Stacy Pettigrew
Education
- BA, Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY
- MS, Epidemiology, University at Albany, SUNY
- PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY
Courses Taught at ACPHS
- Environmental Health Science
- Health Disparities and Social Justice
- Service Learning
- Introduction to Public Health
Research Interests
- Environmental Justice
- Toxic Trace Elements and Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Urban Greenspace and Health
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Peer-reviewed journal articles
Pettigrew S, Denvir P, Kaddouh R, Hannan S, Wood P, Pagnotta P. Community-Academic Partnerships to Advance Vaccine Equity. BMC Public Health. Under Review.
Guo Z, Mu T, Feingold B, Hosler A, Bozlak C, Pettigrew S, Romeiko X. Comparing the environmental impacts of food donation and redistribution strategies. Environment, Development, and Sustainability. Under Review.
Torres Arroyo M, Bozlak C, L-Reyes L, Neff R, Mu T, Romeiko XX, Guo Z, Hosler A, Pettigrew S, Pernicka N,
Crasto-Donnelly P, Feingold BJ. Sustainable Recovery from Shocks: Policies and Partnerships for Fresh Produce Rescue and Environmental Impact Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology Journal. Under Review.
Stewart K, Pettigrew S. Presence of stressors surrounding local elementary schools in redlined and non-redlined communities in Albany, New York, November–December 2022. International Public Health Journal 2025;17 #1.
Arroyo MT, Luna-Reyes L, Romeiko XX, Neff R, Pernicka N, Crasto-Donelly P, Klein A, Pettigrew S, Hosler AS, Bozlak C, Feingold BJ. Weeding through surplus: Unintended policy consequences for perishable food recovery–Insights from a community-engaged simulation model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2024 Nov 15. 480:143930.
Mu T, Feingold B, Hosler A, Bozlak C, Chen J, Neff R, Arroyo MT, Crasto-Donnelly P, Pernicka N, Pettigrew S, Russak V. Comparing life cycle environmental impacts of food access and consumption pre-and during COVID 19 in New York State’s Capital Region. Science of The Total Environment. 2024 Nov 1. 949:175037.
Correira, JW, Pettigrew SM, Kamstra R, Megyeri PR, Silverstein GJ, Kambrich S, Ma J, Doll MK. Exploring the impact of the New York State repeal of nonmedical vaccination exemptions on student enrollment, absenteeism, and school workload: perspectives from a survey of school administrators. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2023 Aug. 19(2):2261176.
Schneller AJ, Lacy G, Kellogg S, Pettigrew SM, Denny C, Bardin I. Transformative ecojustice pedagogies: Outcomes of sociology students mentoring high school service learners. The Journal of Environmental Education. 2023 Aug 21:1-5.
Schneller A, Hannan S, Bah HI, Livecchi S, Pettigrew SM. Environmental justice is exhausting: five decades of air pollution and community advocacy at Ezra Prentice Homes in Albany, New York. Local Environment. 2022 Dec 2; 27(12):1514-35. (Corresponding Author)
Doll MK, Pettigrew SM, Ma J, Verma A. Effects of confounding bias in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza vaccine effectiveness test-negative designs due to correlated influenza and COVID-19 vaccination behaviors. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Jul 1; 75(1):e564-71.
Pettigrew SM, Pan WK, Harrington J, Berky A, Rojas E, Feingold BJ. Adult Exposures to Toxic Trace Elements as Measured in Nails along the Interoceanic Highway in the Peruvian Amazon. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 May 23; 19(10):6335. (Corresponding Author)
Schneller AJ, Lacy G, Kellogg S, Pettigrew SM, Denny C, Feldman-Schwartz G, Beard I, Rhodes A, Wilson Radcliffe B, Erickson A, Bardin I. Urban ecojustice education: Transformative learning outcomes with high school service learners. The Journal of Environmental Education. 2022 May 13; 53(3):127-40.
Pettigrew SM, Pan WK, Berky A, Harrington J, Bobb JF, Feingold BJ. In urban, but not rural, areas of Madre de Dios, Peru, adoption of a Western diet is inversely associated with selenium intake. Science of the Total Environment. 2019 Oct 15; 687:1046-54.
