About Me
Thank you for your interest in the Cycle Study! My name is Dr. Kayla Iuliano. I am a researcher in the Department of Epidemiology at Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth College.
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My interest in environmental impacts on female fertility was inspired by my work with FACTS About Fertility. While listening to incredible clinicians teach medical students about how metrics of cycle charts could indicate underlying health conditions, I began to wonder: how do endocrine disrupting chemicals - that is, environmental contaminants capable of impacting human hormones - affect these cycle metrics? I began to ask the speakers this question, and they unanimously said it was an area in deep need of research. After earning my doctoral degree from Johns Hopkins in 2023, I began a postdoctoral research fellowship at Dartmouth, with a focus on maternal and childhood health outcomes. In 2025, was honored to receive funding from two pilot grants to support my own research project.
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This work is a passion of mine, and not only from a professional standpoint: as a mother of three, I also have a deeply personal interest in this field of research. If you are considering participating in the study, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions at Kayla.iuliano@dartmouth.edu - or enroll by visiting the Cycle Study page.
Education
2018 - 2023
Doctor of Public Health Environmental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
My doctoral work built on the interest in drinking water contamination discovered during my bachelor degree, with a strong focus on public health communication. Coursework included quantitative and qualitative data analysis, environmental and occupational health law, nutrition epidemiology, and biochemistry.
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Dissertation: Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink? : Analyzing Public Drinking Water Reports and Providing Evidence-Based Recommendations for their Improvement.
(link to published paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923391/ )
2013 - 2014
Master of Health Science Environmental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
I received my Masters degree with a special interest in the health outcomes experienced by children who had been exposed to plastic chemicals while in utero. My coursework focused on environmental health principles, biostatistics, epidemiology, toxicology, risk communication, exposure sciences, water sanitation, and physiology. ​
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​Thesis: Maternal and Childhood Health Effects Associated with the Manufacture, Use, and Disposal of Plastics
2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Science
Environmental Sciences
University of Delaware
I majored in Environmental Science with a focus on hydrology. I've always been fascinated by water contaminants (so much so that I'd eventually go on to write a 150 page dissertation on the topic!)
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College was also my first foray into environmental health communication, when I discovered that pesticides were being applied to university green spaces without warning signs letting students know to keep away. After documenting 30+ cases of students breaking out in hives after sitting on the central university green, I wrote an article for the student newspaper, which was picked up by several regional and national news outlets.