzie, J. A., Goodrich, J. A. and Bendinskas, K., "Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lead (Pb) as “cardiovascular disruptors” in 9–11-year-old children living in Syracuse, New York, United States: PFAS, Pb, and cardiovascular disruption." Environmental Research, 2023.
- Gump, B. B., Hruska, B. J., Heffernan, K. S., Brann, L., Voss, M. A., Labrie-Cleary, C., Cheng, H., MacKenzie, J. A., Woolf-King, S. E., Maisto, S. A. and Bendinskas, K., "Race, cortisol, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9-11-year-old children." Health Psychology, 2023.
- Hill, D. T., Jandev, V., Petroni, M., Atallah-Yunes, N., Bendinskas, K., Brann, L., Heffernan, K. S., Larsen, D. A., MacKenzie, J. A., Palmer, C. D., Parsons, P. J., Gump, B. B. and Collins, M. B., "Airborne levels of cadmium are correlated with urinary cadmium concentrations among young children living in the New York state city of Syracuse, USA." Environmental Research, 2023.
- Heckel, A. R., Arcidiacono, D. M., Coonan, K. A., Glasgow, A. C., DeBlois, J. P., Gump, B. B., Kim, J. Y. and Heffernan, K. S., "Twenty-Four-Hour Central Hemodynamic Load in Adults With and Without a History of COVID-19." American journal of hypertension, 2022.
- Lima, N. S., Krishna, H., Gerber, B. S., Heffernan, K. S., Gump, B. B. and Lefferts, W. K., "Physical activity is associated with lower pulsatile stress but not carotid stiffness in children." Journal of Human Hypertension, 2022.
- Gump, B. B., Atallah-Yunes, N. H., Heffernan, K. S., MacKenzie, J. A., Hruska, B. J., Park, A., Brann, L. and Bendinskas, K., "Poor sleep quality associated with greater left ventricular mass in 9 -11 year-old children." Psychosomatic Medicine, 2021.
- Ocasio, D. V., Stewart-Ibarra, A. M., Sippy, R., Li, C., McCue, K., Bendinskas, K. G., Gump, B. B., Cueva-Aponte, C., Ayala, E. B., Morrell, C. N. and Dye, T. D., "Social stressors, arboviral infection, and immune dysregulation in the coastal lowland Region of Ecuador: A mixed methods approach in ecological perspective." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021.
- Dykas, M. J., Goplen, J., Ewart, C. K. and Gump, B. B., "Early Adolescents' Risk Taking Propensity, Urban Stress, and Affiliation With Risky Peers." Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021.
- Gump, B. B., Heffernan, K. S., Bendinskas, K., Hruska, B. J., MacKenzie, J. A., Park, A., Brann, L. and Atallah-Yunes, N. H., "Association of Sleep Quality With Greater Left Ventricular Mass in Children Aged 9 to 11 Years." Psychosomatic medicine, 2021.
- Hill, D. T., Petroni, M., Larsen, D. A., Bendinskas, K., Heffernan, K. S., Atallah-Yunes, N., Parsons, P. J., Palmer, C. D., MacKenzie, J. A., Collins, M. B. and Gump, B. B., "Linking metal (Pb, Hg, Cd) industrial air pollution risk to blood metal levels and cardiovascular functioning and structure among children in Syracuse, NY." Environmental Research, 2021.
- Kmush, B. L., Lu, A. M., Spillane, T., Hruska, B. J., Gump, B. B. and Bendinskas, K. G., "Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study." PLoS ONE, 2021.
- Gump, B. B., Hruska, B. J., Pressman, S. D., Park, A. and Bendinskas, K. G., "Vacation's lingering benefits, but only for those with low stress jobs." Psychology and Health, 2021.
- Castro, I. E., Hruska, B. J. and Gump, B. B., "Race Differences in the Effect of Subjective Social Status on Hostility and Depressive Symptoms Among 9- to 11-Year-Old Children." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2020.
- Hruska, B. J., Pressman, S. D., Bendinskas, K. and Gump, B. B., "Do vacations alter the connection between stress and cardiovascular activity? The effects of a planned vacation on the relationship between weekly stress and ambulatory heart rate." Psychology and Health, 2020.
