Recent publications

Peer-reviewed publications


*Mentored trainee (student, postdoctoral fellow, early-career scientist); #Corresponding author

  • Vélez-Torres L*, Bolaños-Rosero B, Godoy-Vitorino F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Maestre J, Kinney KA, Cavallin H. Molecular and Culture-Based Identification of Aspergillus Species in Water-Impacted Homes Following Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, 17 July 2025, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6786592/v1]

  • Chapman M, Chew GL, Crane J, Morawska L, Perzanowski MS, Rivera-Mariani FE. In memoriam: Euan R. Tovey, July 11, 1948, to June 8, 2024. J Allergy Clin Immunol: Global. 2024. 4(1). 100362. (click here to access the publication).

  • Hernández-González X*, Rivera-Mariani FE, Méndez L, and Bolaños-Rosero B. Increase in the Susceptibility to Covid-19 During the Fungal Spore Season Among Residents of San Juan and Caguas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal. 2023. 42(Suppl): 19. (click here to access the publication).

  • Levetin E, Pityn PJ, Ramon GD, Pityn E, Anderson J, Bielory L, Dalan D, Codina R, Rivera-Mariani FE, Bolaños-Rosero B. Aeroallergen Monitoring by the NAB: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future. J Allergy Clin Immunol In Practice. 2022. In Press. DOI 10.106/j.jaip/2022.11.026. (click here to access the publication)

  • Vélez-Torres L*, Bolaños-Rosero B, Godoy-Vitorino F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Maestre J, Kinney KA, Cavallin H. Hurricane María drives increased indoor proliferation of filamentous fungi in San Juan, Puerto Rico: a two-year culture-based approach. Peer J. 2022. (click here to access the publication).

  • Rivera-Mariani FE#, Srour HH, Fomenko R, Maestre JP, Kinney K, Godoy-Vitorini F, Bolaños-Rosero B, Cavallin H. Pro-inflammatory potential of indoor dust collected from households in San Juan, PR in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting & ToxExpo 2019. Baltimore, MD. (click here to access the publication).

  • Srour, H.*, Pellechio, S.*, Fomenko, R.*, Bolanos, B., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Maestre, J., Kinney, K., Cavallin, H, Rivera-Mariani FE#. (2020). IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8-inducing Potential of Indoor Settled Dust from Homes One and Two-Years Post-Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 145(2). (click here to access the publication).

  • Rivera-Mariani, F., Pellechio, S.*, Srour, H.*, Fomenko, R.*, Bolanos, B., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Kinney, K., Maestre, J., & Cavallin, H. (2020). Dose-Response of the Pro-Inflammatory Potential Induced by Indoor Settled Dust from Homes with Different Levels of Water-Damage during Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 145(2). (click here to access the publication).

  • Rahman, T.*, Pellechio, S.*, Srour, H.*, Fomenko, R.*, Bolanos, B., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Maestre, J., Kinney, K., Cavallin, H, Rivera-Mariani FE#. (2020). Assessment of the Contribution of Endotoxin in the Pro-inflammatory Potential of Indoor Settled-Dust from Homes Water-Damaged During Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 145(2). (click here to access the publication).

  • Nasser, S.*, Srour, H*, Bolanos, B., Godoy-Vitorino, F., Kinney, K., Maestre, J., Cavallin, H, Rivera-Mariani FE#. (2020). Associations between Upper Respiratory Symptom Scores of Puerto Rican Residents, Pro-Inflammatory Potential of Indoor Settled Dust, and Level of Water Damage to Homes during Hurricane Maria. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 145(2). (click here to access the publication).

  • Rivera-Mariani FE#, Almaguer M, Jesus Aira M, Bolaños-Rosero B. Comparison of atmospheric fungal spore concentrations between two main cities in the Caribbean basin. PR Health Sci J. 2020 Sep;39(3):235-242.(click here to access the publication).

