Wande Benka-Coker, PhD, MPH

Contact Information

Education

• PhD, Environmental Health (Epidemiology), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
• MPH, Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
• MBBS, Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria 

Professional/Academic Experience

• 2021-present, Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 
• 2019-present, Clinical Research Scientist, Select Medical, Mechanicsburg, PA 
• 2019, Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
• 2015-2019, Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
• 2015, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
• 2011-2014, Research Scientist, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 
• 2010-2011, Guest Researcher, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 
• 2008-2009, Medical Officer, Maitama General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria 
• 2007-2008, House Officer, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria 

Research/Areas of Interest

• Epidemiology 
• Environmental Health 
• Environmental Mixtures 
• Research Methodology 
• Statistics 

Publications/Creative Works

Peer Reviewed 

Hoskovec, L., Benka-Coker, W., Severson, R., Magzamen, S. and Wilson, A. (2021). Model choice for estimating the association between exposure to chemical mixtures and health outcomes: A simulation study. Plos One, 16(3), p.e0249236. 

Grigonis, A. M., Mathews, K. S., Benka-Coker, W., Dawson, A. M., & Hammerman, S. I. (2021). Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals Extend ICU Capacity for COVID-19 Response and Recovery. Chest, 159, 1894-1901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.001 

Benka-Coker, W., Hosko vec, L., Severson, R., Balmes, J., Wilson, A., & Magzamen, S. (2020). The joint effect of ambient air pollution and agricultural pesticide exposures on lung function among children with asthma. Environmental Research, 190, 109903.  

Benka-Coker, W., Loftus, C., Karr, C., & Magzamen, S. (2020). Association of organophosphate pesticide exposure and a marker of asthma morbidity in an agricultural community. Journal of Agromedicine, 25(1), 106-114.  

Akanbi, O., Ganta, N., Bonilla, H. M. G., Fatima, U., Benka-Coker, W., & Opoku-Asare, I. (2019). Routine Ultrasound-guided Basilic Venous Access with 7F Catheters for Right Heart Catheterization. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73(9 Supplement 1), 1398.  

Benka-Coker, W., Loftus, C., Karr, C., & Magzamen, S. (2019). Characterizing the joint effects of pesticide exposure and criteria ambient air pollutants on pediatric asthma morbidity in an agricultural community. Environmental Epidemiology, 3(3), e046. 

Benka-Coker, W., Gale, S. L., Brandt, S. J., Balmes, J. R., & Magzamen, S. (2018). Optimizing community level surveillance data for pediatric asthma management. Preventive medicine reports, 10, 55-61.  

Conference Presentations 

Severson, R., Benka-Coker, W., Heck, L., Wilson, A., & Magzamen, S. Pesticides and Lung Health: Pediatric Association between Agricultural Pesticide Use and Respiratory Health in Fresno, California. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Ottawa, Canada, 2018.  

W. Benka-Coker, C. Loftus, C. Karr, S. Magzamen. Pesticide Exposure in an Agricultural Community. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Sydney, Australia, 2017.  

W. Benka-Coker, C. Loftus, C. Karr, S. Magzamen. Characterizing the Joint Effects of Pesticide Exposure and Ambient Air Pollution on Pediatric Asthma Morbidity in an Agricultural Community. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Sydney, Australia, 2017.  

W. Benka-Coker, S. Gale, SL. Brandt, JR. Balmes, S. Magzamen. Optimizing Community-Level Surveillance Data for Pediatric Asthma Management. Society for Epidemiology Research Epidemiology Congress of the Americas, Miami, 2016.  

W. Benka-Coker, N. Emmett, AR. Davis. Rat Phenotype Switching in Vascular Wall Smooth Muscle Cells between Systolic Pressures of 88 mmHg and 190 mmHg. 13th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities, Puerto Rico, 2012.