- Lin, H. P., Lynk, N., Moore, L. L., Cabral, H. J., Heffernan, K. S., Dumas, A. K., Hruska, B. J., Zajdel, R. A., Gump, B. B. and Spartano, N. L., "A pragmatic approach to the comparison of wrist-based cutpoints of physical activity intensity for the MotionWatch8 accelerometer in children." PLoS ONE, 2020.
- Gump, B. B., Hruska, B. J., Parsons, P. J., Palmer, C. D., MacKenzie, J. A., Bendinskas, K. and Brann, L., "Dietary contributions to increased background lead, mercury, and cadmium in 9–11 Year old children: Accounting for racial differences." Environmental Research, 2020.
- Heffernan, K. S., Lefferts, W. K., Atallah-Yunes, N. H., Glasgow, A. C. and Gump, B. B., "Racial Differences in Left Ventricular Mass and Wave Reflection Intensity in Children." Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020.
- Hruska, B. J., Pressman, S. D., Bendinskas, K. and Gump, B. B., "Vacation frequency is associated with metabolic syndrome and symptoms." Psychology and Health, 2020.
- Book Chapters
- Hruska, B. J., Gump, B. B., "Environmental exposures/lead studies." In Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology. Ragin, D. F., Keenan, J. P. (eds.) Taylor and Francis, 2020.
- Gump, B. B., Hruska, B. J., "Stress and the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease." In Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Waldstein, S., Kop, W. and Katzel, L. (eds.) Springer, 2020.
- Gump, B. B., "Toxicants and cardiovascular disease." In Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Waldstein, S., Kop, W. and Katzel, L. (eds.) Springer, 2020.
- Gump, B. B., "Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial." In Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. Anderson, N. B. (ed.) Sage Publications, 2004.
- Commentaries
- Gump, B. B., "Commentary on “Effects of depressive symptoms and coronary heart disease and their interactive associations on mortality in middle-aged adults: the Whitehall II cohort study.”." Evidence-Based Mental Health, 2011.
- Gump, B. B., "Commentary on “More severe symptoms of depression increase coronary heart disease mortality.”." Evidence-Based Mental Health, 2008.
- Letter, Journal
- Heffernan, K. S., Michos, E. D. and Gump, B. B., "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Cardiac Injury." JAMA Cardiology, 2020.
Presentations and Events
Hill, D. T., Petroni, M., Jandev, V., Atallah-Yunes, N., Bendinskas, K., Brann, L., Heffernan, K. S., MacKenzie, J. A., Palmer, C. D., Parsons, P. J., Collins, M. B., Gump, B. B., Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences , "Linking soil metal concentrations with children’s blood and urine biomarkers in Syracuse NY" (June, 2024)
Glasgow, A., Lefferts, W., Gump, B. B., Hefferan, K. S., Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, "Racial differences in heart rate, cardiac autonomic modulation and physical activity in children" (2020)
Brydon, C., Wolford, K., Gump, B. B., EPA Meeting, "The Association Between Childhood Trauma and PTSD in Veterans: Mediation by Moral Injury and Optimism. Clinical Psychology Symposium: Veterans and Trauma" (2019)
/dtjas, N. H., Castro, I., Wolford, K., Gump, B. B., ResilienceCon, "Psychological flexibility moderates the link between combat Exposure and hopelessness in military veterans" (April, 2018)
NIEHS/NHLBI's Webinar Series "Understanding the Combined Effects of Environmental Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors", "The interaction of psychological stress and metal exposures: Effects on children's cardiovascular functioning and subclinical cardiovascular disease" (April, 2018)
Honors and Accolades
Chancellor's Citation for Excellence - Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction, Syracuse University: One University Awards (2021)
Faculty of the Year in Research, Syracuse University, Falk College (2012 - 2013)
President's Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity or Research (2008)
Provost's Award for Creative and Scholarly Activity or Research, Syracuse University (2002)
President's Award for Excellent in Academic Advisement (2001)