Erin R. Kulick

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Phone
215-204-6113
Office
Ritter Annex 913

Biography

Dr. Kulick is an epidemiologist with a background in both neuroepidemiology and environmental health sciences. Her research focuses on environmental and social determinants of brain aging, primarily in underserved and minoritized communities. Using traditional epidemiologic methods combined with environmental exposures, Dr. Kulick's research has identified associations between traffic-related air pollution on stroke, subclinical markers of cerebrovascular disease, and trajectories of cognitive decline in diverse cohorts of older adults. Her ongoing work aims to identify mechanistic pathways through which air pollution influences an individual’s brain health, focusing primarily on inflammatory biomarkers and vascular risk factors. Dr. Kulick's research also examines the complex relationship between air pollution and cognitive function by analyzing the joint effects of an individual's exposure to air pollution, neighborhood factors and social determinants of health—another set of environmental exposures which may explain some of the health disparities found in these relationships.

Education

  • PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University
  • MPH, Epidemiology, Drexel University
  • BS, Biology, Villanova University

Curriculum Vitae 

Labs: Kulick Lab

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

EPBI 5003

Spatial Analysis in Public Health

Graduate

EPBI 8401

Concepts and Methods in Epidemiologic Research

Graduate

EPBI 9289

MPH Fieldwork I

Graduate

ENVH 5004

Environmental Health

Graduate

Selected Publications

  • Zhou, H. & Kulick, E.R. (2023). Social Support and Depression among Stroke Patients: A Topical Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(24). Switzerland. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20247157

  • Gurel, K., Khasiyev, F., Spagnolo-Allende, A., Rahman, S., Liu, M., Kulick, E.R., Boehme, A., Rundek, T., Elkind, M.S.v., Marshall, R.S., Bos, D., & Gutierrez, J. (2023). The role of intracranial artery calcification (IAC) in stroke subtype and risk of vascular events. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 32(8), p. 107185. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107185

  • Adkins-Jackson, P.B., George, K.M., Besser, L.M., Hyun, J., Lamar, M., Hill-Jarrett, T.G., Bubu, O.M., Flatt, J.D., Heyn, P.C., Cicero, E.C., Kraal, A.Z., Zanwar, P.P., Peterson, R., Kim, B., Turner, R.W., Viswanathan, J., Kulick, E.R., Zuelsdorff, M., Stites, S.D., Rentería, M.A., Tsoy, E., Seblova, D., Ng, T.K.S., Manly, J.J., & Babulal, G. (2023). The structural and social determinants of Alzheimer's disease related dementias. Alzheimers Dement, 19(7), pp. 3171-3185. United States. doi: 10.1002/alz.13027

  • Kulick, E.R., Eliot, M.N., Szpiro, A.A., Coull, B.A., Tinker, L.F., Eaton, C.B., Whitsel, E.A., Stewart, J.D., Kaufman, J.D., & Wellenius, G.A. (2023). Long-term exposure to ambient particulate matter and stroke etiology: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Environ Res, 224, p. 115519. Netherlands. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115519

  • Kulick, E.R., Kaufman, J.D., & Sack, C. (2023). Ambient Air Pollution and Stroke: An Updated Review. Stroke, 54(3), pp. 882-893. United States. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.035498

  • Shen, J., Murray, E.H., & Kulick, E.R. (2023). The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise. Trends Hear, 27, p. 23312165231206925. United States. doi: 10.1177/23312165231206925

  • Kalia, V., Kulick, E.R., Vardarajan, B., Gu, Y., Manly, J.J., Elkind, M.S.V., Kaufman, J.D., Jones, D.P., Baccarelli, A.A., Mayeux, R., Kioumourtzoglou, M., & Miller, G.W. (2023). Linking Air Pollution Exposure to Blood-Based Metabolic Features in a Community-Based Aging Cohort with and without Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis, 96(3), pp. 1025-1040. Netherlands. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230122

