Professional Profile

• Ph.D., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.A., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.A., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Eubig PA, Aguiar A, Schantz SL, Lead and PCBs as Risk Factors for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep 9.
• Aguiar A, Eubig PA, Schantz SL., Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A focused Overview for Children's Environmental Health Researchers, Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep 9.
• Schantz SL, Gardiner JC, Aguiar A, Tang X, Gasior DM, Sweeney AM, Peck JD, Gillard D, Kostyniak PJ. Contaminant profiles in Southeast Asian immigrants consuming fish from polluted waters in northeastern Wisconsin, Environ Res. 2010 Jan;110(1):33-9.
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Dr. Andréa Aguiar is a research associate faculty at the Department of Comparative Biosciences and an affiliated faculty at the Illinois Global Institute, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies. She is a developmental psychologist with expertise in cognitive functioning from infancy to adolescence and has been conducting team science research in epidemiology and environmental health with birth cohorts followed prospectively since 2004. These projects have included the Illinois Kids Development Study (IKIDS) in Champaign-Urbana, which started enrolling pregnant women in 2010 and became part of ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes), an NIH national consortium of research centers, in 2016. ECHO aims to collect observational data and biospecimens from 60,000 mother-child pairs from diverse backgrounds across the country to understand the effects of various environmental factors on children’s health and development. ECHO research centers follow a common protocol to study 5 areas of health--pregnancy and birth, breathing, obesity, brain development, and well-being—and they contribute data to build a databank and biorepository accessible to researchers nationwide.

As part of the ECHO program, IKIDS has been recruiting pregnant women through collaborations with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) and Carle ObGyn clinic. Recruiting targets those who are most vulnerable to the negative impact of environmental factors: pregnant women who are mostly poor, have low education levels, and identify as underserved and marginalized minorities. Data collection begins early in pregnancy and continues until children reach 19 years of age.