Publications
*Student author
2023
A Niclou, M Sarma, S Levy, C Ocobock. (2023). To the extreme! How biological anthropology can inform exercise physiology in extreme environments. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 111476.
2022
SB Levy, TM Klimova, RN Zakharova, AI Fedorov, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, M Bondy*, D Atallah*, J Thompson-Vasquez*, K Dong*, A Debertin*, WR Leonard. (2022). Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis among young adults in northeastern Siberia and Midwest United States and its relationship with other biological adaptations to cold climates. American Journal of Human Biology, e23723. (PDF) (Russian translation/перевод - PDF)
SB Levy, WR Leonard. (2022). The evolutionary significance of human brown adipose tissue: Integrating the timescale of adaptation. Evolutionary Anthropology, 31(2), 75-91. (PDF) (Russian translation/перевод - PDF)
2021
S Oyama*, KJ Arslanian*, SB Levy, CJ Ocobock, UT Fidow, T Naseri, NL Hawley. (2021). Feasibility of analysis of infrared thermal imaging to examine brown adipose tissue in later infancy. Annals of Human Biology 48(5): 374-381.
SB Levy, TM Klimova, RN Zakharova, AI Fedorov, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, WR Leonard. Evidence for a sensitive period of plasticity in brown adipose tissue during early childhood among Siberians. (2021). American Journal of Physical Anthropology (In Press). (PDF) (Russian translation/перевод - PDF)
2020
TE Gildner, SB Levy. (2020). Intersecting vulnerabilities in human biology: Synergistic interactions between climate change and increasing obesity rates. American Journal of Human Biology 33(2): e23460. (PDF)
SB Levy. Clinical Brief: Brown adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes. (2020). Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (1): 70-71. (PDF)
2019
SB Levy. (2019). Field and laboratory methods for quantifying brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. American Journal of Human Biology, e23261. (PDF)
2018
SB Levy, TM Klimova, RN Zakharova, AI Federov, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, WR Leonard. (2018). Brown adipose tissue, energy expenditure, and biomarkers of cardio-metabolic health among the Yakut (Sakha) of northeastern Siberia. American Journal of Human Biology 30(6), e23175. (PDF)
2016
SB Levy, WR Leonard. (2016). Response to commentary regarding the article: “Lifestyle mediates seasonal changes in metabolic health among the Yakut (Sakha) of northeastern Siberia”. American Journal of Human Biology 28: 956. (PDF)
SB Levy, WR Leonard, LA Tarskaia, TM Klimova, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, JJ Snodgrass. (2016). Lifestyle mediates seasonal changes in metabolic health among the Yakut (Sakha) of northeastern Siberia. American Journal of Human Biology 28: 868-878. (PDF)
2014
WR Leonard, SB Levy, LA Tarskaia, TM Klimova, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, VG Krivoshapkin, and JJ Snodgrass. (2014). Seasonal variation in basal metabolic rates among the Yakut (Sakha) of northeastern Siberia. American Journal of Human Biology 26: 437-445. (PDF)
2013
SB Levy, WR Leonard, LA Tarskaia, TM Klimova, VI Fedorova, ME Baltakhinova, VG Krivoshapkin, JJ Snodgrass. (2013). Seasonal and socioeconomic influences on thyroid function among the Yakut (Sakha) of eastern Siberia. American Journal of Human Biology 25: 814-820. (PDF)