  • Vollmer, B.L., Solowey, J., Chen, X., Chang, B.P., Williams, O., Kulick, E.R., Elkind, M.S.V., & Boehme, A.K. (2022). Individual and Joint Effects of Influenza-Like Illness and Vaccinations on Stroke in the Young: A Case-Control Study. Stroke, 53(8), pp. 2585-2593. United States. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038403

  • Shen, J., Fitzgerald, L.P., & Kulick, E.R. (2022). Interactions between acoustic challenges and processing depth in speech perception as measured by task-evoked pupil response. Front Psychol, 13, p. 959638. Switzerland. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.959638

  • Hunter, M.D., Kulick, E.R., Miller, E., Willey, J., Boehme, A.K., Branas, C., & Elkind, M.S.V. (2022). Rural-Urban Differences in Diagnosed Cervical Artery Dissection in New York State. Cerebrovasc Dis, 51(4), pp. 506-510. Switzerland. doi: 10.1159/000521204

  • Pohl, D.J., Seblova, D., Avila, J.F., Dorsman, K.A., Kulick, E.R., Casey, J.A., & Manly, J. (2021). Relationship between Residential Segregation, Later-Life Cognition, and Incident Dementia across Race/Ethnicity. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(21). Switzerland. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111233

  • Weinberger, K.R., Kulick, E.R., Boehme, A.K., Sun, S., Dominici, F., & Wellenius, G.A. (2021). Association Between Hurricane Sandy and Emergency Department Visits in New York City by Age and Cause. Am J Epidemiol, 190(10), pp. 2138-2147. United States. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab127

  • Kalia, V., Kulick, E.R., Vardarajan, B., Elkind, M.S., Jones, D.P., Mayeux, R., Kioumourtzoglou, M.A., & Miller, G.W. (2021). Plasma biochemical signals associated with exposure to PM2.5 in an ethnically diverse aging population with and without dementia. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2021(1). doi: 10.1289/isee.2021.p-495

  • Kociolek, A.J., Kulick, E.R., Kaufman, J.D., Gu, Y., Elkind, M.S.V., Manly, J.J., & Mayeux, R. (2021). Ambient air pollution exposures and functional decline in a sample of non-demented community-dwelling older adults in Northern Manhattan. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2021(1). doi: 10.1289/isee.2021.p-230

  • Kulick, E.R., Wellenius, G.A., Kaufman, J.D., Mayeux, R., & Manly, J.J. (2021). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incident dementia among older adults in Northern Manhattan. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2021(1). doi: 10.1289/isee.2021.p-072

  • Ibeh, C., Kulick, E.R., Bello, N., Boehme, A.K., & Miller, E.C. (2021). PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY-ASSOCIATED STROKE: INCIDENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES. JOURNAL of the AMERICAN COLLEGE of CARDIOLOGY, 77(18), pp. 3057-3057. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/

  • Kulick, E.R., Alvord, T., Canning, M., Elkind, M.S.V., Chang, B.P., & Boehme, A.K. (2021). Risk of stroke and myocardial infarction after influenza-like illness in New York State. BMC Public Health, 21(1), p. 864. England. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10916-4

  • Hunter, M.D., Moon, Y.P., Miller, E.C., Kulick, E.R., Boehme, A.K., & Elkind, M.S.v. (2021). Influenza-Like Illness is Associated with Increased Short-Term Risk of Cervical Artery Dissection. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 30(2), p. 105490. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105490

  • Vollmer, B.L., Chen, X., Kulick, E.R., Elkind, M.S.V., & Boehme, A.K. (2021). Differences in healthcare visit frequency and type one year prior to stroke among young versus middle-aged adults. BMC Health Serv Res, 21(1), p. 84. England. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06064-5

  • Nori-Sarma, A., Thimmulappa, R., Venkataraman, G.V., Warren, J.L., Berman, J.D., Whittaker, S.D., Kulick, E.R., Wellenius, G.A., Mahesh, P.A., & Bell, M.L. (2021). No2 exposure and lung function decline in a cohort of adults in Mysore, India. Environmental Research Communications, 3(5). doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/abf2dd

