Lucia Pacca | Martinez Lab

RESEARCH DATA ANALYST 3

M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Lucia Pacca is a Research Data Analyst working on the impact of education, occupation and other life course factors on later-life cognitive outcomes and chronic diseases. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Milan, Italy and is interested in understanding health disparities and advancing quantitative methods in social science research, with specific focus on sequence and cluster analysis.

Publications

Differential associations between education and blood pressure by gender and race.

BMC public health

Pacca L, Irish AM, dP Duarte C, Riley AR, Pletcher MJ, Bailey ZD, Vable AM

The Association of Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Risk with Social Connectedness in Middle- And Older-Ages.

American journal of epidemiology

Zimmerman SC, Chen R, Thoma M, Pacca L, Hebert J, Riley A, Kim MH, Pederson A, Yang Y, Buto P, Brenowitz WD, Glymour MM, Kotwal A, Torres JM

Thirty-Year Glycemic Trajectories From Young Adulthood Through Middle Age.

JAMA network open

Arons ARO, Pacca L, Jacobs DR, Vable A, Schillinger D

Using sequence and cluster analysis to characterize variables that unfold over time: implementation and practical considerations for epidemiologists.

American journal of epidemiology

Pacca L, Dang KV, Koenig L, dP Duarte C, Gaye SA, Harrati A, Vable AM

Do type, timing and duration of life course non-employment differentially predict dementia risk? An application of sequence analysis.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Pacca L, Gaye SA, Brenowitz WD, Fujishiro K, Glymour MM, Harrati A, Vable AM

Trajectories and patterns of US counties' policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: A sequence analysis approach.

SSM - population health

Chiang YA, Pacca L, Vable A, Carton T, Pletcher MJ, Hamad R

Phylogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of the endangered brown howler monkey, Alouatta guariba (Primates, Atelidae), of the Atlantic Forest.

Frontiers in genetics

Oklander LI, Fernández GP, Machado S, Caputo M, Hirano ZMB, Rylands AB, Neves LG, Mendes SL, Pacca LG, de Melo FR, Mourthé I, Freitas TRO, Corach D, Jerusalinsky L, Bonatto SL

Impact of Vietnam-era G.I. Bill eligibility on later-life blood pressure distribution: evidence from the Vietnam draft lottery natural experiment.

American journal of epidemiology

Khadka A, Pacca L, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, White JS, Basu S, Jiang F, Vable AM

Habitat loss estimation for assessing terrestrial mammalian species extinction risk: an open data framework.

PeerJ

Butti M, Pacca L, Santos P, Alonso AC, Buss G, Ludwig G, Jerusalinsky L, Martins AB

Extent of Follow-Up on Abnormal Cancer Screening in Multiple California Public Hospital Systems: A Retrospective Review.

Journal of general internal medicine

Khoong EC, Rivadeneira NA, Pacca L, Schillinger D, Lown D, Babaria P, Gupta N, Pramanik R, Tran H, Whitezell T, Somsouk M, Sarkar U

Association of Differences in Treatment Intensification, Missed Visits, and Scheduled Follow-up Interval With Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Blood Pressure Control.

JAMA cardiology

Fontil V, Pacca L, Bellows BK, Khoong E, McCulloch CE, Pletcher M, Bibbins-Domingo K

Examining Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status as a Mediator of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Control Across Two San Francisco Health Systems.

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

Liu EF, Rubinsky AD, Pacca L, Mujahid M, Fontil V, DeRouen MC, Fields J, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lyles CR

The effect of financial crises on deforestation: a global and regional panel data analysis.

Sustainability science

Antonarakis AS, Pacca L, Antoniades A

The effect of financial crises on air pollutant emissions: An assessment of the short vs. medium-term effects.

The Science of the total environment

Pacca L, Antonarakis A, Schröder P, Antoniades A