Pettigrew SM, Bell EM, Van Zutphen AR, Rocheleau CM, Shaw GM, Romitti PA, Olshan A, Lupo PJ, Soim A, Makelarski JA, Michalski AM. Paternal and joint parental occupational pesticide exposure and spina bifida in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997 to 2002. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 2016 Nov; 106(11):963-71.
Book/Book Chapters
Stewart K, Pettigrew S. Presence of stressors surrounding local elementary schools in redlined and non-redlined communities in Albany, New York, November-December 2022. (2025). In Rubin, I Leslie and Merrick, Joav (Eds.), Neighborhoods: Impact on child health and development (Ch. 7). New York: Nova Science.
Kellogg SB, Pettigrew SM. Toolbox for Sustainable City Living (a do-it-ourselves guide). Boston: South End Press. 2008.
Stewart K, Adams S, Krawczyk R, Pettigrew S. Food Farmacy: A Food As Medicine Program Serving Albany’s Most Marginalized Residents. APHA 2025 Oct.
Denvir P, Stewart K, Dwyer J, Pettigrew S. Triangulating Methods and Data Sources to Examine Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Barriers from Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives. APHA 2025 Oct.
Guo Z, Mu T, Bozlak C, Feingold B, Hosler A, Pettigrew S, Romeiko XX. Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Representative Food Donation and Redistribution Strategies. Available at SSRN 4612106.
Pettigrew S, West J, Kirk-Davidoff D. Urban heat island and impact of urban tree cover on first responder calls in a formerly redlined neighborhood in Albany, NY. In APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo 2024 Oct 30. APHA.
Stewart K, Pettigrew S. Academic performance in relation to environmental stressors surrounding elementary schools in Albany, New York. In APHA 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo 2023 Nov 13. APHA.
Correira JW, Weitzen SD, Pettigrew SM, Megyeri PR, Mitchell K, Silverstein GJ, Doll MK. Unintended Effects of Penalty-Backed Pediatric Vaccine Mandates in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. In APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo 2022 Nov 8. APHA.
Pettigrew SM, Applyrs D, Ordway L, Pagnotta P, Kaddouh R, Wood P, Hannan S, McLaughlin C. Community-pharmacy partnerships to advance equity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. In APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo 2021 Oct 21. APHA.
Kaddouh R, Swiatkowski N, Lathrop M, Pettigrew SM. COVID-19 safety precautions and food purchasing in a food desert neighborhood. In APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo 2021 Oct 24. APHA.
Arroyo MT, Hosler A, Neff R, Craft T, Bozlak C, Romeiko XX, Pernicka N, Crasto-Donnelly P, Pettigrew SM, Atwood B, Klein A. Fresh produce availability, access, consumption, and disposal in New York’s capital region during the COVID-19 crisis. In APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo 2021 Oct 22. APHA.
Pettigrew SM, Adams S, Parker W, Applyrs D, Hannan S, Bell EM. Asthma and Environmental Justice at Ezra Prentice Homes: The South End Community Health Survey. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021 Aug 23 (Vol. 2021, No. 1).
Swiatkowski N, Kaddouh R, Lathrop M, Pettigrew SM. COVID-19 Safety Precautions and Food Purchasing in a Food Desert Neighborhood. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021 Aug 23 (Vol. 2021, No. 1).
Pettigrew SM, Bobb J, Pan W, Strogatz D, Bell EM, Berky A, Feingold BJ. Trace Element Exposures and Blood Pressure along the Interoceanic Highway, Madre de Dios, Peru. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2020 Aug 25 (Vol. 2020, No. 1).
Marks T, Pan WK, Pettigrew SM, Berky A, Harrington J, Feingold BJ. Children’s Exposure to toxic trace elements in the Southern Peruvian Amazon. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2020 Aug 26 (Vol. 2020, No. 1).
Hosler A, Romeiko XX, Bozlak C, Feinland G, Klein A, Neff R, Peck M, Pender-Fox A, Pernicka N, Pettigrew SM, Feingold B. Capital Region FRESH: Designing a community-engaged study of the impacts of regional surplus produce recovery and redistribution. In APHA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo (Nov. 2-Nov. 6) 2019 Nov 4. APHA.