  • Kulick, E.R., Canning, M., Parikh, N.S., Elkind, M.S.V., & Boehme, A.K. (2020). Seasonality of Influenza-Like-Illness and Acute Cardiovascular Events Are Related Regardless of Vaccine Effectiveness. J Am Heart Assoc, 9(20), p. e016213. England. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016213

  • Levine, D.A., Gross, A.L., Briceño, E.M., Tilton, N., Kabeto, M.U., Hingtgen, S.M., Giordani, B.J., Sussman, J.B., Hayward, R.A., Burke, J.F., Elkind, M.S.V., Manly, J.J., Moran, A.E., Kulick, E.R., Gottesman, R.F., Walker, K.A., Yano, Y., Gaskin, D.J., Sidney, S., Yaffe, K., Sacco, R.L., Wright, C.B., Roger, V.L., Allen, N.B., & Galecki, A.T. (2020). Association Between Blood Pressure and Later-Life Cognition Among Black and White Individuals. JAMA Neurol, 77(7), pp. 810-819. United States. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.0568

  • Kulick, E.R., Wellenius, G.A., Boehme, A.K., Joyce, N.R., Schupf, N., Kaufman, J.D., Mayeux, R., Sacco, R.L., Manly, J.J., & Elkind, M.S.V. (2020). Long-term exposure to air pollution and trajectories of cognitive decline among older adults. Neurology, 94(17), pp. e1782-e1792. United States. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009314

  • Kulick, E.R., Elkind, M.S.V., Boehme, A.K., Joyce, N.R., Schupf, N., Kaufman, J.D., Mayeux, R., Manly, J.J., & Wellenius, G.A. (2020). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution, APOE-ε4 status, and cognitive decline in a cohort of older adults in northern Manhattan. Environ Int, 136, p. 105440. Netherlands. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105440

  • Kummer, B.R., Lerario, M.P., Hunter, M.D., Wu, X., Efraim, E.S., Omran, S.S., Chen, M.L., Diaz, I.L., Sacchetti, D., Lekic, T., Kulick, E.R., Pishanidar, S., Mir, S.A., Zhang, Y.i., Asaeda, G., Navi, B.B., Marshall, R.S., & Fink, M.E. (2019). Geographic Analysis of Mobile Stroke Unit Treatment in a Dense Urban Area: The New York City METRONOME Registry. J Am Heart Assoc, 8(24), p. e013529. England. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013529

  • Kummer, B.R., Lerario, M.P., Hunter, M.D., Efraim, E.S., Wu, X., Omran, S.S., Diáz, I., Lekic, T., Sacchetti, D., Kulick, E.R., Pishanidar, S., Mir, S.A., Zhang, Y.i., Asaeda, G., Navi, B.B., Marshall, R.S., & Fink, M.E. (2019). Abstract 167: Geographic Analysis of Mobile Stroke Unit Treatment in a Densely Populated Urban Area: The New York City METRONOME Registry. Stroke, 50(Suppl_1). doi: 10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.167

  • Hunter, M.D., Moon, Y.P., Kulick, E.R., Boehme, A.K., & Elkind, M.S. (2019). Influenza-Like Illness May Trigger Cervical Artery Dissection. STROKE, 50. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/

  • Hunter, M.D., Moon, Y.P., Kulick, E.R., Boehme, A.K., & Elkind, M.S. (2019). Abstract WMP49: Influenza-Like Illness May Trigger Cervical Artery Dissection. Stroke, 50(Suppl_1). doi: 10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.wmp49

  • Suglia, S.F., Kulick, E.R., & Brown, J. (2019). Childhood adversities and prior involvement with child protective services. Inj Epidemiol, 6, p. 48. England. doi: 10.1186/s40621-019-0224-9

  • Khaksari, B.J., Kulick, E.R., Elkind, M.S.V., & Boehme, A.K. (2019). "Weekend Effect" on 30-Day Readmissions among Stroke Survivors: An Analysis of the National Readmission Database. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra, 9(2), pp. 66-71. Switzerland. doi: 10.1159/000500611