  • Suárez-Martínez EB, Rivera-Mariani FE, Ocasio M, Arroyo G. Microbiome and Respiratory Diseases: A A Study Using a Novel Non-invasive Saliva Sample Collection Method. The FASEB Journal. 2020. 34 (S1): 1-1.(click here to access the publication)

  • Nawaz Z., Pullen F., Rivera-Mariani F.E., Rizvi SA, Sanchez-Gonzalez M.A., Smollar M., Grogan T. “Spring is here, now what? Know the Difference Between a Cold, Flu, Coronavirus and Allergy.” Emerg Infect Dis Diag J. 2020. EIDDJ-100010. (click here to access the publication)

For additional peer-reviewed publications, click here at Dr. Rivera-Mariani’s CV

Abstracts

*Mentored trainee (student, postdoctoral fellow, early-career scientist); #Corresponding author 1.

  • Rivera-Mariani FE#, Borrero-Aponte AJ, Bolaños-Rosero. Ambient Fungal Spores as Short-Term Predictors of Respiratory Virus Incidence and Mortality in Puerto Rico: Evidence from Machine Learning and Time-Series Modeling. Late-Breaking E-poster Presentation. Annual Joint Meeting of the International Society for Exposure Science and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. August, 2025. Atlanta, GA.

  • Sperry J, Ramsey M, and Rivera-Mariani FE. The Interaction of Music, Mood, and Physiological Biomarkers in an Adlerian-Drumming Intervention among College Students: A Principal Component Analysis. E-poster. North American Society of Adlerian Psychology 73rd Annual Conference. May, 2025. Portland, Oregon.

  • Rivera-Mariani FE#, Borrero-Aponte AJ, Bolaños-Rosero. Aeroallergen Exposure as Short-Term Predictor of Respiratory Viral Infections in two Health Regions (Caguas and San Juan) in Puerto Rico: A Seasonal and Machine Learning Approach. Late-Breaking Oral Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiologists: ASM Microbe 2025. June, 2025. Los Angeles, CA.

  • Drons L* and Rivera-Mariani FE#. Trust in Scientist, Climate Policy, and Government Skepticism: A Global Re-Analysis. Poster Presentation. Student Research Symposium. April, 2025. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL.

  • Desroches* T and Rivera-Mariani FE#. Assessing the Feasibility of Investigating Cardiovascular Risk Factors: a Re-Analysis Using the Framingham Study. Poster Presentation. Student Research Symposium. April, 2025. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL

  • Campbell T* and Rivera-Mariani FE#. Educational Disparities and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Insights from the Framingham Study. Poster Presentation. Student Research Symposium. April, 2025. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL

  • Rivera-Mariani FE#, Hasan N, Zhao X, Ilarraza G, Noriera S, Balda A, Gallimore-Wilson G, Cruz A, Reyes A, Noriega R, Gomez EV, Samir Desai M, Steinberg T, Lee IA, Awojobi T, Pandey S, Reimon R, Lasday M, Rose B, Beaver C, Carrera O, Suarez del Rosario N, Garibaldi J, Gree AJ, Shaefer-Solle N, Cabán-Martínez A. Risk factors for COVID-19 vaccine side effects among a cohort of Florida essential workers. Poster Presentation. 2023 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. November, 2023. Atlanta, GA.

  • Gallimore-Wilson G, Hasan N, Zhao X, Rivera-Mariani FE, Ilarraza G, Noriera S, Balda A, Gallimore-Wilson G, Cruz A, Reyes A, Noriega R, Gomez EV, Samir Desai M, Steinberg T, Lee IA, Awojobi T, Pandey S, Reimon R, Lasday M, Rose B, Beaver C, Carrera O, Suarez del Rosario N, Garibaldi J, Gree AJ, Shaefer-Solle N, Cabán-Martínez A. Prevalence of long COVID among participants of the Research on the Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Emergency Response and Healthcare Personnel (RECOVER) study, Jun 2022-March 2023. Oral Presentation. 2023 APHA annual meeting. November, 2023. Atlanta, GA.

  • Hernández-González X*, Rivera-Mariani FE, and Bolaños-Rosero B,. Outdoor Fungal Spores and the Susceptibility to COVID-19 in Two Municipalities of Puerto Rico. Poster Presentation. American Society for Microbiology, Microbe 2022, Washington, DC.

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