Pettigrew SM, Harrington J, Berky A, Pan W, Feingold BJ. Adult Exposures to Toxic Trace Elements in the Southern Peruvian Amazon. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2019 Aug 27 (Vol. 2019, No. 1).
Pettigrew SM, Pan W, Berky A, Feingold B. Nutrition Transition and Total Nail Selenium in the Peruvian Amazon in the IMAS Study (Investigacion De Migracion, Ambiente, Y Salud). In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2018 Sep 24 (Vol. 2018, No. 1).
Feingold BJ, Hsu-Kim H, Porter K, Rogers L, Berky A, Meier P, Pettigrew SM, Pan, WK. Comparison of hair and toenails as biomarkers of mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru. In ISEE Conference Abstracts 2017 Sep 22 (Vol. 2017, No. 1).
Feingold B, Abuawad A, Pettigrew SM, et al. Measuring the Nutritional Transition in Madre de Dios, Peru. In Abstracts of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 2016 Sep 2 (Vol. 2016, No. 1).
Pettigrew SM, Adams S, Parker W, Applyrs D. Environmental Justice at Ezra Prentice Homes: The South End Community Health Survey. Presented at: International Society for Environmental Epidemiology North American Chapter Conference. 2023 Jun 21; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Stewart K, Pettigrew SM. Effects of Historic Redlining in Albany, New York: Presence of Stressors Surrounding Elementary Schools. Presented at: Break the Cycle of Children’s Environmental Health Disparities 18th Annual Program; 2023 Apr 18; Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Pettigrew SM, Adams S, Parker W, Applyrs D, Hannan S. Allergies and Environmental Justice at Ezra Prentice Homes: The South End Community Health Study. Presented at: 11th Annual Capital District Feminist Studies Conference; 2023 Feb 3; Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY.
Kaddouh R, Hannan S, Wood P, Doll MK, Denvir P., Pettigrew SM. A community-based approach to COVID-19 vaccine clinic organization: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Collaboratory clinics. Presented at: Engage for Change; 2022 May; Siena College, Loudonville NY.
Doll MK, Pettigrew SM, Ma J, Verma A. Confounding Bias in COVID-19 & Influenza Test-Negative Vaccine Effectiveness Designs Due to Correlated COVID-19 & Influenza Vaccination Behaviors. 12th Annual ACPHS Annual Research Symposium, 2022 Apr; Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY.
Correira JW, Weitzen SD, Pettigrew SM, Megyeri PR, Mitchell K, Silverstein GJ, Doll MK. Unintended Effects of Penalty-Backed Pediatric Vaccine Mandates in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. 12th Annual ACPHS Annual Research Symposium, 2022 Apr; Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY.
Doll MK, Silverstein GJ, Megyeri PR, Kambrich S, Pettigrew SM. Impact of the New York State repeal of nonmedical vaccination exemptions on schools: perspectives from a survey of school administrators. Presented at: 10th Annual ACPHS Research Symposium; 2020 April 16; Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY.
Decoster B, Cardone K, Parker W, McLaughlin C, Pettigrew SM, Adams S, Butts C. The Collaboratory: Integrating Public Health and Pharmacy in the South End of Albany. Presented at: Engage for Change, 2019 May 23; Siena College, Loudonville, NY.
Parker W, DeCoster B, Pettigrew SM. Women’s Health in Albany’s South End: New Models for Collaboration. Presented at: 7th Annual Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium; 2019 Feb 1; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Stewart K, Adams S, Correira J, Pettigrew S. The Collaboratory: An Innovative Public Health Pharmacy and Community Health Worker Partnership. 2025 NYS Public Health Partnership Conference. 2025 May 01. NYSPHA.
Pettigrew SM, Stewart K, Givens M, Choens A. Residents’ Stress Response to Neighborhood Neglect. In APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo 2024 Oct 27. APHA.
Taneeru S., Yager E, Pettigrew SM. Toxic Trace Element Contamination in Imported Spices in the Capital District of New York State. In APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo 2024 Oct 27. APHA.
Stewart K, Pettigrew SM. Environmental stressors surrounding elementary schools in redlined and non-redlined neighborhoods in Albany, New York. In APHA 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo 2023 Nov 13. APHA.
Winner: 26th Annual Delta Omega Poster Session.
