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Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD, MPP

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Presidential Assistant Professor in Health Equity
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Department: Emergency Medicine
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13 Education:
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2a Morehouse College, 2012.
21 8 PhD 47 (Biological Sciences in Public Health, Environmental Health) c
6d Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2018.
21 8 MPP 1a (Public Policy) c
45 Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2021.
21 7 MD 23 (Harvard Medical school) c
2b Harvard University, 2021.
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Selected Publications

158 Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Sensory impairments and epigenetic aging: insights from self-rated hearing and vision in United States adults. GeroScience May 2025.

1cf Bozack, A., Khodasevich, D., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Daredia, S., Gamble, M., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A.: One-carbon metabolism-related compounds are associated with epigenetic aging biomarkers: Results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition May 2025.

190 Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Associations of epigenetic aging with self-rated health, access to care, and healthcare utilization in a representative sample of United States adults. Clinical Epigenetics 17(1), May 2025.

160 Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Daredia, S., Bozack, A.K., Shen, H., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Influence of race, ethnicity, and sex on the performance of epigenetic predictors of phenotypic traits. Clinical Epigenetics 17(1), Apr 2025.

184 5. Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Rodriguez Espinosa, P., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Immigrant status and citizenship relationships with epigenetic aging in a representative sample of United States adults. Epigenomics 17(5), Apr 2025.

138 Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A.: Health Insurance and Epigenetic Aging: Trends in a United States Adult Population. SSM - Population Health Apr 2025.

146 Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Comparing Veteran and Nonveteran Epigenetic Aging in a Representative Sample of United States Adults. Military Medicine Mar 2025.

19d Daredia, S., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Bozack, A.K., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H., Deardorff, J. and Cardenas, A. : Timing of menarche and menopause and epigenetic aging among US adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002. Clinical Epigenetics 17(1), Feb 2025.

187 Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Daredia, S., Bozack, A.K., Shen, H., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. : Exposome-wide association study of environmental chemical exposures and epigenetic aging in the national health and nutrition examination survey. Aging (Albany NY) 17(2), Feb 2025.

15a Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Ayankola, O.J. and Avakame, E.F.: Assessing physician climate change competency via medical licensing and board examinations: lessons from integrating ultrasound topics in emergency medicine. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 16: 22-24, Dec 2024.

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