Stewart K, Pettigrew SM. Demographics in relation to stressors seen around local elementary schools in Albany, New York, November – December 2022. Poster presentation at: 11th Annual Capital District Feminist Studies Conference; 2023 Feb 3; Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY.
Stewart K, Pettigrew SM. Stressors Found in the Environment Surrounding Elementary Schools in Albany, NY. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2023 Research Forum; 2023 Apr 06; Albany, NY.
Kaddouh R, Hannan S, Wood P, Denvir P, Pettigrew SM. Community-pharmacy collaborations to advance health equity: Observations from community leaders to inform future interventions. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ 9th Annual Student Research Symposium; 2022 Apr 07; Albany, NY.
Hannan S, Bah HI, Livecchi S, Schneller A, Pettigrew SM. Environmental injustices at Ezra Prentice: Bringing environmental and health equity to lower income communities of color. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference; 2021 Oct 22; Online.
Hannan S, Bah HI, Livecchi S, Schneller A, Pettigrew SM. Environmental injustices at Ezra Prentice: Bringing environmental and health equity to lower income communities of color. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Eighth Annual Student Research Symposium; 2021 Apr 8; Albany, NY.
Wood P, Pettigrew SM. Service Learning in public health: student participation in the Collaboratory vaccine clinics. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Eighth Annual Student Research Symposium; 2021 Apr 8; Albany, NY.
Lathrop L, Kaddouh R, Swiatkowski N, Pettigrew SM. Mask wearing compliance: ACPHS and South End, Albany observational study. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Eighth Annual Student Research Symposium; 2021 Apr 8; Albany, NY.
Caryofilles M, Nasta N, Krupic E, Schechter D, Yarbrough T, Cardone K, Vines E, Pettigrew SM, Doll MK. The influenza vaccine uptake project: an evaluation of resident-reported barriers to influenza vaccination in Albany, New York. Poster presentation at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Eighth Annual Student Research Symposium; 2021 Apr 8; Albany, NY.
Doll MK, Silverstein GJ, Megyeri PR, Kambrich S, Pettigrew SM. Impact of the New York State repeal of nonmedical vaccination exemptions on schools: perspectives from a survey of school administrators. Poster Presentation at the National Foundation for Infectious Disease Annual Conference on Vaccine Research; 2020 Jun 5; Online.
Snyder S, Parker W, Pettigrew SM. Social Determinant of Health Influences on Anxiety and Depression by Gender in the Innovation Blocks Pilot in Albany’s South End. Poster presentation at the 9th Annual Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium Virtual Conference, 2020 Jan 15, 2020; Sage Colleges, Albany, NY. (Withdrawn due to illness.)
Pettigrew SM. Seeking Environmental Justice for Ezra Prentice Homes. Poster presentation at the Environmental Advocacy Symposium; 2020 Jun 10; Pace University, NYC, NY. (Conference cancelled.)
McKenna J, Pettigrew SM. Lead in the South End of Albany. Poster presentation at the Environmental Advocacy Symposium; 2020 Jun 10; Pace University, NYC, NY. (Conference cancelled.)
Doll MK, Kambrich S, Silverstein GJ, Megyeri PR, Pettigrew SM. Impact of the New York State repeal of nonmedical vaccination exemptions on schools: perspectives from a survey of school administrators. Poster presentation at the National Foundation for Infectious Disease Annual Conference on Vaccine Research; 2020 Mar 17; Washington, D.C.
Hogan C, Adams S, Pettigrew SM. Food Insecurity in the Capital Region. Poster presentation at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Capstone Project Poster Day, 2018 Apr 18; Albany, NY.
Turner I, Adams S, Pettigrew SM. Creation of a Community Health Worker New-Hire Training: Startup of a DSRIP Initiative. University at Albany School of Public Health Poster Day, Spring 2018.
Pettigrew SM, Pan W, Berky A, Feingold BJ. The Nutritional Transition in Madre de Dios, Peru: Examining Dietary Patterns in Households along the Interoceanic Highway. Poster presentation at the Society for Epidemiological Research Annual Conference; 2017 June 15; Seattle, WA.
Boakye-Yiadom A, Pettigrew SM. Community-Based Health Research at Ezra Prentice Homes. Poster presentation at the University at Albany School of Public Health Poster Day; 2017 Apr 22; Albany, NY.
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